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News in pictures on Sunday 21st Feb. 2010

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Feb 21, 2010

News in pictures on Sunday

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The Olympic rings, afloat on a barge in Vancouver's harbour, are seen at dawn as the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics continues. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



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Cyclists ride past Inukshuk and blossoms on trees on warm winter day in English Bay during Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



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Young Pakistani girls playing with their dolls are seen in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. -- PHOTO: AP



 

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An Israeli left-wing activist holds masks depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) during an anti-government protest organised by Peace Now in Tel Aviv. Peace Now, an Israeli group that supports reconcilition with the Palestinians, says a quarter of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have begun new construction despite a government order banning new housing starts. -- PHOTO: AFP



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This file picture shows Rwandan teachers, who used to dispense classes in English, French or the local Kinyarwanda language, taking part in a training session to enable them to teach in English. Children adapt quickly teachers sometimes less so fifteen months after the introduction of English as the exclusive language of instruction in the country's schools. In November 2008 the Rwandan government announced the change, saying it was intended to help pave the way for Rwanda to join the Commonwealth. -- PHOTO: AFP



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People visit the stepped Ziggurat temple, a three-tiered edifice dating back to 2113 BC, in the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq. The buried antiquities of Ur, Biblical birthplace of Abraham and one of the cradles of civilisation, could one day outshine those of ancient Egypt, archaeologists and workers on the site believe. -- PHOTO: AFP



 

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Germany's Michael Uhrmann takes off from the ramp during a warm-up jump before the individual large hill ski jumping event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



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Artwork is displayed at the annual painting exhibition known as Kala Pola in Colombo. The annual one-day event is aimed at helping artists sell their paintings in a country where there are only a few galleries where artists can exhibit their work. -- PHOTO: AFP



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A Bangladeshi youth decorates the monument for Bangladesh's Language Movement martyrs with flowers in Dhaka to pay homage to the martyrs of the 1952 Bengali Language Movement. Tens of thousands of mourners walking barefoot thronged the memorial for the annual traditional remembrance of those killed when police fired on campaigners on this day in 1952, who were demanding Bengali be declared as one of the state languages of what was then Pakistan. -- PHOTO: AFP



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A worker cleans a surrounding area of the EDSA shrine monument in Pasig, east of Manila. February 22, 2010 will mark the 24th anniversary of the EDSA revolution, marking the time in Philippine history when the People Power Revolution helped topple the authoritarian regime of the late president Ferdinand Marcos during the period of Feb 22-25, 1986 when protesters jammed one of the main road of Manila, known as Epifanio de los Santos Avenue. -- PHOTO: AFP




 
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