World News in Pictures

[Mr Lick]

A jury has found Hazel Stewart guilty of the double murder of her husband and her former lover's wife.

Stewart, 48, from Coleraine, is to serve a life sentence for the murders of Trevor Buchanan and Lesley Howell in May 1991.

Her ex-lover, former dentist Colin Howell, is serving 21 years after he pleaded guilty to the killings.

The jury at Coleraine Crown Court took two and a half hours to find Stewart guilty after a 15-day trial.

[Mr Lick]

WC Cricket - England v Ireland





England get off to a good start with Kevin Pietersen



Andew Strauss makes 34 on his 34th birthday before being bowled by George Dockrell



Pieteren top edges a catch having made 59 off 50 balls



Ian Bell smashing his way to a fine century partnership with Jonathan Trott



Matt Prior being bowled as England close on a healthy 327 for 8



Ground staff preparing things for the Irsh inninngs



Unfortunate start for Porterfield as he is bowled by the very first ball of the innings



Ed Joyce make a fine 62 before being stumped by Prior



Kevin O'Brien hitting one of his 3 sixes as he storms to 50 off only 30 deliveries



Strauss spills a crucial catch with O'Brien at 91 and Ireland on 246-5



O'Brien celebrates an astonishng 100 off only 50 balls, the fastest ever WC century. Fantastic!



O'Brien is run out with only 11 runs required but Mooney and Johnston lead their side to a famous 3 wicket victory



The multi dyed hair O'Brien with his Man of the Match trophy

[Mr Lick]

The relative of a policeman killed by suspected Colombian rebels holds onto a policeman as she tries to reach the police station in Caloto Cauca, March 1, 2011.



Muslim boys wash themselves before praying at an Islamic school where they live and study the Koran in the village of Lam Mai in Thailand's troubled Yala province, March 1, 2011.



Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a protest demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March 1, 2011.




A man holds up a Kingdom of Libya flag during the funeral of Ahmed Sati in Benghazi March 1, 2011. Sati, a 50-year-old Libyan man, died from a gunshot wound to his head on February 20 during clashes between protesters and forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, according to the local hospital.



A visitor experiences a massage seat at the Renault showcase during the first media day of the 81st Geneva International Motor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 1, 2011.




Models pose in their underwear at a bus station to celebrate the fifth annual Brazil Underwear Day in Brasilia March 1, 2011.



A girl screams while being treated for wounds from a grenade attack in a college in Mardan, after she was brought to the Lady Reading Hospital for treatment in Peshawar March 1, 2011.



Sahrawi woman Fatma Mahamud (L), who was injured by a mine, works out at the Martyr El Scherif land mines victim center in Rabuni refugee camp March 1, 2011.




People walk alongside the convoy carrying the coffin of Turkey's former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan from the mosque to the cemetary during his funeral in Istanbul March 1, 2011. Erbakan, the founder of Turkey's modern Islamist movement, died of heart failure on Sunday at the age of 85.




An Egyptian man who fled the unrest in Libya talks on a phone provided by Telecom sans Frontiere (TSF) at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir March 1, 2011.




A Libyan army soldier signals from a rooftop to a Chinook helicopter in a border crossing station in western Libya March 1, 2011.



A claimant for human rights violations during the regime of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos cries while looking at his cheque at the Commission on Human Rights office in Quezon city, Metro Manila March 1, 2011.



Boys climb on the tank of Libyan army defectors in the centre of the city of Zawiyah, west of the capital Tripoli, March 1, 2011



Rescue workers from the U.S. take a break during a search of an earthquake-damaged building in central Christchurch March 2, 2011.




Foreign workers carry their belongings as they leave Libya to cross into Tunisia fleeing violence in Libya at the border crossing of Dehiba March 1, 2011.



Protesters opposed to leader Muammar Gaddafi climb on the tank of Libyan army defectors in the centre of the city of Zawiyah, west of the capital Tripoli, March 1, 2011.



A man punches another man dressed up as "Punch Me Panda" inside of the subway system in New York March 1, 2011.



A man shows unknown bodies of people killed in the recent clashes between protesters and forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in a hospital in Benghazi March 1, 2011.



