World News in Pictures

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Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadaffi speaks to reporters outside his residence where U.S. fighters acting on the orders of then president Ronald Reagan carried out the bombings in 1986, on February 5, 2001.



Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi leaves after a meeting with a business women at the Auditorium Hall in Rome, June 12, 2009.




Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi pauses as he speaks in front of Ali Abdussalam Treki of Libya, President of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 23, 2009.



Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is welcomed by Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Nicolas Maduro (R) as he arrives at the venue of the Africa-South America Summit in Margarita Island, September 25, 2009.




An interior view of the former residence of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi destroyed in an air attack in 1986 after President Ronald Reagan accused Tripoli of responsibility for a bomb blast in a West Berlin disco in which two American soldiers were killed.



Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends a celebration of the 40th anniversary of his coming to power at the Green Square in Tripoli, September 1, 2009.






Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi adjusts his glasses during the plenary session at the Africa-South America Summit on Margarita Island, September 27, 2009.

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Some more pics of the devastation in NZ

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Champions League FC Copenhagen 0 - 2 Chelsea



Deadly: Anelka fires home the opening goal against FC Copenhagen

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WC Cricket Holland v England



Super start: Holland opener Kervezee's runs have started the minnows innings off in a positive manner



Simply the Bres: England's seamer makes the first breakthrough



Stumped: Prior catches Barresi out of his crease



Just like that: Tom Cooper has been in fine form with the bat for Holland



Big hitter: Ryan ten Doeschate cracks a huge six over midwicket



Clean bowled: Broad sweeps up de Grooth's stumps



Hats off: Ryan ten Doeschate acknowledges the crowd after reaching his century



England's finest: One fan enjoys the action in Nagpur

ENGLAND REQUIRE 293 TO WIN



Crouching bowler, floating umpire: Pietersen's drive rattles the stumps at Strauss's end





Off you go: KP rues his soft dismissal on 39 runs



Dutch courage: Holland celebrate taking the wicket of Strauss



Stumped: Trott's loses is wicket following a big swing and miss, Barresi whips off the bails



Hitting out: Bell sweeps misses the ball and his middle stump is knocked out


ENGLAND 296-4

ENGLAND WIN BY SIX WICKETS

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A Tunisian women flees Libya to return to her homeland



It's Brunei National Day and the troops are out to parade in front of the royal dais



The search goes on for survivors in Christchurch, NZ



A man takes a rest with his best friends in Beijing, China



Spectators at the Pakistan v Kenya WC cricket match



The Russian President and PM having a chat during the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Moscow



Medical staff perform death rituals over an effigy of India's central government during the second day of a national strike in Hyderbad

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NZ rescue continues













The quake also loosened 30 million tonnes of ice from the nations longest glacier sending boulders of ice into the Tasmin Lake

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The 2012 Olympic Velodrome in London has just been formally handed over.

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Demonstrations in Libya



Protesters chant anti-government slogans in the main square of Tobruk, February 22, 2011.



Protesters carrying guns show a mortar shell that was used to destroy a munitions store bombed by troops loyal to one of Gaddafi's sons on Saturday in Tobruk, February 22, 2011



Protesters ride pick-up trucks during protests in Tobruk, February 22, 2011.













A protester holds a mortar shell that was used to destroy an ammunitions store in Tobruk,

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Fleeing Libya



Algerian citizens returning from Libya arrive at Houari Boumedienne International Airport in Algiers, February 22, 2011.



People waiting to be evacuated from Libya gather outside Tripoli airport, February 22, 2011.



German Luftwaffe C-160 Transall transport plane is seen at Tripoli airport waiting to evacuate people from Libya, February 22, 2011





A Turkish worker (C) returning from Libya is welcomed by his relatives upon his arrival at Ataturk international airport in Istanbul, February 22,



Egyptians wait with their belongings after crossing through the Salum border from Libya into Egypt, February 22, 2011.



Maltese evacuees from Libya are welcomed back home by relatives at Malta International Airport, outside Valletta, February 21, 2011



Citizens of Tunisia returning from Libya arrive at Ras el-Jedir Ben Guerdane, southeast of Tunis, February 22, 2011













A Tunisian woman reacts as she crosses the border into Tunisia at the border crossing of Ras Jdir after fleeing unrest in Libya, February 23, 2011.

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14 die in Honduras plane crash



A small Honduran commercial airliner crashed on Monday near the capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including a high government official and a union leader, authorities said.

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Riot police officer on fire after petrol bombs thrown in Athens

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Survivors pulled from rubble 24 hours after Christchurch earthquake




Two men celebrate after being pulled out from a destroyed building in Christchurch on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Rescuers continued to pull survivors out of rubble 24 hours after a devastating earthquake struck the city.




