Monday, October 12, 2009

News Today, October 13, 2009 (1)




Tourists look south over the Forbidden City from Jingshan Park in Beijing October 13, 2009.



A Palestinian woman holds a model of a refugee house as she protests the delaying rebuilding of the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared, in downtow Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Oct. 12, 2009. About 1500 Palestinian refugees stage a sit-in in Beirut to protest what they said the Lebanese government's delay in the rebuilding of their war-devastated Nahr el-Bared camp in northern Lebanon. The camp's rebuilding was temporarily stopped for two months after the discovery of archeological ruins. The camp was destroyed by a three-month fighting in 2007 between the Lebanese army and al-Qaida inspired militants of Fatah Islam.



Maulavi Mustafa Barakzai a member of the Electoral Complaints Commission of Afghanistan Independent Election Commission gestures during announcing his resignation at a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. One of the two Afghans on a U.N.-backed commission looking into vote fraud in the August presidential election resigned Monday, citing interference by foreigners. Officials acknowledged that errors and miscommunication have plagued the investigation into alleged cheating in the August ballot.




Schoolchildren wash their hands during an activity for the upcoming Global Handwashing Day October 12, 2009. October 15 has been appointed Global Handwashing Day in accordance with the year 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation by the UN.



A US Marine reads a copy of Atlantic magazine with a cover photo of US President Barack Obama as he rides on a CH-53 helicopter flying over Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, on October 12, 2009. Twenty Taliban militants were killed and a number arrested in separate operations involving foreign forces and Afghan troops, police, military commanders and the government said today.



NEWPORT, WALES - OCTOBER 12: BBC Radio's Chris Evans on the first tee during the 'Year to Go' exhibition match at Celtic Manor Resort on October 12, 2009 in Newport, Wales.



Singer Marc Anthony sings the National Anthem prior to the Monday Night Football Game between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets in Miami, Florida October 12, 2009



Employees of state-owned power utility Luz and Fuerza del Centro (LFC) march in Mexico City October 12, 2009. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon issued a decree on Sunday to shut down the inefficient LFC, which supplies electricity to Mexico City and surrounding areas, due to its massive operating losses and growing fiscal burden. Mexico's closure of the company, expected to create big public savings, could make room for the government to soften its tax hike plan, Mexico's Finance Minister Augustin Carstens said on Monday.



Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Vesa Toskala looks at the crowd after the New York Rangers scored in the first period of their NHL hockey game at Madison Square Garden in New York, October 12, 2009.



Miami Dolphins' Ricky Williams breaks away for a long rush against the New York Jets during first quarter in their NFL football game in Miami, Florida October 12, 2009.



Philadelphia Phillies Ryan Howard (C) celebrates with teammates after the Phillies defeated the Colorado Rockies in their MLB National League Division Series playoff baseball game in Denver, October 12, 2009. The Phillies advance to the National League Championship Series.



NEW YORK - OCTOBER 12: Actress America Ferrera attends TimesTalks: An Evening With Ugly Betty at TheTimesCenter on October 12, 2009 in New York City.



To go with Entertainment-SKorea-film-festival-Iraq by Mathew Scott Iraqi Kurdish film director Shawkat Amin Korki attends the New Currents - Directors Presentation session during the 14th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) in Busan on October 12, 2009. Korki spent more than two decades in exile from his Iraqi homeland, dreaming of the day he could make a film for his long-suffering compatriots. But now that film is finally finished, the Kurdish director says there are no movie theatres left to screen it.




New York Rangers defenseman Michal Rozsival (33) stops a breakaway attempt by Toronto Maple Leafs center John Mitchell in the second period of their NHL hockey game at Madison Square Garden in New York, October 12, 2009.



An Italian U.N peacekeeper vehicle passes next to Lebanese army soldiers, left, who are seen guarding the garage of a house in Tayr Filsay, Lebanon, near the port city of Tyre, about six miles (10 kilometers) from the border with Israel, late Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. An explosion ripped through the garage of a Hezbollah member's home in southern Lebanon on Monday, and security officials said the building might have been used to store weapons. One senior security official said the blast killed one person, but the other officials could not confirm that. The Hezbollah militant group that holds sway in the south said no one was killed but one person was wounded.


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