Photo of the day: 17 Mac 09 - Myanmar's Prime Minister

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) gestures for Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein to enter an observation podium during a welcome ceremony at the Istana (Presidential residence) in Singapore March 17, 2009. - Photo Reuters

Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein (2nd L) inspects a guard of honour as Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong walks behind him during a welcome ceremony at the Istana (Presidential residence) in Singapore March 17, 2009. - Photo Reuters

Photo of the day: 15 Mac 09 - Pakistani protesters clashed with police

An activist from Pakistani Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami holds a bamboo stick as he scuffles with a policeman during a countrywide anti-government protest march in Lahore March 15, 2009. Pakistani protesters clashed with police on Sunday as former prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif said the government had turned the country into a police state. - Photo Reuters

Photo's of the day: 27 Feb. 09 - Dominican Republic Independence Day

Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez greets people as he attends the annual Independence Day parade in Santo Domingo February 27, 2009.

Dominican Republic soldiers take part in the annual Independence Day parade in Santo Domingo February 27, 2009. The Dominican Republic on Wednesday reversed a decision to cancel the Independence Day military parade, announcing that it will take place in spite of public outrage over scandals linking soldiers and police to crime and drug trafficking.

Photo of the day: 22 Feb.09 - G20 meeting in Berlin

European leaders including (Front row, from L) Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (Back row, from L) German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde and Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek take their places for a group photo after a G20 preparatory meeting in Berlin on February 22, 2009. European G20 leaders agreed that all financial markets, products and participants should be subject to regulations and oversight, a German government source said at a meeting in the German capital ahead of the Group of 20 (G20) developed and major developing countries in London on April 2. Photo AFT/Getty Images

Photos of the day: 17 Feb. 09 - Honduran President Manuel Zelaya

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (C) waves during a reception of 100 tractors donated by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez to farmers as part of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) pact in San Pedro Sula, February 17, 2009. ALBA is a Latin America pact which is based on complementary trade and cooperation instead of free-market competition. Photo Reuters

Photo's of the day: 14 Feb. 09 - Madagascar the power struggle

Madagascan soldiers separate supporters of opposition leader Andry Rajoelina and President Marc Ravalomanana in the capital Antananarivo February 14, 2009. The power struggle between the capital's former mayor, Rajoelina, and Ravalomanana has stoked the worst scenes of street violence on the Indian Ocean island for years and dented foreign investor confidence.

Photos of the day: 12 Feb. 09 - President Hugo Chavez, campaign rally

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrives at his closing campaign rally ahead Sunday's Referendum in Caracas February 12, 2009. Venezuela's larger-than-life Chavez is playing for his future on Sunday in a referendum that may let him govern for another decade or more -- or end his socialist revolution in four years. Venezuelans will vote on February 15 on a proposed change to the constitution allowing Chavez and other politicians to stay in office as long as they keep winning elections. - Reuters

Photos of the day: 10 Feb. 09 - Oil tanker on fire off the coast of Dubai

Smoke billows into the sky off the coast of Dubai after two ships collided causing a fire February 10, 2009. An oil tanker on fire off the coast of Dubai was carrying around 30,000 tonnes of oil condensates from Iran to the United Arab Emirates, two industry sources said on Tuesday. Reuters

Rescue boats try to contain an oil spill off the coast of Dubai after two ships collided causing a fire February 10, 2009. An oil tanker on fire off the coast of Dubai was carrying around 30,000 tonnes of oil condensates from Iran to the United Arab Emirates, two industry sources said on Tuesday. REUTERS/The Media Office/Handout (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

Photo's of the day: 07 Feb. 09 - Australia wildfire disaster

A fire truck moves away from out of control flames from a bushfire in the Bunyip Sate Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of Melbourne, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. Walls of flame roared across southeastern Australia, razing scores of homes, forests and farmland in the sunburned country's worst wildfire disaster in a quarter century. (AP Photo)

Photo's of the day: 02 Feb. 09 - President Hugo Chavez, 10 years anniversary

Former Venezuelan army paratrooper, Hugo Chavez (L), is sworn in by President of Congress Luis Davila (R), as outgoing President Rafael Caldera observes, in this February 2, 1999 file photo. President Hugo Chavez marked 10 years in office on Monday February 2, 2009, declaring a national holiday to celebrate just hours before the anniversary in a sign of how personalized his grip on Venezuela has become. Photo Reuters

