Todays Pics, Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

[Lancero]

A picture made available on 27 November 2007 shows policemen arresting a student during a demonstration in Amsterdam, 26 November 2007. Students from secondary schools all over the country are demonstrating for the second time for a reduction of the number of lessons

An undated file picture shows Austrian Aribert Heim, former death camp doctor and one of the most wanted Nazi war criminals. According to its own reports on 27 November 2007, Jerusalem-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre has new hints on Heim being traced in South America. Heim is number one on the list of worldwide hunted and possibly alive Nazi delinquents. The Austrian born in 1914 killed hundreds of Mauthausen CC prisonsers during WWII with an injection into the heart or so-called 'surgeries' without anaesthesia gaining him his infamous nickname 'Dr Death'. After WWII, Heim had practised medicine in south-western German city Baden-Baden and is on the run since 1962

A US soldier (C-L) and an Afghan security personnel stand at the site of a suicide car bomb attack targeting a US-led coalition military convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, 27 November 2007. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled car near a convoy of three vehicles of US-led coalition troops, near a Defence Ministry building in Kabul, killing two Afghan civilians. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force reported that none of its soldiers were killed or injured.

French Army chief, General Bruno Cuche (R) is received by Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor (C) at the Indian Defence Ministry in New Delhi, India, 27 November 2007. General Bruno Cuche is on a five-days official visit to India until 30 November aimed at ramping up military ties between the two countries.

Armed Forces of the Philippines chief general Germohenes Esperon (L) and Philippine National Police chief general Avelino Razon (R) hold a rifle during hand over ceremony of captured, confiscated, surrendered or recovered firearms at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines on 27 November 2007. Around 200 assorted firearms were handed over to police for securement and to prevent said firearms from landing into the hands of terrorists, criminals and insurgent groups

[Boina verde]

Charles de Gaulle II?

[MG 3]

Charles de Gaulle II?

I thaught the same thing.

[IanSolo]

I thaught the same thing.

HAHAHA me too!

[Seoulstriker]

Anyone know the rough location of this? The news story mentions WAKH as the hospital treating the victims, so it might be in that general area. Lots of bombings in Kabul recently...


EDIT: looks like it was near embassy row in WAK.

[B25Hmitchell]

Haha, high school students demostrating for the reduction of classes. Wait until they have to get real jobs after school, they can demonstrate to thier employers for the reduction of working hours without a pay cut.

[Xlimit]

A picture made available on 27 November 2007 shows policemen arresting a student during a demonstration in Amsterdam, 26 November 2007. Students from secondary schools all over the country are demonstrating for the second time for a reduction of the number of lessons

Well this does effect me too, our government wants us to go to school until 5 o'clock, have a job and exercise some sports.

But still those kids are immature and they're aint demonstrating. More like like rioting now.

[Lancero]

Palestinian militants of an anti-Fatah group hold their weapons during a protest against the Annapolis Middle east peace conference, Ein Al-helweh refugee camp, east of Sidon, Lebanon, 27 November 2007. Palestinian supporters of Popular and Democratic fronts for the Liberation of Palestine established a sit-in the camp at Ein el-Hilweh, condemning the Mideast peace Conference in Annapolis, USA

Militares da Unidade de Engenharia nº 3, do exercito português, momentos antes da partida para o Libano, 27 Novembro 2207, no Aeroporto Militar Figo Maduro, em Lisboa. Portuguese Army Engineering Unit n.º3 departs to take part in UNIFIL and replace Engineering Unit n.º2

Thousands of Hamas supporters gather next to the Palestinian Parliament in Gaza City, 27 November 2007, during a demonstration against the US-hosted Annapolis summit. Hamas supporters poured into central Gaza City today for a rally to reject a key Middle East peace conference in the United States

An Annapolis bomb squad officer uses a bomb sniffing dog to check the area just outside the U.S. Naval Academy where Mideast peace talks will be held today in Annapolis Maryland USA on 27 November 2007. The Mideast peace conference is meant to launch direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, something that hasn't happened for years

