The Robotic Arm on NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander carries a scoop …
July 31, 2008
(Reuters) - The Robotic Arm on NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander carries a scoop of Martian soil bound for the spacecraft’s microscope in handout photo released on June 13, 2008. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Handout
The Robotic Arm on NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander carries a scoop …
Newly crowned King Siaosi (George) Tupou V of …
July 31, 2008
(AFP) -
Newly crowned King Siaosi (George) Tupou V of Tonga sits on his 2.5 metre high golden throne made in China during his lavish Christian coronation ceremony at the Centenary Free Wesleyan Church in Nuku’alofa, on August 1. The 60-year-old sovereign was crowned the 23rd ruler of the South Pacific’s only semi-feudal kingdom in an hour long service full of European pomp and ceremony.
Photo:Peter Halmagyi/AFP
Newly crowned King Siaosi (George) Tupou V of …
Tonga’s newly crowned King Siaosi (George) Tupou …
July 31, 2008
(AFP) -
Tonga’s newly crowned King Siaosi (George) Tupou V is driven away on a road covered with mulberry bark tapa from his lavish Christian coronation ceremony at the Centenary Free Wesleyan Church in Nuku’alofa, on August 1. The 60-year-old sovereign was crowned the 23rd ruler of the South Pacific’s only semi-feudal kingdom in an hour long service full of European pomp and ceremony.
Photo:Torsten Blackwood/AFP
Tonga’s newly crowned King Siaosi (George) Tupou …
Tongan school children wave red and white national …
July 31, 2008
(AFP) -
Tongan school children wave red and white national flags as their newly crowned King Siaosi (George) Tupou V passes under an archway bearing his portrait after his lavish Christian coronation ceremony at the Centenary Free Wesleyan Church in Nuku’alofa, on August 1. The 60-year-old sovereign was crowned the 23rd ruler of the South Pacific’s only semi-feudal kingdom in an hour long service.
Photo:Torsten Blackwood/AFP
Tongan school children wave red and white national …
King Siaosi (George) Tupou V of Tonga is crowned …
July 31, 2008
(AFP) -
King Siaosi (George) Tupou V of Tonga is crowned by Archibishop of Polynesia Jabez Bryce during his lavish Christian coronation ceremony at the Centenary Free Wesleyan Church in Nuku’alofa, on August 1. The 60-year-old sovereign was crowned the 23rd ruler of the South Pacific’s only semi-feudal kingdom in an hour long service full of European pomp and ceremony.
Photo:Peter Halmagyi/AFP
King Siaosi (George) Tupou V of Tonga is crowned …
Policemen stand at the site of an explosion outside the gates …
July 31, 2008
(Reuters) - Policemen stand at the site of an explosion outside the gates of the Pakistani consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat July 31, 2008. REUTERS/Hoshang Hashimi
Policemen stand at the site of an explosion outside the gates …
A policeman with a package of cocaine in Tumaco. …
July 31, 2008
(AFP) -
A policeman with a package of cocaine in Tumaco. Colombia’s share of the world production of cocaine has dropped by more than half over the past six years, National Police Chief Oscar Naranjo said
Photo:Mauricio Duenas/AFP
A policeman with a package of cocaine in Tumaco. …
Banco de Venezuela’s main office in Caracas. …
July 31, 2008
(AFP) -
Banco de Venezuela’s main office in Caracas. Leftist President Hugo Chavez on Thursday said he will nationalize the Bank of Venezuela, one of the country’s largest, and has asked the bank’s Spanish owners, Grupo Santander, for a meeting to set a price for the deal.
Photo:Juan Barreto/AFP
Banco de Venezuela’s main office in Caracas. …
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez delivers a …
July 31, 2008
(AFP) -
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez delivers a speech on July 28, 2008 in Caracas. Chavez on Thursday said he will nationalize the Bank of Venezuela, one of the country’s largest, and has asked the bank’s Spanish owners, Grupo Santander, for a meeting to set a price for the deal.
Photo:Miguel Gutierrez/AFP
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez delivers a …
The weakness in US economic growth, which mustered …
July 31, 2008
(AFP) -
The weakness in US economic growth, which mustered an annualized 1.9 percent pace in the second quarter, has sparked talk about a second stimulus package ahead of the November presidential election. ‘I think the best reason to have a second stimulus is because we are three months away from an election, not because we’ve got new economic data,’ White House Budget chief Jim Nussle said.
Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP
The weakness in US economic growth, which mustered …
US 100 dollar notes are checked at a bank. The …
July 31, 2008
(AFP) -
US 100 dollar notes are checked at a bank. The weakness in US economic growth, which mustered an annualized 1.9 percent pace in the second quarter, has sparked talk about a second stimulus package ahead of the November presidential election.
Photo:Jung Yeon-Je/AFP
US 100 dollar notes are checked at a bank. The …
TransLink has approved the construction of a new, tolled crossing …
July 31, 2008
(CBC) - TransLink has approved the construction of a new, tolled crossing to replace the 71-year-old Pattullo Bridge spanning the Fraser River between Surrey and New Westminster, B.C.
TransLink has approved the construction of a new, tolled crossing …
Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak speaks to the press after …
July 31, 2008
(Reuters) - Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak speaks to the press after his meeting with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations Headquarters in New York July 30, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak speaks to the press after …
South Africa’s Retief Goosen, seen here, made …
July 31, 2008
(AFP) -
South Africa’s Retief Goosen, seen here, made the most of the absence of an injured Tiger Woods, firing a four-under 66 to lead after the opening round of the Bridgestone Invitational
Photo:Stuart Franklin/AFP
South Africa’s Retief Goosen, seen here, made …
Highway crew members on Thursday blasted rock off the cliff …
July 31, 2008
(CBC) - Highway crew members on Thursday blasted rock off the cliff above the site of a massive rock slide blocking the Sea-to-Sky Highway between Vancouver and Whistler, B.C.
Highway crew members on Thursday blasted rock off the cliff …
Passengers travel in a bus locally known as ‘car rapide’ in …
July 31, 2008
(Reuters) - Passengers travel in a bus locally known as ‘car rapide’ in Senegal’s capital Dakar, July 16, 2008. Chaotic transport is part of life in West Africa, but getting to work may become even harder as skyrocketing fuel prices ignite protests by bus and taxi drivers, squeeze family budgets and increase social tensions. REUTERS/Normand Blouin
Passengers travel in a bus locally known as ‘car rapide’ in …
Charges will not be laid against an elderly driver who plowed …
July 31, 2008
(CBC) - Charges will not be laid against an elderly driver who plowed his pickup truck into a pre-wedding celebration on an Abbotsford, B.C., rural road last fall, killing six people and injuring 19.
Charges will not be laid against an elderly driver who plowed …
US President George W. Bush speaks in White Sulphur …
July 31, 2008
(AFP) -
US President George W. Bush speaks in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Bush on Thursday hailed the ‘durability’ of advances in Iraq and said that the improving security situation could allow for further reductions in the number of US troops in the country.
Photo:Saul Loeb/AFP
US President George W. Bush speaks in White Sulphur …
Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a keynote speech …
July 31, 2008
(Reuters) - Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a keynote speech during the Labour Party National Policy Forum in Coventry, central England July 25, 2008. REUTERS/Darren Staples
Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a keynote speech …
A 40-year-old man is in custody in Manitoba after a young man …
July 31, 2008
(CBC) - A 40-year-old man is in custody in Manitoba after a young man was stabbed - and, witnesses said, decapitated - aboard a Greyhound bus travelling through the province overnight.
A 40-year-old man is in custody in Manitoba after a young man …