Wednesday 16 November 2011

[www.keralites.net] Events & News around the Globe In Pictures

 

Take a look at selection of Events, Celebrities and News that have been making headlines around the world over the past few days:

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Bollywood's Eternal 'Dream Girl' Hema Malini

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The one and only 'Dream Girl' Hema Malini (L) is an icon of beauty, grace and motherhood. Here she is seen with her daughters Ahana (C) and Esha (R). Photograph: Manoj Kesharwani/asiaSpa India

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Esha and Ahana Deol are dazzling divas who exude a deep love for family traditions. Photograph: Manoj Kesharwani/asiaSpa India

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Cenotaph in London, UK. Politicians and Royalty joined the rest of the county in honouring the war dead by gathering at the iconic memorial to lay wreaths and observe two minutes silence. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

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A bride reacts during a mass wedding ceremony on November 11, at the Thean Hou temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The couples have chosen the auspicious date of 11.11.11 to marry, believing it will bring them good luck. Photograph: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

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Actress Eva Longoria attends the 2011 Hollywood Style Awards at Smashbox West Hollywood in California. Photograph: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

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Hollywood actor George Clooney (R) and his girlfriend Stacy Keibler arrive at premiere of 'The Descendants' at AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

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Australian model and actress Elle Macpherson celebrates the 10th anniversary of Elle Macpherson Intimates at Selfridges in London, England. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

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-- Planes perform during the opening day of the 22nd annual Dubai Airshow on November 13, 2011, at the Dubai Airport Expo in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai's fast-growing airline Emirates kicked off the Middle East's biggest airshow with a huge order for 50 Boeing 777s, marking the US aircraft maker's biggest-ever single order in dollar terms. Photograph: AP

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Members of the Dubai police band march during the opening ceremony. Photograph: AP

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The ruler of Dubai and the UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (2ndR) visits the airshow. Photograph: AFP/STR

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Planes spew out coloured smoke that depict the UAE national flag as they perform at the Dubai airshow. Photograph: AP

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Planes perform at the airshow. Photograph: AP

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Newly nominated Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti speaks to the press after being appointed by President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale, the presidential palace, in Rome. Napolitano nominated the ex-European commissioner to form a new government, a day after Silvio Berlusconi quit after dominating politics for nearly two decades. Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images

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Mourners carry a coffin during the funeral of members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, who were killed in a munitions blast that ripped through a base two days ago, on November 14, 2011, in Tehran. Iran held solemn funerals for 17 Revolutionary Guards killed in the blast, including a key figure in its ballistic missiles programme, as a US magazine pointed a finger at Israel. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

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An anti-regime protester, with the slogan 'We sacrifice ourselves for you, Ibb' handwritten in Arabic on his back, joins thousands of Yemenis who took to the streets in the city of Ibb to demand the ouster and trial of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Yemeni president said he was ready to step down within 90 days of reaching a deal on a formal process for implementing a Gulf initiative aimed at ending the nine-month-old crisis in his country. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

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An anti-government protester shouts during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, a day after the US said it was 'deeply troubled' by reports of attacks on civilians in the flashpoint city of Taez, and urged all parties to exercise 'maximum restraint'. Photograph: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images

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A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows women sitting around a sheet covered with tufts of their own hair, as they protest demanding the that the fate of the Syrian people be decided by them in Damascus. European Union nations tightened the noose on Syria, slapping new sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad's regime and urging UN action to protect civilians after eight months of bloodshed. Photograph: AFP/HO/SANA

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Syrian's splash around in a pond during a rally to show their support for President Bashar al-Assad in the capital in Damascus, a day after the Arab League suspends Syria until he implements an Arab deal to end violence against protesters, calling for sanctions and transition talks with the opposition. Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images

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Between 200 and 300 military officers and soldiers, joined by dozens of volunteer fighters that had participated in the successful campaign to unseat Muammar Gaddafi, gather in the Benina air base near Benghazi airport to name a new military chief and re-launch a national army. With many volunteer fighters for the National Transition Council still armed, the attempt ended in quarrelling amid widespread divisions. Photograph: Abdullah Doma/AFP/Getty Images

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Former Philippine President and congresswoman Gloria Arroyo (C) arrives at the Manila International Airport. The Philippine government blocked ex-president Gloria Arroyo from leaving the country, after she dramatically turned up at Manila airport wearing a neck brace, insisting she must face graft charges. Photograph: AFP/Noel Celis

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People stand by a fire set in the middle of a street in Kampala, Uganda, as traders blockaded several streets to protest at lengthening power blackouts they say are crippling businesses around the country. Uganda has been facing worsening power shortages in recent months after the government failed to pay its bills with power generators, leaving homes and businesses in various parts of the country without electricity for days on end. Photograph: AFP/Stringer

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Footwear of Hindu devotees lie on the ground after a stampede on the banks of the River Ganges in Haridwar, 500 kilometres southwest of Lucknow, India. The stampede killed at least 16 Hindu pilgrims and injured about 50 during a religious ceremony when thousands of people had converged on the river banks for the prayer ceremony in Haridwar town in the foothills of the Himalayas. Photograph: AP

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A group of people hold banners reading 'We will never forget the 22nd July massacre, crush fascism' and 'No podium for fascists' before the hearing of the Norway gunman Anders Behring Breivik in front of the court house in Oslo. Breivik, a 32-year-old rightwing extremist being held at the high-security Ila prison near Oslo, is scheduled to appear before a judge for a hearing on the extension of his custody for 12 more weeks. Photograph: Berit Roald/AFP/Getty Images

