http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world World Photos on Yahoo! Canada News Photos Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:11:00 GMT Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:11:00 GMT http://rss.news.yahoo.com/ 160 35 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/ca/nws/ca_ma_nws_1_1.gif http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-chinese-paramilitary-policeman-opens-security-gate-north-korean-embassy.html (AFP) - A Chinese paramilitary policeman opens a security gate at the North Korean embassy for the convoy of the chief North Korean negotiator Kim Kye-gwan in Beijing. The next stage in ending North Korea's nuclear activities may take months, the chief US envoy on the issue cautioned here on Wednesday ahead of a fresh round of six-nation disarmament talks. Photo:Mark Ralston/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:55:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf34090708155402photo01.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=me4tmM9DMblJQO4YBmGxRA-- (AFP) - A Chinese paramilitary policeman opens a security gate at the North Korean embassy for the convoy of the chief North Korean negotiator Kim Kye-gwan in Beijing. The next stage in ending North Korea's nuclear activities may take months, the chief US envoy on the issue cautioned here on Wednesday ahead of a fresh round of six-nation disarmament talks. Photo:Mark Ralston/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-chinese-family-looks-propaganda-board-outside-north-korean-embassy.html (AFP) - A Chinese family looks at a propaganda board showing photos of leader Kim Jong-Il and former leader Kim Il-Sung outside the North Korean embassy in Beijing. The next stage in ending North Korea's nuclear activities may take months, the chief US envoy on the issue cautioned here on Wednesday ahead of a fresh round of six-nation disarmament talks. Photo:Mark Ralston/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:55:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf34090708155402photo00.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=.2tKwOtPCrSPry35nC_Njg-- (AFP) - A Chinese family looks at a propaganda board showing photos of leader Kim Jong-Il and former leader Kim Il-Sung outside the North Korean embassy in Beijing. The next stage in ending North Korea's nuclear activities may take months, the chief US envoy on the issue cautioned here on Wednesday ahead of a fresh round of six-nation disarmament talks. Photo:Mark Ralston/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-christopher-hill.html (AFP) - The next stage in ending North Korea's nuclear activities may take months, the chief US envoy on the issue Christopher Hill cautioned here on Wednesday ahead of a fresh round of six-nation disarmament talks. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:55:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf34090708155402photo02.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=QvAp19cmxwfJKNYm1TDUVA-- (AFP) - The next stage in ending North Korea's nuclear activities may take months, the chief US envoy on the issue Christopher Hill cautioned here on Wednesday ahead of a fresh round of six-nation disarmament talks. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-barack-obama.html (AFP) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama addresses the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) on July 8. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has slammed a request by Barack Obama to give a speech before the Brandenburg Gate as 'inappropriate', according to her deputy spokesman. Photo:Chip Somodevilla/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:53:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf30090708154802photo00.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=g36Rw7rv.vCuAhey6QYE1Q-- (AFP) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama addresses the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) on July 8. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has slammed a request by Barack Obama to give a speech before the Brandenburg Gate as 'inappropriate', according to her deputy spokesman. Photo:Chip Somodevilla/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-g8-summit-agreed-set-global-target-cutting-greenhouse-gas.html (AFP) - Smoke rises from a cast iron factory at Howrah on the outskirts of Kolkata. The G8 summit has agreed to set a global target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050. Leaders of the world's top industrial powers have ended a summit with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on fighting climate change. Photo:Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:13:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf74090708171236photo05.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=gnh3T76jBY4Yt1kyGDoEMQ-- (AFP) - Smoke rises from a cast iron factory at Howrah on the outskirts of Kolkata. The G8 summit has agreed to set a global target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050. Leaders of the world's top industrial powers have ended a summit with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on fighting climate change. Photo:Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-chart-showing-carbon-emissions-capita-g8-economies.html (AFP) - Chart showing the carbon emissions per capita for the G8 economies. Leaders of the world's top industrial powers have ended a summit with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on fighting climate change. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:13:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf74090708171236photo01.jpg?x=130&y=111&sig=ZJ5tTikbPQLs68LSkHab_g-- (AFP) - Chart showing the carbon emissions per capita for the G8 economies. Leaders of the world's top industrial powers have ended a summit with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on fighting climate change. