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News In Photos: October 7 2011

NEWS In Photos – October 7 2011:
Tributes to the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, outside the Apple Store on Regent Street, in central London.
Protesters from Save Our Savers smash a paper piggybank outside the Bank of England in London, after the Bank of England kept interest rates at 0.5%.
Tamara Ecclestone poses with her new Ferrari 599 in south west London, to launch her Channel 5 show ‘Tamara Ecclestone: Billion $$ Girl’, which starts in November.
The first rare baby Drill monkey born at Edinburgh zoo explores it’s surroundings with it’s mother for the first time.

File photo dated 30/09/11 of walkers at the summit of Mount Snowdon in Snowdonia, Wales, make their way past a car covered in tarpaulin, after the 4×4 was abandoned near the top of the mountain for the second time in a month.
Irish players signatures on the Irish Fans Van outside the team hotel in Wellington, New Zealand.
Competitors flex muscles during the men’s +51yrs category at the Asian World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Chelsea pensioner Joe Britton celebrates his 100th birthday at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London, where he is the oldest residing pensioner. Mr Britton starred on Channel 4’s Deal or No Deal in 2009, and has donated some of his winnings to the hospital.
Swimmers train at an event to highlight the 2012 Schools Games finals at the 2012 Aquatics Centre, London.
Anti-Assad demonstrators, some of them holding placards in Arabic reading, “No to trespassing the mosques, no to tyranny,” march in solidarity with protestors in Syria, following Friday prayers, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Jia Ashton’s husband Matthew Ashton with his mother Sue Ashton outside Nottingham Crown Court .Kayleigh McNaughton (under blue jacket) leaves Manchester Crown Court where she a suspended jail sentence after she abandoned her two children in an unlocked car to go out drinking.
Leymah Gbowee, from Liberia, one of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners, in New York, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Jonathan Weiss makes signs for the group, Occupy Cleveland, on Public Square in downtown Cleveland Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. The group is one of several across the country mirroring the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Posted: 7th, October 2011 | In: Reviews | Comment


News In Photos: October 5 2011

NEWS In Photos – October 5, 2011:

Artist Grayson Perry poses with his Kenilworth AM1 motorcycle, at the opening of his exhibition The Tomb Of The Unknown Craftsman, at the British Museum in London.

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Posted: 5th, October 2011 | In: Reviews | Comment


News In Photos: October 4 2011

NEWS In Photos: October 4 2011:

Elizabeth Hurley’s engagement ring is seen during her visit to Jenners department store in Edinburgh, as she lends her support to the Estee Lauder Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.

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Posted: 4th, October 2011 | In: Reviews | Comment


News In Photos: September 27 2011

NEWS In Photos September 27, 2011:

Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of killing her British roommate, right, is escorted to the court for her appeals case, Perugia, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. A verdict in her appeals case is expected by next week.

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Posted: 27th, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comments (3)


News In Photos: Taylor Lautner, Amanda Knox’s A ‘Witch Of Deception’ And Ed Miliband’s Inflatable Pig

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Labour leader Ed Miliband (left) meets with actor Hugh Grant at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, where they discussed the recent phone hacking scandal at News International.

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Posted: 26th, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos: Rihanna Rocks Rio, Zara Phillips’ Photobomb And Amanda Knox Smiles

NEWS In Photos – 24th September 2011:

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Rihanna performs during the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Saturday Sept. 24, 2011. The festival, which runs through Oct. 2, includes Katy Perry, Rihanna, Stevie Wonder, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Guns N' Roses and Coldplay. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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The costume sale from Royal Opera House productions in Purfleet, Essex. Over 1500 costumes from a range of Royal Opera House productions will be offered in a clear out of works no longer in the repertory.

The semi-detached property in Sonia Gardens in Neasden, north west London, where six people died in a fire. Emergency workers were called during the early hours of this morning after a blaze took hold of the ground and first floors. Six people, including three children, two teenagers and an adult died. Two other people who escaped from the burning home, believed to be a man and a 16-year-old girl, were taken to hospital with burn injuries, officials said.

Rugby Union – IRB Rugby World Cup 2011 – Pool B – England v Romania – Otago Stadium: Zara Phillips watches from the stands

Rihanna performs during the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Saturday Sept. 24, 2011. The festival, which runs through Oct. 2, includes Katy Perry, Rihanna, Stevie Wonder, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Coldplay.

Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan, right, Chinese actress Li Bingbing, center, and Taiwanese actor Winston Chao pose during a news conference for their new movie “1911” in Hong Kong Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. The historical drama filmed on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution will be shown on September 29 in Hong Kong.

