World News in Pictures

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A rebel fighter prays and mourns his comrades who were killed during fighting with forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi at a field hospital set up by the International Medical Corp (IMC) near Misrata's western front line on June 22.



Troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are held in a police station in Kalaa on June 22. They were taken prisoner by rebel fighters in the nearby village of Kikla.

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Boys write verses on wooden slates as they memorize the holy Koran at a school in Benghazi on June 21, 2011. The use of wooden slates for religious studies was popular during the era of the Libyan resistance leader Omar Mokhtar, and has recently made a comeback.

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A man cries outside a house where his cousin, a 13-year-old boy, was killed and two children were wounded in a rocket strike on the rebel-held city of Misrata on June 20.



Libyan firefighters work on the ruins of a destroyed building in the Galil compound, in the city of Surman, some 40 miles west of Tripoli, on June 20. Libya's government said a NATO airstrike early Monday on a large family compound belonging to Khoweildi al-Hamidi, close associate of Moammar Gadhafi, has killed at least 15 people, including three children, west of Tripoli.



A Libyan family shops at a supermarket in the Libyan rebel-held city of Misrata, where rebels trying to advance on the capital Tripoli are fighting forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, on June 20.



Libyan rebel fighters mourn for their comrades, killed during fighting with forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, at a field hospital near Misrata's western front line

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[bobo746]

#4526 Really captures the feeling of whats happening in libya.

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Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Muto speaks during a news conference at the company head office in Tokyo on June 17. The utility said progress has been made in stabilizing tsunami-damaged reactors, but the situation at the crippled plant remains serious



Filipino boys sit together to keep warm as they beg during a heavy downpour in Manila, Philippines, on June 23. Tropical Storm Meari caused chaos across the Philippines, dumping heavy rains in the capital, leaving 11 people missing in other parts of the country and grounding dozens of flights

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A worker transports building materials on a wooden scaffold to build a road on the cliff of Shifo Mountain in China’s Hunan province on June 1.

Each day, crews work on the precarious project hundreds of yards above the ground knowing one slip could be their last. The path will be nearly two miles long when finished -- the longest of its kind in China. The narrow walkway is held up by wooden supports that sit in holes the workers must first drill into the cliff face. The builders mostly grew up in the mountains of Jiangxi Province and say the work comes naturally to them.



Indian policemen beat a student activist during a protest in Kannur, India. The protesting students allege irregularities in admissions to educational institutions in the state.

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Beau Schoeder of China, Texas falls off Silver Legacy during the Extreme Bulls Competition in Reno, Nevada.

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A model poses beside a Hyundai vehicle during the 2011 (15th) Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao International Auto Show at Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center on June 2, 2011 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. The 6-day Auto Show will be held from June 2 to 7 with total exhibition area of 110,000 square meters



A Porsche Carrera GTS car is displayed



A Subaru Cusco



A Buick Enclave car

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Kia K5



Chevrolet Camaro



Toyota EZ



Rolls-Royce Phantom



Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4

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Benz Smart



BYD G3R



Porsche exhibition



Volkswagen CC . Much as i like VW, the winner for me is standing alongside.



Peugeot 408

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Argentina-Buenos Aires-Auto






A model presents a Ford at an international auto show in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 16, 2011. The 10-day auto show kicked off here Thursday. (Xinhua/Martin Zabala)
A Renault is seen at an international auto show in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 16, 2011. The 10-day auto show kicked off here Thursday

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Senegal-Law Reform-Clashes - more pics

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Canada-National Aboriginal Day-Celebration



An Aboriginal shows traditional dance to an audience during the event marking the National Aboriginal Day at the Yonge-Dundas Square in central Toronto, Canada, June 21, 2011

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India-Calcutta-Flood



Houses are seen flooded in the village of Ghatal, some 95 kilometers away from Calcutta, capital of the state West Bengal, India, June 20, 2011. Incessant rain has led to a flood-like situation in some part of the state West Bengal on Sunday. Heavy rainfall was predicted over the next 48 hours

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China-Beijing-Rainstorm - more pics

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Rwanda: Ex-women's minister guilty of genocide, rape



A former Rwandan women's minister has been sentenced to life in prison for her role in the genocide and the rape of Tutsi women and girls.

Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, 65, is the first woman convicted by the UN-backed tribunal for the Rwanda genocide.

She was found guilty, along with her son and four other former officials, after a 10-year trial.

Some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed during the 1994 massacres.

Nyiramasuhuko was accused of ordering and assisting in the massacres in her home district of Butare in southern Rwanda.

The prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) accused her of taking part in the government decision to create militias throughout the country.

Their mission was to wipe out the Tutsi population as fast as possible

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Warning over combining common medicines for elderly



Combinations of commonly used drugs - for conditions such as heart disease, depression and allergies - have been linked to a greater risk of death and declining brain function by scientists.

They said half of people over 65 were prescribed these drugs.

The effect was greatest in patients taking multiple courses of medication, according to the study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Experts said patients must not panic or stop taking their medicines.

The researchers were investigating medicines which affect a chemical in the brain - acetylcholine. The neurotransmitter is vital for passing messages from nerve cell to nerve cell, but many common drugs interfere with it as a side effect.

Eighty drugs were rated for their "anticholinergic" activity: they were given a score of one for a mild effect, two for moderate and three for severe. Some were given by prescription only, while others were available over the counter.

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Toddler's solo bus trip from Montgomery to Shrewsbury



A toddler has managed to travel alone 28 miles (45km) from Powys to Shropshire after getting on a bus.

The two-year-old boy got on with other passengers at Montgomery on Monday morning and was only noticed when the bus reached its destination at Shrewsbury.

