Sunday, September 18, 2011

[www.keralites.net] Events around the world in Pictures

 

Take a look at the stories that have been making headlines around the world

An Indian folk dancer from the Zanzar Performing Arts poses with her troupe during a full dress rehearsal for the forthcoming Navratri festivities or Dance Festival of Nine Nights on September 15, 2011, in Ahmedabad. Navratri festival begins from September 28 to October 6.

Libyan National Transition Council (NTC) fighters sort their ammunition on the frontline of the Bani Walid Gaddafi hold-out on September 17 in southeast of Tripoli. Libyan interim government forces charged a desert stronghold controlled by fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and battled on the streets of the ousted leaders hometown as they struggled to quash his last pockets of support.

A Libyan new regime fighter stands at a position outside Bani Walid. Talks were continuing for the surrender of pro-Gaddafi loyalists in the oasis town, one of the last bastions of the fugitive leaders support. Photograph: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images


Protesters gather near Wall Street to voice their frustration with the economy and Wall Street in New York, US. For months the protesters had planned to descend on Wall Street on a Saturday and occupy parts of it as an expression of anger over a financial system that they said favours the rich and powerful at the expense of ordinary citizens. Photograph: AFP/David Karp

A Palestinian youth runs from tear gas smoke during clashes with Israeli forces following troubles with Jewish settlers from a nearby settlement on September 16, in the northern West Bank village of Qusra. A Palestinian and an Israeli settler were wounded in clashes in the village of Kusra in the northern West Bank, officials said.

Pakistani flood victims build a makeshift shelter on high ground in Jhudo. Heavy rains in the fertile southern province of Sindh have caused flooding that has so far killed 289 people and forced 400,000 others to leave their homes, one year after the country suffered its worst-ever floods. Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images

Jordanian protesters demonstrate during a rally in support of the Palestinian cause, calling for the closure of the Israeli embassy on September 15, in Amman. Israel had cleared most of its staff out the embassy fearing a repeat of the scenes in Egypt last week when protesters ransacked the Israeli embassy in Cairo. Photograph: Salah Malkawi/ Getty Images

Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures Dolphin Tale on September 17, in Westwood, California. Photograph: Chris Weeks/Getty Images

Television actress Sofia Vergara attends The 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Women in Film Pre-Emmy Party Sponsored By L'Oreal on September 16, at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood, California. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images/Entertainment Weekly

Actor Neil Patrick Harris shows off his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 15 in California. Harris, one of the leads in the television show How I Met Your Mother, was honoured with the 2,448th Star on the Walk of Fame at the presentation ceremony. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

Swansea Citys Leroy Lita (R) scores during the Premier League match against West Bromwich Albion on September 17, at Liberty Stadium in Wales. Swansea ended their goal drought in style as they beat West Bromwich 3-0, claiming a first Premier League win. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images

Japans Alisi Tupuailai (L) tackles New Zealands Colin Slade during their IRB 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool A match on September 16, at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. New Zealand made it two wins from two in the Rugby World Cup with a 83-7 victory over Japan. Photograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty Images

US Phil Mickelson hits his first shot on the fifth hole during the first round of the BMW Championship on September 15, at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Lemont, Illinois

Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza, pauses at his son's name at the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during tenth anniversary ceremonies at the site of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2011, in New York City


Indian Hindu devotees gather around a huge idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesha during its procession for immersion into the Arabian Sea, on the streets of Mumbai on September 11, 2011.

Indian medical attendants rush a wounded blast victim to the trauma centre at the RML Hospital in New Delhi on September 7, 2011, following a bomb blast at the Delhi High Court. A bomb blast ripped through a crowded reception area at the entrance to New Delhi's High Court in the morning, killing at least nine people and injuring up to 40, police said.


Egyptian ousted president Hosni Mubarak lies on a stretcher as he is wheeled into a courtroom in Cairo on September 7, 2011. Mubarak's trial resumed off camera with witnesses giving testimony to try to determine who gave the orders for killing of hundreds of protesters in the revolt that ousted Egypt's veteran president.


A woman is comforted by another after seeing the body of her child on September 12, 2011 at the scene of a fire after the explosion of a fuel pipeline in a slum area in Nairobi. At least 120 people burned to death on September 12 when the pipeline burst into flames.


A Pakistani child stands in a flood affected evacuation camp on September 13, 2011, at Golarchi town in Badin district, east of Karachi. The United Nations began a drive to feed half a million people affected by torrential rains in Pakistan where a second year of flooding has killed more than 200, officials said.

In this handout image provided by NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research), 'Happy Feet', the emperor penguin who became lost and ended up on a New Zealand beach prepares to make his return to the sea, on September 4, 2011, at sea off Campbell Island, in the Southern Ocean. The penguin has been fitted with a tracking device so that researchers can continue to monitor his progress.
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