Reuters May 14, 2009
A Buddhist monk, who is also a voter, drags a polling agent outside a polling station in Thiksey, India 12 miles (20 km) east of Leh, today. The voters said that the polling agent was involved in false voting. The final stage of voting in India's closely fought general election began on Wednesday, with signs that a weak coalition could emerge the winner just as the Asian power faces an economic slowdown (Amit Gupta).
A protester holds a peace symbol during a demonstration against Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom in Guatemala City [named after the Buddha Gautama, How the Swans Came to the Lake] today. Colom denied involvement in the murder of a prominent lawyer on Tuesday after a video surfaced blaming the president for the crime and accusing him of money laundering. Rodrigo Rosenberg, the legal representative of a well-known businessman who was killed in April, was gunned down in an upscale Guatemala City suburb on Sunday (Daniel LeClair).
A Buddhist monk, who is also a voter, drags a polling agent outside a polling station in Thiksey, India 12 miles (20 km) east of Leh, today. The voters said that the polling agent was involved in false voting. The final stage of voting in India's closely fought general election began on Wednesday, with signs that a weak coalition could emerge the winner just as the Asian power faces an economic slowdown (Amit Gupta).
A protester holds a peace symbol during a demonstration against Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom in Guatemala City [named after the Buddha Gautama, How the Swans Came to the Lake] today. Colom denied involvement in the murder of a prominent lawyer on Tuesday after a video surfaced blaming the president for the crime and accusing him of money laundering. Rodrigo Rosenberg, the legal representative of a well-known businessman who was killed in April, was gunned down in an upscale Guatemala City suburb on Sunday (Daniel LeClair).
Aboriginal elder Major Sumner performs a ritual dance outside Liverpool's World Museum following the return of an Australian indigenous human skull in Liverpool, northern England, yesterday. The remains which were taken from Australia between 1902 and 1904 have been part of the museum's collection since 1948 when they where purchased from Dr William Broad (Phil Noble).
A pilgrins cries as she holds a book with a picture of the Virgin Mary at the end of the mass at the Catholic shrine of Fatima yesterday. Thousands of pilgrims made their way to the Fatima Shrine to attend the 92nd anniversary celebrations of the first appearance of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children in 1917 (Jose Manuel Ribeiro).
A riot policeman tries to arrest a student after a march in Santiago yesterday. Students on Wednesday protested for changes to the public state education system and demanded a bigger budget for universities (Victor Ruiz Caballero). More>>
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