The driver immediately contacted police. Two people were bailed after questioning.

Police said the child was unharmed and a full investigation is under way.

Nick Culliford, operation manager at Tanat Valley Motors, which runs the service, said: "This little toddler climbed on the bus and ran down the back of the bus.

"Of course, people on the bus must have thought it belonged to one of the people getting on the bus.

"They got to Shrewsbury and people were getting off, and the driver said: 'Excuse me, there's a child here'.

"People said 'not mine' and then it suddenly dawned on people that the child belonged to nobody."


Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed a two-and-a-half-year-old child from the Montgomery area got onto the bus with other passengers.

Insp Jonathan Tatton said:"It was only when the bus reached its destination in Shrewsbury that it became apparent to the driver that the child was unaccompanied.

"The driver immediately contacted Shrewsbury police which resulted in Dyfed-Powys Police making inquires to locate the parents."

These illegal immigrants just seem to be getting younger (and craftier)

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Stabbed Salford burglar John Bennell was on police bail



A burglar stabbed to death after an attempted break-in at a house in Salford, was on police bail for another suspected burglary, it has emerged.

John Leonard Bennell, 27, from Hyde, had been arrested by police in Tamworth, Staffs, earlier this month.

Householder Peter Flanagan, 57, who was arrested on suspicion of Mr Bennell's attempted murder remains in custody.

Mr Flanagan's 27-year-old son and his son's 21-year-old girlfriend have been released without charge.

Four masked men attempted to get into a house in Ethel Avenue before midnight on Wednesday.

Mr Bennell is believed to have been carried away by the other intruders as they fled, before being left in a road.

Police said Mr Bennell was found on Hospital Road in Pendlebury and died a short time later.

The three people with him at the time of the incident have yet to be traced, police said.

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Australia strikes broadband deal with Telstra and Optus



Australia's two biggest telecoms companies have joined the government's A$36bn (£24bn) plan to roll-out high-speed internet across the country.

Telstra and Optus will close down their infrastructure and transfer customers to the state-owned National Broadband Network Company (NBNC).

About 60% of households have broadband, but speeds are slow compared with many industrialised countries.

The plan is to connect more than 90% of households to a super-fast network.

The two telecoms companies already have extensive broadband operations, but the government said it would be more economical to bring all the parties together.

Telstra estimates it could make about A$11bn over several decades from the new deal as it will earn revenues through disconnection payments as well a share of profits from the new network.

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Australia rescinds biker-gang ban



Australia's High Court has overturned a law designed to criminalise certain motorcycle gangs in the state of New South Wales.

The law would have allowed police to seek court orders stopping gang members from associating with each other.

But a member of the Hell's Angels challenged the law on the grounds that it curtailed individual liberties.

The law was introduced following a brawl at Sydney airport in 2009 in which a man was beaten to death.

The BBC's Nick Bryant in Sydney says similar anti-biker laws in other Australian states may now face legal challenges.

The legal challenge to the law was based on two arguments - that the anti-biker law curtailed individual liberties, and that it also undermined the integrity of the courts.

The gang member's lawyer Wayne Baffsky said the law had the potential to destroy democratic society.

"It targets organisations who are defined as any two or more people, which means any two or more people in NSW could be a target of the act," he was quoted as saying by ABC news.

"The legislation was rushed through. The parliamentary oversight committee didn't even have an opportunity to look at it."

The court ruled that the law was outside the legislative powers of the New South Wales parliament.

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Saudi execution prompts Indonesia maid travel ban



Relatives of Ruyati binti Sapubi staged protests outside the Saudi embassy in Jakarta



Indonesia is to stop allowing its citizens to work as domestic servants in Saudi Arabia after the execution of a maid for murder last week.

Officials said the moratorium would begin on 1 August and last until the countries could agree on a policy of fair treatment for migrant workers.

Ruyati binti Sapubi, 54, was beheaded on Saturday after confessing to killing her employer, saying he had abused her.

Saudi Arabia apologised for not telling Indonesia, Jakarta said.

About 1.5 million Indonesians work in Saudi Arabia - many of them as domestic maids.

But there have been rows over alleged mistreatment in the recent past.

In April a Saudi woman, convicted of beating and torturing an Indonesian maid, had her conviction quashed on appeal - sparking protests in Indonesia.

Indonesian labour ministry spokeswoman Dita Indah Sari said the department would work closely with other government agencies on tightening all regulations concerning overseas domestic work.

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Ukraine: Tymoshenko on trial in Kiev for abuse of power



Ukraine's former prime minister and heroine of the 2004 Orange Revolution Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on trial in Kiev for abuse of power.

Mrs Tymoshenko has dismissed the charges, which concern natural gas contracts with Russia, as revenge by her rival, President Viktor Yanukovych.

She lost the premiership in March 2010 following a vote of no confidence.

Mrs Tymoshenko has asked the European Court of Human Rights to decide if the charges are politically motivated.

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Iran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ally Malekzadeh 'arrested'



An ally of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested, according to the country's media.

Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh is reportedly accused of corruption and denies the charges.

A number of people linked to the president have been dismissed and arrested in recent months.

Mr Malekzadeh was made deputy foreign minister last Saturday, but was forced to quit three days later, after a protest by parliamentarians.

A politician, Esmaeel Kosari, told the Mehr semi-official news agency that Thursday's arrest of Mr Malekzadeh was because of "financial charges".

Correspondents say the arrest appears to be another example of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei using his vast powers to rein in Mr Ahmadinejad, who has often challenged his authority.

Mr Malekzadeh has close connections to Mr Ahmadinejad's chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, whom conservatives accuse of being part of a "deviant current" attempting to promote nationalist politics over Islamic clerical rule.