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-g8-agreed-urgent-efforts-needed-tackle-surging-oil-food.html (AFP) - A Japanese farmer works in a field in Toyako. Leaders of the world's top industrial powers have ended a summit with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on fighting climate change. Photo:Nicolas Asfouri/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:13:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf74090708171236photo04.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=iZxN7s.3r1VCB3.bREGXiw-- (AFP) - A Japanese farmer works in a field in Toyako. Leaders of the world's top industrial powers have ended a summit with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on fighting climate change. Photo:Nicolas Asfouri/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-anti-globalisation-protestors-hold-aloft-puppets-group-eight-g8.html (AFP) - Anti-globalisation protestors hold aloft puppets of the Group of Eight (G8) leaders during a demonstration against the G8 summit meeting at Sobetsu town, near the venue of the meeting in Japan's nortern island of Hokkaido on July 9. Photo:Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:47:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf23090708153313photo03.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=34x.ALcl..33BAA2j0.2sw-- (AFP) - Anti-globalisation protestors hold aloft puppets of the Group of Eight (G8) leaders during a demonstration against the G8 summit meeting at Sobetsu town, near the venue of the meeting in Japan's nortern island of Hokkaido on July 9. Photo:Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-g8-leaders-toyako-japan.html (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (far left) joins his US and Russian counterparts George W Bush and Dmitry Medvedev together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G8 summit in Toyako. Leaders of the world's top industrial powers ended a summit with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on fighting climate change. Photo:Kimimasa Mayama/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:13:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf74090708171236photo02.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=CDhOAvaEgzly9bB4oAWj3g-- (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (far left) joins his US and Russian counterparts George W Bush and Dmitry Medvedev together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G8 summit in Toyako. Leaders of the world's top industrial powers ended a summit with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on fighting climate change. Photo:Kimimasa Mayama/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-g8-summit-toyako-japan-flash-graphic.html (AFP) - Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations were set Wednesday to press major developing powers including India and China to back a G8 offer to at least halve global carbon emissions by 2050. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:13:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf74090708171236photo00.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=R9usklUD21h8gENh0lEGXg-- (AFP) - Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations were set Wednesday to press major developing powers including India and China to back a G8 offer to at least halve global carbon emissions by 2050. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-prison-van-arrives-london-court.html (AFP) - A prison van arrives at a London court, 2006. Britain has agreed to allow two Poles convicted of rape by British courts to serve their prison terms in Polish jails. Photo:Carl de Souza/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:41:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf15090708154109photo00.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=kEt4pdTwVxkQ45HmIJpRqA-- (AFP) - A prison van arrives at a London court, 2006. Britain has agreed to allow two Poles convicted of rape by British courts to serve their prison terms in Polish jails. Photo:Carl de Souza/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-israeli-soldier-r-nablus-points-weapon-palestinians-walk-distance.html (AFP) - A Palestinian man protects a woman (L) during an Israeli military operation into the Ein Beit Elma refugee camp inside the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, September 2007. Israeli troops have forced their way into the Hamas-controlled mayor's office in the West Bank city of Nablus to carry out searches, security sources and witnesses said. Photo:Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:13:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmye97090708151316photo00.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=CuFKu02GJ2_i_bQjZAuiZg-- (AFP) - A Palestinian man protects a woman (L) during an Israeli military operation into the Ein Beit Elma refugee camp inside the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, September 2007. Israeli troops have forced their way into the Hamas-controlled mayor's office in the West Bank city of Nablus to carry out searches, security sources and witnesses said. Photo:Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-obama-said-time-role-return-center-stage-iran.html (AFP) - Presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama addresses the national convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, July 8. Obama called for aggressive diplomacy with Iran while Republican John McCain warned against making any concessions. Photo:Chip Somodevilla/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:11:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyf73090708171042photo00.