A man is escorted by a rescue worker after being pulled from a destroyed building in Christchurch on Wednesday.


A rescue worker guides survivor Ann Bodkin out of the destroyed Pyne Gould Guinness building in Christchurch on Wednesday.



A fuel tanker sits abandoned and blocked by fallen rubble on a main road between Lyttelton Township and Christchurch on Wednesday.

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More pics from Libya



Libyan army soldiers and other protesters stand over an army van shouting slogans against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a demonstration in Tobruk, Libya on Wednesday, Feb. 23. The writing in Arabic reads "Libya, youth revolution".





A Libyan popular defence committee, holds his AK-47 as he flashes V sign in front of an anti-aircraft missile at an abandoned Libyan military base near Tobruk on Wednesday.

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Unrest in Yemen



Yemeni anti-government protesters take part in a demonstration calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Yemen's embattled leader has rejected demands that he step down, calling demonstrations against his regime unacceptable acts of provocation and offering to begin a dialogue with protesters.




An anti-government demonstrator wears a mask that says "leave, leave, leave, leave. Leave, o thug," during clashes with supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on Tuesday.












The sinister looking supporters of the President



Nice hat!



Supporters of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh attend a gathering addressed by Saleh in Sanaa on Sunday after trying to break up a demonstration by opponents of the government. Shots were fired

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West All-Star Kobe Bryant attempts to steal the ball from the East's Dwyane Wade. Bryant scored 37 points and helped the West to an All-Star victory on Sunday, Feb. 20, in Los Angeles.



Crew members for Trevor Bayne celebrate in pit row as Bayne performs a burnout. Just days after turning 20 and in just his second Sprint Cup start, Bayne won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 20, in Daytona Beach, Fla.



The Piha women's boat is hit by a big wave. They were taking a warm up run Surf Lifesaving Big Wave Classic held at Auckland, New Zealand's Piha Beach.



Alex Shibutani holds up Maia Shibutani during the ice dance short dance program competition at the ISU Four Continents Championships on Thursday, Feb. 17, in Taipei.



AC Milan's Alexandre Pato celebrates after scoring against Chievo Verona during a Serie A match on Sunday, Feb. 20 in Verona, Italy. The teams tied, 1-1.



Fans celebrate ahead of the start of the CWC Cricket World Cup on Feb. 17, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.





Challenger Paul Delgado is counted out in his bout against Slovenian IBF world champion Dejan Zavec. Zavec won the bout in the fifth on Friday, Feb. 18, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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More photo's from Greece



Police fire tear gas and flash grenades at protesters, blanketing parts of Athens in choking smoke. Thousands of demonstrators ran to side streets to take cover

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Anti-government "red shirt" supporters react to the news about their leaders outside the prison in Bangkok



A dresser waits backstage near a chart of the model's outfits before the start of the Roksanda Ilincic Fall/Winter 2011 collection show at London Fashion Week



Traders work in the oil options pit on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange in New York City, February 22, 2011.




U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company patrol a remote eastern corner of Musa Qala district in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province February 22, 2011.



Israel's President Shimon Peres (seated) looks up at the bullet holes in the ceiling from the February 23, 1981 coup attempt next to Parliament Chairman Jose Bono (R) during his visit to the Spanish parliament in Madrid February 22,



Kashmiri fishermen cast their nets to catch fish from the waters of Dal Lake on a cold day in Srinagar February 22, 2011.



Jordanians hit with their shoes a TV showing Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi giving a speech, in Amman February 22, 2011.




Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk holds a paper with number 1627 as he is brought to a courtroom in Munich, February 22, 2011.




Croatia's riot police prevent a demonstrator from reaching the square with government and parliament buildings where public protests are forbidden, in central Zagreb February 22, 2011.




A Belarussian villager pushes a trolley in an almost abandoned village of Tulgovichi, near the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, southeast of Minsk, February 22, 2011.




Students use their books to protect their heads during a earthquake drill inside a ground of the Paranaque National High School in Baclaran, Paranaque city, metro Manila February 22, 2011



People sit next to a paperboard reading "begging for food, please save us" near a demolition site in Beijing February 22, 2011



Alvaro Quiros of Spain hits from the sand on the third hole during a practice round for the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship golf tournament in Marana, Arizona February 22, 2011.




Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero blows a bubble while tossing a ball during practice at their MLB American League spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida, February 22, 2011.

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Anti-government protesters make victory signs as they stand on an army tank near a square where people are protesting in Benghazi city, Libya, February 23, 2011.