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds a new AK-103 Russian Kalashnikov assault rifle next to Defense Minister Orlando Maniglia (R) during an special ceremony at the current Expo Ejercito (Expo Army) 2006 exhibition in Caracas, in this June 14, 2006 file photo. Photo Reuters

Photo of the day: 31 Jan. 09 - quarry collapsed

A wheel loader removes stones at a quarry that collapsed in the town of Abasolo, some 21 km (13 miles) away from Monterrey, northern Mexico January 31, 2009. A face of a mountain broke off early Saturday causing an avalanche of stones that killed at least two miners and left two more injured according to local media.

Photo's of the day: 27 Jan. 09 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) addresses the parliament in Tehran on January 27, 2009. Ahmadinejad submitted to parliament the annual budget bill for the next calendar year beginning on March 21.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) hands over the annual budget bill to Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani during a parliamentary session in Tehran on January 27, 2009.

Photo of the day: 26 Jan. 09 - Chinese New Year & Solar eclipse

A man prepares fireworks at a temple to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Hefei, Anhui province, China on January 26, 2009. (REUTERS/Jianan Yu)

The moon passes in front of the sun, during a partial solar eclipse, as it sets over Manila Bay, in the Philippines on January 26, 2009. (REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco). In malay language its call 'Gerhana Matahari' or in japanesse its call nissyoku. ( and for other language search in google ) he...he...

Photo's of the day: 20 Jan. 09 - Barack H. Obama sworn in as the president of the US

Barack H. Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States as his wife Michelle Obama holds the Bible and their daughters Malia Obama and Sasha Obama look on, on the West Front of the Capitol January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Chuck Kennedy-Pool/Getty Images)

Barack Obama takes the Oath of Office as the 44th President of the United States as he is sworn in by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts during the inauguration ceremony in Washington in this January 20, 2009 file photo. Obama was administered the oath of office a second time on January 21, 2009 at the White House because a word was out of sequence when he was sworn in on Tuesday. Roberts administered the oath to the president in front of reporters. (Reuters)

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk in the inaugural parade following his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States of America on January 20, 2009 in Washington, D.C. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Photo of the day: 17 Jan. 09 - Pray for Palestinians

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Indonesian Muslim people from Majelis Rasulullah conduct a prayer for Palestinians in Jakarta on January 17, 2009. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

Photo's of the day: 16 Jan. 09 - Protesters in Bulgaria, Palestinians & PAS

Protestors hold a banner which reads, "We're ashamed of you" during a protest in front of the Bulgarian Parliament building in Sofia January 16, 2009. Protesters in Bulgaria renewed demands for the government to go over corruption and economic problems on Friday, two days after the worst riot in 12 years erupted in the capital of Sofia. (Reuters pictures)

Palestinians throw stones at the Israeli soldiers during clashes after the Friday prayers in the West Bank town of Hebron on January 16, 2009. The Israeli army killed a Palestinian protestor in the West Bank town of Hebron on Friday after clashes erupted on the sidelines of a rally against the war in Gaza, medics and witnesses said. Mutassem Daana, 15, was killed as a result of a shot to the head after Israeli soldiers opened fire on youths throwing rocks at them near the rally that gathered after the main weekly Muslim prayers, they said. (Reuters pictures)


Workers of Malaysia's opposition party, Parti Islam se-Malaysia (PAS), gather in front of their party's flag in Kuala Terengganu, about 500 km (311 miles) northeast of Kuala Lumpur January 16, 2009. Malaysia's opposition is confident it can wrest control of a key seat from the government in a by-election on Saturday and said that victory here will help entice over government MPs to defect. (Reuters pictures)

Photo's of the day: 15 Jan. 09 - U.S. Airways plane crashed

Emergency personnel search for passengers after a U.S. Airways plane landed in the Hudson River in New York, January 15, 2009. A US Airways jet with more than 150 people on board came down into the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday and officials said everyone was rescued. (Reuters pictures)

Photo of the day: 08 Jan. 09 - Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, delivers his state of the industry address prior to Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer's keynote address at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2009. (Reuters)