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Reuters - Mon Feb 6, 12:52 PM ET
A street vendor sells artificial flowers near the illuminated India Gate, a war memorial, in New Delhi February 6, 2006. Power shortages and blackouts continue to plague India's major cities and undermine the confidence of investors and foreign companies operating in India. These power shortages have been fuelled by a combination of burgeoning growth rates, inefficiencies by the state-run power sector and power being stolen or siphoned for votes. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore -
Reuters - Mon Feb 6, 1:17 AM ET
A Chinese man rides a tricycle inside the Forbidden City as snow falls in Beijing February 6, 2006. Heavy snow has fallen in many parts in eastern and central China since Sunday and is expected to cover wider areas in the following days. REUTERS/Jason Lee -
AP - Mon Feb 6, 4:19 PM ET
Maria Lopez cuts Gerberas to be shipped to the US ahead of Valentine's Day_ the biggest day of the year for fresh-cut flower sales_ at the Elite Flower company in Facatativa, northwest of Bogota, Monday, Feb. 6, 2006. According to statistics from the Society of American Florists more than 80 percent of the roses Americans buy for their Valentines come from outside the United States. (AP Photo/Fernando vergara) -
Reuters - Sun Feb 5, 10:38 AM ET
People display their cats during an international feline beauty contest in Brussels February 5, 2006. The contest took place with an exhibition of the cutest cats from all over Europe. REUTERS/Yves Herman -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 3:11 PM ET
Waiting for the call : Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roerthlisberger(R) looks for the call after diving into the end zone for a touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks in the second quarter of Super Bowl XL in Detroit, MI. (AFP/Jeff Haynes) -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 3:22 PM ET
On tracks : People walk across snow-covered rail roads in Sofia as freezing weather and heavy snow blanketed much of Bulgaria. (AFP/Valentina Petrova) -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 3:24 PM ET
Watching Ahmadinejad : Iranian women watch as president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad awards the winners of the Islamic republic's book of the year at a ceremony in Tehran. (AFP/Atta Kenare) -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 3:27 PM ET
Falungong protest : Members of the mainland-China banned religious group Falungong hold a protest outside the High Court in Hong Kong. (AFP/Mike Clarke) -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 3:30 PM ET
Candle-light protest : A member of a leftist group holds a candle-light to pray and condole with the families of the tragic Wowowee Television programme stampede, in Manila. (AFP/Jay Directo) -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 3:34 PM ET
Angry fists : Protesters shout anti-Danish slogans during a demonstration in front of the Denmark embassy in Jakarta in the wake of the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed that were published in the Danish press. (AFP/Jewel Samad) -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 3:46 PM ET
Securing the shrine : Iraqi soldiers secure an area near al-Kazemiya shrine in Baghdad as Muslim Shiites worshippers arrive to take part in Ashura religious ceremony. (AFP/Karim Sahib) -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 3:50 PM ET
Mian near Big Ben : Afghan opium farmer Badruddin Mian stands outside the Houses of Parliament in London where he came to ask the UK government to veto plans to eradicate their crops and to include opium licensing for medicine in the drug strategy for Afghanistan. (AFP/Leon Neal) -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 3:55 PM ET
Celebrating matyrdom : Shiite Muslims of all ages commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Srinagar. (AFP/Tauseef Mustafa) -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 3:59 PM ET
Ashura in Karbala : An Iraqi boy takes part in the Ashura religious ceremony in the city of Karbala, south of Baghdad. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye) -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 4:03 PM ET
Hat trick : A model presents a hat featuring a football pitch at a fashion show in Dusseldorf, Germany. (AFP/Patrik Stollarz) -
AFP - Mon Feb 6, 4:20 PM ET
Tagging along : A young Iraqi girl arrives with her mother to take part in the Ashura religious ceremony in the city of Karbala, south of Baghdad. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye) -
AP - Mon Feb 6, 8:33 PM ET
The fall 2006 collection from Child Magazine is presented during Fashion Week in New York, Monday, Feb. 6, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek) -
AP - Mon Feb 6, 6:20 PM ET
An unidentified surfer rides a huge wave in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, at the same location as Tuesday's scheduled Mavericks surfing contest. The winner of the event will take home $30,000 of the total $55,000 prize purse.. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) -
AP - Tue Feb 7, 3:07 PM ET
A man observes the giant hand in Brava beach in Punta del Este, Uruguay,Tuesday,Feb.7, 2006. Argentines protesting against the construction of two pulp plants on the Uruguayan side of a border river continued to block traffic at the Fray Bentos bridge. The protesters believe that the pulp plants will emit bad odors and pollute the river and are blocking the interstate leading to the bridge, affecting Uruguay's economy by hurting tourism during the busy summer season. (AP Photo/Marcelo Hernandez) -
AFP - Tue Feb 7, 7:22 PM ET
The bridge leading to the Turin Olympic village, three days before the official start of the Winter Olympic Games. Two days to go and the last minute rush ahead of the 20th Winter Olympics has gone into overdrive in Turin.(AFP/Franck Fife) -
AFP - Tue Feb 7, 4:12 PM ET
Waiting to vote : Haitians peer into a voting station while wating to vote in Marmelade, more than 300 kms (186 miles) south of Port-Au-Prince. (AFP/Jaime Razuri) -
AFP - Tue Feb 7, 4:14 PM ET
Candlelight preparation : Working by candlelight, election workers prepare the ballots at the National School of Petion Ville, in Port-au-Prince. (AFP/Walter Astrada) -
AFP - Tue Feb 7, 4:17 PM ET
Firing shells : Israeli artillery piece fires shells form its position near Kibbutz Beeri near the border with the Gaza Strip, on response to rocket attack by Palestinian militants into the southern Israeli town of Sderot. (AFP/Menahem Kahana) -
AFP - Tue Feb 7, 4:36 PM ET
At the shrine : Iraqi Muslim Shiite women wait in line to the shrine of Abu al-Fadel al-Abbas to take part in the religious Ashura ceremony in the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye) -
AFP - Tue Feb 7, 4:40 PM ET
Paris demo : People participate in a day of protests called by left-wing parties, unions and student organizations, to fight a proposed youth jobs contract, in Paris. (AFP/Joel Saget)