News in pictures on Wednesday 10th Feb. 2012

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World
Feb 10, 2010

News in pictures on Wednesday

Mannequins wearing bronze, gold and silver underwear are displayed with Olympic rings in a lingerie shop's window prior to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in the fishing community of Steveston February 9, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

In this picture taken on February 9, 2010 a Chinese cook looks at destroyed old buildings at Wujiang road's street food market in Shanghai, one of the many renovation sites that mushroomed in the city ahead of the Shanghai's 2010 World Expo. -- PHOTO: AFP

A rag doll hangs from the remains of a destroyed house in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, February 9, 2010. A powerful earthquake hit Haiti on January 12. -- PHOTO: AP

 

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The snowy front lawn of the the White House is seen through a fence on the north lawn February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the US East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 30.5 cm or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

The US Capitol is seen through a hole blown through snow piled along the top of a wall February 9, 2010 in Washington, DC. On the heels of a record snowfall last week in the nation's capital, forecasters are predicting 12 more inches of snow overnight. -- PHOTO: AFP

A woman and her son ask for spare change on a street in Guatemala City February 9, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

 

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An Australian white tree frog that will soon be up for adoption is held by exotic animal specialist James Ditmore at a Petco store in Dallas, Tuesday February 9, 2010. The store will have over 2000 animals up for adoption that were rescued from Global Exotics, an Arlington, Texas based international pet wholesaler. -- PHOTO: AP

Two Asian carp are displayed Tuesday, February 9, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment hearing on preventing the induction of the carp, a aquatic invasive species into the Great Lakes. The Asian carp, which can grow up to 100 pounds, were caught in Havana, Ill. -- PHOTO: AP

A man runs past a kiosk selling gifts for upcoming Valentine's Day, as he rushes for a train at Waterloo Station in London, Tuesday February 9, 2010. -- PHOTO: AP