News in pictures on Tuesday 23.03.2010

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Mar 23, 2010

News in pictures on Tuesday

A five-week-old Chinchilla rabbit looks out of a wooden box at a rabbit farm in Moosburg north of Munich March 22, 2010. The rabbits at the farm are bred to compete in rabbit shows. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Fog nets are seen in Bellavista del Paraiso, near Peru's capital Lima, March 19, 2010. Catching fog with nets is the solution to water scarcity for people who live beyond the reach of utility lines in this sandy hillside shantytown overlooking Peru's capital, Lima. Using nets similar to those used in volleyball, residents condense fog, drip-by-drip, into drainage pipes running down the hill into tanks that store hundreds of liters of water for irrigation, bathing and cooking. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of the group avaaz.org protest against Israeli settlements in front of the Washington Convention Center where the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference is taking place in Washington on March 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP

 

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A woman rests as she rides on the back of a motorcycle in Guatemala City, Monday, March 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: AP

Thai children join anti-government protesters and supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as they gather before parading the streets of Bangkok March 23, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Chenice Cummings, 4, looks for Easter eggs during the annual First Lady's Easter Egg hunt Monday, March 22, 2010, in Columbia, SC. Children between 3 and 8, who were hospitalized during the past year were invited to the event at the Governors Mansion. -- PHOTO: AP

 

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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is shown on its maiden flight from the Mojave Air and Spaceport in Mojave, California in this publicity photo released to Reuters March 22, 2010. The rocket plane (centre), dubbed the VSS Enterprise, is shown attached to the White Knight two carrier airplane. The sleek, six-passenger suborbital spaceship remained attached to its carrier aircraft throughout the two-hour, 54-minute flight over California's Mojave Desert on Monday for its debut test flight. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Flooding from the Red River inundates a neighborhood March 22, 2010 near Fargo, North Dakota. Residents of Fargo, neighboring Moorhead, Minnesota and the surrounding area are waiting for the Red River and its tributaries to begin dropping following yesterday?s crest. -- PHOTO: AFP

A sea lion suns itself in front of a fishing boat as fishermen continued work to float the boats that were left on dry land after the February 27th tsunami, in the port of Talcahuano March 22, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

 

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A woman is comforted by her mother while waiting for a medical check-up at a hospital in Swat region, located in Pakistan's restive North Western Frontier Province March 21, 2010. Authorities say security has improved since a military offensive nearly a year ago cleared out militants from Swat. But police remain vulnerable to suicide attacks and residents fear the Taliban will return if the military leaves. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Dead frogs lie on the dried bed of the Los Laureles reservoir, in western Tegucigalpa on March 22, 2010. The mayoralty of the Central District and civil organizations have activated a plan to face the severe drought that is affecting the Honduran capital, as the reservoirs of Los Laureles and La Concepcion which supply more than a million people, are working far below their capacity. -- PHOTO: AFP

A picture taken on March 19, 2010 shows 'La porta della Bellezza' (the door of beauty), 9.000 shapes of terracotta made by 2.000 children, on a wall of a street in the Sicilian town of Librino, as part of the Fiumara d'Arte art exposition. -- PHOTO: AFP