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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Taliban executes Pak cops on cam

A still image taken from video released by Pakistani Taliban on July 18, 2011 shows masked militants lining up thirteen Pakistani security personnel before shooting them in firing squad style at an unknown location near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Reuters)
Pakistani army spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas said on Monday the security forces were captured during a cross-border raid by militants from Afghanistan in the northwestern Dir district on June 1, but gave no other details. (Reuters)
A still image taken from video released by Pakistani Taliban on July 18, 2011 shows the bodies of thirteen Pakistani security personnel after they were shot in firing squad style by masked militants at an unknown location near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Reuters)
A still image taken from video released by Pakistani Taliban on July 18, 2011 shows the bodies of thirteen Pakistani security personnel after they were shot in firing squad style by masked militants at an unknown location near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Reuters)
A still image taken from video released by Pakistani Taliban on July 18, 2011 shows the bodies of thirteen Pakistani security personnel after they were shot in firing squad style by masked militants at an unknown location near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Reuters)
A still image taken from video released by Pakistani Taliban on July 18, 2011 shows the bodies of thirteen Pakistani security personnel after they were shot in firing squad style by masked militants at an unknown location near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Reuters)

Looting and violence continues in London

Police dogs and their handlers walk past a burning car during the second night of civil disturbances in central Birmingham, England, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011.  (AP/Tim Hales)
A rioter walks through a burning barricade in Liverpool August 9, 2011. Violence flared in English cities and towns on Tuesday night but London, where thousands of extra police had been deployed was largely peaceful after three turbulent nights in which youths rampaged across the capital virtually unchecked.  (Reuters/Phil Noble)
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the media outside 10 Downing Street in London on August 10, 2011, following a fourth night of violence in Britain. Youths smashed their way into stores and torched cars in central England on Tuesday, police said, as Britain's worst riots for decades entered a fourth night. (AFP/Ben Stansall)
Looters take electrical goods after breaking into a store during the second night of civil disturbances in central Birmingham, England, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011.  (AP/Tim Hales)
A rioter walks through a burning barricade in the Toxteth area of Liverpool on Wednesday August 10, 2011.  (AP/Peter Byrne)
British police vans are parked along a street of Hackney in north London, late on August 9, 2011. Britain's worst riots in decades raged into on August 10, as youths ran amok in Manchester and the industrial Midlands but London was quiet with 16,000 police swamping the streets to stem violence.  (AFP/Miguel Medina)
Rioters stand in front of a burning barricade in Liverpool August 9, 2011. Violence flared in English cities and towns on Tuesday night but London, where thousands of extra police had been deployed was largely peaceful after three turbulent nights in which youths rampaged across the capital virtually unchecked.  (Reuters/Phil Noble)
A worker cleans a laundry after overnight rioting and looting in the neighbourhood of Toxteth in Liverpool, northern England August 10, 2011. British cities began on Wednesday to clean up shopping streets littered with debris from a night of looting by gangs of hooded youths copying the tactics of young Londoners who had rampaged through districts of the capital for three nights.  (Reuters/Phil Noble)
A riot policeman walks atop the roof of a kidnapped bus on August 9, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro. The public transport bus was kidnapped by four men for more than one hour. Two of them flee and the other two surrended to the police after negotiations. According to local newspapers at least three people were injured.  (AFP/Antonio Scorza)
A burnt out caravan is pictured in Toxteth, Liverpool on August 10, 2011, following a fourth night of violence in Britain.  (AFP)
Police officers speak to men at the scene where three men were killed by a car in the Winson Green area of Birmingham, central England August 10, 2011. Police launched a murder inquiry in Birmingham after three Muslim men died after being run over by a car in the mayhem there. A friend of the men told BBC radio they had been part of a group of British Asians protecting their area from looters after attending Ramadan prayers at a mosque.  (Darren Staples )

