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Egyptian anti-government activists clash with riot police in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
- AP Photo/Ben Curtis

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Egyptian anti-government activists clash with riot police in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Anti-government protestors gather outside the ruling National Democratic Party headquarters, as it is engulfed by flames in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Police and unidentified people are seen in the streets during a demonstration in Suez, Egypt. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Egyptian anti-government activists chant slogans as they confront riot police during a protest on the May 15 bridge in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Firemen along with local people carry out rescue work after a four-storey building collapses in Ahmedabad. Egyptian anti-government activists clash with riot police in Cairo, Egyp. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. One protester was killed and even the country's Nobel Peace laureate opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei was placed under house arrest after joining demonstrations. An injured woman is escorted out of a supermarket in central Kabul, Afghanistan. An explosion rocked a grocery store frequented by foreigners in Kabul. There were conflicting reports about the number of dead. Police and eyewitnesses say at least 9 people were killed. Egyptian anti-riot policemen use water canons against protesters in Cairo. The Egyptian capital Cairo was the scene of violent chaos, when tens of thousands of anti-government protesters stoned and confronted police, who fired back with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons. Egyptian anti-government activists run for a cover from the tear gas during clashes with the riot- police in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian activists protested for a fourth day as social networking sites called for a mass rally in the capital Cairo after Friday prayers, keeping up the momentum of the country's largest anti-government protests in years. Egyptian protesters clash with riot police in Suez, Egypt. Egyptian activists protested for a third day as social networking sites called for a mass rally in the capital Cairo, keeping up the momentum of the country's largest anti-government protests in years. An Egyptian anti-government activist kisses a riot police officer following clashes in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Security men taking stock of Maoists rebels killed during an encounter at Luhur jungle in Latehar district of Jharkhand. 9 Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces. A policeman detains an activist of All India Students Federation during a protest march towards the U.S. consulate as they protest against the California-based Tri-Valley University, in Hyderabad. The fate of a large number of Indian students, mainly from Andhra Pradesh, continued to hang in the balance after authorities raided and shut down Tri-Valley University on charges of a massive immigration fraud. File photo of 17th Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje in New Delhi. Police claimed to have seized foreign currency valued at over Rs six crore during raids in the offices of a trust backed by 17th Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje, who investigators believe could be having links with Chinese authorities. Police cars park outside the Gyatso Monastery during a raid in which a huge amount of foreign currency was recovered, at Sidhbari, Dharamshala. Policemen carry a seized trunk, which contains a huge amount of foreign currency, from the Gyatso Monastery at Sidhbari, Dharamshala. Policemen carry seized foreign currency wrapped in a cloth from the Gyatso Monastery at Sidhbari, Dharamshala. Smoke billows from a ferry that caught fire off Java island, near Anyer beach in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia. At least 11 people have been killed when a crowded ferry carrying more than 400 people caught fire sending panicked passengers jumping into the sea. Prayer flags hang as a Buddhist monk circumambulates around the Boudhanath Buddhist stupa in Katmandu, Nepal. Thousands of Buddhist pilgrims visit the stupa, circumambulating, reciting prayers and spinning prayer wheels. Sachin Tendulkar, Mohinder Amarnath, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and Yusuf Pathan, hold their respective awards during the Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence in Mumbai. A man walks past a mural of former South African President Nelson Mandela, made out of hands dipped in paint in Cape Town. Surgeon-general V.J. Ramlakan said Mandela has suffered an acute respiratory infection but responded well to treatment, and will be discharged to receive home-based care. A Pakistani model displays jewelry created by a Pakistani designer, during the four-day Islamabad Fashion Week, in Islamabad, Pakistan. A rescuer carries a survivor of a ferry fire at a port in Merak, Banten province, Indonesia. Argentina's Gisela Dulko, right, and Italy's Flavia Pennetta hold the trophy after beating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Russia's Maria Kirilenko in their women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh inspecting the Guard of Honour, at the Prime Minister's NCC Rally, in New Delhi. A firefighter covers a body brought out of a supermarket in central Kabul, Afghanistan. The Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the Union Minister for Water Resources and Minority Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid and other dignitaries paid tributes to Lala Lajpat Rai on the occasion of his birth anniversary, in New Delhi. Pakistani demonstrators burn a paper representation of the U.S. flag during a protest against a U.S. consular employee suspected in the shooting deaths of two Pakistani men in Lahore, in Islamabad. Pakistan will pursue murder charges against a U.S. consular employee suspected in the shooting deaths of two armed men possibly intent on robbing him, a top prosecutor said. President Pratibha Patil addressing the 64th National Conference of the Indian Radiological & Imaging Association, in New Delhi. Lok Manch President Amar Singh cuts the cake to celebrate his birthday as Jaya Prada and Sanjay Dutt look on, in Varanasi on Thursday night. Three men attempt to free an automobile from the snow on New York's Upper West Side. Afghans watch a dog fight in Kabul, Afghanistan. A Japanese macaque bathes in the hot spring of Jigokudani Monkey Park in the mountains in Yamanouchi-town, east of Nagano, central Japan. About 160 macaques inhabit the park. They are also known as snow monkeys. Microsoft founder Bill Gates speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In a nod to the post-crisis atmosphere, the World Economic Forum shifted its attention to austerity measures and priorities for improving the economy. BJP President Nitin Gadkari speaks on My recent visit to Israel during a function of the Indian Merchant Chamber in Mumbai. Muslims attend Friday noon prayers in a Mosque of a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Chinese lanterns are displayed ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations outside the Ditan Park in Beijing. Irish musician Bono speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. President Barack Obama addresses the Families USA 16th Annual Health Action Conference, in Washington. Families USA is an consumer advocacy health care organization. Former South African President Nelson Mandela, leaves the the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg. Mandela was discharged from the hospital after suffering an acute respiratory infection that has responded well to treatment, officials said. Kashmiri Muslim women offer prayers outside the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom, commonly known as Sultan-Ul-Arifeen, during the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration, in Srinagar. Britain's Andy Murray celebrates his win over Spain's David Ferrer in their men's semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne. Italy's Flavia Pennetta (left) embraces her partner Argentina's Gisela Dulko after winning their women's doubles final against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Russia's Maria Kirilenko at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne. Pakistani security officials escort Raymond Allen Davis, a U.S. consulate employee, center, to a local court in Lahore, Pakistan. Aides to Pakistan's president expressed confidence that Islamabad and Washington can amicably resolve a diplomatic crisis over a former U.S. Special Forces soldier held in the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis.
Jan 28, 2011
Egyptian anti-government activists clash with riot police in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
- AP Photo/Ben Curtis
Jan 28, 2011
Anti-government protestors gather outside the ruling National Democratic Party headquarters, as it is engulfed by flames in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
- AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill
Jan 28, 2011
Police and unidentified people are seen in the streets during a demonstration in Suez, Egypt. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
- AP Photo
Jan 28, 2011
Egyptian anti-government activists chant slogans as they confront riot police during a protest on the May 15 bridge in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
- AP Photo/Khalil Hamra
Jan 28, 2011
Firemen along with local people carry out rescue work after a four-storey building collapses in Ahmedabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2011
Egyptian anti-government activists clash with riot police in Cairo, Egyp. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. One protester was killed and even the country's Nobel Peace laureate opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei was placed under house arrest after joining demonstrations.
- AP Photo/Ben Curtis
Jan 28, 2011
An injured woman is escorted out of a supermarket in central Kabul, Afghanistan. An explosion rocked a grocery store frequented by foreigners in Kabul. There were conflicting reports about the number of dead. Police and eyewitnesses say at least 9 people were killed.
- AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul
Jan 28, 2011
Egyptian anti-riot policemen use water canons against protesters in Cairo. The Egyptian capital Cairo was the scene of violent chaos, when tens of thousands of anti-government protesters stoned and confronted police, who fired back with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons.
- AP Photo/ Muhammed Abu Zaid
Jan 28, 2011
Egyptian anti-government activists run for a cover from the tear gas during clashes with the riot- police in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian activists protested for a fourth day as social networking sites called for a mass rally in the capital Cairo after Friday prayers, keeping up the momentum of the country's largest anti-government protests in years.
- AP Photo/Ben Curtis
Jan 28, 2011
Egyptian protesters clash with riot police in Suez, Egypt. Egyptian activists protested for a third day as social networking sites called for a mass rally in the capital Cairo, keeping up the momentum of the country's largest anti-government protests in years.
- AP Photo
Jan 28, 2011
An Egyptian anti-government activist kisses a riot police officer following clashes in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
- AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis
Jan 28, 2011
Security men taking stock of Maoists rebels killed during an encounter at Luhur jungle in Latehar district of Jharkhand. 9 Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces.
- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2011
A policeman detains an activist of All India Students Federation during a protest march towards the U.S. consulate as they protest against the California-based Tri-Valley University, in Hyderabad. The fate of a large number of Indian students, mainly from Andhra Pradesh, continued to hang in the balance after authorities raided and shut down Tri-Valley University on charges of a massive immigration fraud.
- AP Photo/ Mahesh Kumar A.
Jan 28, 2011
File photo of 17th Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje in New Delhi. Police claimed to have seized foreign currency valued at over Rs six crore during raids in the offices of a trust backed by 17th Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje, who investigators believe could be having links with Chinese authorities.
- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2011
Police cars park outside the Gyatso Monastery during a raid in which a huge amount of foreign currency was recovered, at Sidhbari, Dharamshala.
- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2011
Policemen carry a seized trunk, which contains a huge amount of foreign currency, from the Gyatso Monastery at Sidhbari, Dharamshala.
- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2011
Policemen carry seized foreign currency wrapped in a cloth from the Gyatso Monastery at Sidhbari, Dharamshala.
- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2011
Smoke billows from a ferry that caught fire off Java island, near Anyer beach in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia. At least 11 people have been killed when a crowded ferry carrying more than 400 people caught fire sending panicked passengers jumping into the sea.