Muslim boys pray at an Islamic school where they live and study the Koran in the village of Lam Mai in the troubled Yala province March 1, 2011.



An immigrant on hunger strike is transferred to an ambulance in Athens March 1, 2011.



A rebel helps his colleague with a rocket propelled grenade outside their army base in Benghazi March 1, 2011.

[Mr Lick]

Sana'a, Yemen: A protester sprays foam at a rally demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh



Ajdabiya, Libya: Rebels prepare for a counter-attack by government forces



Beijing, China: A child wears a traditional costume while visiting Tiananmen Square



Tripoli, Libya: Men hold up posters of Muammar Gaddafi in a crowd gathered around a burning fuel truck



Islamabad, Pakistan: A security officer is reflected in a window of the car in which government minister Shahbaz Bhatti was shot dead



Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Journalists witness the inauguration of the new LED lighting system of the Christ the Redeemer monument



Lampedusa island, Italy: Would-be immigrants from north Africa sit on a bus that will carry them to a temporary accommodation centre

[Mr Lick]

Gaddafi and Libya



Muammar Gaddafi waves before making a speech in Tripoli



A Libyan rebel soldier flashes the V sign



A man fires his gun in the air to celebrate news of rebels taking control of Brega



Muammar Gaddafi speaks in Tripoli



Gaddafi drives his cart through Tripoli after making a speech in which he sought to defuse tensions



Protesters burn pictures of Gaddafi and copies of the Green book in Benghazi



Protesters hold up flags as Gaddafi's books burn



Protesters burn pictures of Gaddafi in Benghazi



A Libyan protester stands on top of a pile of burning "Green Books" during a protest against Gaddafi in Benghazi



Rebels ride on top of a tank on the outskirts of Ajdabiya



Rebel fighters advance on the front line against Libyan government forces in Brega. Looks like he's getting his dander up.



Rebel fighters advance towards the front line against Libyan government forces in Ajdabiya



Rebels ready their weapons and munitions in Ajdabiya as pro-Gaddafi soldiers and mercenaries attack the nearby city of Brega



An anti-aircraft machine gun burnt by rebels during a battle in Brega



A rebel fighter advances on the frontline against Libyan government forces in Brega



Rebel fighters celebrate after advancing against Libyan government forces in Brega



Refugees enter Tunisia from Libya



Egyptian refugees from Libya queue for food at a military field hospital run by the Tunisian army near Ben Gardane



Refugees at a military field hospital run by the Tunisian army at the Ras Jdir border post

[Mr Lick]

The FA Cup Man City v A Villa





Just five minutes in and it looks like Houllier's tactic might not of been his finest hour as Yaya Touré sweeps the ball past Brad Friedel to give Manchester City the lead





David Silva had a busy and industrious game and cemented City's victory when he made it 3-0 after 70 mins with a swift and well taken drive. The blue half of Manchester are now just one game away from their first FA Cup semi-final in 30 years and it's Reading who stand in their way

Arsenal v L. Orient





It's 2-0 to the Arsenal when Nicklas Bendtner soars to meet Kieran Gibbs' floating cross and powers a header home



Unfortunately Arsenal's Denilson and Kieran Gibbs' attempts at an elegant header falls flat on its face



Just before half-time Bendtner gets his second and Arsenal's third when he comes inside from the left and curls a delightful shot into the far corner



There's no stopping him now as he converts a penalty to score his hat-trick





It's 5-0 to Arsenal and another stonking finish. Gaël Clichy arrived late into the Orient penalty area and is 15 yards out when he fires an unstoppable shot into the far corner. They will need to be in that sort of form in the next round as they travel to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United

[Mr Lick]

Geneva Motor Show



A Renault Dezir electric concept car



The new Skoda logo



German track-day specialist Wiesmann unveils its latest Spyder design study



BMW's new Vision Connected Drive concept car



A V60 Volvo electric car



Italian carmaker Pagani's new Huayra sports car



The exhaust of the Pagani Huayra



A BMW Vision Connected Drive Concept Car



A new designed 'Emily' mascot is seen on Rolls-Royce's Phantom EE experimental electric car



