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**f29sXS07** · 03-17-2010, 09:30 PM

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Mar 17, 2010

News in pictures on Wednesday

A tourist lies on a sunbed next to a thatched roof mud hut at the luxury hotel ?Vil Uyana?, set in the backdrop of a fifth century rock fortress ruled by playboy Sri Lankan king Kashyapa near Colombo. Sri Lanka's hotel owners are racing to refurbish and add more rooms as foreign holiday makers pour into the country after the end of nearly four decades of ethnic bloodshed. The ambitious expansion comes amid a post-war revival that has pushed up hotel room rates and given the hospitality industry something to cheer for the first time in years. -- PHOTO: AFP

A model parades down the catwalk in Berlei underwear at an outdoor parade during the Melbourne Fashion Festival. The Festival is the largest consumer fashion event in Australia and runs March 14 to 21 this year. -- PHOTO: AFP

Cambodia fishermen work on their fishing boat on the Mekong river in Phnom Penh. Changing weather patterns and rising seas are already affecting many people in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong Basin and climate change threatens the livelihoods of millions more, a report by global conservation group WWF released in October 2009 shows. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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f29sXS07 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 464 Senior Member	World Mar 17, 2010 News in pictures on Wednesday A tourist lies on a sunbed next to a thatched roof mud hut at the luxury hotel ?Vil Uyana?, set in the backdrop of a fifth century rock fortress ruled by playboy Sri Lankan king Kashyapa near Colombo. Sri Lanka's hotel owners are racing to refurbish and add more rooms as foreign holiday makers pour into the country after the end of nearly four decades of ethnic bloodshed. The ambitious expansion comes amid a post-war revival that has pushed up hotel room rates and given the hospitality industry something to cheer for the first time in years. -- PHOTO: AFP A model parades down the catwalk in Berlei underwear at an outdoor parade during the Melbourne Fashion Festival. The Festival is the largest consumer fashion event in Australia and runs March 14 to 21 this year. -- PHOTO: AFP Cambodia fishermen work on their fishing boat on the Mekong river in Phnom Penh. Changing weather patterns and rising seas are already affecting many people in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong Basin and climate change threatens the livelihoods of millions more, a report by global conservation group WWF released in October 2009 shows. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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