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=yfVfRkBg27txeCjxcumNTw-- (AFP) - Presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama addresses the national convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, July 8. Obama called for aggressive diplomacy with Iran while Republican John McCain warned against making any concessions. Photo:Chip Somodevilla/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-condoleezza-rice.html (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed disappointment at Russia's reaction to Washington's plans to install part of a missile defence shield in eastern Europe. Photo:Joe Klamar/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:31:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmye82090708142713photo00.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=ZAvp4_a_MkcbxHhw3SB.rw-- (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed disappointment at Russia's reaction to Washington's plans to install part of a missile defence shield in eastern Europe. Photo:Joe Klamar/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-irvin-khoza-addresses-press-conference.html (AFP) - 2010 World Cup organising committee chairman Dr. Irvin Khoza. Organisers of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa have insisted preparations remain on track after the city of Port Elizabeth was stripped of the right to stage matches for the dress rehearsal. Photo:Lionel Healing/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:49:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmye52090708134633photo00.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=BW7qL30kk26UQ0ay8w3XtQ-- (AFP) - 2010 World Cup organising committee chairman Dr. Irvin Khoza. Organisers of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa have insisted preparations remain on track after the city of Port Elizabeth was stripped of the right to stage matches for the dress rehearsal. Photo:Lionel Healing/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-oil-prices-jumped-five-fold-since-2003.html (AFP) - A petrol station employee puts fuel into a car in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Leaders of the world's eight richest top industrial powers have vowed to act to bring down soaring oil and food prices but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on how to fight climate change. Photo:Kambou Sia/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:59:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmye26090708125714photo05.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=RKjWU9YDfGz75Vpp80fZtg-- (AFP) - A petrol station employee puts fuel into a car in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Leaders of the world's eight richest top industrial powers have vowed to act to bring down soaring oil and food prices but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on how to fight climate change. Photo:Kambou Sia/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-graphic-fact-file-including-carbon-emissions-capita-g8-member.html (AFP) - Graphic fact file including carbon emissions per capita for the G8 member economies.The leaders of 16 of the world's biggest rich and developing nations agreed Wednesday to work together to fight global warming but failed to bridge deep differences on how to do it. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:59:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmye26090708125714photo01.jpg?x=130&y=111&sig=3ytUAB8GNvAwr2mWtf8Aiw-- (AFP) - Graphic fact file including carbon emissions per capita for the G8 member economies.The leaders of 16 of the world's biggest rich and developing nations agreed Wednesday to work together to fight global warming but failed to bridge deep differences on how to do it. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-britain-s-trade-goods-deficit-rest-world-unchanged-7.html (AFP) - Containers are loaded onto ships. Official data showed that Britain's trade-in-goods deficit with the rest of the world was unchanged at 7.5 billion pounds in May from April. Photo:David Mcnew/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:39:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmye18090708123900photo00.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=t7Xm18tuJOSxt6VGcDX4.g-- (AFP) - Containers are loaded onto ships. Official data showed that Britain's trade-in-goods deficit with the rest of the world was unchanged at 7.5 billion pounds in May from April. Photo:David Mcnew/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-dmitry-medvedev.html (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, seen here on July 3, has warned that he would consider countermeasures if the United States goes ahead with a plan to build a missile defence shield in eastern Europe. Photo:Dmitry Astakhov/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:35:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmye16090708123448photo00.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=IM8WmY0DbSCfHELxlf46gQ-- (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, seen here on July 3, has warned that he would consider countermeasures if the United States goes ahead with a plan to build a missile defence shield in eastern Europe. Photo:Dmitry Astakhov/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/6/photo/photos-n-world-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-adjusts-tie-arrival-new-chitose.html (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy adjusts his tie upon his arrival at New Chitose International Airport near Sapporo July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