A state security building taken over by anti-government protesters is seen in Benghazi city, Libya, February 23, 2011.



A protester looks at the pictures of protesters who were killed during the last few days during the uprising against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Benghazi city, Libya, February 23, 2011.




An anti-government protester holds the Muslim holy book, the Koran, while protesters chant anti-government slogans in Benghazi city, Libya, February 23, 2011.



An anti-government protester looks at a security building taken over and burnt by anti-government protesters in Benghazi February 23, 2011



A boy wearing a military police uniform chants anti-government slogans in a street in Benghazi city, Libya, February 23, 2011.



An anti-government protester wearing a military uniform holds up an RPG launcher that was brought back after it was stolen from a military unit as people bring back stolen weapons to a state security building taken over by anti-government protesters in Ben Ghazi February 23, 2011



A man tries to put out a prison building fire after people broke through the prison and let prisoners free in Ben Ghazi, Libya, February 23, 2011.



A man who identified himself as being against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gestures as he holds an AK-47 rifle on the main road in Msaead, east of Libya, February 23, 2011.



People wait to board a Turkish ferry at the port of Benghazi, late February 22, 2011

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More on the protests in Greece



A protester throws an unkownn object towards policemen during riots in front of the parliament in Athens February 23, 2011. Greek police clashed with protesters as thousands of workers marched to parliament to protest against austerity policies aimed at helping the country cope with a huge debt crisis.




A policeman is seen in flames as he tries to escape after a petrol bomb was thrown at him during riots in front of the parliament in Athens February 23, 2011.














A photographer is seen in flames as he tries to escape after he caught fire from a petrol bomb during riots in front of the parliament in Athens February 23, 2011. The photographer did not suffer from any injuries.



Protesters run to escape teargas during riots in front of the parliament in Athens February 23, 2011.

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Celebrity sightings



Celine Dion arrives at Caesars Palace with her husband and sons in Las Vegas,



Pop singer Bruno Mars, real name Peter Hernandez, appears in District Court before entering a guilty plea to possession of cocaine in Las Vegas, February 16, 2011.



Recording artist Justin Bieber passes the ball during the second half of the 2011 BBVA All-Star Celebrity basketball game as a part of the NBA All-Star basketball weekend in Los Angeles, February 18, 2011.




Director Spike Lee with actor Mark Wahlberg and his son Michael attend the NBA basketball All-Star weekend in Los Angeles, February 19, 2011



Rapper Jay-Z (R) and singer Beyonce Knowles attend the NBA All-Star basketball game in Los Angeles, February 20, 2011.




Cast member Jennifer Aniston reacts as she poses with Adam Sandler and Brooklyn Decker (not pictured) to promote their movie "Sigueme el rollo" (Just Go With It) in Madrid, February 22, 2011.



Cast member Liam Neeson poses at the premiere of "Unknown" at the Mann Village theatre in Los Angeles, February 16, 2011.


Actress Halle Berry arrives at the Costume Designers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, February 22, 2011.




Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron poses with actor Kevin Spacey on the steps of number 10 Downing Street in London, February 18, 2011.



Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler holds a sign while attending the NBA All-Star game in Los Angeles, February 20, 2011.




Samantha Cameron (L), the wife of Britain's Prime Minister, hosts a reception to celebrate the opening of London Fashion Week 2011 and meets with designer Vivienne Westwood at Downing Street in London, February 18, 2011.

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Manama, Bahrain. Anti-government protesters throw a released prisoner in the air at the Pearl Roundabout



A rail line buckled by the earthquake in NZ



Acapulco, Mexico. A man was shot 3 times and left to die by unknown gunmen



US climbers on an ice wall in New Hampshire



Attard, Malta. A protester argues with police outside the Libyan Embassy



New Dehli, India. Demonstrators take a nap during a protest against high food prices and unemployment



Dresden, Germany. A rising sun is reflected in a windscreen covered with ice

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Accenture World Matchplay Championship in Arizona







How did you win that? Ian Poulter shakes hands with Stewart Cink after his defeat

Both defending champion Ian Poulter and Tiger Woods lose their opening matches and crash out of the competition