Israeli Border Police carry out identity checks on all Palestinian traffic passing out from the Shuafat Refugee Camp, on the northern outskirts of Jerusalem, on 27 November 2007. The status of Jerusalem and the Palestinians' 'right of return' will both be major 'core issues' discussed at the US-sponsored Middle East conference that begins today

Members of civil society join journalists during a protest against shutting down of independent private news channel GEO TV and curbs on media in Hyderabad Pakistan 27 November 2007. Pakistani major independent GEO News was forced by the authorities in Dubai one of the Emirate of United Arab Emirates (UAE) from where the TV channel beam its programmes from ground stations, to close down its operations on pressure from the government of President General Pervez Musharraf who has imposed severe curbs on media since he proclaimed state of emergency earlier this month

Members of the Palestinian security forces arrest Palestinian demonstrators during a rally in the West Bank town of Ramallah, 27 November 2007, protesting against the US-sponsored peace conference in Annapolis, USA

Pakistani President and Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf (C-R) salutes during a guard of honor ceremony at Naval headquarter in Islamabad Pakistan 27 November 2007. President Pervez Musharraf began farewell visits to the country's military headquarters today, a day before he plans to meet opposition demands to shed his army uniform and become a civilian President. General Pervez Musharraf who ousted a democratically elected government in a bloodless military coup in 1999 and won a second term in a disputed presidential vote on October 6, will be sworn in again on 29 November 2007 but without the uniform.

Pakistani President and Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf (C) inspects the guard of honor ceremony as he visits Air Force headquarters in Islamabad Pakistan 27 November 2007. President Pervez Musharraf began farewell visits to the country's military headquarters today, a day before he plans to meet opposition demands to shed his army uniform and become a civilian President. General Pervez Musharraf who ousted a democratically elected government in a bloodless military coup in 1999 and won a second term in a disputed presidential vote on October 6, will be sworn in again on 29 November 2007 but without the uniform

[MG 3]

And show women like you with their comments on society. No thanks, I'll watch DVD's instead.

Salute!

[Eggy]

1040 hours of school means 130 days of 8 hours or 170 days of 6 hours. What the hell are they complaining about? I had 1200 hours a year when I was in high school.

[Niels]

1040 hours of school means 130 days of 8 hours or 170 days of 6 hours. What the hell are they complaining about? I had 1200 hours a year when I was in high school.

Indeed. On some days I had class from 8:30 to 18:00.

[Daniel San]

At first hand I thought those dutch youths were protesting AGAINST a reduction of classes, which would have made alot of sense since one would want to have the best education possible and not the other way around...

[bd popeye]

Nice start Lancero! Great selection...

From left, Melanie Medina, Modesta Ferrero and Maribel Ferrero mourn together as the U.S. Army Honor Guard team South Florida folds the American flag over the casket of U.S. Army Pfc. Marius L. Ferrero, 23, during his funeral at Woodlawn Park Mausoleum on Monday.

A roadside bomb killed Maribel's son last Sunday while serving in Iraq.

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who engineered the latest Middle East peace talks, witnessed the process unfold, standing with the Palestinian delegation and Elliott Abrams, a presidential adviser, second from right, as President Bush welcomed Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, in the Oval Office. The talks continue tomorrow in Annapolis, Md.
Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times

Police clashed with high school students in several towns and cities in the Netherlands on Monday, the second day students went on "strike" to protest government plans to increase the number of hours they must remain in school.
Photo: Peter Dejong/Associated Press

A Bolivian woman (R) cries 26 November, 2007 in Sucre, Bolivia over a bus burnt down by demonstrators during clashes with police in the weekend. A Bolivian protester died early Monday after being injured in clashes with police over the weekend, local officials said, raising the death toll to four from violent confrontations over a new draft constitution. Relative calm prevailed in Sucre on Monday after government authorities withdrew security forces to the neighboring town of Potosi. The assembly, called by leftist President Evo Morales to rewrite the constitution to better address the needs of the country's poor, approved the new draft constitution on a preliminary basis. Opposition lawmakers boycotted the assembly and earlier called it illegal, accusing Morales of trying to grab power. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/***** Images)