Hostesses and visitors at carmaker's booths during the Geneva car show



A Lohner-Porsche – a hybrid vehicle that used petrol and electricity and was developed in 1899 – is driven across the stage during a presentation by Volkswagen, Porsche's current owner



The Subaru stand reveals the architecture of its boxer engine



Acrobats perform during a Porsche presentation



Ferrari's new FF is the manufacturer's first-ever four-wheel drive production car



The VW Bulli concept car

[Mr Lick]

Satellite eye on earth



A weather satellite image shows tropical cyclone Yasi in the Coral Sea approaching the coast of Australia on 1 February 2011



In a winter marked by severe storms, this storm of the first days of February stands out. Heavy snow, ice, freezing rain, and frigid wind battered about two thirds of the United States, made it a winter storm of historic proportions, said the National Weather Service. In the image the storm measures about 2,000km from west to east. According to news reports, one in three Americans were affected by the storm



The diverse and picturesque contours of southern Italy, known for its boot-like shape, take centre stage in this Envisat image, acquired on 25 January 2011. This part of the Italian Peninsula is surrounded by the Tyrhennian (centre left), Ionian (bottom right) and Adriatic (top) Seas. The light green colour of the water along the Adriatic is caused by sediments being carried into the sea by rivers and then being distributed along the coast by currents. Stretching the entire length of the peninsula, the Apennine Mountains are visible under a dusting of snow. Mount Vesuvius is visible as a white circle inland from the Bay of Naples on the west coast, and the larger Mount Etna is visible in Sicily.



Whether seen at night or during the day, the capital city of Brazil is unmistakable from orbit. Brasilia is located on a plateau the Planalto Central in the west-central part of the country, and is widely considered to be one of the best examples of 20th century urban planning in the world



The winter landscape of the Russian far east on 28 January 2011. The snow cover etches the features of Kharbarovsk Krai in bright white and pale blues. The brightest white snow marks the area of heaviest cover, generally the tops and western slopes of mountains. The ice sheet which covers the Sea of Okhotsk is thickest just off the coast and to the south, then thins and eventually dissipates in open waters. In most years, the sea is frozen from October to March. This long freeze-up is enabled by the inflow of very large quantities of fresh water, which drops the salinity of the shallow, salty sea enough to raise the freezing point. For this reason, the freeze-up of the Sea of Okhotsk is notably longer and more complete than other waters at the same latitude, such as the Gulf of Alaska. The biggest contributor of fresh water to the Sea is the Amur River, seen as a frozen, bright icy-white waterway in the lower left corner of the image


Ostrov Shikotan (or Shikotan-to) is a volcanic island at the southern end of the Kuril chain. Shikotan lies along the extreme southern edge of winter sea ice in the Northern Hemisphere. The island is surrounded by sea ice – swirling shapes of ghostly blue-grey. Although sea ice often forms around Shikotan, the extent varies widely from year to year, and even day to day. The ice in this image may have formed in a matter of several days, and it is prone to moving with currents. North of the western end of Shikotan, eddies have shaped the ice into rough circles. The eddies may result from opposing winds – winds from the north pushing the ice southward, and winds from the south-west pushing the ice toward the north-east



A dust plume stretched across the Mediterranean Sea, from just west of the Nile Delta to just east of Kriti (Crete). The dust plume extends hundreds of kilometres across the ocean, mingling with clouds in the north. Source points for this plume are not apparent in this image, and skies over Egypt are largely clear. This plume was likely whirled aloft by dust storms occurring over Egypt and Libya in the preceding days



Ebon Atoll, a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean that is part of the Marshall Islands - located about 1000 km to the north-east of the Solomon Islands



The deep blue waters of the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean form a stark contrast to the arid red and tan lands of the Horn of Africa, as east Africa was in the throes of a severe drought. The land is so dry that only small hints of green vegetation can be found and only in the normally green mountains of Ethiopia. World Vision announced that years of unrelenting drought have thrown the Horn of Africa into a humanitarian crisis threatening the lives of millions of families, including more than 6 million people in Kenya and Somalia. In the past two months, water prices in Somalia alone have increased as much as 300%. According to the UN-funded Somalia Water and Land Information Management programme, two thirds of Somalia received less than 75% of normal rainfall in this wet season