- AP Photo
Jan 28, 2011
Prayer flags hang as a Buddhist monk circumambulates around the Boudhanath Buddhist stupa in Katmandu, Nepal. Thousands of Buddhist pilgrims visit the stupa, circumambulating, reciting prayers and spinning prayer wheels.
- AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe
Jan 28, 2011
Sachin Tendulkar, Mohinder Amarnath, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and Yusuf Pathan, hold their respective awards during the Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence in Mumbai.
- AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool
Jan 28, 2011
A man walks past a mural of former South African President Nelson Mandela, made out of hands dipped in paint in Cape Town. Surgeon-general V.J. Ramlakan said Mandela has suffered an acute respiratory infection but responded well to treatment, and will be discharged to receive home-based care.
- AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam
Jan 28, 2011
A Pakistani model displays jewelry created by a Pakistani designer, during the four-day Islamabad Fashion Week, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- AP Photo/ Muhammed Muheisen
Jan 28, 2011
A rescuer carries a survivor of a ferry fire at a port in Merak, Banten province, Indonesia.
- AP Photo
Jan 28, 2011
Argentina's Gisela Dulko, right, and Italy's Flavia Pennetta hold the trophy after beating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Russia's Maria Kirilenko in their women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia.
- AP Photo/ Andrew Brownbill
Jan 28, 2011
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh inspecting the Guard of Honour, at the Prime Minister's NCC Rally, in New Delhi.
- pib.nic.in
Jan 28, 2011
A firefighter covers a body brought out of a supermarket in central Kabul, Afghanistan.
- AP Photo/ Ahmad Massoud
Jan 28, 2011
The Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the Union Minister for Water Resources and Minority Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid and other dignitaries paid tributes to Lala Lajpat Rai on the occasion of his birth anniversary, in New Delhi.
- pib.nic.in
Jan 28, 2011
Pakistani demonstrators burn a paper representation of the U.S. flag during a protest against a U.S. consular employee suspected in the shooting deaths of two Pakistani men in Lahore, in Islamabad. Pakistan will pursue murder charges against a U.S. consular employee suspected in the shooting deaths of two armed men possibly intent on robbing him, a top prosecutor said.
- AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen
Jan 28, 2011
President Pratibha Patil addressing the 64th National Conference of the Indian Radiological & Imaging Association, in New Delhi.
- pib.nic.in
Jan 28, 2011
Lok Manch President Amar Singh cuts the cake to celebrate his birthday as Jaya Prada and Sanjay Dutt look on, in Varanasi on Thursday night.
- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2011
Three men attempt to free an automobile from the snow on New York's Upper West Side.
- AP Photo/ Richard Drew
Jan 28, 2011
Afghans watch a dog fight in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul
Jan 28, 2011
A Japanese macaque bathes in the hot spring of Jigokudani Monkey Park in the mountains in Yamanouchi-town, east of Nagano, central Japan. About 160 macaques inhabit the park. They are also known as "snow monkeys."
- AP Photo/ Hiro Komae
Jan 28, 2011
Microsoft founder Bill Gates speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In a nod to the post-crisis atmosphere, the World Economic Forum shifted its attention to austerity measures and priorities for improving the economy.
- AP Photo/Michel Euler
Jan 28, 2011
BJP President Nitin Gadkari speaks on "My recent visit to Israel" during a function of the Indian Merchant Chamber in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Jan 28, 2011
Muslims attend Friday noon prayers in a Mosque of a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
- AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen
Jan 28, 2011
Chinese lanterns are displayed ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations outside the Ditan Park in Beijing.
- AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
Jan 28, 2011
Irish musician Bono speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
- AP Photo/Virginia Mayo
Jan 28, 2011
President Barack Obama addresses the Families USA 16th Annual Health Action Conference, in Washington. Families USA is an consumer advocacy health care organization.
- AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Jan 28, 2011
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, leaves the the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg. Mandela was discharged from the hospital after suffering an acute respiratory infection that has responded well to treatment, officials said.
- AP Photo/Themba Hadebe
Jan 28, 2011
Kashmiri Muslim women offer prayers outside the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom, commonly known as Sultan-Ul-Arifeen, during the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration, in Srinagar.
- AP Photo/Dar Yasin
Jan 28, 2011
Britain's Andy Murray celebrates his win over Spain's David Ferrer in their men's semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne.
- AP Photo/David Grosling,Pool
Jan 28, 2011
Italy's Flavia Pennetta (left) embraces her partner Argentina's Gisela Dulko after winning their women's doubles final against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Russia's Maria Kirilenko at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne.
- AP Photo/John Donegan
Jan 28, 2011
Pakistani security officials escort Raymond Allen Davis, a U.S. consulate employee, center, to a local court in Lahore, Pakistan. Aides to Pakistan's president expressed confidence that Islamabad and Washington can amicably resolve a diplomatic crisis over a former U.S. Special Forces soldier held in the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis.
- AP Photo/ Hamza Ahmed,
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