]]> (Reuters) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:27:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/reuters/mtfh84392nootri15599220.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=5lczQ_BcApelBN0IiyxPqg-- (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy adjusts his tie upon his arrival at New Chitose International Airport near Sapporo July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/6/photo/photos-n-world-runners-sprint-fuente-ymbro-fighting-bulls-during-third-day.html (Reuters) - Runners sprint in front of Fuente Ymbro fighting bulls during the third day of the annual San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 9, 2008. REUTERS/Dani Cardona

]]> (Reuters) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:19:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/reuters/mtfh84229nootri15598740.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=GpXnJU62JSKCZ2d0AInXNw-- (Reuters) - Runners sprint in front of Fuente Ymbro fighting bulls during the third day of the annual San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 9, 2008. REUTERS/Dani Cardona

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-turkish-police-guard-consulate-istanbul-during-protest-2007.html (AFP) - Turkish police guard the US consulate in Istanbul during a protest against the United States and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in 2007. Three gunmen and three policeman were killed in a shootout outside the US consulate in Istanbul. Photo:Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:19:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmye08090708121712photo00.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=IK8rKNSif3NSXB5LVfPowQ-- (AFP) - Turkish police guard the US consulate in Istanbul during a protest against the United States and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in 2007. Three gunmen and three policeman were killed in a shootout outside the US consulate in Istanbul. Photo:Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-lebanese-men-line-atm-machine-sidon.html (AFP) - Lebanese men stand in line in front of an ATM machine in Sidon, 2006. Lebanese bankers being sued by Israelis in a US court for allegedly supporting the Shiite Hezbollah group have said they are the target of slander and insisted that they are committed to high standards. Photo:MAHMOUD ZAYAT/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:18:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmye07090708121650photo00.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=xfHQGOTaK3XWlYwIm5hAAA-- (AFP) - Lebanese men stand in line in front of an ATM machine in Sidon, 2006. Lebanese bankers being sued by Israelis in a US court for allegedly supporting the Shiite Hezbollah group have said they are the target of slander and insisted that they are committed to high standards. Photo:MAHMOUD ZAYAT/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/6/photo/photos-n-world-cooling-tower-demolished-north-korean-nuclear-plant.html (Reuters) - A cooling tower is demolished at a North Korean nuclear plant June 27, 2008. REUTERS/Kyodo

]]> (Reuters) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:17:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/reuters/mtfh84141nootri15598620.jpg?x=130&y=115&sig=08Buid_4J4FbLPKii0l6tw-- (Reuters) - A cooling tower is demolished at a North Korean nuclear plant June 27, 2008. REUTERS/Kyodo

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-planned-merger-reliance-communications-mtn-create-telecom-giant-worth.html (AFP) - An Indian worker talks on his mobile phone in New Delhi. Indian mobile phone giant Reliance Communications has extended a deadline for talks that could lead to a blockbuster merger with Africa's largest cellular firm MTN. Photo:Prakash Singh/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:08:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmye04090708120757photo00.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=1B.6d79c.37F9jStVhpHHg-- (AFP) - An Indian worker talks on his mobile phone in New Delhi. Indian mobile phone giant Reliance Communications has extended a deadline for talks that could lead to a blockbuster merger with Africa's largest cellular firm MTN. Photo:Prakash Singh/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/6/photo/photos-n-world-members-iraqi-british-coast-guard-patrol-waters-around-umm.html (Reuters) - Members of the Iraqi and British coast guard patrol the waters around Umm Qasr port in the southern the city of Basra July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Atef Hassan

]]> (Reuters) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:06:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/reuters/mtfh83912nootri15597960.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=Ud8SdJKyvQi5DyDnxhSS0w-- (Reuters) - Members of the Iraqi and British coast guard patrol the waters around Umm Qasr port in the southern the city of Basra July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Atef Hassan

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-row-terraced-houses-pictured-south-west-london.html (AFP) - A row of terraced houses are pictured in south-west London. Homebuilders Bovis and Redrow said their workforces would soon be 40 percent below levels at the start of the year as jobs are slashed amid a downturn to the housing market. Photo:Carl de Souza/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:53:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmye01090708115226photo00.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dtC5FRvPbsGdi_cKMAwW2Q-- (AFP) - A row of terraced houses are pictured in south-west London. Homebuilders Bovis and Redrow said their workforces would soon be 40 percent below levels at the start of the year as jobs are slashed amid a downturn to the housing market. Photo:Carl de Souza/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-crouch-already-spell-portsmouth-played-club-2001-02-season.html (AFP) - England international striker Peter Crouch, seen here in June 2008. Crouch is on the verge of completing his 11 million pounds (13.8 million euros) switch to Portsmouth after agreeing personal terms with Harry Redknapp's side. Photo:Juan Barreto/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:46:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd97090708114509photo00.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=WdmD0G6nnN_zpYJWjfjqzA-- (AFP) - England international striker Peter Crouch, seen here in June 2008. Crouch is on the verge of completing his 11 million pounds (13.8 million euros) switch to Portsmouth after agreeing personal terms with Harry Redknapp's side. Photo:Juan Barreto/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-senior-police-officer-said-police-force-needs-set-specialist.html (AFP) - A police officer patrols a street in London, 2007. A senior police officer said that every police force should needs to set up a specialist rape unit to improve victim care and improve conviction rates. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:44:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd95090708114406photo00.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=4.S1Qr.pj16R0.SQRbXt3A-- (AFP) - A police officer patrols a street in London, 2007. A senior police officer said that every police force should needs to set up a specialist rape unit to improve victim care and improve conviction rates. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/6/photo/photos-n-world-istanbul-map.html (Reuters) - Four people, some apparently dead, were seen lying on the ground in front of the U.S. consulate entrance in Istanbul on Wednesday, Turkish television images showed. REUTERS/Graphic

