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Local prostitutes wait for customers at a brothel in Taoyuan, ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:51:21 GMT

(AFP/File) - Local prostitutes wait for customers at a brothel in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, in June 2009. Taiwan's constitutional court said Saturday it would scrap an "unfair" law that means prostitutes can be punished but allows clients to go free.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)

Head of the Russian Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov (C) is ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:28:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - Head of the Russian Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov (C) is the first to enter Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum on Red Square in November 6. Tens of thousands of Communists on Saturday turned out in Russia to mark the anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution, shrugging off the Kremlin's cancellation of the day as a national holiday.(AFP/File/Dmitry Kostyukov)

Protestors are penned in by riot police during a demonstration ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:57:14 GMT

(AFP) - Protestors are penned in by riot police during a demonstration by Leftist groups in central Berlin. Thousands of curious Berliners lined the centre of the German capital Saturday to admire over 1,000 giant polystyrene dominos set to topple Monday, marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down.(AFP/Leon Neal)

A visitor tours "The Litlle Prince" exhibition, held ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:56:45 GMT

(AFP) - A visitor tours "The Litlle Prince" exhibition, held at the OCA museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Little Prince, the intergalactic boy traveler who is part of many peoples' childhoods around the world, is visiting Brazil in a show also honoring his adventuresome creator Antoine de Saint-Exupery.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)

Schoolchildren visit an installation at "The Litlle Prince" ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:56:45 GMT

(AFP) - Schoolchildren visit an installation at "The Litlle Prince" exhibition, held at the OCA museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Little Prince, the intergalactic boy traveler who is part of many peoples' childhoods around the world, is visiting Brazil in a show also honoring his adventuresome creator.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)

The Little Prince, the intergalactic boy traveler who is part ...

(AFPTV) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:56:45 GMT

(AFPTV) - The Little Prince, the intergalactic boy traveler who is part of many peoples' childhoods around the world, is visiting Brazil in a show also honoring his adventuresome creator. Duration: 01:39(AFPTV)

Pascal Crehange, lawyer for World Tricot, poses next to a piece ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:29:39 GMT

(AFP) - Pascal Crehange, lawyer for World Tricot, poses next to a piece of crocheted clothing made by World Tricot which is accusing the French fashion house, Chanel of "counterfeiting".(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)

A view of the Paris Commercial Court shows a piece of crocheted ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:29:39 GMT

(AFP) - A view of the Paris Commercial Court shows a piece of crocheted clothing made by the fashion house World Tricot which is accusing the French fashion house, Chanel of "counterfeiting". World Tricot founder Carmel Colle is seeking 2.5 million euros from Chanel for alleged counterfeit after she spotted a crochet design in a Chanel boutique in Tokyo in 2005 that she claims is hers.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)

Francois D'Agey, nephew of late French author Antoine de ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:43:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - Francois D'Agey, nephew of late French author Antoine de Saint-Exupery, displays an original illustration of the book "The Little Prince" in 2007. The Little Prince, the intergalactic boy traveler part of many childhoods around the world, is visiting Brazil in a show also honoring his adventuresome creator.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

A poker table during a championship. A logger from rural America ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:03:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - A poker table during a championship. A logger from rural America who lives in a trailer is among nine card players eying a 8.5-million-dollar jackpot as the climax of the World Series of Poker gets underway in Las Vegas Saturday.(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)

A poker player collects his chips. A logger from rural America ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:03:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - A poker player collects his chips. A logger from rural America who lives in a trailer is among nine card players eying a 8.5-million-dollar jackpot as the climax of the World Series of Poker gets underway here Saturday.(AFP/File)

Factfile on saffron spice. Saffron spice cultivation should ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:27 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Factfile on saffron spice. Saffron spice cultivation should be a growth industry for Indian Kashmir as it begins to recover from decades of unrest, but drought, pollution and corruption are threatening its future.(AFP/Graphic)

A Kashmiri farmer is seen plucking a crocus in a saffron field ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:27 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Kashmiri farmer is seen plucking a crocus in a saffron field in Pampore, south of Srinagar. The cultivation of saffron, which sells for more than $5,000 a kilogram in India alone, should be a growth industry for Indian Kashmir as the region begins to recover from decades of unrest, but drought, pollution and corruption are threatening its future.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)

