Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Royal Duty


The Royal Malay Regiment taking part in the changing of-the guards ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Ahmadiyya Sect



Hundreds of protesters in the town of Sukabumi in western Java have set fire to a mosque belonging to the minority Muslim Ahmadiyya sect.
The Ahmadiyya has around 200,000 followers in Indonesia and also faces persecution in other Muslim countries.The Ahmadis believe their own founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who died in 1908 in India, was a prophet.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Train Crash


At least 66 people are dead and hundreds injured after a pre- dawn trains collision early Monday in eastern China.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Metal Theft


Metal thieves blacked out the entire state of Sabah, Malaysia, Monday 21, April, 2008. They removed steel pieces from a 132 KV transmission tower that led to its collapse triggering a major power blackout affecting 300,000 consumers.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Custom ....?


Iraqi President Jalal Talabani greeted US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Baghdad, Sunday April 20, 2008.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Putin denies extramarital affair



While Putin denied the rumours, he seemed to delight in projecting a new image to the world as a lady's man.
Putin 55, divorced his wife, Lyudmila, two months ago and planned to marry Alina Kabayeva, 24, a former champion rhythmic gymnast.
Kabayeva, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Games, is now a member of the lower house of Russia's parliament from the pro-Kremlin party.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Metal Theft


In Saudi Arabia thieves dismantle steel support beams of high tension electricity pylons because of the lure for lucrative gains from the sale of the high price metal. The black market in scrap metal is a booming business nowadays, so much so that construction or public work sites are targets of metal thefts.