Iranian President Talks With Syrian PM In Tehran Aimed At Enhancing Relations
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) meets with Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi (L) in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 15, 2013. Ahmadinejad called on Tuesday for enhancing relations with Syria in different fields. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>
Kurdish People Mourn At Ceremony For Three Kurdish Women Shot Dead In Paris
Kurdish people pay tribute to the three activists during a memorial ceremony, in Villiers le Bel, north of Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, before their bodies are sent to Turkey for burial. Three Kurdish women were shot dead at a pro-Kurdish center in Paris on Thursday Jan. 10, in what the French interior minister called […]
Heavy Rains Force People To wade Through A Flooded Street In Jakarta
Local residents wade through a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia ,Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Heavy rains caused flood in some parts of the city. A man wades through a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia ,Tuesday, January 15, 2013. <AP/NEWSis> Casablanca street is inundated, causing long traffic jams at Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta, Jan. 16, 2013. […]
Unusual cold spell in Nepal reported claimed nearly 100 lives
KATHMANDU, Jan 14 – Nearly 100 people died in southern Nepal due to biting cold in the last fortnight. Mostly, the old and poor people who had no clothes to keep them warm in the freezing cold lost their lives. Normal life was badly affected when the mercury dropped to record low in many places and […]
Egyptians Hold Protest In Cairo Asking Release Of Dr. Medhat El-Aghez Arrested In UAE
A Muslim Brotherhood supporter holds a banner in Arabic that reads, “doctor Medhat el-Aghez, PHD in science, one of the detainees in the United Arab Emirates,” during an ongoing protest in front of the United Arab Emirates embassy, unseen, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. The UAE’s Al-Khaleej newspaper reported last week that the […]
Prolonged Fog In Chinese Cities Causes Inconvenience On People’s Livelihood
Women wearing masks ride on road in fog-enveloped Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, Jan. 14, 2013. Thick smog pushed the sales of protection masks as the foggy weather expanded to many parts of northern and eastern China. <Xinhua/Li Bo> Motorcars run on the Bayi Bridge amid heavy fog in Nanchang, capital of east […]
Japanese Youths Walk In The Snow After Attending Coming Of Age Ceremony At A Park In Tokyo
Dressed in Japanese kimonos, Japanese youths who have turned or will turn 20-year-old this year, the traditional age of adulthood in Japan, walk in the snow following a Coming of Age ceremony at an amusement park in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. <AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi> Young girls dressed in traditional kimonos attend the annual Coming-of-Age […]
Russian Ice Dancers Attend Presentation Ceremony Of Olympic Torch For 2014 Sochi Winter Games In Moscow
Russian ice dancers Tatyana Navka (2nd L) and Ilya Averbukh (L), paralympic swimmer Olesya Vladykina (2nd R) and supermodel Natalia Vodianova attend a presentation ceremony of the Olympic torch for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 14, 2013. Russian 2002 Olympics silver medalist and 2002 World Champion in ice dancing Ilia Averbukh […]
Tahir-Ul-Qadri, Pakistani Fiery Cleric, Waves To His Supporters En-Route To Islamabad, In Gujrat
Supporters of Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, wave their national flag and chant slogans, while waiting his arrival to Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. Thousands of supporters of the fiery cleric who has been calling for election reforms were descending Monday on the Pakistani capital, where authorities have put up barricades and sent riot […]
Members Of Moro National Liberation Front Arrive At Patikul, Philippines, To Seek Release Of Hostages
Armed members of Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a Muslim rebel group which signed a 1996 peace pact with the Philippine Government arrive at Patikul township, on the volatile island of Jolo in southern Philippines Monday Jan. 14, 2013 to seek the release of foreign and Filipino hostages long held by al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf gunmen in […]
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