Indian Kashmir's leading saffron scientist Firdos Nehvi ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:27 GMT

(AFP/File) - Indian Kashmir's leading saffron scientist Firdos Nehvi examines a saffron crocus stigma under a microscope in Habak, on the outskirts of Srinagar. Nehvi, an associate professor at the state's main agriculture university, says declining rainfall in the mountainous region have led to a decline in saffron productivity.(AFP/File/Rouf Bhat)

A Kashmiri farmer is seen tilling a saffron field in Pampore, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:27 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Kashmiri farmer is seen tilling a saffron field in Pampore, south of Srinagar. Saffron spice cultivation should be a growth industry for Indian Kashmir as it begins to recover from decades of unrest, but drought, pollution and corruption are threatening its future.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)

Undated picture Adolf Hitler. One in 20 Scottish children think ...

(afp.com) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:52:08 GMT

(afp.com) - Undated picture Adolf Hitler. One in 20 Scottish children think Hitler was Germany's national football coach, while six percent believe the Holocaust was a celebration at the end of World War II, according to a poll released by a war veterans' charity.(afp.com)

Police face demonstrators who protested against a gay and lesbian ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:42:18 GMT

(AFP/File) - Police face demonstrators who protested against a gay and lesbian march in Warsaw in 2005. Twenty years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe's homosexuals say they still face a tough struggle for equal rights, plus the kind of verbal abuse and violence rarely seen in the West anymore.(AFP/File/Janek Skarzynski)

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(AFPTV) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:42:18 GMT

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People attend a March of Tolerance in support of gays and lesbians ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:42:18 GMT

(AFP/File) - People attend a March of Tolerance in support of gays and lesbians in Kracow, Poland, in 2008. Twenty years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe's homosexuals say they still face a tough struggle for equal rights, plus the kind of verbal abuse and violence rarely seen in the West anymore.(AFP/File/Pawel Ulatowski)

Priests from the US Metropolitan Church participate in the Gay ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:42:18 GMT

(AFP/File) - Priests from the US Metropolitan Church participate in the Gay Pride march the centre of Riga in June 2007. Twenty years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe's homosexuals say they still face a tough struggle for equal rights, plus the kind of verbal abuse and violence rarely seen in the West anymore.(AFP/File/Janek Skarzynski)

Young Latvianss protest against the Gay Pride march in the centre ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - Young Latvianss protest against the Gay Pride march in the centre of Riga in June 2007. Twenty years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe's homosexuals say they still face a tough struggle for equal rights, plus the kind of verbal abuse and violence rarely seen in the West anymore.(AFP/File/Janek Skarzynski)

A model presents an outfit by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:27:12 GMT

(AFP/File) - A model presents an outfit by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier for Hermes during the ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2010 fashion show in Paris. Sales in Asia helped boost French luxury group Hermes in the third quarter, the company said on Friday, reporting an overall 10-percent rise in sales to 452 million euros (672 million dollars).(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)

Young Latvians protest against the Gay Pride march in a closed ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:58:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - Young Latvians protest against the Gay Pride march in a closed park in center of Riga. Twenty years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe's homosexuals say they still face a tough struggle for equal rights, plus the kind of verbal abuse and violence rarely seen in the West anymore.(AFP/File/Janek Skarzynski)

Two men kiss as they take part in the Baltic Gay Pride rally ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:58:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - Two men kiss as they take part in the Baltic Gay Pride rally in Riga, in May. Twenty years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe's homosexuals say they still face a tough struggle for equal rights, plus the kind of verbal abuse and violence rarely seen in the West anymore.(AFP/File/Ilmars Znotins)

People attend a March of Tolerance in support of gays and lesbians, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:58:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - People attend a March of Tolerance in support of gays and lesbians, in 2008, in Cracow, Poland. Poland was condemned by the European Court of Human Rights after Gay Pride parades were banned in Warsaw in 2004 and 2005 by the then mayor, Lech Kaczynski, who is now the country's president.(AFP/File/Pawel Ulatowski)