]]> (Reuters) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:04:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/reuters/mtfh82629nootri15594240.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=vZ5T9CUVvKiJjFDa86mCxw-- (Reuters) - Four people, some apparently dead, were seen lying on the ground in front of the U.S. consulate entrance in Istanbul on Wednesday, Turkish television images showed. REUTERS/Graphic

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-lee-hye-min-2nd-shakes-hands-ahmed-ahan.html (AFP) - South Korea's chief negotiator Lee Hye-Min (2nd left) shakes hands with Ahmed Ahan, chief negotiator of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Seoul. South Korea and six Gulf states agreed Wednesday to forge a free trade deal by the end of next year. Photo:Jung Yeon-Je/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:01:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd90090708110043photo00.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=rGFGXwPF30IVFnv5KPXbpg-- (AFP) - South Korea's chief negotiator Lee Hye-Min (2nd left) shakes hands with Ahmed Ahan, chief negotiator of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Seoul. South Korea and six Gulf states agreed Wednesday to forge a free trade deal by the end of next year. Photo:Jung Yeon-Je/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-emirates-passenger-jet.html (AFP) - An Emirates passenger jet. A drunken British passenger sparked a bomb alert on Wednesday as an Emirates airline flight from Manchester in Britain landed at Dubai. Photo:null/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:57:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd89090708105623photo00.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=A_NCX4rRa6WamTnwJEl6oQ-- (AFP) - An Emirates passenger jet. A drunken British passenger sparked a bomb alert on Wednesday as an Emirates airline flight from Manchester in Britain landed at Dubai. Photo:null/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/6/photo/photos-n-world-video-grab-al-alam-television-shows-nine-long-medium.html (Reuters) - A video grab from Al Alam television shows one of nine long- and medium-range missiles being fired during a test in Iran, July 9, 2008. REUTERS/Iran tv via Reuters TV

]]> (Reuters) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:44:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/reuters/mtfh82112nootri15593040.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=eCRShXjjNQTG02_QgFJC7Q-- (Reuters) - A video grab from Al Alam television shows one of nine long- and medium-range missiles being fired during a test in Iran, July 9, 2008. REUTERS/Iran tv via Reuters TV

