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Sep 09, 2012
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Sep 09, 2012
Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns a shot to Spain's David Ferrer during a semifinal match at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament in New York. Djokovic won the match.
- AP Photo/Julio Cortez

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PSLV C-21, carrying the foreign satellites to space takes off during its launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Residents, protesting against the Russian-built Kudankulam nuclear plant, march towards the plant at Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu. Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 56 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. A Mumbai Court remanded anti-corruption cartoonist and free speech campaigner Aseem Trivedi to police custody till September 16 for allegedly making cartoons that insult India's flag, Parliament and the national emblem, although Trivedi explained that the cartoons intended to display the insult to the nation that is being done by politicians, and do not seek to insult national symbols in any way. President Pranab Mukherjee being blessed by a priest at the Lord Venkateswara Temple, Andhra Pradesh CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy is also seen here at Tirumala in Tirupati. File Photo - Father of White Revolution, Verghese Kurien cuts a cake to celebrate his 90th birthday in Anand on 26th November 2011. Kurien, 90, passed away in a hospital in Gujarat. File Photo - Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj with Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. Bal Thackeray has said that Sushma Swaraj is the only leader in the BJP who is deserving and will make a great choice for the Prime Minister's post. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna visits Dera Sahib Gurudwara where Guru Arjan Dev was martyred in Lahore, Pakistan. Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns a shot to Spain's David Ferrer during a semifinal match at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament in New York. Djokovic won the match. Protesters demonstrate outside government headquarters in Hong Kong. Hong Kong officials backed down Saturday on plans to make students take Chinese patriotism classes following a week of protests in the former British colony sparked by fears of pro-Beijing brainwashing. The semiautonomous Chinese city's leader, Leung Chun-ying, said it would be up to schools to decide whether to hold the classes. They were to have become a mandatory subject in 2015 after a three-year voluntary period. This photo provided by Joey Mure, shows a storm cloud over the Breezy Point area of Queens section of New York, on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. A Fire Department spokesman said there were power lines down and possibly other damage in the Point Breeze section of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens. The general manager of the Breezy Point Surf Club tells the Associated Press the storm ripped up cabanas and even picked up industrial-sized metal trash bins. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Queens and Brooklyn as a line of strong thunderstorms moved through the city. The service said radar detected a strong rotation in the storm, but there was no immediate confirmation that a twister actually formed. A view of a destroyed house after a long-range Grad rocket fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza Strip hit in the southern Israeli town of Netivot. The Israeli military said the rocket hit the roof of the house in southern Israel, causing damage but no injuries. Another rocket from the Hamas-run Palestinian territory struck an open area elsewhere in southern Israel. Media reported that schools in two cities were closed as a result. People throw colored powder into the air during the Holi Festival in Munich, southern Germany. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being greeted by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Chennai Airport before he leaves for Delhi on the way from Sriharikota. A woman displays a doll for sale at a market in Mumbai. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets ISRO scientists on the successful launch of the PSLV C 21 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. Demonstrators gather to form a human chain during a rally around the National Diet building against the United States' plans to deploy Osprey aircraft on a southern Japanese island amid renewed safety concerns, in Tokyo. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna prays at Data Darbaar, one of the oldest Muslim shrines in the sub-continent which houses the remains of a Sufi saint, Abul Hassan Ali Hujwiri more commonly known as Daata Ganj Baksh, in Lahore. Visitors looking for books during the last day of 18th Delhi Book Fair at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. Kanpur-based cartoonist Aseem Trivedi arrested on charges of posting seditious contents on his website being produced at court in Mumbai. Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna shakes hands with Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab (Pakistan) at a meeting in Lahore. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, centre, talks with Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang, right, as Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, left, looks away during a leaders group photo on the final day of the APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia. People gather for a rally against a planned deployment of Osprey aircraft in Ginowan, on the southern island of Okinawa, Japan. Thousands of people gathered to demand a plan to deploy 12 MV-22 Osprey aircraft on the island be scrapped, saying they are unsafe. The U.S. plans to deploy them to replace older CH-46 helicopters that are already there. ISRO’s space journey rolls on, completes 100th launch successfully. Workhorse PSLV C-21, in its 21st mission, puts Japanese, French satellites in orbit.
Sep 09, 2012
PSLV C-21, carrying the foreign satellites to space takes off during its launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
- PTI Photo by R Senthil Kumar
Sep 09, 2012
Residents, protesting against the Russian-built Kudankulam nuclear plant, march towards the plant at Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu.
- AP Photo
Sep 09, 2012
Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 56 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said.
- AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani
Sep 09, 2012
A Mumbai Court remanded anti-corruption cartoonist and free speech campaigner Aseem Trivedi to police custody till September 16 for allegedly making cartoons that insult India's flag, Parliament and the national emblem, although Trivedi explained that the cartoons intended to display the insult to the nation that is being done by politicians, and do not seek to insult national symbols in any way.
