World News in Pictures

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Pensioners Carmen Ruiz (R), 82, and her husband Francisco Arias, 83, cry as they listen to a speech during a protest against further tax hikes and austerity cuts in Malaga, southern Spain October 7, 2012. The demonstration comes only days after Spain's central bank chief undercut the government's proposed 2013 budget on October 4, saying it was based on over-rosy forecasts for economic growth and tax revenue, as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy weighs when to seek an international bailout



Opposition activists pose with a portrait of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, with a black ribbon commonly used for the deceased tied around it, on Putin's birthday in Moscow October 7, 2012. Putin turns 60 on Sunday, his grip on power weaker than in the past but under little immediate threat if the oil price stays high.



France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (back L) watches Serbia's Novak Djokovic dance with ballgirls after Djokovic won their men's singles final at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing October 7, 2012.



Former Jordanian lawmaker Rudaina Al Atti (R), carrying a picture of her with Jordan's King Abdullah, walks past a cleaner as she leaves the parliament after packing her belongings in Amman October 7, 2012. Jordan's King Abdullah on October 4 dissolved the country's pro-government rubber stamp parliament, a constitutional move to pave the way for elections expected early next year



West Indies' Chris Gayle jumps as his teammates watch after winning the World Twenty20 final cricket match against Sri Lanka in Colombo October 7, 2012.



The installation titled "The New Nomos of the Planet" by artist Haim Sokol is displayed at Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk October 7, 2012.

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A collision during the Nascar Sprint Cup series in Alabama



People march to mark World Habitat Day in Phnom Penh



500 pensioners clash with police in Athens over austerity measures



A bomb on a bicycle injured 16 people including 4 police officers in Quetta, Pakistan

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A Syrian refugee sits amidst a pile of belongings, waiting for permission to enter Turkey, at the Syrian-Turkish border near Azaz, Syria, Oct. 7.

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Golfers dressed in 1930s period costume play on Monifeith Links course during the 8th World Hickory Open on Oct. 8, in Monifeith, Scotland.

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People look at the remains of a Sudanese military plane after it crashed at the North Korodofan State border near the capital of Khartoum, on Oct. 8, 2012. The Antonov 12 transport plane, carrying personnel and equipment to the strife-torn Darfur region, crashed near Khartoum on Sunday, killing 15 people on board, the army said.

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A member of the public reacts as a prison van transports Mark Bridger from Aberystwyth Magistrates Court in Mid Wales on Oct. 8, 2012. Bridger appeared at court on Monday charged with the murder of missing school girl April Jones, child abduction and attempting to pervert the course of justice by disposing of her body.

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Chinese sex fair

More than 30,000 visitors attended the 10th national sex culture festival in Guangzhou to watch pole dancers, buy 007-brand condoms and browse porn. However, shots of "artistic nudes" were tame by western standards



A model poses with a water pistol on a stand promoting a condom brand






'Instructional' DVDs for sale



Too small love?



I love 3 in-a-bed so i'll take 2



He's taking 4, the greedy bugger!






Think i prefer the one on the right









Feeling a wee bit insecure darling?



You wont be laughing tonight cheeky girl, when he ties you up and gives you a good whipping

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Rescuers attempt to stop a man from committing suicide on a bridge in Wuhan, Hubei province, October 8, 2012. The man was rescued after he climbed onto the top of a bridge, attempting to jump off over the Yangtze River and threatened his own life if his economic dispute could not be resolved.

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Danika Starr, 9, sits with her father's winning pumpkin at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Weigh-off contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. The pumpkin weighed 1,775 pounds, making it a new California record. Starr wins six dollars for each pound, which equals $10,650.

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A sign for Romney Road is seen on a street in Dalton-in-Furness in northwestern England, where relatives of U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney were born and bred in the 18th and 19th Century, September 26, 2012. Not many people would associate Romney with Britain but it was in these rain-soaked plains of northern England that his ancestors lived for generations, converted to Mormonism and left for the U.S. in 1841 in search of the promised land.



A Buddhist monk holds up a poster during a demonstration protesting against violence on Buddhists in Bangladesh in front of the Bangladesh Embassy in Yangon October 8, 2012. Poster reads, "Stop killing Buddhists in Bangladesh".



House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) (L) and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) hold a news conference to release a report on "national security threats posed by Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE" on Capitol Hill in Washington October 8, 2012



A traffic jam, one of five key issues Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi outlined in his Al Nhada (Renaissance) project, is pictured in old Cairo, a day after his 100th day in power, October 8, 2012,



Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (L) talks with Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos (R) at a eurozone finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg October 8, 2012



A member of the National Youth Corps (NYC) scuffles with Indian police women as they try to detain her during a protest in Srinagar October 8, 2012

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Protesters clash with police during a social justice march in Bogota, Colombia



Competitors for the 5 day event Tour of Beijing covering 761.5 kms

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Justin Lee Collins found guilty of harassing Anna Larke



Collins verbally abused and physically assaulted his former lover, the court heard

TV personality Justin Lee Collins has been sentenced to 140 hours of community service for harassing his former partner Anna Larke.