L Donald (GB) bt C Hoffman (US) 6&5;
JB Holmes (US) bt C Villegas (Col) 4&2; S Cink (US) bt I Poulter (GB) at 19th;
E Molinari (It) bt M Laird (GB) 3&2;
YE Yang (Kor) bt A Quiros (Sp) at 20th;
E Els (SA ) bt J Overton (US) at 19th;
G McDowell (N Ire) bt H Slocum (US) 4&3; R Fisher (GB) bt R Allenby (A) 4&3; MA Jimenez (Sp) bt Y Ikeda (Jpn) 2&1;
R Palmer (US) bt J Furyk (US) 2up;
J Day (A) bt Kyung-tae Kim (Kor) 3&2;
M Manassero (It) bt S Stricker (US) bt 2&1; R McIlroy (N Ire) bt J Byrd (US) 3&2; P Casey (GB) bt R Green (A) at 19th;
B Crane (US) bt A Scott (A) 4&2;
C Schwartzel (SA) bt R Ishikawa (Jpn) at 20th; B van Pelt (US) bt L Oosthuizen (SA) 2up; B Watson (US) bt B Haas (US) 3&2; P Mickelson (US) bt B Jones (A) 6&5; H Mahan (US) bt S O’Hair (US) 4&3; R Moore (US) bt F Molinari (It) 3&1;
R Karlsson (Swe) bt H Fujita (Jpn) 5&3; KJ Choi (Kor) bt R Goosen (SA) 1up;
M Wilson (US) bt D Johnson (US) at 19th; M Kuchar (US) bt A Hansen (Den) at 22nd; L Westwood (Eng) bt H Stenson (Swe) 3&2; N Watney (US) bt A Kim (US) 5&4; M Kaymer (Ger) bt S Noh (Kor) 7&6; T Bjorn (Den) bt T Woods (US) at 19th;
R Fowler (US) bt P Hanson (Swe) 1up;
G Ogilvy (A) bt P Harrington (Ire) 4&3;
J Rose (Eng) bt Z Johnson (US) 2&1.

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Photographers take photos of the Rotating Service Structure as it rolled back from the space shuttle Discovery, Wednesday night, Feb. 23, 2011 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. After 143 million miles (230 million kilometers) and nearly a year all told in orbit, space shuttle Discovery is poised to blast off Thursday one last time.



Freaky fashions in London



Iranians take photographs of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's car, as it is displayed at an auto show for auction for a charity in the city of Abadan, 600 miles (1000 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Iran's populist president is putting his 33-year-old Peugeot up for auction for a charity that funds housing projects for young people. Ahmadinejad's move is seen as a bid to appeal to the young and attract attention to housing projects he espoused during his campaigns, promising to put a roof over the head of every poor Iranian.



Boulder crashes through house before coming to rest at the roadside in NZ



The guilty boulder



Fruity sculptures on display during a festival in southern France

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Creature pics



Seagulls fight for a piece of bread in Prague.



An American goldfinch sits on an ice-covered tree branch in Moreland Hills, Ohio.



Baby giraffes Karl, top, and Luke put their heads together at the Opel Zoo in Kronberg, Germany.



A snowy owl watches the camera at a zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.



Baby green turtles crawl to the sea after being hatched at a turtle sanctuary in Sukamade Island in East Java province



A cobra moth rests on the shoulder of Sonya Charest, coordinator of scientific activities at the Insectarium, during the launching of the Butterflies Go Free exhibit in Montreal. The exhibit features some 1,500 butterflies of various species from around the globe.



A parrot trained by the Italian trainer Anthonie Zattu performs wearing a pair of rollerskates during the International Festival of Cirkus Art in Prague



A dog sits on a bench in a room of the first dog palace, called "Actuel Dogs," in Vincennes, France, near Paris. The palace has two suites (priced at 45 euros, or about $65, a night) and four single rooms (at 35 euros, or about $47, a night).



A male red-legged honeycreeper drinks from a nectar feeder at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, in Cleveland.



A cardinal rests near Lake Harriet in Minneapolis.



A baby rhinoceros named Lara stands next to its mother, Usuri, at Serengeti Safari Park in Hodenhagen, Germany.



Grey cranes gather in their thousands before a mass takeoff over the Agamon Hula Lake in the Hula Valley in Northern Israel



Chattanooga Zoo's 6-week-old snow leopard cub sits in a bowl for her weigh-in at the zoo in Chattanooga, Tenn. Though snow leopard cubs only have a 30 percent survival rate, the cub is healthy and growing around 100 grams every two days, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports.



Actor Bill Murray watches a deer cross the tee box on the 3rd hole at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am- Round Two at the Spyglass golf club in Pebble Beach, Calif



A Pelican covers itself with its wings to keep warm at the Beijing Zoo after it snowed in Beijing.



A swimmer gets out from icy water with fish clustering at an ice hole struggling for air in a pond in a park in St. Petersburg, Russia



Herbert Stein poses with thoroughbred Arabian 'Hassan' to promote 'Equitana' equestrian fair in Essen, Germany