Flood waters lingered in Pakistan in late February 2011, roughly seven months after devastating monsoon rains first struck the country. Although significantly lower than in October 2010, and even December 2010, water levels were noticeably higher in February 2011 than they had been a year earlier. These images show part of the Indus river on 21 February 2011. Roughly centred around the city of Sukkur is a large irrigation network of levees and canals designed to manage Pakistan’s typically scarce water resources. The 2010 monsoon floods overwhelmed this irrigation network in many places, and created a giant floodwater lake that terminated in Manchhar (or Manchar) lake. By late February 2011, water levels had receded considerably, but a multitude of water pockets remained, especially north-west of Sukkur. Water levels were also much higher, compared to a year before, near the city of Sanghar



The San Francisco volcanic field lies not near the city of the same name but in northern Arizona. Covering 1,800 square miles, the volcanic field consists of volcanoes and lava flows, including SP Crater. SP Crater is a cinder cone, a conical structure made up of volcanic fragments, often glassy rocks containing bubbles of trapped gas. Cinder cones often form around or downwind from volcanic vents. When lava erupts from these structures, it frequently flows out of breaches on the side, and that appears to be the case at SP Crater. Like most volcanoes in this field, SP Crater is a basalt cinder cone. Basalt has low resistance to flow, so basalt lava flows tend to travel fairly far from the eruption source. Forming a paisley pattern, the dark volcanic rocks north of SP Crater result from lava flows. (This image has been rotated and north is at right.) The hardened lava extends some 6km from the cinder cone, and is about 30m thick



Arkhangelsk (or Archangel in English) is a city and the administrative capital of Archangelsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated on both banks of the Dvina river near where it flows into the White Sea. As early as 800 the area was known to the Vikings to have a settlement, that they raided around 1000. In the 12th century, the Novogordians established the Archangel Michael Monastery. For the next 400 years, conflict between Russia and Sweden for control of the White Sea and the Kola Peninsula led to shifting rulers for Arkhangelsk. Construction of a railway to Moscow in the late 1800s signalled a revival of the city's economy



Lingering haze continued over south central Asia shrouding the lowlands south of the Himalayas. North-east India and Bangladesh are often plagued by pollution in the winter, when cold, heavy air slides down the southern face of the Himalayas into the lower lands, holding pollution close to the ground. While winter pollution is a common phenomenon, the Centre for Science and the Environment has noted that not only are this winter's particulate levels extremely high, but so are levels of several toxic chemicals, including nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide. In December 2010, the Department of Environment (DoE) reported that airborne particulates in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, reached nearly five times the acceptable level set by the National Air Quality Standard of Bangladesh



Ice covered Lake Baikal in late January 2011, as snow coated nearby peaks. Ice on Lake Baikal is not at all unusual in January. The ice that forms on the lake is generally quite strong, even strong enough to support the weight of vehicles driving over the surface. Lake Baikal (also known as Ozero Baykal or Ozero Bajkal), is the world's oldest and deepest freshwater lake. At roughly 635km long, with an average width of about 50km, it is also the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, holding as much fresh water as North America's Great Lakes combined. Surrounded by mountains, the lake occupies a rift where parts of the Earth's crust as wrenching apart. Geologists value the lake for what it can reveal about the development of ocean basins



The dense centre of tropical cyclone Carlos was surrounded by a radiant, halo-like cloud pattern, as the storm battered the towns of Onslow and Exmouth, Australia that same day. As Tropical Cyclone Carols passed Onslow and Exmouth, located on Western Australia's coast, wind gusts were measured up to 155 km/h, making it a category 2 cyclone on the Australian Tropical Cyclone Category scale

[Mr Lick]

More from Libya



Rebel forces on the outskirts Ajdabiya wave to men travelling to fight at Brega



Rebel fighters on the outskirts of Ajdabiya



A bomb is dropped by the Libyan air force on the outskirts of Brega



The bodies of men killed in fighting with pro-Gaddafi forces near Brega university are brought to the city hospital



Men injured in Brega during fighting with pro-Gaddafi forces are brought to the city's hospital



Anti-government militia at a checkpoint at Ajdabiya



An arms deport at Ajdabiya



The remains of the armoury at a sacked army base

[Mr Lick]

Mickey Rooney gives passionate testimony before Congress





Mickey Rooney became visibly shaken during his testimony before the Senate Aging Committee today as a victim of and advocate against elder abuse.

