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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

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A model displays a white jade 'Yubi' seal from the Qianlong period, inscribed with the words: 'Tai Shang Huang Di' or Overlord Emperor, at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong. The item on Thursday fetched US$12.29 million, a new record for white jade and imperial seals according to the auction house. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




People pass by the burnt remains of a truck in front of the government building in Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan's opposition said it had taken power and dissolved parliament in the poor but strategically important Central Asian state after deadly protests forced President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to flee the capital. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Vietnamese students arrive to the National Convention Centre for the opening ceremony of the 16th Asean Summit in Hanoi. South-east Asian leaders will talk about building a strong economic and political community at an annual summit clouded by unrest in Thailand and Myanmar's widely derided election plans. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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Saudi poet Hissa Hilal attends the final episode of the talent show Million's Poet in Abu Dhabi. The controversial contestant came in third place with a prize money of three million dirhams (almost US$817,000) after losing the title to Kuwait's Nasser al-Ajami who walked away with five million dirhams (US$1.36 million). -- PHOTO: AFP




A truck passes by a house alledgedly burned by drug cartel members in La Esperanza, near Ciudad Juarez, in the Valle de Juarez, northern Mexico, Wednesday April 7, 2010. Hundreds of residents in the area have abandoned their homes escaping from the increasing violence by drug cartels. -- PHOTO: AP




A Sri Lankan army soldier stands guard against torn election posters in Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's hometown village, Madamulana, 225km(140 miles) from south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 8, 2010. Sri Lankans voted on Thursday for a new Parliament, with Rajapaksa looking to consolidate his political dominance after winning re-election in January and then detaining his chief rival. -- PHOTO: AP

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A Thai Buddhist monk and a young supporter of anti-government demonstrators gather for a free breakfast on Thursday, April 8, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. -- PHOTO: AP




A hood ornament from a 1950's Cadillac convertible on display at the Cartopia exhibition celebrating Southern California's early car culture at the USC campus in Los Angeles on April 7, 2010. The display of historic automobiles and vintage hot rods from the golden era of California car culture -demonstrate the utopian aspirations and dreams in 1950s and '60s automotive design and youth car-mod subcultures. -- PHOTO: AFP




One-year-old Miya Deroosa, whose parents were working on the project, walks past a portion of a blue whale skeleton after it was delivered to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Wednesday April 7, 2010. The 25 metre long skeleton is the largest in Canada and will be suspended and displayed at the UBC Beaty Biodiversity Museum. The whale died near Prince Edward Island in 1987 and was buried until 2008 when it was excavated and sent to a facility in Victoria for cleaning and assembly. -- PHOTO: AP

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A half-buried taxi lies amid the ruins of buildings knocked down by a landslide at the Prazeres shantytown, April 7, 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A 36-hour-strong rain paralysed the city and left 118 dead so far, according to the civil defense. -- PHOTO: AFP




Ironworkers bolt steel beams into place above the 24th floor of One World Trade Center, Wednesday, April 7, 2010 in New York. When completed, the tower will rise to 541 metres. -- PHOTO: AP




A police patrol vehicle passes by a cracked highway at the community of Delta, on the outskirts of Mexicali on April 7, 2010. Scared families south of the Mexico-California border readied to sleep outside for a second night on Monday after a big earthquake tore cracks in roads and houses and dozens of aftershocks rattled the area. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




A Sudanese Dinka tribeswoman stands outside her hut as a storm gathers in the village of Mvolo in Western Equatorial State, April 7, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS