Day in pictures
Policemen stand next to the wreckage of a bus in El Minya, about 220 km (150 miles) southwest of Cairo, December 14, 2008.
Day in pictures: Dec. 15
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L), whose country holds the EU presidency, attends a press conference with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at the EU headquarters in Brussels, capital of Belgium, Dec. 12, 2008.(Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)
Day in pictures: Dec. 13
A child who was wounded in a bomb attack receives treatment in a hospital in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad December 11, 2008. The death toll from suicide bomb attack at a restaurant in Kirkuk on Thursday rose to 47 and some 93 others injured, a local police source said. [Xinhua/Reuters]
Day in pictures: Dec. 12
Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2008 shows the snow-covered Mutianyu section of the Great Wall located on the outskirts of Beijing, capital of China. The first snow of this winter fell in Beijing on Wednesday.[Bu Xiangdong/Xinhua]
Day in pictures: Dec. 11
Members of Green Peace protest in front of Japanese Embassy to Mexico against whale hunting in Mexico City, Mexico, on Dec. 8, 2008.[Xinhua]
Day in pictures: Dec. 10
Protesters demonstrate on the steps of the Greek Embassy in west London against the fatal shooting of a Greek teenager in Athens by police over the weekend Dec. 8, 2008. [Xinhua/Reuters]
Day in pictures: Dec. 9
Three taikonauts of the Shenzhou VII manned space mission, and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government's Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony of a spacewalk mission exhibition at the Hong Kong Science Museum on Saturday, December 6, 2008.
Day in pictures: Dec. 8
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 5, 2008. [Xinhua]
Day in pictures: Dec. 6
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Islamabad December 4, 2008.[Xinhua/Reuters]
Day in pictures: Dec. 5
Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, Dec. 3, 2008. [Xinhua]
Day in pictures: Dec. 4
People wade through high water in Venice's St. Mark's Square, northern Italy, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Water in Venice has risen to its highest level in more than 20 years, leaving much of the Italian city under floods and forcing residents and tourists to wade through knee-high water. City officials say the sea level topped 156 centimeters (61 inches) on Monday, well past the 110 centimeter (40 inch) flood mark, with most streets submerged.[Xinhua/AFP]
Day in pictures: Dec. 3
President-elect Barack Obama takes questions from reporters during a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, with, from left to right: Attorney General-designate Eric Holder; Homeland Security Secretary-designate Janet Napolitano; Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Vice President-elect Joe Biden; Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.; National Security Adviser-designate Ret. Marine Gen. James Jones; and United Nations Ambassador-designate Susan Rice.[Xinhua/Reuters]
Day in pictures: Dec. 2
Flowers are placed in front of the Taj Mahal Hotel to commemorate the victims in the terror attacks in Mumbai, India, Nov. 30, 2008. India's longest terror nightmare that lasted for almost 59 hours ended Saturday.
Day in pictures: Dec. 1
People run for cover as gunshots are fired from inside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. Maharashtra state police chief A.N. Roy said on Thursday that the hostage situation had ended at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, but that there were still apparently hostages in the Trident/Oberoi.
Day in pictures: Nov. 28
Jia Qinglin (Front,L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), is welcomed upon his arrival at the airport in Ankara, capital of Turkey, Nov. 26, 2008. Jia started an official goodwill visit to Turkey on Wednesday.
Day in pictures: Nov. 27
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis in Athens, capital of Greece, Nov. 25, 2008.
Day in pictures: Nov. 26
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R, front) is welcomed by Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis upon his arrival in Athens, capital of Greece, on Nov. 24, 2008. Hu Jintao arrived in Athens Monday for a state visit.
Day in pictures: Nov. 25
Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd R) and his wife Liu Yongqing (1st R) meet with Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (2nd L), chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and his wife Selina Tsang in Lima, capital of Peru, Nov. 22, 2008. Hu Jintao and Donald Tsang Yam-kuen are in Lima to attend the Economic Leaders' Informal Meeting of the APEC forum slated for Nov. 22-23.
Day in pictures: Nov. 24
Students stick on the placard on National Narcotics Ban Awareness for All the Public, in the classroom of Yuhong Middle School, in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Nov. 19, 2008. Policemen on duty get on the campus to promote the knowledges and discretion of students on their understanding of the drugs ban, discerning the narcotics ban, and self-protection from drugs as well.
Day in pictures: Nov. 21
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and Peru's President Alan Garcia arrive at the government palace in Lima, November 19, 2008. Hu was in Peru to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
Day in pictures: Nov. 20
Yahoo! co-founders Jerry Yang (C) and David Filo (R) pose with chief executive Terry Semel in front of the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square in New York after ringing the opening bell at NASDAQ in this March 2, 2005 file photo. Following investor pressure for a management CEO Semel is stepping aside and will be replaced as CEO by Yang, Yahoo said on June 18, 2007.
Day in pictures: Nov. 19
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) holds a baby while visiting a farmer's newly completed house at Yuejia Village, Mianyang City, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, November 15, 2008.
Day in pictures: Nov. 18
An overall view at the G20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy at the National Building Museum in Washington, November 15, 2008.
Day in pictures: Nov. 17
Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) and his wife Liu Yongqing (1st R) arrive in Washington, capital of the United States, on Nov. 14, 2008, for a summit to discuss issues concerning financial markets and the global economy.
Day in pictures: Nov. 15
New chairperson of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) Zhang Haidi (R) and her predecessor Deng Pufang attend the closing ceremony of the fifth national congress of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 13, 2008.
Day in pictures: Nov. 14
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