New world champion Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier of France, right, celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the junior men road race over 126 kilometers (78.3 miles) with start and finish in Holte, north of Copenhagen, Denmark, Satuday Sept. 24, 2011.

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas gestures as he poses with giant boots to promote the film ‘ Puss in Boots ‘, at the 59th San Sebastian Film Festival Cinema in San Sebastian northern Spain, Saturday Sept. 24, 2011.

An unidentified woman is seen at a polling station in Hamad Town, Bahrain, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Shiite-led opposition groups called for a boycott of parliamentary elections to protest crackdowns. Voting appears very light in most Shiite areas, although busier in districts with Sunni voters who are considered backers of the Gulf kingdom’s monarchy. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, front right, prepares to kick a ball during a friendly soccer match between Cambodian and Thai politicians at Cambodia National Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011.

Diana Jill Rivera who works as a nanny in Libya, hugs her 5-year-old son Jay Lloyd upon seeing him after her arrival Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 in suburban Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines. Two Filipina maids, Diana and Mary Ann Ducos, who had fled the house of a relative of ousted Libyan leader Moamar Gadhafi with nothing but the clothes on their back have returned home to the Philippines.

Amanda Knox attends an hearing of her appeals trial at the Perugia court, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Italian prosecutors have urged an appeals court to uphold the murder conviction of Amanda Knox despite what they called a media campaign in support of the American student, asking the jurors to think instead of the young victim whose life was brutally ended. In the first round of closing arguments that took seven hours Friday, the prosecutors summed up circumstantial evidence, testimony and other clues they believe point solely to Knox and Raffaele Sollecito.

Nigel and Rose West, the parents of Chloe West, 14, who was stabbed at least 20 times outside Ridgewood High School in Stourbridge in April by ex-boyfriend Samuel Gayzer-Tomlinson,18, stand with Ben Hudson, 16, who was also wounded in the attack when he intervened, outside Wolverhampton Crown Court, where her attacker was sentenced to 13 years in youth custody. 11. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard that Samuel Gayzer-Tomlinson disguised himself by dyeing his hair before stabbing Chloe West at least 20 times outside Ridgewood High School in Stourbridge in April.

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, who is suing News Group Newspapers, a subsidiary of News International, over their decision to stop paying his legal fees, sources said tonight.
Issue date: Friday September 23, 2011.

Posted: 24th, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos: Kweku Adoboli, Hind Ahmas And The Irton Tree

NEWS In Photos – September 22 2011:

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City trader Kweku Adoboli, 31, arriving at City of London Magistrates' Court where he is accused of fraud and two charges of false accounting over three years at Swiss banking giant UBS.

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Posted: 22nd, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos: Presented By Noel Edmonds’ Man Bag And David Luiz’s Hair

THE News in Photos: September 22, 2011

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Helen Mirren has her photo taken with a fan as she arrives at the premiere of The Debt at the Curzon Mayfair cinema, London.

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Posted: 22nd, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos: Xolile Mngeni, Joanna Yeates, Michael Winner’s Wedding Photo Bomb And…

NEWS In Photos for Septmeber 20 2011:

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Michael Winner and wife Geraldine leave Chelsea Registry Office, London, following their wedding.

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Posted: 20th, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos: Mike Tindal, The Gleision Colliery Victims, A Mercedes-Benz F 125 And…

NEWS In Photos – September 18, 2011:

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A sign aimed at England's Mike Tindall, in the stands

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Posted: 18th, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos: Johnny Melfa’s Facebook Riot, Maccabi Tel Aviv And Elizabeth Taylor’s Gems

NEWS In Photos – September 14, 2001. The stories in images:

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Posted: 14th, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos: Man Assaults Wife With Stun Gun And It’s Those Zoroastrians Again

NEWS In Photos:

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Water gushes through an outlet on a wall decorated with a mural as a motorist drives through a flooded street after heavy rains in Bangalore, India, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. India receives the annual monsoon rains from June to September. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Antony Smith outside Chippenham Magistrates’ Court where he is charged with using a stun gun during an attack on his wife. Smith denies shocking his wife with the gun, but admits possessing the weapon. Smith, 42, is accused of jabbing the stun gun into his wife, Terri Smith, four or five times at their home on February 19.