Military policemen jumb out from a truck during an anti-terror drill staged by the municipal police force in Hanoi, 27 November 2007. Claiming to be a safe place free of terrorism for foreign tourists and investors, Vietnamese authorities have conducted anti-terror drills in big-cities in recent years, especially ahead of important international meetings. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/***** Images)

French Prime minister Francois Fillon (2ndR) and Interior minister Michele Alliot-Marie (R) speak to reporters as they visit a fire station, 27 November 2007 in Villiers-le-Bel, outside Paris, two day after the death of two teenagers in a crash with a police car. Youths battled police for a second night in the Paris suburbs, burning down government buildings and injuring more than 70 officers, forcing tighter security in the troubled towns. In Villiers, about 100 youths, crouching behind trash cans, hurled objects at 160 riot police who fired rubber bullets and tear gas. AFP PHOTO THOMAS COEX (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP/***** Images)

Young residents of Villiers-le-Bel, a northern Paris suburb, face riot police during clashes late Monday.

Rampaging youths threw Molotov cocktails and set fire to cars in a troubled neighborhood outside Paris on Monday, the second night of street violence after two local teens were killed in a crash with a police patrol car.

THIBAULT CAMUS/AP

Members of the National Guard stand on guard, as an opposition student from the Universidad Metropolitana protests against President Hugo Chavez' proposed constitutional reform.

Students blocked several lanes of Francisco Fajardo expressway handing out flyers to commuters in Caracas for several hours with out incident.

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Palestinian security forces argue with demonstrators during an anti-US peace meeting protest in the West Bank city of Nablus, 27 November 2007. One man was killed today as Palestinian police, firing into the air and wielding batons, violently broke up anti-US peace meeting protests throughout the occupied West Bank. The violence occurred just hours before a Middle East peace conference was to open in Annapolis, Maryland aiming to jumpstart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after a seven-year freeze. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH (Photo credit should read JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/***** Images)

A soccer fan is rushed to the hospital after falling through the stands at the Fonte Nove stadium in Salvador, Bahia state of Brazil on November 26, 2007. The fans were celebrating the results of a C Series match between Bahia and Vila Nova when the accident occurred. (WALTER DE CARVALHO/ Agencia Estado/WpN)**Brazil Out**

An Iraqi solider stands guard during an Iraqi premier league football match between Al-Jawia club and Electricity club as Iraqi soldiers provide security at Al-Shaab stadium in Baghdad, Iraq.

Paul Lawrence, also known as 'The Enigma,' lights up a cigarette using sparks from an axe during an international tattoo convention called the Inka Tattoo Festival in Lima, Peru.

'The Enigma' is a performer and musician who has undergone extensive body modification, including horn implants and a full-body jigsaw-puzzle tattoo.

MARTIN MEJIA/AP

Washington Redskins fans Kelly Bradford, right, and her sister Allison Bradford, left, take part in a candlelight vigil for Redskins safety Sean Taylor outside Redskins Park on Monday in Ashburn, Virginia. Taylor died of gunshot wounds after an intruder broke into his Miami FL home. WIN MCNAMEE/***** IMAGES

Students from the University of St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland, indulged in a tradition of covering themselves with foam during festivities to honor the "academic family" a tradition in which older students adopt first-year students as "children." The children are set loose in the central quadrangle for a shaving foam fight.
Photo: Jeff J. Mitchell/***** Images

[Evolv5]

Police clashed with high school students in several towns and cities in the Netherlands on Monday, the second day students went on "strike" to protest government plans to increase the number of hours they must remain in school.

