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News In Photos: October 13 2011

by | 13th, October 2011

NEWS In Photos – October 13, 2011:

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, center, sits between Tourism Minister Michela Vittoria Brambilla, left, and Environment Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo, in the Lower Chamber, in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. Berlusconi appealed to lawmakers to support his government in a confidence vote, saying that his government is the only “credible alternative.” Berlusconi defended his government in a 15-minute address Thursday, a day before a vote of confidence that will test if the premier retains a majority in Parliament. The crisis was provoked when lawmakers this week blocked routine legislation, raising calls from the opposition for his immediate resignation. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)


Terrorist suspect Abu Tholut, center, is escorted by a plain-clothed police officer leaves the court after the judges delivered his sentence at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. Abu Tholut, one of Indonesia’s top terrorism suspects was sentenced Wednesday to 8 years in prison for helping set up a terrorist cell allegedly plotting a series of attacks on foreigners and assassinations of the country’s moderate Muslim leaders.(AP Photo/Irwin fedriansyah)

(Back row left – right) Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Niall Horan (front) of One Direction launch their new Nokia handsets at the Carphone Warehouse in Oxford Street, London.
Andy Murray of Britain pulls up his shirt while playing with Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland during the men’s singles match of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Paul Gascoigne signs copies of his new book, Glorious: My World, Football and Me, at Waterstone’s book shop in Canary Wharf, east London.
Jockey Frankie Dettori after receiving an honorary degree from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge during a presentation at The Guildhall, Cambridge.
Protesters arrange photographs of French national symbol Marianne, left, and famous Romanian born sculptor Constantin Brancusi who lived in France, which have both been altered by the protesters, during a protest in front of the French embassy in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. About 100 people gathered to protested against alleged cases of discrimination against Romanians in the French media. French symbol Marianne legend reads “Wipe your mouth” and sculptor Brancusi altered to look like police arrest photo. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda))
Germany’s Monika Sozanska, right, competes with Romania’s Ana Branza during a women’s individual epee round 8 qualifying match at the World Fencing Championship in Catania, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo, Japan
School teacher Craig Parkin arrives at Hull Crown Court, where he will be sentenced after he pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual activity, including intercourse, with a girl under 15.

School teacher Craig Parkin arrives at Hull Crown Court, where he will be sentenced after he pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual activity, including intercourse, with a girl under 15.
A nurse shouts slogans during a protest by hospitals staff in Athens, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. The European Commission, the EU’s executive, wants a deal in which private creditors take losses on Greek bonds to remain voluntary in order to avoid triggering massive payouts on bond insurance. That clashes with several countries’ push for steeper writedowns. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Conservative party MP for Brighton and Kempton Simon Kirby holds his dog Elvis as they take part in the Westminster Dog of the Year event at Victoria Tower Gardens in London.
Members (names not known) of the Save Our Six Libraries group demonstrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in central London.
Soldiers escort Carlos Oliva Castillo, alias “La Rana,” or the “The Frog,” center, as he is presented to the press in Mexico City, Thursday Oct. 13, 2011. Defense Department spokesman Ricardo Trevilla says Carlos Oliva Castillo is the No. 3 figure in the Zetas drug cartel and was in charge of Zeta operations in the key northern states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Nuevo Leon. Trevilla said his arrest in Saltillo on Wednesday is part of an operation that freed 36 kidnap victims, led to the seizure of more than 800 cars, 27.5 tons of marijuana and hundreds of weapons. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
In this photo taken during a government-organised tour for media, Syrian journalists, background, view weapons which according to the Syrian security forces, were found at the town of Rastan, in the central province of Homs, Syria, on Thursday Oct. 13, 2011. Rastan recently witnessed some of the most intense clashes since the uprising began in mid-March. Syrian army took the town earlier this month after a five-day offensive. Syrian troops clashed Thursday with armed men believed to be military defectors in a southern village and a northwestern town, killing at least 13 people in the latest sign that the 7-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad is becoming increasingly militarized, activists said. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
Portland police officers carry off a arrested man during Occupy Portland demonstration Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, in Portland, Ore. The police removed a barricade that had blocked Main Street for the past week. Occupy Portland is an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. People have remained in tents concentrated in Chapman Square and have not set a date for when the protest will end. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)



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