Rooney has alleged in court documents that he was being bullied by his stepson and feared being kidnapped.

[Mr Lick]

A bullet hole is seen in the driver's window as a bus is towed away after a gunman fired shots at U.S. soldiers who were traveling outside Frankfurt airport, Germany, on March 2, killing two airmen and wounding two before being taken into custody.

[Mr Lick]

Wisconsin State representative Fred Clark (L) meets with constituents at his desk outside the capitol building March 2, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin. Clark and several other Democrat members of the assembly moved their offices outside the building because of the difficulties the public was having entering the building which has been essentially locked down to prevent protestors from spending the night inside. Demonstrators have occupied the capitol building and marched outside during round-the-clock demonstrations for more than two weeks, protesting Governor Scott Walker's attempt to push through a bill that would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers in the state.



ET3 Christopher Shepardpearson and his wife, Gina, share the traditional first kiss as the Los Angeles Class attack submarine USS Memphis returns to the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., on March 2, after a two-month deployment that was the attack submarine's final mission. The USS Memphis, commissioned in 1977, will be taken out of service in a formal de-commissioning ceremony at the Groton base on April 1.



Two killed in Ohio home explosion



Christian politician killed by Pakistani gunmen



Residents trapped in Philadelphia fire

[Mr Lick]

A rebel fires a rocket at a Libyan air force jet loyal to Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi during a battle in the desert near Brega, March 2, 2011.



A Nigerian migrant worker who fled the unrest in Libya waits at the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir, March 2, 2011



Afghan boys joke with each other as they make bubbles with chewing gum in Kabul, March 2, 2011.



Bayern Munich supporters hold up signs reading 'No Neuer' before their German soccer cup (DFB-Pokal) semi-final match against Schalke 04 in Munich, March 2, 2011.



Relatives of slain Pakistani Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti mourn at his family residence in the village of Khushpur, located in Punjab province, March 2, 2011.



Protesters wave a Kingdom of Libya flag atop a burnt state security building during protests in Benghazi, March 2, 2011.



Abdullah Al-Ashaal flashes victory signs before speaking with a journalist about his program for the presidential election at a journalist syndicate in Cairo, March 2, 2011.



Riot police block the access of demonstrators towards the square with the government and parliament buildings where public protests are forbidden, in central Zagreb, March 2, 2011.



Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs introduces the iPad 2 on stage during an Apple event in San Francisco, March 2, 2011



France President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma as he arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, March 2, 2011.




Celtic's Daniel Majstovic (R) challenges Rangers' El Hadji Diouf during their Scottish Cup soccer match at Parkhead Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, March 2, 2011.



Charlotte Kalla of Sweden and compatriot Inga Ingemarsdotter (L) celebrate after they won the women's cross country team sprint classic event during the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, March 2, 2011.

[Mr Lick]

More from the Geneva Motor Show



A new Alfa Romeo 4C concept car is displayed during the first media day of the 81st Geneva International Motor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 1, 2011.



BMW's Chief executive officer Norbert Reithofer (L) arrives on stage in a BMW Vision Connected Drive concept car during the first media day of the 81st Geneva Car Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 1, 2011.




The charging plug of a battery powered Rolls Royce 102ex experimental is seen on a car displayed during the first media day of the 81st Geneva International Motor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 1, 2011.



Visitors inspect the interior of the new VW Bully concept car during the second media day of the 81st Geneva Motor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 2, 2011. Picture taken with a fisheye lens.




A model poses in a new Alfa Romeo 4C concept car displayed during the first media day of the 81st Geneva International Motor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 1, 2011.




Visitors look at the Land Rover Evoque car during the second media day of the 81st Geneva Motor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 2, 2011.




A battery-powered Renault DeZir concept car is displayed during the first media day of the 81st Geneva International Motor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 1, 2011.



The new Tata Pixel car is displayed during the first media day of the 81st Geneva Car Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 1, 2011.