Collins, 38, of Kew, London, was convicted at St Albans Crown Court of harassment causing fear of violence between January and July 2011.

The court heard Collins began a "campaign of abuse", keeping a dossier of Ms Larke's past sexual experiences.

After the hearing Ms Larke said she was "absolutely ecstatic" at the verdict.

Justice John Plumstead ordered Collins to carry out the unpaid work within 18 months and told him to pay £3,500 in prosecution costs.

A jury heard Collins subjected the video games public relations worker to sustained emotional and domestic abuse during their seven-month relationship.

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Malala Yousafzai: Pakistan activist, 14, shot in Swat

Malala Yousafzai was hit in the head, but is reportedly out of danger

Gunmen have wounded a 14-year-old rights activist who has campaigned for girls' education in the Swat Valley in north-west Pakistan.

Malala Yousafzai was attacked on her way home from school in Mingora, the region's main town.

She came to public attention in 2009 by writing a diary for BBC Urdu about life under Taliban militants who had taken control of the valley.

A Pakistani Taliban spokesman told the BBC they carried out the attack.

Ehsanullah Ehsan told BBC Urdu that they attacked her because she was anti-Taliban and secular, adding that she would not be spared.


Orla Guerin BBC News, Islamabad

The chilling attack on the young peace campaigner has been leading TV news bulletins here. Malala Yousafzai is one of the best-known schoolgirls in the country.

Young as she is, she has dared to do what many others do not - publicly criticise the Taliban.

Malala's confident, articulate campaign for girls' education has won her admirers - and recognition - at home and abroad. She has appeared on national and international television, and spoken of her dream of a future Pakistan where education would prevail.

Even by the standards of blood-soaked Pakistan, there has been shock at the shooting. It has been condemned by Pakistan's Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, who sent a helicopter to transfer Malala to hospital in Peshawar.

The head of Pakistan's Independent Human Rights Commission, Zohra Yusuf, said "this tragic attack on this courageous child" sends a very disturbing message to all those working for women and girls.


Malala Yousafzai was travelling with at least one other girl when she was shot, but there are differing accounts of how events unfolded.

One report, citing local sources, says a bearded gunman stopped a car full of schoolgirls, and asked for Malala Yousafzai by name, before opening fire.

But a police official also told BBC Urdu that unidentified gunmen opened fire on the schoolgirls as they were about to board a van or bus.

She was hit in the head and, some reports say, in the neck area by a second bullet, but is now in hospital and is reportedly out of danger. Another girl who was with her at the time was also injured.

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Man dies after cockroach-eating competition

Roaches are not known to be unsafe to eat

The winner of a cockroach-eating competition died shortly after eating dozens of the live insects and worms in Florida, authorities have said.

Edward Archbold, 32, became ill and collapsed at a pet shop where the contest took place in the city of Deerfield Beach on Friday.

About 30 others competed in the event at the Ben Siegel Reptile Store.

Officials are waiting for the results of an autopsy to determine Mr Archbold's cause of death

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Sandusky faces minimum 30-year Penn State abuse term




Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing young boys for more than a decade.

The sentence means Sandusky, 68, is likely to die in prison after being convicted of 45 molestation charges.

Victims gave statements during the hearing, and the judge said he had "betrayed" the trust of his victims.

Sandusky's November 2011 arrest triggered a crisis at the US university famed for its football programme.

He appeared at the Tuesday hearing at the Pennsylvania courthouse wearing a red prison jumpsuit and with his wrists shackled.

His lawyers said that Sandusky plans to appeal.

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Carlos Daniel Gonzalez, 6, shows authorities the way he hid from unknown gunmen that killed his parents and other relatives in the municipality of Villa Canales on Oct. 9.



Carlos Daniel Gonzalez holds his sister Izabel as they are accompanied by authorities after unknown gunmen killed their parents and other relatives in Villa Canales, Guatemala, on Oct. 9



Seven family members, including two children, were killed by an unknown gunmen in the town of Villa Canales, Guatemala, 14 miles from Guatemala City on Tuesday.

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Akee, 34, who works as a waiter, rests in a wooden box where he lives in Hong Kong October 9, 2012.



A movie is shown on a television in a common area between wooden boxes where people live in Hong Kong, October 9, 2012.






In Hong Kong, affordable apartments are so scarce that people are living in spaces much like an enclosed bunk bed. These so called "coffin homes" fit a single bed and aren't high enough to stand in. Residents share a common space with a toilet and sink and pay about $155-180 per month for the space. Nearby is some of the most expensive real estate and luxury stores among the city's gleaming skyscrapers.

In New York City, a similar disparity is taking place, with new towers going up and multi-million dollar apartments in high demand while a similar building boom is happening for tiny, 200-square foot apartments. But at least they aren't coffin-sized

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Protestors run away from tear gas during clashes in front of the parliament in Athens on Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012
















A man in chains and carrying a wooden cross marked "Greece wake up" walks during a protest against the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Thessaloniki on October 9, 2012.




