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Reuters - Wed Sep 28, 3:12 PM ET
Police patrol storm damaged neighborhoods in the city of New Orleans September 24, 2005. (Charles W. Luzier/Reuters) -
AFP/File - Wed Sep 28, 4:55 PM ET
A elephant is pictured in the Shimba hills park in the coastal area of Kwale. The Kenyan Wildlife Service suspended the relocation of elephants from an overcrowded coastal reserve to a more spacious park to monitor their resettlement and to avoid bad weather, officials said.(AFP/File/Simon Maina) -
AFP - Thu Sep 29, 1:53 AM ET
Crosses decorated with Mardi Gras beads are a memorial to residents of the Ninth Ward, according to local artist Jeffery Holmes. The Louisiana governor pleaded with US lawmakers to speed up aid to rebuild her state which has suffered devastating damage from two hurricanes in less than a month.(AFP/Robyn Beck) -
AFP - Thu Sep 29, 1:53 AM ET
Brenner Ledet, 10, and neighbor Kelsey Thibodeaux (R) watch as a swamp buggy (a floating excavator) makes it was down the street towards the levee, on a flooded street in Chauvin, Louisiana, some 80 miles south of New Orleans. The swamp buggy was going to the levee to help repair the numerous breaks caused by Hurricane Rita. Resents of Chauvin and other parts of Bayou Country feel they have been largely ignored by federal authorities, charging all resources have been directed towards New Orleans.(AFP/Robyn Beck) -
AFP - Thu Sep 29, 1:53 AM ET
Terrebonne Parish Sherrif's Deputy W.M. Suggs unloads water as residents from flooded areas wait in line to pick up supplies, in Montegut, Louisiana, some 80 miles south of New Orleans. Residents of Montegut, Chavin and other parts of Bayou Country in southern Louisiana feel their emergency needs have been largely ignored by federal authorities.(AFP/Robyn Beck) -
AFP/File - Thu Sep 29, 8:41 AM ET
A saltwater crocodile appears well camouflaged as it waits beneath the surface at the Currumbin Wildlife Santuary. Australia's aggressive saltwater crocodiles apparently claimed their third human victim in two months when a diver was found dead.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood) -
AFP - Thu Sep 29, 8:44 AM ET
Two Vietnamese farmers walk along a damaged sea dyke at the coastal Hai Thinh commune. Northern Vietnam was reeling from the aftermath of Typhoon Damrey which triggered landslides and flooding that left at least 57 people dead and caused widespread destruction.(AFP) -
AP - Wed Sep 28, 2:41 PM ET
A 2 1/2-week-old baby aardvark sniffs the lens of a television camera Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. The first aardvark to be born at the Omaha, Neb., zoo, is now on display. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) -
Indonesia fuel protests
Thousands of Indonesians are protesting against a government plan to slash fuel subsidies. -
Indonesia fuel protests
They say Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, popularly known as SBY, is mishandling the economy. -
Indonesia fuel protests
There are concerns that the poor will be particularly badly affected, as the price of kerosene used for cooking will also go up. -
Indonesia fuel protests
Motorists have been forming long queues for fuel ahead of the price rises, expected from midnight on Friday. -
Indonesia fuel protests
Indonesians have grown used to generous fuel subsidies, but the government can no longer afford them. -
Indonesia fuel protests
Despite the widespread anger, the protests have been largely peaceful so far. -
An elderly Indian woman collects recyclable materials in Madras. -
Indonesians rush to buy kerosene ahead of a predicted sharp increase in fuel prices. -
A woman walks up a staircase in the new extension to Madrid's Reina Sofia museum, dominated by metallic ceiling reflections. -
Firefighters inspect a gutted bus that caught fire after a head-on collision with a lorry in north-eastern Poland. At least 11 people died in the incident. -
A boy watches as Iranian mullahs perform the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. -
Norwegian rally driver Peter Sobert and his co-driver Phil Mills of Britain compete in the Rally Japan, on the island of Hokkaido. -
India strikes
A national strike in India has hit transport and business. Domestic flights were severely disrupted. -
India strikes
Unions oppose economic reforms. It is the first nationwide strike since the Congress party won power in 2004. -
India strikes
Many government offices and schools were closed. People cycled or walked to work. -
India strikes
Airlines cancelled flights as airport staff walked out in protest at privatisation plans. Thousands of travellers were stranded. -
India strikes
International flights ran normally, officials said. Riot police and air force personnel were drafted in to avert major disruption.