Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:40:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Soldiers stand next to distillers at an outdoor clandestine drug processing laboratory discovered in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, on the outskirts of Guadalajara January 23, 2012. Soldiers found 19 tonnes of chemicals to produce synthetic drugs, according to local media. REUTERS/Alejandro Acosta (MEXICO - Tags: CRIME LAW DRUGS SOCIETY MILITARY)
Sellers smile to customers on the eve of Chinese Lunar New Year ...
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:40:02 +0100 (AP) - Sellers smile to customers on the eve of Chinese Lunar New Year at a traditional market in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. This year, the first day of the Year of the Dragon, falls on Monday, Jan. 23. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Revelers ride their horses near by bonfires in San Bartolome ...
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:20:02 +0100 (AP) - Revelers ride their horses near by bonfires in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in honor of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses trough the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the 'Luminarias' a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Iran cracks down on moral peril of Barbie peddlers
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:00:10 +0100 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's morality police are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they see as pernicious western culture eroding Islamic values, shopkeepers said on Monday. As the West imposes the toughest ever sanctions on Iran and tensions rise over its nuclear program, inside the country the Barbie ban is part of what the government calls a "soft war" against decadent cultural influences. "About three weeks ago they (the morality police) came to our shop, asking us to remove all the Barbies," said a shopkeeper in a toy shop in northern Tehran. ... (Source: Reuters)
Disguised revelers perform during a carnival procession in southwestern ...
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:50:02 +0100 (AP) - Disguised revelers perform during a carnival procession in southwestern Macedonia's village of Vevcani, on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Through the masks, the participants mock at the actual political events and various pagan rituals. In its fourteen centuries-old tradition, the Vevcani carnival is always held on St. Vasilij's day, marking the beginning of the New Year by the Julian calendar. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
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