Police face demonstrators who protested against a gay and lesbian ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:58:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - Police face demonstrators who protested against a gay and lesbian march, in 2005, in Warsaw. Poland was condemned by the European Court of Human Rights after Gay Pride parades were banned in Warsaw in 2004 and 2005 by the then mayor, Lech Kaczynski, who is now the country's president.(AFP/File/Janek Skarzynski)

File photo shows an elderly investor looking at prices posted ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:45:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows an elderly investor looking at prices posted on an electronic board at a trading house in Taipei. Taiwan's government has proposed changing the law to release adult children of abusive parents from the legal obligation to support them in their dotage, the government said Friday.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)

Peer educators from the Reproductive Health Research Unit (RHRU) ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:35:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - Peer educators from the Reproductive Health Research Unit (RHRU) are pictured walking around the streets of Hillbrow in Johannesburg giving out condoms and leaflets. They also visit bars to talk to men about the importance of safe sex to help prevent the spread of HIV.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)

VIDEO: More people are HIV positive in South Africa than in ...

(AFPTV) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:35:22 GMT

(AFPTV) - VIDEO: More people are HIV positive in South Africa than in any other country in the world. Yet many men still refuse to face up to the problem. A new scheme in Johannesburg hopes to change that, by talking directly to guys in the bars and clubs around town. Duration: 02:21(AFPTV)

A peer educator (left) from the Reproductive Health Research ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:35:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - A peer educator (left) from the Reproductive Health Research Unit is pictured giving out condoms and leaflets as a talks to a man in a bar around Hillbrow in Johannesburg. The image of a hard-drinking, fearless seducer still holds powerful appeal for many South African men, posing a major problem to stopping AIDS in a country where 5.7 million of the 48 million population are HIV positive.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)

Indian Sikh devotees prepare food at the holy shrine of Gurdwara ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:39:19 GMT

(AFP) - Indian Sikh devotees prepare food at the holy shrine of Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hasan Abdal on November 5, the third most sacred city for the followers of the Sikh religion.(AFP/Ghulam Shabbir)

Indian Sikh devotees light candles at the Golden Temple in Amritsar ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:39:19 GMT

(AFP) - Indian Sikh devotees light candles at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 2, the 540th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was born in 1469 in Talwandi, a village in Sheikhupura district, 65 km west of Lahore in Pakistan.(AFP/Narinder Nanu)

Map locating Hasan Abdal in Pakistan. Roads were closed, shops ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:39:19 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Map locating Hasan Abdal in Pakistan. Roads were closed, shops shuttered and police on guard in Hasan Abdal, near Pakistan's capital, as about 2,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims defied advice to honour the founder of the faith.(AFP/Graphic)

Indian Sikhs queue to enter the Golden Temple in Amritsar on ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:39:19 GMT

(AFP) - Indian Sikhs queue to enter the Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 2, the 540th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was born in 1469 in Talwandi, a village in Sheikhupura district, west of Lahore in Pakistan.(AFP/Narinder Nanu)

Kashmiri farmer plucks a crocus in a saffron field in Pampore, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:21:35 GMT

(AFP/File) - Kashmiri farmer plucks a crocus in a saffron field in Pampore, south of Srinagar. The cultivation of saffron, which sells for more than $5,000 a kilogram in India alone, should be a growth industry for Indian Kashmir as the region begins to recover from decades of unrest, but drought, pollution and corruption are threatening its future.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)

Sikhs pilgrims prepare the 'Palki' (transport of Guru) ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:51:25 GMT

(AFP) - Sikhs pilgrims prepare the 'Palki' (transport of Guru) as pilgrims gather at the Nankana Sahib, west of Lahore on November 2, on the 541st birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak. Hundreds of Sikh devotees from across the world are gathering to celebrate the birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak in Nankana Sahib, his birth place.(AFP/Arif Ali)

Indian Sikhs pray at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on November ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:51:25 GMT

(AFP) - Indian Sikhs pray at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 2, the 540th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was born in 1469 in Talwandi, a village in Sheikhupura district, west of Lahore in Pakistan.(AFP/Narinder Nanu)

File photo of a 12-foot (3.65m) Burmese python that was captured ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:08:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo of a 12-foot (3.65m) Burmese python that was captured in the backyard of a home in south Miami, Florida.(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)

VIDEO: Previously unknown in Florida, many species of snakes ...