Prime Minister David Cameron holds talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Mr Cameron insisted that Britain would not give up on bringing Alexander Litvinenko’s killer to justice as he kicked off his visit to Russia. But the Prime Minister said the two governments had to end the “tit-for-tat culture” and work together despite festering tensions over the dissident’s murder five years ago. Mr Cameron is the first UK leader to visit Moscow since Tony Blair in 2005.

Water gushes through an outlet on a wall decorated with a mural as a motorist drives through a flooded street after heavy rains in Bangalore, India, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. India receives the annual monsoon rains from June to September.

African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) members sing “Shoot the Boer” Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, after a judge ruled the black man who leads the youth wing of South Africa’s governing party has no right to sing the song some whites find offensive. Monday’s ruling comes four months after hearings in the hate speech trial of Julius Malema that were broadcast live on national television.

Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan, 2nd right, Awad bin Hasoom Al Darmaky, CEO of Al Ain Club, 1st left, and Cosmin Olaroiu, the Al Ain coach, hold Al Ain Club No. 3 T shirt during unveiling Gyan at the club in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Monday Sept. 12, 2011.

Indian laborers work at Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project site in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, Sep. 12, 2011.

Israel’s Labor party candidate and former journalist Shelly Yachimovich holds a ballot with her name before casting her vote in Tel Aviv, Israel , Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. The mass social protest movement that took Israel by storm this summer should be a comeback opportunity for Israel’s Labor Party, but even that has not energized the dramatically diminished movement that ruled the Jewish state almost unchallenged in its early decades. The party, which champions such social causes, is picking a new leader Monday at the end of a summer that saw protesters pitching tent camps across the country and flooding city streets in huge weekly demonstrations over soaring living costs and other social ills.

Activists protesting against the visit of Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, show gloves covered in fake blood as they hold posters and banners during a demonstration, in Paris Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. Kagame has warned outside powers against trying to “manage Africa” during a visit to France aimed at soothing tensions over the 1994 genocide in his country.

Iranian Zoroastrian priests perform a ritual at a fire temple in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. Zoroastrians are recognized in the Iranian constitution as religious minorities who have their own lawmaker in parliament. Zoroastrianism lost dominance in Iran after Muslim Arabs conquered Persia in the 7th century.

Posted: 12th, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos: 9/11, New York Fashion Week, Maradona, EDL And Muslim Racists And Gaddafi’s Niger

NEWS In Photos – September 11,2011:

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Models Christy Turlington, left, and Naomi Campbell, center, sit by Sting at the EDUN Spring 2012 fashion show Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

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Posted: 11th, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos 7/9/2011: Iftikhar and Faranza Ahmed Killed Their Daughter Shafilea For Honour And…

THE News In Photos for Septermber 7 2011 features:

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File photo dated 08/04/04 of Iftikhar and Faranza Ahmed who have been charged with killing their daughter Shafilea Ahmed, Cheshire Police said today.

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Posted: 7th, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos: Assad’s Mug, Valencia’s Flaming Bull Run And The Afghan Pirates Head Count

NEWS in Photos – what the mainstream media might well have missed:

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Revelers run away from a bull with flaming horns during a festivity in honor of Saint Michel, in the streets of Gilet, a town near Valencia, Spain, early Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

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Posted: 3rd, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos: Sophie Lindop’s NHS, Ratting Gaddafi, The Bordeaux Letter And Kenya’s Ezekiel Kemboi’s Body Fat

THE News in Photos: what the mainstream media might have missed:

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Camp resident Patrick Sheridan, 7, wearing a superhero costume, poses for the photographers at the entrance of their community of Dale Farm, England, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. Britain's High Court court rejected a last-ditch attempt to prevent 86 families from being evicted from the illegal travelers camp east of the capital. Residents of Dale Farm where Flynn lives are Irish travelers, ethnically distinct from Gypsies, also known as Roma. Some of the travelers have lived legally at the site for decades, but local authorities won an eviction order against those who came in 2001 without proper permits. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Posted: 1st, September 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


News In Photos: Nicki Minaj’s Mask, Nuon Chea’s Trial And Metal Detecting With Hurricane Irene

THE News in photos – what you might have missed…in photos:

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South Africa's Oscar Pistorius, right, and USA''s Greg Nixon compete in the Men's 400m semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Posted: 29th, August 2011 | In: Politicians | Comment


News In Photos: Kate Middleton Catches Fire In Hampshire

NEWS In Photos – stories you will not have seen in the mainstream news:

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Boris Johnson pictured with members of the Genesis Mas band, who will be performing at the Notting Hill Carnival this weekend, at Potters Fields in central London.

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Posted: 27th, August 2011 | In: Photojournalism | Comment