A new Mini Cooper SD car is displayed during the first media day of the 81st Geneva International Motor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 1, 2011.



Media film a battery-powered Renault DeZir concept car displayed during the first media day of the 81st Geneva International Motor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 1, 2011.




A model poses next to the Vision D concept car on the Skoda stand during the second media day of the 81st Geneva Motor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 2, 2011



Visitors look at Italian carmaker Pagani's new Huayra sports car on the first media day of the 81st Geneva Car Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 1, 2011.



The Seat Alhambra car is pictured during the second media day of the 81st Geneva Motor Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 2, 2011.




Visitors walk past a vintage Renault R4 car at the exhibition stand of Renault during the first media day of the 81st Geneva Car Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 1, 2011.

[Mr Lick]

Meet the iPad2



The Apple iPad 2 is shown during its launch event in San Francisco, March 2, 2011. The tablet device contains a dual-core processor, front and rear cameras, and is 8.8 millimeters thick.



The profile of the Apple iPad 2 is shown during its launch event in San Francisco, March 2, 2011.



Members of the media look over the Apple iPad 2 during its launch event in San Francisco, March 2, 2011.












Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iPhone Software, discusses the new iPad 2 which can be used as a musical instrument on stage during an Apple event in San Francisco, March 2, 2011.

[Mr Lick]

Inside Libya's rebel army

[Mr Lick]

Ancient Finds



A museum employee poses for photographers behind a gold crown circa first century AD, from Tillya Tepe, during a preview of the exhibition "Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World" at the British Museum in London March 1, 2011. The exhibition, which displays precious and unique pieces on loan from the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul, opens on March 3 and runs until July 3.




The statue of Ramses II is seen in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan, about 879 km (546 miles) south of Cairo, in this undated handout released February 24, 2011. Guards of the archaeological sites in the area foiled an attempt to destroy the pink granite statue in hope of finding a treasure inside.




An enamelled glass goblet circa first century AD depicting figures harvesting dates and found in Begram, is pictured during a preview of the exhibition "Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World" at the British Museum in London March 1, 2011.




A shaped silver breastplate belonging to a noble from the Wari culture are shown after their discovery in the district of Vilcabamba in Cuzco, Febraury 24, 2011. The discovered artifacts from the Wari culture (600 -1200 BC) were found in the archaeological site of Espiritu Pampa, in the jungle of Cuzco, and could change the history of this pre-Hispanic culture, Peru's Ministry of Culture, said.



The head of a sculpture thought to be Strato, from Ai Khanum in Afghanistan, is pictured during a preview of the exhibition "Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World" at the British Museum in London March 1, 2011.



A limestone statue of Pharaoh Akhenaten holding an offering table is seen in this undated handout released February 17, 2011. Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass defended himself from a wave of criticism over looting at the Egyptian Museum during the revolution last month and accusations of corruption in his ministry. Three items, including this statue which had been missing, have since been recovered.




A shaped silver breastplate and a mask with anthropomorphic features belonging to a noble from the Wari culture are shown after their discovery in the district of Vilcabamba in Cuzco, Febraury 24, 2011. The discovered artifacts from the Wari culture (600 -1200 BC) were found in the archaeological site of Espiritu Pampa, in the jungle of Cuzco, and could change the history of this pre-Hispanic culture, Peru's Ministry of Culture, said.




First century AD ivory furniture inlays are pictured during a preview of the exhibition "Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World" at the British Museum in London March 1, 2011.



A general view of the archaeological site of Espiritu Pampa, where the remains of a noble from the Wari culture was discovered, in the district of Vilcabamba in Cuzco, Febraury 23, 2011.