That's just stupid. Can't they just smoke a joint and "Don't worry, be Happy"

[bd popeye]

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ARABIAN SEA (Nov. 25, 2007) Members of the Pakistan Navy Special Service Group board a rigid hull inflatable board launched from Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Babur while underway in the Arabian Sea. Babur is deployed to the Central Command area of responsibility as part of Combined Task Force 150. CTF 150 is responsible for maritime security operations in the Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, North Arabian Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Zeltakalns (Released)

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ARABIAN SEA (Nov. 25, 2007) Crew members aboard Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Babur prepare for an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Leventhall (T-AO 189) in the Arabian Sea. Babur is deployed to the Central Command area of responsibility as part of Combined Task Force 150. CTF 150 is responsible for maritime security operations in the Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, North Arabian Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Zeltakalns (Released)

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SOUDA BAY, Crete (Nov. 24, 2007) The Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarine USS Montpelier (SSN 765) arrives in Souda Harbor for a routine port visit. Montpelier departed her homeport of Norfolk, Va., earlier this month for a scheduled six-month deployment as part of the HARRY S. TRUMAN Strike Group. The submarine will operate in the Central Command area of responsibility both independently and in coordination with the strike group. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley (Released)

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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 19, 2007) Sailors practice fire fighting techniques during a main space fire drill aboard the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Blue Ridge is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, and serves as the flagship for Commander U.S. 7th Fleet. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Calloway (Released)

Israeli army tanks are seen next to the controversial separation barrier near the Erez border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, 26 November 2007 during maneuvers aimed at securing the area against the continuing launch of the Qassam rockets from the Palestinian territory. Israeli troops killed three Palestinians and wounded four today in two separate incidents in the north of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, medics and the army said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH (Photo credit should read DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/*****

A US soldier from Bravo company, 1st Battallion, 38 regiment infantry goes down the stairs as he searches an Iraqi house for weapons and suspects during a morning patrol in the streets of Baquba, 27 November 2007. Seven Iraqis, among them three women and a child, were reported killed today by the US military, a day after Washington and Baghdad agreed to keep American forces in Iraq beyond 2008. The deaths of more civilians come as Iraqis begin reassessing the controversial role of the US military in their war-ravaged country. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/***** Images)

US Marines have their lunch at the Barishal airport-turned-military base in Barishal, 27 November 2007. US marines and Pakistani military medics helping with relief operations in Bangladesh will not stay a day more than they are needed, a minister said as military-led relief effort to deliver aid to thousands of cyclone survivors in southern Bangladesh moved into higher gear with a fleet of US helicopters joining the aid operation. At least 3,400 people died in the November 15 cyclone. Some 1,700 are still missing and more than 360,000 homeless and in desperate need of supplies. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/***** Images)

US soldiers from Bravo company, 1st Battallion, 38 regiment infantry search Iraqi houses for weapons and suspects as part of the operation 'Rock Hammer 5' in the streets of Baquba, 26 November 2007. Seven Iraqis, among them three women and a child, were reported killed today by the US military, a day after Washington and Baghdad agreed to keep American forces in Iraq beyond 2008. The deaths of more civilians come as Iraqis begin reassessing the controversial role of the US military in their war-ravaged country. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/***** Images)

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Spc. Christopher Valdez, a native of Gallep, N.M., and a Browning .50-caliber machine gunner, with personal security detachment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), mans his weapon while enroute to Joint Security Station Torch, Nov. 15.Photographer: Sgt. James Hunter
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Sgt. Andrew Decola, medic with the personal security detachment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), trains on the clearing, loading and unloading procedures of the M240-B at Camp Liberty, Iraq.Photographer: Sgt. James Hunter

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Sgt. 1st Class Eugene Knutson, platoon sergeant and native of Moorehead, Minn., with Company A, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, stands ready outside his vehicle at Kadamiyah Combat Out Post, in northwest Baghdad, Nov. 19. Knutson and his platoon run presence patrols and, if neccessary, conduct raids, just south of Kadamiyah, in the Hurriyah area. Photographer: Sgt. James Hunter

IRAQ - An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 22nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron lands at Balad Air Base, Iraq, after conducting a mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The F-16s and aircrews currently assigned to the 22nd EFS are deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Nimmo, Sr.) Download Full Image