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BJP leader L K Advani poses with an Assamese Japi, a traditional hat, before the start of a two-day-long national executive meeting in Guwahati. The party's top leadership will focus on corruption, price rise and development of the northeastern part of the country in the two-day meet.
- AP Photo/ Anupam Nath

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BJP leader L K Advani poses with an Assamese Japi, a traditional hat, before the start of a two-day-long national executive meeting in Guwahati. The party's top leadership will focus on corruption, price rise and development of the northeastern part of the country in the two-day meet. Co-owner of Rajasthan Royals team Shilpa Shetty, right, and Siddharth Mallya of Royal Challengers team speak at a press conference during the Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction in Bangalore. Gautam Gambhir turned out to be the biggest draw in the auctions with the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Kolkata Knight Riders buying him for a whopping Rs 11.04 crore Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas function in New Delhi. Against the backdrop of various scams hitting the government, Singh said efforts are underway to make systemic changes to ensure more transparency and safeguards in the governing processes.  Nobel laureate Amartya Sen releases the book A Doctor to Defend - Binayak Sen Story in New Delhi. Sikh devotees take out a religious procession during the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh, in Jammu. A child wrapped in woollens near India Gate during a foggy morning in New Delhi. Plummeting mercury coupled with icy winds have been making lives difficult for the people of the capital. Dancers from the China Oriental Performing and Arts Group perform their classic work Tour Of Occult Wonderland during a rehearsal at NTU Sports Center at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. The Tour Of Occult Wonderland will perform from Jan. 8 to 9 at the sports center. School students after a rehearsal for Republic day parade in Kolkata.  Customers wearing underwear queue outside a store during the first sale day in Barcelona, Spain. Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Yousuf Gilani, gestures to members of Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement during a meeting in Karachi, Pakistan. The second-largest member of Pakistan's ruling coalition reversed its decision to join the opposition, averting the potential collapse of the government in this nuclear-armed nation, the move by the MQM, announced after Gilani backed down on unpopular economic measures, restored the government's parliamentary majority and eased the political crisis facing Pakistan. But the government's concessions could prevent it from receiving billions of dollars in international loans, exacerbating the country's already precarious financial position. Greta Arn of Hungary celebrates her win against Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium during the final of the ASB Classic Women's Tennis Tournament at ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. Mumbai Indians owner Nita Ambani arrives to participate in players' auction for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Bangalore.  Kings XI Punjab co-owner, Preity Zinta arrives to participate in players' auction for the fourth edition of the IPL, in Bangalore. BJP president Nitin Gadkari  and senior party leaders L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley wear traditional Assamese japi and gomacha on the inaugural day of the party's national executive meeting in Guwahati. Senior BJP leader L K Advani lights the lamp as party President Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley look on, during the party's national executive meeting in Guwahati. BJP President Nitin Gadkari poses with an Assamese Japi, a traditional hat, before the start of a two-day-long national executive meeting in Guwahati. Gujarat Chief Minister and leader of the BJP Narendra Modi, left, shakes hands with party leader Rajnath Singh before the start of a two-day-long national executive meeting in Guwahati. Pakistani boy Mohammad Kamran who survives the suicide attack in neighboring Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, rests at a local hospital in Pakistani border town of Chaman. People react after the death of their family member in a suicide attack in neighboring Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, at a local hospital in Pakistani border town of Chaman. A suicide bomber killed 17 people and wounded another 21 in assassinating a police commander at a public bath.
A train arrives amidst fog as passengers crowd the platform wrapped in winter clothing at the railway station in Allahabad. In the worst-hit Uttar Pradesh, at least 22 people have died over the past three days, pushing the death toll from two weeks of near-freezing temperatures to 63.
Jan 08, 2011
BJP leader L K Advani poses with an Assamese Japi, a traditional hat, before the start of a two-day-long national executive meeting in Guwahati. The party's top leadership will focus on corruption, price rise and development of the northeastern part of the country in the two-day meet.