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-armed-policeman-patrol-people-s-square-urumqi.html (AFP) - Armed policeman patrol in People's Square in Urumqi in June. Chinese police killed five Muslims in its far northwest who were planning to wage a 'holy war' against the nation's majority Han population, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd82090708103019photo00.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=kUMERWZynb3K80u126EOoQ-- (AFP) - Armed policeman patrol in People's Square in Urumqi in June. Chinese police killed five Muslims in its far northwest who were planning to wage a 'holy war' against the nation's majority Han population, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-thai-army-chief-general-anupong-paojinda.html (AFP) - File photo shows Thai army chief General Anupong Paojinda who denied Wednesday that the military was planning a coup after a top general joined in an anti-government protest. Photo:Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:28:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd80090708102732photo00.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=uPw6JMxQFpF2M0Lpb.f_RA-- (AFP) - File photo shows Thai army chief General Anupong Paojinda who denied Wednesday that the military was planning a coup after a top general joined in an anti-government protest. Photo:Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-border-fence-egypt-israel.html (AFP) - The border fence between Egypt and Israel, February 2008. Egyptian police shot and wounded an Ethiopian man on Wednesday as he tried to cross the border illegally into Israel. Photo:Ron Bousso/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:25:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd79090708102513photo00.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=_2jzySeVPRa5Jtx_jWuMXw-- (AFP) - The border fence between Egypt and Israel, February 2008. Egyptian police shot and wounded an Ethiopian man on Wednesday as he tried to cross the border illegally into Israel. Photo:Ron Bousso/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-file-picture-shows-lebanese-troops-patrol-tripoli.html (AFP) - File picture shows Lebanese troops on patrol in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli in June. Two people were killed and 32 wounded in overnight clashes between rival sectarian camps in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, a security official told AFP on Wednesday. Photo:Joseph Barrak/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:24:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd78090708102250photo00.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=JW2WxKIHJJ7cVf70VBNO9Q-- (AFP) - File picture shows Lebanese troops on patrol in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli in June. Two people were killed and 32 wounded in overnight clashes between rival sectarian camps in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, a security official told AFP on Wednesday. Photo:Joseph Barrak/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-iraqi-policeman-inspects-damage-police-truck-following-roadside-bomb.html (AFP) - An Iraqi policeman inspects damage to a police truck following a roadside bomb attack in Kirkuk. Two near simultaneous bomb attacks in the Iraqi Sunni city of Fallujah killed six people and wounded 18. Photo:Marwan Ibrahim/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:20:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd75090708102000photo00.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=vF9mXyXxMrYQks1mf_JEUw-- (AFP) - An Iraqi policeman inspects damage to a police truck following a roadside bomb attack in Kirkuk. Two near simultaneous bomb attacks in the Iraqi Sunni city of Fallujah killed six people and wounded 18. Photo:Marwan Ibrahim/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-image-grab-iranian-tv-station-al-alam-shows-long.html (AFP) - An image grab from Iranian TV station Al-Alam July 9 shows a long range missile before it's firing at an undisclosed location in the Iranian desert. Iran on Wednesday test-fired its Shahab-3 missile, whose longer range puts Israel within reach, amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:11:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd72090708100246photo02.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=e2kCpOJHwucdgnCp7BaK7Q-- (AFP) - An image grab from Iranian TV station Al-Alam July 9 shows a long range missile before it's firing at an undisclosed location in the Iranian desert. Iran on Wednesday test-fired its Shahab-3 missile, whose longer range puts Israel within reach, amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-image-grab-iranian-tv-station-al-alam.html (AFP) - An image grab from Iranian TV station Al-Alam July 9 shows a longer range Shahab-3 missile at an undisclosed location in the Iranian desert. Iran on Wednesday test-fired its Shahab-3 missile, whose longer range puts Israel within reach, amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:11:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd72090708100246photo01.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=A2UXQBlFg9FIQGwsN_J7Pw-- (AFP) - An image grab from Iranian TV station Al-Alam July 9 shows a longer range Shahab-3 missile at an undisclosed location in the Iranian desert. Iran on Wednesday test-fired its Shahab-3 missile, whose longer range puts Israel within reach, amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-file-picture-shows-military-truck-transporting-long-range-shahab.html (AFP) - File picture shows a military truck transporting a long-range Iranian Shahab-3 ballistic missile during a military parade in Tehran. Iran on Wednesday test-fired its Shahab-3 missile, whose longer range puts Israel within reach, amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:11:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd72090708100246photo00.jpg?x=130&y=72&sig=DAhSTB4D1lwxwRKhmiCGbg-- (AFP) - File picture shows a military truck transporting a long-range Iranian Shahab-3 ballistic missile during a military parade in Tehran. Iran on Wednesday test-fired its Shahab-3 missile, whose longer range puts Israel within reach, amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-saiful-bahri-unidentified-man.html (AFP) - A photo reproduced from Wan Azizah Wan Ismail's laptop computer shows Saiful Bahri (left) with an unidentified man. Malaysian opposition figurehead Anwar Ibrahim Wednesday filed a complaint in the Islamic court that challenges Saiful, who accuses Anwar of sodomy, to prove his allegations. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:05:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080709/afp/icpsmyd69090708100442photo00.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=bKA8AZ6TzOhOz.g0hI_KAg-- (AFP) - A photo reproduced from Wan Azizah Wan Ismail's laptop computer shows Saiful Bahri (left) with an unidentified man. Malaysian opposition figurehead Anwar Ibrahim Wednesday filed a complaint in the Islamic court that challenges Saiful, who accuses Anwar of sodomy, to prove his allegations. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/photos_n_world/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/photos_n_world/im:/09072008/24/photo/photos-n-world-malaysia-s-opposition-leader-anwar-ibrahim.html