(AFPTV) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:08:22 GMT

(AFPTV) - VIDEO: Previously unknown in Florida, many species of snakes -- such as boa constrictors and pythons -- are so well adapted to the State's subtropical climate that it's not unusual to see them in the streets of Miami. Duration: 00:01:31(AFPTV)

Joseph Wasilewski, wildlife biologist, captures a wild python ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:08:22 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - Joseph Wasilewski, wildlife biologist, captures a wild python on the side of the Tamiami Trail road that cuts through the Florida Everglades on September 16. Florida homes and swamps more used to dealing with dangerous critters like alligators now face a more foreign invader -- giant pet snakes escaped into the wild whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)

Several records were broken for artists at Sotheby's New ...

(AFPTV) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:19:46 GMT

(AFPTV) - Several records were broken for artists at Sotheby's New York auction of impressionist and modern art Wednesday, with 181 million dollars in sales, above the pre-auction estimate. Duration: 01:41(AFPTV)

Pablo Picasso's "Buste d'homme" is displayed ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:19:46 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Pablo Picasso's "Buste d'homme" is displayed during a preview of Sotheby's fall Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art, on October 30, in New York City. Several records were broken for artists at Sotheby's New York auction of impressionist and modern art, with $181 mln in sales, above the pre-auction estimate.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)

Students observe a globe during their visit to Papalote Children's ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:41:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - Students observe a globe during their visit to Papalote Children's museum in Mexico city in November 4. Children in one of the world's most polluted cities are learning through a new exhibition how carbon dioxide emissions heat and transform the planet.(AFP/File/Luis Acosta)

An exhibit on climate change in Mexico City's Papalote children's ...

(AFPTV) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:41:01 GMT

(AFPTV) - An exhibit on climate change in Mexico City's Papalote children's museum aims to raise awareness of global warning in one of the world?s top oil producers. Children in Mexico City are learning through a new exhibition how carbon dioxide emissions heat and transform the planet. Duration: 01:40(AFPTV)

Picture taken in 2008 in Reims, northeastern France the Champagne ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:59:04 GMT

(AFP/File) - Picture taken in 2008 in Reims, northeastern France the Champagne region's capital. French families will be toasting the holidays with cheap champagne this year thanks to big supermarket chains that are offering "discount bubbly," much to the annoyance of producers.(AFP/File/Francois Nascimbeni)

French families will be toasting the holidays with cheap champagne ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:59:04 GMT

(AFP/File) - French families will be toasting the holidays with cheap champagne this year thanks to big supermarket chains that are offering "discount bubbly," much to the annoyance of producers. France's biggest retailer, Carrefour, is setting the trend for "discount bubbly" just as the industry is struggling with a drop in export sales after several boom years.(AFP/File/Eric Piermont)

A vineyard in France's Champagne region in 2005. French ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:59:04 GMT

(AFP/File) - A vineyard in France's Champagne region in 2005. French families will be toasting the holidays with cheap champagne this year thanks to big supermarket chains that are offering "discount bubbly," much to the annoyance of producers.(AFP/File/Francois Nascimbeni)

An Iraqi philatelist looks through a collection of stamps during ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:21:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Iraqi philatelist looks through a collection of stamps during an auction in central Baghdad. The Philatelic and Numismatic Society of Iraq, established in 1951 at the time of the King, has come to life again following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. Official membership stands at more than 2,000, though only around 80 are active buyers and sellers with the price of stamps rising sharply.(AFP/File/Khalil al-Murshidi)

An Iraqi philatelist shows a stamp collection during an auction ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:21:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Iraqi philatelist shows a stamp collection during an auction in central Baghdad. The Philatelic and Numismatic Society of Iraq, established in 1951 at the time of the King, has come to life again following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. Official membership stands at more than 2,000, though only around 80 are active buyers and sellers with the price of stamps rising sharply.(AFP/File/Khalil al-Murshidi)

Indian writer Sooni Taraporevala is pictured here in 2006. Veteran ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:03:31 GMT

(AFP/File) - Indian writer Sooni Taraporevala is pictured here in 2006. Veteran screenwriter-turned-director has put the spotlight on the Parsis, an ethnic-religious group whose name derives from their Persian origins, in a film and in a book of photography.(AFP/File/Tiziana Fabi)