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World
Apr 8, 2010

News in pictures on Thursday



China and Nepal have settled a longstanding dispute over the height Mount Everest, with a diplomatic solution that allows both to claim they were right all along. The two neighbours and they have disagreed for years over its exact height, which Nepal puts at 8,848 metres - nearly four metres more than the measurement used by China. The face-saving compromise was reached during high-level talks in Kathmandu, when officials from both sides met to settle outstanding border issues. -- PHOTO: AFP




President Barack Obama walks to his limousine after stepping off Air Force One as he arrives at Prague Ruzyne Airport. President Obama is in Prague to sign the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (Start) treaty with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. -- PHOTO: AP




Villagers carry portraits of Chinese communist leaders, (from right), Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, during a parade to celebrate a local Peach Blossom Festival in Wangjia village, north-west China's Shaanxi province. -- PHOTO: AP