- AP Photo/ Anupam Nath
Jan 08, 2011
Co-owner of Rajasthan Royals team Shilpa Shetty, right, and Siddharth Mallya of Royal Challengers team speak at a press conference during the Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction in Bangalore. Gautam Gambhir turned out to be the biggest draw in the auctions with the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Kolkata Knight Riders buying him for a whopping Rs 11.04 crore
- AP Photo/ Aijaz Rahi
Jan 08, 2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas function in New Delhi. Against the backdrop of various scams hitting the government, Singh said efforts are underway to make "systemic changes" to ensure more transparency and safeguards in the governing processes.
- PTI Photo/ Atul Yadav
Jan 08, 2011
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen releases the book "A Doctor to Defend - Binayak Sen Story" in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist
Jan 08, 2011
Sikh devotees take out a religious procession during the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh, in Jammu.
- PTI Photo
Jan 08, 2011
A child wrapped in woollens near India Gate during a foggy morning in New Delhi. Plummeting mercury coupled with icy winds have been making lives difficult for the people of the capital.
- PTI Photo/ Atul Yadav
Jan 08, 2011
Dancers from the China Oriental Performing and Arts Group perform their classic work "Tour Of Occult Wonderland" during a rehearsal at NTU Sports Center at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. The "Tour Of Occult Wonderland" will perform from Jan. 8 to 9 at the sports center.
- AP Photo/ Chiang Ying-ying
Jan 08, 2011
School students after a rehearsal for Republic day parade in Kolkata.
- PTI Photo/ Swapan Mahapatra
Jan 08, 2011
Customers wearing underwear queue outside a store during the first sale day in Barcelona, Spain.
- AP Photo/ Manu Fernandez
Jan 08, 2011
Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Yousuf Gilani, gestures to members of Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement during a meeting in Karachi, Pakistan. The second-largest member of Pakistan's ruling coalition reversed its decision to join the opposition, averting the potential collapse of the government in this nuclear-armed nation, the move by the MQM, announced after Gilani backed down on unpopular economic measures, restored the government's parliamentary majority and eased the political crisis facing Pakistan. But the government's concessions could prevent it from receiving billions of dollars in international loans, exacerbating the country's already precarious financial position.
- AP Photo/ Fareed Khan
Jan 08, 2011
Greta Arn of Hungary celebrates her win against Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium during the final of the ASB Classic Women's Tennis Tournament at ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
- AP Photo/ David Rowland
Jan 08, 2011
Mumbai Indians owner Nita Ambani arrives to participate in players' auction for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Bangalore.
- PTI Photo/ Shailendra Bhojak
Jan 08, 2011
Kings XI Punjab co-owner, Preity Zinta arrives to participate in players' auction for the fourth edition of the IPL, in Bangalore.
- PTI Photo/ Shailendra Bhojak
Jan 08, 2011
BJP president Nitin Gadkari and senior party leaders L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley wear traditional Assamese "japi" and "gomacha" on the inaugural day of the party's national executive meeting in Guwahati.
- PTI Photo
Jan 08, 2011
Senior BJP leader L K Advani lights the lamp as party President Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley look on, during the party's national executive meeting in Guwahati.
- PTI Photo
Jan 08, 2011
BJP President Nitin Gadkari poses with an Assamese Japi, a traditional hat, before the start of a two-day-long national executive meeting in Guwahati.
- AP Photo/ Anupam Nath
Jan 08, 2011
Gujarat Chief Minister and leader of the BJP Narendra Modi, left, shakes hands with party leader Rajnath Singh before the start of a two-day-long national executive meeting in Guwahati.
- AP Photo/ Anupam Nath
Jan 08, 2011
Pakistani boy Mohammad Kamran who survives the suicide attack in neighboring Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, rests at a local hospital in Pakistani border town of Chaman.
- AP Photo/ Shah Khalid
Jan 08, 2011
People react after the death of their family member in a suicide attack in neighboring Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, at a local hospital in Pakistani border town of Chaman. A suicide bomber killed 17 people and wounded another 21 in assassinating a police commander at a public bath.
- AP Photo/ Shah Khalid
Jan 08, 2011
A train arrives amidst fog as passengers crowd the platform wrapped in winter clothing at the railway station in Allahabad. In the worst-hit Uttar Pradesh, at least 22 people have died over the past three days, pushing the death toll from two weeks of near-freezing temperatures to 63.
- AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh
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