Tiger-Head Shoes Made In Hope Of Children Grow As Robust As Tigers
An old woman shows her handmade tiger-head shoes in downtown Bozhou City, east China’s Anhui Province, Jan. 7, 2013. Tiger-head shoes, a kind of traditional Chinese shoes made of colourful cotton fabric and thread, are popular for local people who hope their children grow as robust and healthy as tigers in the new year. <Xinhua/Liu […]
Red Lanterns Decorated In Thean Hou Temple In Kuala Lumpur
Red lanterns are seen in Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, on Jan. 7, 2013. Visitors walk pass red lanterns in Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, on Jan. 7, 2013. <Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung>
Egypt Seeks IMF Loan To Boost International Economic Confidence
In this Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 file photo, Egyptian brokers work at the stock market in Cairo, Egypt. As Egypt begins the latest round of talks with the International Monetary Fund for a $4.8 billion loan, the government says it will boost international confidence in its economy. However, critics question whether the president’s Muslim Brotherhood […]
Nepali Gov’t officials divided over how to deal with killer elephant
killing Dhurbe, the elephant KATHMANDU – Three weeks after the local administration mobilized security personnel to kill a wild elephant named Dhurbe of the Chitwan National Park after it killed an old couple entering their home in a village on 14 December, the whereabouts of the elephant has not been ascertained for almost two weeks. The park […]
Cold Spell Attacks Kathmandu, Recording The Lowest Of 0.7 Degree C
A milk vendor, dressed in warm clothes, talks to a shopkeeper on a winter morning in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The temperature in the Kathmandu Valley was recorded at its lowest of 0.7 degree Celsius (33 degrees Fahrenheit) for this year on Sunday morning, according to news reports. An Indian woman carries her […]
Campaign Billboard Of Netanyahu Erected Near Tel Aviv For General Election On Jan. 22
An Israeli ultra-orthodox Jewish man walks past an election campaign billboard of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Jan. 22, 2013. Israelis walk past an election campaign billboards of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud […]
Mass Circumcision Performed For Muslim Boys Free Of Charge In Indonesia
Paramedics perform circumcision to a boy during a charge-free mass circumcision in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. In accordance with Islamic tradition Indonesian Muslim boys are circumcised before they reach puberty. A boy cries in pain as a relative tries to calm him down during a charge-free mass circumcision in Aceh […]
Thousands Of Indians Play Traditional Instrument To Create A Guinness Record
Indians wearing traditional Assamese attire play the khol, a traditional percussion instrument of Assam, in an attempt to create a Guinness record, in Titabar, about 350 kilometers (219 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. A total of 14,833 people participated in the event, according to officials. A young boy sits with others […]
Egyptian Christians Attend Mass For Orthodox Christmas At St. Mark’s Cathedral In Cairo
Egyptian Christians pray during a midnight Mass on the eve of Orthodox Christmas at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, late Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013 . Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, left, leads a midnight Mass on the eve of Orthodox Christmas at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, […]
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