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Liberian challenge
Now war is over, fruit and vegetables grown in rural areas are again available in Monrovia but young girls such as these need to be in school, instead of walking the streets selling plantains. -
Liberian challenge
With so few jobs around, many young men dream of following in the footsteps of Liberia’s former world player of the year George Weah – this is one reason behind his popularity in the elections. -
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The United Nations has brought peace - and donors have brought aid money - to Liberia, but some resent the presence of so many luxury vehicles in the midst of such poverty. -
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The UN has also helped train many policemen and women but many more are needed to restore order to Monrovia’s chaotic streets – without any electricity supply, there is not a single functioning traffic light. -
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The reconstruction drive has begun in a small way and a few potholes have been filled in but these men have many years of work ahead of them. -
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Installing piped water in the capital city would make a huge difference to the more than one million residents of Monrovia. -
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Although water is never far away in the Atlantic Ocean, or the rivers and swamps which surround Monrovia. -
AFP/File - Wed Oct 12,11:17 AM ET
A family watch the movie at Bengies drive-in movie theatre sitting in lawn chairs in front of their car in Middle River on the outskirst of Baltimore, Maryland. Now in its 50th season, Bengies boasts a 52-foot-high-by-120-foot-wide screen, the biggest on the East Coast(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards ) -
AP - Mon Oct 10, 7:09 AM ET
Fan's of China's 'Super Girls' hold signs and posters of 'Pretty' of the contestants as they watch the singers perform during a concert in the people's stadium in Beijing Sunday Oct. 9, 2005. The contestants in the'American Idol' style singing contest in China have set a record for the fastest-selling concert tickets. The frenzy surrounding the Super Girls and the show sent groups of fans out purchasing posters of their favorite contestants and created a mini industry in 'Super Girl' knickknacks. The show made Chinese television history when it drew more viewers than the biggest annual TV even of the year, the Spring festival Gala. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel) -
AFP/DDP - Wed Oct 12, 7:07 PM ET
Sunny lake : A fisherman takes a break and enjoys the evening sun at the Hopfensee lake in Hopfen am See, southern Germany. (AFP/DDP/Johannes Simon) -
AFP - Wed Oct 12, 7:11 PM ET
Left without a home : A Pakistani boy made homeless by the 08 October earthquake warms himself near a fire in the remote area of Balakot, Pakistan. (AFP/Philippe Lopez) -
AFP - Wed Oct 12, 6:49 PM ET
Painted for the march : A native of the Embera ethnic group paints his face with ritual colors before initiating a march in Manizales, Colombia. (AFP/Mauricio Duenas) -
AFP - Wed Oct 12, 7:31 PM ET
Waiting for maize : Malawian farmers from Tengani village, in Nsanje district some hundreds Kms south of the main town Blantyre, wait to get a ration of maize distribuited by the WFP (World Food Program). (AFP/Gianluigi Guercia) -
AFP - Wed Oct 12, 7:14 PM ET
Duck in flight : A duck flies over the Evros River estuary in Greece's northeastern border with Turkey. (AFP/Babis Griziotis) -
AFP - Wed Oct 12, 7:37 PM ET
Spanish Legion : Members of the Spanish Legion march during the Spanish national day army parade in Madrid. (AFP/Bru Garcia) -
AFP/DDP - Wed Oct 12, 7:33 PM ET
Celebrating Turkey : Turkish football fans living in Germany celebrate in Berlin after their national team defeated Albania in their qualification match for the World Cup 2006. Turkey won 0-1. (AFP/DDP/Johannes Eisele) -
AFP - Wed Oct 12, 7:24 PM ET
Cover of darkness : Under the cover of darkness, US soldiers from the 1-64 3rd infantry division lay concrete barriers at Iraqi polling sites in advance of the upcoming referendum, in an effort to help ward off attacks at the sites, in south-eastern Baghdad. (AFP/David Furst) -
AFP - Wed Oct 12, 7:21 PM ET
Please don't crash : A Chinese man prays for a successful launch of the Shenzhou VI, which lifted off on a Long March 2F carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 9:00 am (0100 GMT) for a five-day mission, carrying air force pilots Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, in Beijing. (AFP/Stringer ) -
AFP - Wed Oct 12, 7:35 PM ET
Rama and Laxman : Indian children dressed as Hindu Gods Rama and Laxman take part in a procession on the occassion of the Hindu religious festival of Dushera in Amritsar, in India's northern state of Punjab. (AFP/Narinder Nanu) -
AFP - Wed Oct 12, 7:29 PM ET
Won't stop Govou : French forward Sidney Govou (L) vies with Cyprus defender Loukas Louka during the World cup 2006 qualifying football match France vs. Cyprus, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. France won 4-0. (AFP/Franck Fife) -
AFP - Wed Oct 12, 7:39 PM ET
Needing relief : Indian Kashmiri earthquake survivors reach out for relief material at Gingal some 80 kms north-west of Srinagar. (AFP/Sajjad Hussein) -
Earthquake survivors reach out for blankets given out by aid workers in Balakot, Pakistan. -
Protesters confront riot police during a march in Manila to demand the resignation of Philippines President Gloria Arroyo. -
A camel, belonging to a nearby circus, rests in the middle of a roundabout in Blanquefort, south-west France. -
A visitor to the Science Museum in London studies a Fangtooth fish.