Blow-up sex doll swimming race

Russian men and women participate in the 'Bubble Baba Challenge' blow-up sex doll swimming race on the river Vuoksa in Losevo village, some 110 kms from St. Petersburg, Russia on August 6, 2011.  (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
A man participates in the 'Bubble Baba Challenge' blow-up sex doll swimming race on the river Vuoksa in Losevo village, some 110 kms from St. Petersburg, Russia on August 06, 2011.  (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
Russian men and women participate in the 'Bubble Baba Challenge' blow-up sex doll swimming race on the river Vuoksa in Losevo village, some 110 kms from St. Petersburg, Russia on August 6, 2011.  (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
A man participates in the 'Bubble Baba Challenge' blow-up sex doll swimming race on the river Vuoksa in Losevo village, some 110 kms from St. Petersburg, Russia on August 6, 2011.  (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
Russian men and women participate in the 'Bubble Baba Challenge' blow-up sex doll swimming race on the river Vuoksa in Losevo village, some 110 kms from St. Petersburg, Russia on August 6, 2011.  (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
Contestants prepare for the 'Bubble Baba Challenge' blow-up sex doll swimming race on the river Vuoksa in Losevo village, some 110 kms from St. Petersburg, Russia on August 6, 2011.  (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
A man participates in the 'Bubble Baba Challenge' blow-up sex doll swimming race on the river Vuoksa in Losevo village, some 110kms from St. Petersburg, Russia on August 06, 2011. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

'Flugtag' flying competition

A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011.38 teams took part at the Flugtag - which means 'flying day' - a competition in which teams in fancy dress attempt to pilot human-powered, home-made flying machines off a six-metre-high platform into water. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (AP/Mikhail Metzel)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (AP/Mikhail Metzel)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (AP/Mikhail Metzel)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (AP/Mikhail Metzel)
A competitor jumps with his makeshift during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (AP/Mikhail Metzel)
A makeshift aircraft is launched into the Moskva River during the Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011 competition in Russia on August 7, 2011. (AP/Mikhail Metzel)
Russian competitors participate at the Red Bull 'Flugtag' event in Moscow on August 7, 2011. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)
Russian competitors participate at the Red Bull 'Flugtag' event in Moscow on August 7, 2011. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)
Russian competitors participate at the Red Bull 'Flugtag' event in Moscow on August 7, 2011. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)
The 'Mama Mexico' team competes during the Red Bull 'Flugtag' event in Moscow on August 7, 2011. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)
The 'Yaga' team competes during the Red Bull 'Flugtag' event in Moscow on August 7, 2011. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)

Lollapalooza music festival

A woman enjoys a mud slide at the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Sunday, August 7, 2011.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Music fans watch PerryEtty vs Chris Cox perform during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, August 6, 2011.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Sklyer Grey performs during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on Saturday, August 6, 2011. More than 60 performances will close the three-day music bash on Sunday in Chicago's Grant Park.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
A music fan cools off during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. More than 60 performances will close the three-day music bash on Sunday in Chicago's Grant Park. The festival expanded its space this year and offered more than 130 acts to a record 270,000 attendees. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Sam Rich poses for his friend during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
My Morning Jacket's singer Jim James performs during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. More than 60 performances will close the three-day music bash on Sunday in Chicago's Grant Park.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Music fans wait to watch for Damian Marley and Nas perform in the rain during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August on 7, 2011. (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
The Cars' Elliot Easton performs during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011. The festival expanded its space this year and offered more than 130 acts to a record 270,000 attendees.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Music fans attend the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Cold War Kids lead singer Nathan Willett performs during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Mariah Vailahi, of Chicago, watches the Cars perform during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011. More than 60 performances will close the three-day music bash on Sunday in Chicago's Grant Park.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Damian Marley, left, and Nas perform during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Nas performs during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011. (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Cynthia Flowes waits to watch Damian Marley and Nas's performance during the rainy weather at the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
Damian Marley performs during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
The Cars' Greg Hawkes performs during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011. The festival expanded its space this year and offered more than 130 acts to a record 270,000 attendees.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
The Cars' David Robinson performs during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
The Cars lead singer Ric Ocasek, right, guitar Elliot Easton perform during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
The Cars lead singer Ric Ocasek performs during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 7, 2011.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
A music fan takes photos of Sklyer Grey performing during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. More than 60 performances will close the three-day music bash on Sunday in Chicago's Grant Park. The festival expanded its space this year and offered more than 130 acts to a record 270,000 attendees.  (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
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