- Photo Courtesy: Alok Dixit
Sep 09, 2012
President Pranab Mukherjee being blessed by a priest at the Lord Venkateswara Temple, Andhra Pradesh CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy is also seen here at Tirumala in Tirupati.
- PTI Photo
Sep 09, 2012
File Photo - Father of White Revolution, Verghese Kurien cuts a cake to celebrate his 90th birthday in Anand on 26th November 2011. Kurien, 90, passed away in a hospital in Gujarat.
- PTI Photo
Sep 09, 2012
File Photo - Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj with Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. Bal Thackeray has said that Sushma Swaraj is the only leader in the BJP who is "deserving" and will make a "great choice" for the Prime Minister's post.
- PTI Photo
Sep 09, 2012
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna visits Dera Sahib Gurudwara where Guru Arjan Dev was martyred in Lahore, Pakistan.
- PTI Photo/Subhav Shukla
Sep 09, 2012
Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns a shot to Spain's David Ferrer during a semifinal match at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament in New York. Djokovic won the match.
- AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Sep 09, 2012
Protesters demonstrate outside government headquarters in Hong Kong. Hong Kong officials backed down Saturday on plans to make students take Chinese patriotism classes following a week of protests in the former British colony sparked by fears of pro-Beijing "brainwashing." The semiautonomous Chinese city's leader, Leung Chun-ying, said it would be up to schools to decide whether to hold the classes. They were to have become a mandatory subject in 2015 after a three-year voluntary period.
- AP Photo/Kin Cheung
Sep 09, 2012
This photo provided by Joey Mure, shows a storm cloud over the Breezy Point area of Queens section of New York, on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. A Fire Department spokesman said there were power lines down and possibly other damage in the Point Breeze section of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens. The general manager of the Breezy Point Surf Club tells the Associated Press the storm ripped up cabanas and even picked up industrial-sized metal trash bins. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Queens and Brooklyn as a line of strong thunderstorms moved through the city. The service said radar detected a "strong rotation" in the storm, but there was no immediate confirmation that a twister actually formed.
- AP Photo/Joey Mure
Sep 09, 2012
A view of a destroyed house after a long-range Grad rocket fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza Strip hit in the southern Israeli town of Netivot. The Israeli military said the rocket hit the roof of the house in southern Israel, causing damage but no injuries. Another rocket from the Hamas-run Palestinian territory struck an open area elsewhere in southern Israel. Media reported that schools in two cities were closed as a result.
- AP/PTI
Sep 09, 2012
People throw colored powder into the air during the Holi Festival in Munich, southern Germany.
- AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
Sep 09, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being greeted by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Chennai Airport before he leaves for Delhi on the way from Sriharikota.
- PTI Photo
Sep 09, 2012
A woman displays a doll for sale at a market in Mumbai.
- AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool
Sep 09, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets ISRO scientists on the successful launch of the PSLV C 21 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
- PTI Photo
Sep 09, 2012
Demonstrators gather to form a human chain during a rally around the National Diet building against the United States' plans to deploy Osprey aircraft on a southern Japanese island amid renewed safety concerns, in Tokyo.
- AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi
Sep 09, 2012
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna prays at Data Darbaar, one of the oldest Muslim shrines in the sub-continent which houses the remains of a Sufi saint, Abul Hassan Ali Hujwiri more commonly known as Daata Ganj Baksh, in Lahore.
- PTI Photo/Subhav Shukla
Sep 09, 2012
Visitors looking for books during the last day of 18th Delhi Book Fair at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
- PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan
Sep 09, 2012
Kanpur-based cartoonist Aseem Trivedi arrested on charges of posting seditious contents on his website being produced at court in Mumbai.
- PTI Photo/Santosh Hirlekar
Sep 09, 2012
Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna shakes hands with Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab (Pakistan) at a meeting in Lahore.
- PTI Photo by Subhav Shukla
Sep 09, 2012
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, centre, talks with Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang, right, as Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, left, looks away during a leaders group photo on the final day of the APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia.
- AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel
Sep 09, 2012
People gather for a rally against a planned deployment of Osprey aircraft in Ginowan, on the southern island of Okinawa, Japan. Thousands of people gathered to demand a plan to deploy 12 MV-22 Osprey aircraft on the island be scrapped, saying they are unsafe. The U.S. plans to deploy them to replace older CH-46 helicopters that are already there.
- AP/PTI
Sep 09, 2012
ISRO’s space journey rolls on, completes 100th launch successfully. Workhorse PSLV C-21, in its 21st mission, puts Japanese, French satellites in orbit.
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