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Feb 5, 2010

News in pictures on Friday



Muslim Shiite pilgrims visit the Imam Abbas shrine in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, to mark the Shiite mourning day of Arbaeen. Arbaeen marks 40 days after the Ashura anniversary commemorating the slaying of one of Shiite Islam's most revered figures, Imam Hussein, by the armies of the Sunni caliph Yazid in 680 AD. -- PHOTO: AFP



Parliament Buildings seen in Belfast as Northern Ireland's struggle to save its Catholic-Protestant administration hit another hurdle. The major British Protestant party, the Democratic Unionists, unexpectedly held back from accepting a compromise deal on the table. -- PHOTO: AP



Mei Xiang, mother of four-year-old panda Tai Shan, rolls herself down a snowy hill on Tai Shan's last day at the National Zoo in Washington. Tai Shan, who was born at the zoo in 2005, will be sent to China to become part of a breeding program. Under the Smithsonian's panda loan agreement, any cub born at the zoo must be returned to China for breeding. -- PHOTO: AP