[Mr Lick]

Benghazi, Libya: Demonstrators hold up a boy dressed as Colonel Muammar Gadaffi as they burn his green book in protest against his regime



Yinchuan, China: A recruit from the People's Liberation Army raises his hand to align his formation during a drill at a military base in Ningxia Hui autonomous region







Kabul, Afghanistan: A confectioner works in a factory. Locally made sweets are in great demand in Afghanistan due to their low prices – on average 1kg costs $1 (61p) Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP



Manama, Bahrain: Anti-government protesters shout slogans outside police headquarters



Ajdabiya, Libya: Rebel militia men raise their arms



Sana'a, Yemen: Supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh hold pigeons painted with the colours of their national flag during a rally



Caracas, Venezuela: A man wearing a wig attends an event commemorating the 200th anniversary of Venezuela's first congress



Echoucha, Tunisia: Egyptian refugees fleeing unrest in Libya leave the Echoucha refugee camp by bus



Moscow, Russia: Crew members from the European Space Agency Mars500 project test their suits before their mission, which aims to find out how humans would cope with the psychological ordeal of a trip to Mars



Beijing, China: A security guard during a press conference for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress, known as the CPPCC, at the Great Hall of the People

[bobo746]

^ looks like he's got down syndrome

[Mr Lick]

A deepening row over the London School of Economics and its dealings with the Gaddafi regime has claimed the career of the university's director.
Sir Howard Davies resigned over fresh revelations that the institution had been involved in a deal to train hundreds of young Libyans to become part of the country's future elite.

He said: "The short point is that I am responsible for the School's reputation, and that has suffered", adding he had advised that it was reasonable to accept money from Libya and that "that has turned out to be a mistake".

[Mr Lick]

Libya refugee crisis

[Mr Lick]

Libya unrest continues




Rebel fighters shoot into the air during a funeral for slain comrades in Ajdabiya,
eastern Libya





















Rebels hold a young man at gunpoint, who they accuse of being a loyalist to Gaddafi

[Mr Lick]

Dust rises as a quake-damaged house is demolished on Bealy Ave in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 26. Christchurch was rocked by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Feb. 22, laying waste to nearly a third of the downtown area



Egyptians try to board a bus as a Tunisian soldier tries to stop one of them, at the Tunisia-Libya border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, on March 3. Hundreds of thousands of people have been desperately trying to escape Libya as the country lurches closer to a civil war. Urgent appeals from Tunisia and angry protests by stranded refugees, mainly Egyptians, prompted France and Britain to order an evacuation airlift from Tunisia to Cairo.



A firefighter evacuates a child from a Philadelphia Housing Authority apartment building after an early-morning fire on March 2.



A Chinese military band rehearses before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 3.



A man in handcuffs cries as he says farewell to his son after he was arrested by police on suspicion of drug dealing during a pre-dawn raid in an impoverished neighborhood of Bangkok on Feb. 25. Thai police say one of their goals in 2011 is to stop the growth of narcotics problems.




A construction worker walks through a new residential building site in Shanghai on March 3. New-home prices in China rose 0.48 percent in February from a month earlier, down from January's increase of 0.95 percent, after the government stepped up its efforts to rein in housing inflation.



Space shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station during rendezvous and docking operations on Feb. 26. Discovery, on its 39th and final flight, was carrying a storage room, an external platform for spare parts and a prototype humanoid robot for the space station.

[Mr Lick]

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire after an explosion at a chemical plant in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, on Friday, Mar. 4. An explosion occurred at the compound of a chemicals trading company in Kunming City, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province on Friday morning, local fire control authorities said. No casualties were reported so far, according to Xinhua News Agency




An activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party falls on the ground after being hit by a police water cannon during a protest against alleged corruption and inflation, outside the ruling Congress party office in New Delhi, India, on Friday, Mar. 4. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government has faced a series of corruption scandals ranging from the country's hosting of the Commonwealth Games last year to the irregular sale of cell phone spectrum in 2008 that reportedly cost the government tens of billions of dollars.




Pakistani Christians gather around the coffin of slain minister Shahbaz Bhatti during a funeral ceremony at the Fatima Church in Islamabad on Friday, Mar. 4. Bhatti, 42, who opposed Pakistan's Islamic blasphemy laws, was shot as he left his mother's home in Islamabad.




Drag queens run on Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach during the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras drag race Mar. 4.



Indonesian troops skydive as they prepare to commemorate the anniversary of Indonesia's air force at the Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport in Aceh, Indonesia, on Friday, Mar. 5. Reports state that nearly 70 percent of the Indonesia defense equipment is more than 20 years old, including military aircraft used by Indonesian air force.

[Mr Lick]

RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan denied parole



He doesn't look too bothered about the parole board's decision, does he?