Passengers Play Card At Airport In Kunming Due To Flight Cancellation By Dense Fog
Passengers play cards together at Kunming Changshui International Airport in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 3, 2013. Affected by the dense fog, a total of 434 flights were cancelled and about 7,500 passengers were trapped in the airport until 9 p.m.Thursday. Passengers are trapped at Kunming Changshui International Airport in Kunming, capital […]
Airline Companies Of China And Taiwan Sign Cooperation Contract For Better Services
Chia-Juch Chang (R), board chairman of China Airlines, issues a membership card to Chiang Pin-kung, former chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), during the press conference in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Jan. 3, 2013. China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Xiamen Airlines from mainland and China Airlines from Taiwan on Thursday signed an cooperation […]
Missile Hits A House In Aleppo, Syria, Where Escalating Violence Claims A Growing Number Of Casualties
A man shout after a missile hits in a house in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The fighting is part of the escalating violence in a Syrian civil war that the United Nations estimates has killed more than 60,000 people since the revolt against President Bashar Assad began in March 2011. Free Syrian Army […]
Shiite Pilgrims March To Karbala Near Baghdad To Remember 7th Century Martyrdom Of Imam Hussein
Shiite pilgrims march to Karbala for Arbaeen, in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 3 , 2013. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. <AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani>
A Leader of India’s Ruling Congress Party Manhandled By Women For Having Raped A Women
In this image taken from video obtained from Network 1 News and Information Syndicate (NNIS), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Bikram Singh Brahma, center, a leader of India’s ruling Congress party, has his shirt torn off by women in the village of Santipur, India, on Thursday, Jan. 3, […]
20 Taliban Prisoners Released By Effort Of Afghan Peace Council In Charge Of Brokering Peace With Taliban
Former Taliban prisoners attend a ceremony in Nangarhar province of eastern Afghanistan, on Jan. 3, 2013. A total of 20 Taliban prisoners were released from Bagram Prison, formerly controlled by the U.S. forces in the country. Their release was secured in the mediation of Afghan High Peace Council, a committee in charge of brokering peace […]
Turkey’s Former Chief Of Staff Under Questioning Over His Role In Toppling Former Gov’t In 1997
Turks wave national flags and his posters as Ismail Hakki Karadayi, Turkey’s former Chief of Staff, arrives at a courthouse in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. A prosecutor on Thursday began questioning Karadayi over his role in the ousting of an Islamic-led coalition government in 1997. Police escorted Karadayi, 80, from his Istanbul residence […]
Libya’s Prime Minister Has A Joint Press Conference In Tripoli
Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a joint press conference in Tripoli, Libya, on. Jan. 3, 2013. Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan (C) speaks during a joint press conference in Tripoli, Libya, on. Jan. 3, 2013. <Xinhua/Hamza Turkia>
A Woman Watch Graffiti Of Military Officers Disappeared In 1994 During The Rule Of Former Yemeni President
A Yemeni woman looks at graffiti of military officers who disappeared in 1994 on a wall as artists call it a “Walls Memory” campaign in Sanna, Yemen, Jan. 3, 2013. Yemen’s authorities have set up a commission to investigate on tens of political leaders and activists who disappeared during the 33-year rule of former Yemeni […]
Pakistan’s Shiite Muslims Hold Religious Procession To Remember Imam Hussain In Karachi
Pakistani Shiite Muslims attend a religious procession in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Jan. 3, 2013. Pakistani Shiite Muslims held religious processions across the country to mark the 40th day of mourning after the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. <Xinhua/Masroor>
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