Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Smog from the New Year revelry covered buildings at the Makati's financial district of Manila January 1, 2012. Despite appeals from authorities about the pollution caused by fireworks, many Filipinos welcomed the New Year by lighting firecrackers since Saturday. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)
Myanmar officials work amongst the destroyed buildings in Mingalar ...
Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:50:02 +0100 (AP) - Myanmar officials work amongst the destroyed buildings in Mingalar Taung Nyunt township in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. A fire followed by several explosions engulfed many state warehourses and neighboring homes, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than a hundred in Myanmar's main city of Yangon on Thursday. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
Apartment buildings stand behind a low-income neighborhood in ...
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Apartment buildings stand behind a low-income neighborhood in Mexico City December 8, 2011. When President Felipe Calderon came to power five years ago, he pledged to cut rampant poverty in Mexico. Instead, millions more have joined the ranks of the poor and half of Mexico's population lives below the poverty line. Picture taken December 8, 2011. To match MEXICO-POVERTY/ REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY POVERTY)
Buildings in North Korea's Kaepoong are viewed from the unification ...
Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:40:02 +0100 (AP) - Buildings in North Korea's Kaepoong are viewed from the unification observation post near the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
Journalists watch televised proceedings during the appeal hearing ...
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Journalists watch televised proceedings during the appeal hearing of imprisoned former Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in a separate room in a court building in Kiev December 20, 2011. A summit intended to bring Ukraine into Europe's mainstream foundered on Monday after the EU said it would not sign a landmark political and trade deal until Kiev resolves the case of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)
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