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Pakistani lawyers greet Mumtaz Qadri, right, alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, as he arrives at an Anti-Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Taseer was killed by his bodyguard commando reportedly enraged by his opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam.
- AP Photo/Ch. Javed

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Pakistani lawyers greet Mumtaz Qadri, right, alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, as he arrives at an Anti-Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Taseer was killed by his bodyguard commando reportedly enraged by his opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. Pro-Telangana students of Osmania University protest at the institute's campus in Hyderabad. Home Minister P Chidambaram talks to the media after a meeting with political parties from Andhra Pradesh on the Telangana issue, at North Block in New Delhi. Creation of a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital and keeping Andhra Pradesh united with constitutional and statutory measures for empowerment of the Telangana region are among the six options recommended by the Justice Srikrishna Committee. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, parents of Aarushi Talwar, during a peaceful procession demanding justice in their daughter's murder case, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The CBI has recently filed a report asking the court in Ghaziabad to close the case. Villagers try to move to safer places following ethnic clashes at Salpara in Meghalaya. Shivraj Puri, the alleged mastermind behind the estimated Rs 300 crore Citibank fraud, being taken away by police after he was remanded six day police custody by a court in Gurgaon. India's permanent representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri during Untited Nations Security Council Meeting in New York. Puri has been elected as Chairman of UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee. Pakistani player Mohammad Amir (L) and Salman Butt arrives to appear before a three-member independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal in Doha, Qatar. Following an investigation by the ICC Anti-Corruption and Safety Unit (ACSU) and the publication of an article in the News of the World newspaper on Aug. 29, 2010, the International Cricket Council charged three Pakistan cricketers, Amir, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, with various offences under Article 2 of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. Sachin Tendulkar, center, looks up after playing a shot as South African team members appeal during the third test played in Cape Town, South Africa. Pakistani police officers escort an armoured car carrying Mumtaz Qadri, the alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, to an Anti-Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Supporters of Pakistani religious party Sunni Tehreek chant slogans in favor of Mumtaz Qadri, alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer outside an Anti-Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A Pakistani female lawyer waits holding rose petals to shower on Mumtaz Qadri, the alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, outside an Anti-Terrorist Court where he was due to appear in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Taseer was killed by his bodyguard commando reportedly enraged by his opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam. Several Pakistani lawyers, who volunteered to contest the case in favor of Mumtaz Qadri, alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, sign his power of attorney outside an Anti-Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Members of Pakistan's Women Action light candles to pay tribute to slain governor of Punjab Salman Taseer in Karachi, Pakistan. Lawyers showered the suspected killer of a prominent Pakistani governor with rose petals when he arrived at court and an influential Muslim scholars group praised the assassination of the outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam. Mumtaz Qadri, 26, made his first appearance in an Islamabad court, where a judge remanded him in custody a day after he allegedly sprayed automatic gunfire at the back of Punjab province Gov. Salman Taseer while he was supposed to be protecting him as a bodyguard. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy arrives to attend a meeting of political parties from the state with Home Minister P Chidambaram on the Telangana issue, at North Block in New Delhi. A security person fires tear gas shells during a clash with stone-pelting pro-Telangana students on the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad. Students pass by RAF personnel deployed near the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad. Members of the Telangana Minority Students Organisation shout slogans demanding a separate Telangana state in Hyderabad. A policeman stands in front of burning tires, set on fire by students demanding the creation of a separate Telangana state, in Hyderabad. A cyclist looks towards a burning bus which had been set on fire allegedly by students demanding the creation of a separate Telangana state, in Hyderabad. A policeman stands near an APSRTC bus torched by pro-Telangana students of the Osmania University during a demonstration in Hyderabad. An injured pro-Telangana student being taken away by his colleagues for treatment during a clash with police on the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad. Pro-Telangana students of Osmania University shout slogans as police try to control them in Hyderabad. THE TELANGANA TANGLE. Friends and relatives of Aarushi Talwar light candles near her portrait during a peaceful procession demanding justice in Talwar' murder case, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The CBI has recently filed a report asking the court in Ghaziabad to close the case. South Africa's Mark Boucher, centre, reacts after Rahul Dravid, right, plays a shot during the third test against South Africa played in Cape Town, South Africa. Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot during the third test against South Africa played in Cape Town, South Africa. Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh breaks a coconut during Bhumi Pujan for a new building for the Ministry of Environment and Forests at Aliganj in New Delhi. CBI officials after conducting a raid at the office Meroform company in Noida in connection with the corruption in Commonwealth Games. Tourists enjoy shikara rides in the partially frozen Dal Lake in Srinagar. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah clicks a picture during a public rally organised to celebrate two years of his government's rule, at Anantnag, about 55 kms from Srinagar. Activists hold placards and a banner that reads 'Save Brahmaputra' as they march past the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati. The activists were reacting to news reports that China is constructing dams in the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra River, or the Yarlung Tsangpo as it is known in Tibet, to begin construction of a hydropower project. A view of a sightseeing bus that landed upside down after it plunged into a gorge, near Mussoorie about 30 kilometers from Dehradun. At least 22 tourists were killed and 12 others were injured in the accident. A sadhu smokes marijuana at a transit camp in Calcutta. Pilgrims are arriving in the city before proceeding onward for an annual holy dip at Gangasagar, the confluence of Gang River and Bay of Bengal, some 140 kilometer south of Calcutta, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti that falls on Jan. 14, 2011. Two sadhus try their hands at arm wrestling at a temporary camp for the Gangasagar Mela at Babughat in Kolkata. Aamir Khan and his wife director Kiran Rao during premiere of the film “No One Killed Jessica” in Mumbai. Elton John, left, presents Taylor Swift with the award for favorite country artist at the People's Choice Awards, in Los Angeles. Taylor Swift presents Johnny Depp with the award for favorite movie actor at the People's Choice Awards, in Los Angeles. Kristen Stewart accepts the favorite movie actress award at the People's Choice Awards, in Los Angeles. Three white lion cubs are presented to the public for the first time at the city zoo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The cubs were born on Nov. 16, 2010. According to zoo officials these are the first white lions to be born in South America. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio holds up the gavel after receiving it from outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, during the first session of the 112th Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Villagers speed on horse back during Epiphany celebrations outside Harsova, Romania. As part of the local Epiphany customs, following the religious service, villagers get their horses blessed with the Holy water and then compete in a race. Australias' Lleyton Hewitt plays a backhand return during his match against Kazakhstans' Andrey Golubev in the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth, Australia.
Jan 06, 2011
Pakistani lawyers greet Mumtaz Qadri, right, alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, as he arrives at an Anti-Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Taseer was killed by his bodyguard commando reportedly enraged by his opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam.
- AP Photo/Ch. Javed
Jan 06, 2011
Pro-Telangana students of Osmania University protest at the institute's campus in Hyderabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
Home Minister P Chidambaram talks to the media after a meeting with political parties from Andhra Pradesh on the Telangana issue, at North Block in New Delhi. Creation of a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital and keeping Andhra Pradesh united with constitutional and statutory measures for empowerment of the Telangana region are among the six options recommended by the Justice Srikrishna Committee.
- PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
Jan 06, 2011
Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, parents of Aarushi Talwar, during a peaceful procession demanding justice in their daughter's murder case, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The CBI has recently filed a report asking the court in Ghaziabad to close the case.
- PTI Photo/Subhav Shukla
Jan 06, 2011
Villagers try to move to safer places following ethnic clashes at Salpara in Meghalaya.
- AP Photo/ Visma Thapa
Jan 06, 2011
Shivraj Puri, the alleged mastermind behind the estimated Rs 300 crore Citibank fraud, being taken away by police after he was remanded six day police custody by a court in Gurgaon.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
India's permanent representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri during Untited Nations Security Council Meeting in New York. Puri has been elected as Chairman of UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
Pakistani player Mohammad Amir (L) and Salman Butt arrives to appear before a three-member independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal in Doha, Qatar. Following an investigation by the ICC Anti-Corruption and Safety Unit (ACSU) and the publication of an article in the News of the World newspaper on Aug. 29, 2010, the International Cricket Council charged three Pakistan cricketers, Amir, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, with various offences under Article 2 of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.
- AP Photo/ Saurabh Das
Jan 06, 2011
Sachin Tendulkar, center, looks up after playing a shot as South African team members appeal during the third test played in Cape Town, South Africa.
- AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam
Jan 06, 2011
Pakistani police officers escort an armoured car carrying Mumtaz Qadri, the alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, to an Anti-Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- AP Photo/Ch. Javed
Jan 06, 2011
Supporters of Pakistani religious party Sunni Tehreek chant slogans in favor of Mumtaz Qadri, alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer outside an Anti-Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- AP Photo/B.K.Bangash
Jan 06, 2011
A Pakistani female lawyer waits holding rose petals to shower on Mumtaz Qadri, the alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, outside an Anti-Terrorist Court where he was due to appear in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Taseer was killed by his bodyguard commando reportedly enraged by his opposition to laws decreeing death for insulting Islam.
- AP Photo/B.K.Bangash
Jan 06, 2011
Several Pakistani lawyers, who volunteered to contest the case in favor of Mumtaz Qadri, alleged killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer, sign his power of attorney outside an Anti-Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- AP Photo/B.K.Bangash
Jan 06, 2011
Members of Pakistan's Women Action light candles to pay tribute to slain governor of Punjab Salman Taseer in Karachi, Pakistan. Lawyers showered the suspected killer of a prominent Pakistani governor with rose petals when he arrived at court and an influential Muslim scholars group praised the assassination of the outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam. Mumtaz Qadri, 26, made his first appearance in an Islamabad court, where a judge remanded him in custody a day after he allegedly sprayed automatic gunfire at the back of Punjab province Gov. Salman Taseer while he was supposed to be protecting him as a bodyguard.
- AP Photo/ Fareed Khan
Jan 06, 2011
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy arrives to attend a meeting of political parties from the state with Home Minister P Chidambaram on the Telangana issue, at North Block in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
Jan 06, 2011
A security person fires tear gas shells during a clash with stone-pelting pro-Telangana students on the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
Students pass by RAF personnel deployed near the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
Members of the Telangana Minority Students Organisation shout slogans demanding a separate Telangana state in Hyderabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
A policeman stands in front of burning tires, set on fire by students demanding the creation of a separate Telangana state, in Hyderabad.
- AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.
Jan 06, 2011
A cyclist looks towards a burning bus which had been set on fire allegedly by students demanding the creation of a separate Telangana state, in Hyderabad.
- AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.
Jan 06, 2011
A policeman stands near an APSRTC bus torched by pro-Telangana students of the Osmania University during a demonstration in Hyderabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
An injured pro-Telangana student being taken away by his colleagues for treatment during a clash with police on the Osmania University campus in Hyderabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
Pro-Telangana students of Osmania University shout slogans as police try to control them in Hyderabad.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
THE TELANGANA TANGLE.
- PTI GRAPHICS
Jan 06, 2011
Friends and relatives of Aarushi Talwar light candles near her portrait during a peaceful procession demanding justice in Talwar' murder case, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The CBI has recently filed a report asking the court in Ghaziabad to close the case.
- PTI Photo/ Subhav Shukla
Jan 06, 2011
South Africa's Mark Boucher, centre, reacts after Rahul Dravid, right, plays a shot during the third test against South Africa played in Cape Town, South Africa.
- AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam
Jan 06, 2011
Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot during the third test against South Africa played in Cape Town, South Africa.
- AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam
Jan 06, 2011
Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh breaks a coconut during "Bhumi Pujan" for a new building for the Ministry of Environment and Forests at Aliganj in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
CBI officials after conducting a raid at the office Meroform company in Noida in connection with the corruption in Commonwealth Games.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
Tourists enjoy shikara rides in the partially frozen Dal Lake in Srinagar.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah clicks a picture during a public rally organised to celebrate two years of his government's rule, at Anantnag, about 55 kms from Srinagar.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
Activists hold placards and a banner that reads 'Save Brahmaputra' as they march past the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati. The activists were reacting to news reports that China is constructing dams in the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra River, or the Yarlung Tsangpo as it is known in Tibet, to begin construction of a hydropower project.
- AP Photo/ Anupam Nath
Jan 06, 2011
A view of a sightseeing bus that landed upside down after it plunged into a gorge, near Mussoorie about 30 kilometers from Dehradun. At least 22 tourists were killed and 12 others were injured in the accident.
- AP Photo
Jan 06, 2011
A sadhu smokes marijuana at a transit camp in Calcutta. Pilgrims are arriving in the city before proceeding onward for an annual holy dip at Gangasagar, the confluence of Gang River and Bay of Bengal, some 140 kilometer south of Calcutta, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti that falls on Jan. 14, 2011.
- AP Photo/ Bikas Das
Jan 06, 2011
Two sadhus try their hands at arm wrestling at a temporary camp for the Gangasagar Mela at Babughat in Kolkata.
- PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra
Jan 06, 2011
Aamir Khan and his wife director Kiran Rao during premiere of the film “No One Killed Jessica” in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo
Jan 06, 2011
Elton John, left, presents Taylor Swift with the award for favorite country artist at the People's Choice Awards, in Los Angeles.
- AP Photo/ Chris Pizzello
Jan 06, 2011
Taylor Swift presents Johnny Depp with the award for favorite movie actor at the People's Choice Awards, in Los Angeles.
- AP Photo/ Chris Pizzello
Jan 06, 2011
Kristen Stewart accepts the favorite movie actress award at the People's Choice Awards, in Los Angeles.
- AP Photo/ Chris Pizzello
Jan 06, 2011
Three white lion cubs are presented to the public for the first time at the city zoo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The cubs were born on Nov. 16, 2010. According to zoo officials these are the first white lions to be born in South America.
- AP Photo/ Eduardo Di Baia
Jan 06, 2011
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio holds up the gavel after receiving it from outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, during the first session of the 112th Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
- AP Photo/ Charles Dharapak
Jan 06, 2011
Villagers speed on horse back during Epiphany celebrations outside Harsova, Romania. As part of the local Epiphany customs, following the religious service, villagers get their horses blessed with the Holy water and then compete in a race.
- AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda
Jan 06, 2011
Australias' Lleyton Hewitt plays a backhand return during his match against Kazakhstans' Andrey Golubev in the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth, Australia.
- AP Photo/ Steve Wake
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