Germany's Angela Merkel arrived in Greece on her first visit since Europe's debt crisis erupted here three years ago, braving protests to deliver a message of support - but no new money - to a nation hammered by recession and fighting to stay in the euro. Athens went into security lock down for the visit as some 50,000 protesters made a show of discontent against painful austerity cuts

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Islamabad, Pakistan: A displaced child tries to remove flies from her face at a makeshift home in a slum



Birmingham, UK: London Mayor Boris Johnson arrives to speak at a rally for supporters at the Conservative party conference



Azaz, Syria: Refugee children make toys from scrap materials found in a camp at the Turkish border



Guatemala City, Guatemala: Students from San Carlos University block the road during a demonstration



Virginia, US: Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, holds up a crying baby during a rally in Newport

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Mounted officers line the route during the funeral procession for slain U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sierra Vista, Ariz. The head of the U.S. Border Patrol agents' union says the agent was killed when he apparently opened fire on two colleagues thinking they were armed smugglers and was killed when they returned fire



Staffers at the New York Times hold an organized protest outside the New York Times Building in New York to protest the management's position on contract negotiations. It is the latest development in the escalating war between employees and the newspaper over contract negotiations. Union members have been working without a contract for the last eighteen months



A man photographs a beached Southern right whale carcass washed up on Muizenberg beach, South Africa



Sir John Gurdon gives a press conference in London after being awarded the Nobel prize for medicine with Professor Shinya Yamanaka from Kyoto University



Indian police scuffle with Kashmiri members of the National Youth Corps during a protest in Srinagar



An Afghan child who lost his leg in a suicide attack in Kandahar walks with the aid of a stroller in Kabul



A competitor carries two pigs during the Hunan Hercules Challenge in Hengyang, China



A photographer attempts to snatch a picture as a prison van leaves Aberystwyth magistrates court believed to be carrying Mark Bridger, 46, who appeared accused of the abduction and murder of five-year-old April Jones



A very relaxed kangaroo lies on its side at Suzhou Zoo, Jiangsu Province, China



Indian fishermen participate in a floating protest near the Koodankulam nuclear plant in the Bay of Bengal, demanding that the Indian government scrap the project



Arrested volunteers from Kashmir's National Youth Corps (NYC) shout anti-government slogans from inside a police van during a protest to demand the regularisation of their jobs in Srinagar



The West Indies cricket team pose with the World Twenty20 trophy in Colombo a day after beating hosts Sri Lanka in the final



Workers from the Taw Win furniture factory sit in front of the company headquarters as they protest for labour rights in Rangoon, Burma.



It's all so gripping: a spectator sleeps during a first round match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament pitting Sam Querrey of the US against Zhe Li of China

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A wounded Syrian man is carried to an ambulance after crossing to Turkey over the Orontes river on the Turkish-Syrian border near the village of Hacipasa, in Hatay province on October 10, 2012.

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Farmers in a stretch of Illinois where most of the nation's pumpkins are grown say their crop looks relatively smashing and is likely to be one of the few successes in a year when severe drought baked most of the nation's heartland.

The drought forced thousands of ranchers to sell off cattle because pastures were too dry to graze, and corn and soybean farmers watched their plants wither in the summer sun. But John Ackerman said most of the pumpkins he planted fared "fantastic" for a simple, single reason: Pumpkins dig dry weather

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2012 Prix Pictet winner Luc Delahaye

The former photojournalist has won the £65,000 photography prize on the theme of power, triumphing over a strong shortlist of big names including Robert Adams and Joel Sternfeld. From looters in Haiti to flood devastation in Indonesia, here's a selection of his winning images

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Jimmy Savile's headstone removed from Scarborough cemetery




The gravestone of Sir Jimmy Savile is to be sent to a landfill after being removed from a Scarborough cemetery.

His family said they requested the removal of the headstone "out of respect to public opinion" following allegations he sexually abused girls.

Scotland Yard is pursuing 120 lines of inquiry and there could be 30 victims.

The triple headstone was removed from Woodlands Cemetery overnight to avoid a "circus" and will now be destroyed, funeral director Robert Morphet said.

Cleveland Police has confirmed it has received a new complaint from a man in Redcar relating to "a historic allegation of sexual assault" against Savile.

The incident is alleged to have taken place in the early 1970s when the man was nine years old.

Mr Morphet, from Joseph A Hey and Son, said Savile's family had made the decision to remove the gravestone because of "the impact the stone remaining there could have on the dignity and sanctity of the cemetery

Initially the stone was due to be removed on Wednesday morning.

Mr Morphet, who organised Savile's funeral and oversaw the dismantling of the headstone, said: "We felt the most dignified way to do it would be discreetly, quietly and while it was dark. It took us about an hour-and-a-half to take the stone down and take it away."

He said it was removed in three pieces and taken away on a lorry.

"We felt that it was the appropriate thing to do and in the event I think we've made the right decision," Mr Morphet said.




Savile's family said they wanted to preserve the sanctity of the cemetery where he is buried


The headstone, which was inscribed with the epitaph "It Was Good While It Lasted" and verses composed by a family friend, will now be destroyed.

"We've taken it back to our yard in Leeds. We'll grind the inscription off and we will dispose of the memorial. It'll be broken up and just go to landfill," Mr Morphet said.

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Angry protests over German leader's Greek trip











'No to the Fourth Reich'