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In this TV frame grab, Dr Conrad Murray is remanded into custody after the jury returned with a guilty verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court in California. Murray was convicted in the 2009 death of pop singer Michael Jackson from an overdose of the powerful anaesthetic propofol. Photograph: Pool/Getty Images

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Iranian students, one holding a picture of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, form a human chain during a protest in the city in support of Iran's nuclear program and against military threats by Israel outside the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility. A senior Iranian official said he did not believe an Israeli military strike on Iran was imminent despite fresh Israeli media speculation the Jewish state might be considering one. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

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A man is confronted by New York Police Department officers as officials clear the 'Occupy Wall Street' protest from Zuccotti Park in the early morning hours of November 15, 2011, in New York. The surprise crackdown at the birthplace of the movement, launched after similar evictions in other cities, signalled a tougher line by US authorities towards the two-month old protests against Wall Street and Washington elites. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

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A Spanish 'indignant' protester demonstrates at the Puerta del Sol square against spending cuts, high unemployment and political corruption, a week before a general election in Madrid. Spain's so-called 'indignant' protest movement was born when thousands of people set up camp in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square ahead of May 22 municipal elections. Photograph: AFP/Pedro Armestre

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A Colombian student jokes next to riot policemen during a demonstration against an education reform bill at Bogota's main square Plaza de Bolivar. Thousands of students from more than 30 public universities took to the streets in Colombia to protest against proposed education reforms they fear will partially privatize higher education. Photograph: Guillermo Legaria/AFP/Getty Images

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Thai people drink beverages while on a floating device to cross floodwaters near Don Muang domestic airport in Bangkok. Angry residents in flooded Bangkok protested, briefly blocking a major highway, as frustration mounted that parts of the Thai capital are suffering badly while the centre stays dry. Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images

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An aircraft sits on a flooded tarmac on November 10, at the Don Muang domestic airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Don Muang airport had been closed for weeks due to the worst flooding in Thailand's history. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

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Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 30 stands atop a launch pad in the Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome shortly before its launch. Russia successfully launched today US astronaut Dan Burbank with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin for the ISS, boosting morale after accidents raised doubts about the reliability of its space programme. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

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(L-R) Hollywood actors Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner arrive at Summit Entertainment's 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1' premiere at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California. Photograph: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

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Bollywood celebrity and Cryo-Save India's brand ambassador, Mandira Bedi (C), interacts with cancer affected children at the Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute to mark Children's Day, in Ahmedabad. Despite a ban on children's labour imposed under the 1986 Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act which took effect October 10, millions of Indian children still have to work for a living to support their families, missing out on primary education. Photograph: Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images

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Egypt's Hosni Abed Rabo (L) vies for the ball against Brazil's Fernando Luis Roza during their international friendly football match at the al-Rayan stadium in Doha, Qatar. Brazil won the game 2-0. Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images

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Sri Lanka's Upul Tharanga (R) unsuccessfully attempts to avoid being run out during the second one day international (ODI) match against Pakistan at the Dubai cricket stadium in UAE. Sri Lanka scored 235/7 and beat Pakistan by 25 runs, levelling the series 1-1. Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images

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India's V.V.S. Laxman (L) plays a shot as West Indies' wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh watches during day two of the second Test match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India, opting to bat first after winning the toss, declared their innings at 631 for seven after tea, with Laxman (176) and Ravichandran Ashwin (4) at the crease. Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images

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McLaren Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi. The McLaren driver, celebrating the third win of a troubled season, took the chequered flag 8.4 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Photograph: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images

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Switzerland's Roger Federer returns the ball to France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during the Paris Tennis Masters Series indoor tournament final at the Bercy Palais-Omnisport (POPB). Federer's tough season ended on a high note after he beat Tsonga 6-1, 7-6 (3) to win his first Paris Masters title and the 69th of a glittering career. Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

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US' Tiger Woods shows his frustration after hitting a bad shot on the 11th hole during day four of the 2011 Emirates Australian Open at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney, Australia. Woods made his comeback to professional golf by finishing the tournament in third place. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

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England's Bobby Zamora (R) is watched by Sweden's Daniel Majstorovic during their international friendly football match at Wembley Stadium in London. An own goal by Majstorovic helped England end a 43-year wait for a win over Sweden with a 1-0 triumph over their fellow Euro 2012 finalists. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

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A Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) Vision Concept Drive car on display at this weekend's Dubai Motor Show.. Photograph: Gabriela Maj/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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A Ferrari SpA 458 Spider car stands on display at the Dubai International Motor Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Dubai International Motor Show is the biggest automotive show in the Middle East and runs from Nov. 10-14 at the Dubai International Convention Center. Photograph: Gabriela Maj/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Above Images shows American pop sensation, Britney Spears delights a packed Yas Arena on the first day of the Abu Dhabi F1 weekend

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Paul McCartney on stage at the Yas Arena, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. On a day of surprises – with Vettell spinning out in the opening seconds of the Grand Prix and Lewis Hamilton taking the chequered flag, who knew what this rock and roll legend would provide. Photograph: Peter Harrison/Yahoo!

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As the press were herded like cattle into the technicians' area – a sign reading outside the arena 'no professional cameras', the massive audience lit up with mobile phones, pocket cameras and other recording equipment. It's a sure thing that any Yahoo! search will give you an insight to the night's events. Photograph: Peter Harrison/Yahoo!

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Live And Let Die was accompanied with a wonderfully over the top pyrotechnics show, while Hey Jude left the crowd singing loud and proud. By the time they were playing Helter Skelter the audience were reluctant to let McCartney go. Will he be back? – we sure hope so. Photograph: Peter Harrison/Yahoo!

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The British DJ, Norman Cook takes to the decks at Abu Dhabi's Corniche in front of an audience of thousands.

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