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**SarkisPioute** · 02-23-2010, 10:19 PM

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Feb 23, 2010

News in pictures on Tuesday

Palestinian policemen take their position during clashes between Palestinians stone-throwers and Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron. Israel said on Sunday it wanted to include two Jewish shrines in the occupied West Bank in a national plan to rehabilitate some 150 Jewish and Zionist heritage sites, drawing condemnation from the Palestinians. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

This photo released by Guinness World Records shows Giant George (above), a Great Dane from Tucson, stands 3 feet, 7 inches tall from paw to shoulder, which is three-quarters of an inch taller than his closest rival, Titan, a white Great Dane from San Diego. Sitting under Giant George is owner David Nasser. -- PHOTO: AP

Models display fashions during the Fall/Winter So Curve New York Lingerie Fashion Show at the Edison Ballroom in New York. -- PHOTO: AFP

**SarkisPioute** · 02-23-2010, 10:20 PM

A skier practices his routine ahead of the Men's Freestyle Skiing Aerials qualification at Cypress Mountain during the Vancouver Winter Olympics, north of Vancouver. -- PHOTO: AFP

A dead snail lies on a partially dried reservoir in Shilin county of Kunming, Yunnan province. A total of about 3.56 million hectares of crops in China had been affected by severe drought, said the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Supporters of Nepal's deposed royal family hold a sit-in protest outside the government headquarters in Kathmandu. The demonstrators said the public should have been consulted over the abolition of the world's last Hindu monarchy. Nepal's 240-year-old royal dynasty was abolished in 2008 after the Maoists came to power following a general election and forced the unpopular ex-king Gyanendra off the throne. -- PHOTO: AFP

**SarkisPioute** · 02-23-2010, 10:21 PM

Gold medallists, Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, perform in the Ice Dance Free programme at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, during the 2010 Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP

Britain's John (left) and Sinead Kerr perform in the ice dance free dance figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

US Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates perform in the Ice Dance Free program at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, during the 2010 Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP

**SarkisPioute** · 02-23-2010, 10:22 PM

France's Isabel Delobel (bottom) and Olivier Schoenfelder perform during the ice dance free dance figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

France's Natalie Pechalat (right) and Fabian Bourzat perform during the ice dance free dance figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Emily Samuelson (left) and Evan Bates of the US perform in the ice dance free dance figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

**SarkisPioute** · 02-23-2010, 10:23 PM

Russia's Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev compete in the Figure Skating Ice Dance free programme, at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver during the XXI Winter Olympics, on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP

Hungary's Nora Hoffmann and Maxim Zavozin compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics ice dance figure skating free programme at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP

02-23-2010, 10:19 PM	#1
SarkisPioute Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	News in pictures on Tuesday 23rd Feb. 2010 World Feb 23, 2010 News in pictures on Tuesday Palestinian policemen take their position during clashes between Palestinians stone-throwers and Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron. Israel said on Sunday it wanted to include two Jewish shrines in the occupied West Bank in a national plan to rehabilitate some 150 Jewish and Zionist heritage sites, drawing condemnation from the Palestinians. -- PHOTO: REUTERS This photo released by Guinness World Records shows Giant George (above), a Great Dane from Tucson, stands 3 feet, 7 inches tall from paw to shoulder, which is three-quarters of an inch taller than his closest rival, Titan, a white Great Dane from San Diego. Sitting under Giant George is owner David Nasser. -- PHOTO: AP Models display fashions during the Fall/Winter So Curve New York Lingerie Fashion Show at the Edison Ballroom in New York. -- PHOTO: AFP Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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02-23-2010, 10:20 PM	#2
SarkisPioute Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	A skier practices his routine ahead of the Men's Freestyle Skiing Aerials qualification at Cypress Mountain during the Vancouver Winter Olympics, north of Vancouver. -- PHOTO: AFP A dead snail lies on a partially dried reservoir in Shilin county of Kunming, Yunnan province. A total of about 3.56 million hectares of crops in China had been affected by severe drought, said the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. -- PHOTO: REUTERS Supporters of Nepal's deposed royal family hold a sit-in protest outside the government headquarters in Kathmandu. The demonstrators said the public should have been consulted over the abolition of the world's last Hindu monarchy. Nepal's 240-year-old royal dynasty was abolished in 2008 after the Maoists came to power following a general election and forced the unpopular ex-king Gyanendra off the throne. -- PHOTO: AFP Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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02-23-2010, 10:21 PM	#3
SarkisPioute Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	Gold medallists, Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, perform in the Ice Dance Free programme at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, during the 2010 Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP Britain's John (left) and Sinead Kerr perform in the ice dance free dance figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS US Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates perform in the Ice Dance Free program at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, during the 2010 Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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02-23-2010, 10:22 PM	#4
SarkisPioute Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	France's Isabel Delobel (bottom) and Olivier Schoenfelder perform during the ice dance free dance figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS France's Natalie Pechalat (right) and Fabian Bourzat perform during the ice dance free dance figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS Emily Samuelson (left) and Evan Bates of the US perform in the ice dance free dance figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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02-23-2010, 10:23 PM	#5
SarkisPioute Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	Russia's Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev compete in the Figure Skating Ice Dance free programme, at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver during the XXI Winter Olympics, on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP Hungary's Nora Hoffmann and Maxim Zavozin compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics ice dance figure skating free programme at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver on Feb 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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