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Actors bow for a curtain call following the 2009 Shakespeare ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:03:02 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Actors bow for a curtain call following the 2009 Shakespeare in the Park opening night performance of "Twelfth Night" at the Delacorte Theater in New York. New York city has a long summer tradition of Shakespeare in Central Park, but now thanks to the Royal Shakespeare Company, it's about to get a dose of keen authenticity: the Bard in the round.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Loccisano)

VIDEO: The Czechs love their beer -- all 155 litres of it consumed ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:52:24 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO: The Czechs love their beer -- all 155 litres of it consumed per person, per year, according to statistics from 2008. The country is equally famous for its own excellent brews. The global economic downturn, however, has had an impact on brewers and Czech beer lovers alike. Duration: 01:53(AFP)

Czech Budweiser beers leave the production line at the Budejovicky ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:52:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - Czech Budweiser beers leave the production line at the Budejovicky Budvar brewery in Ceske Budejovice, southern Bohemia. Czechs have kept their position as the world's keenest beer guzzlers, largely shrugging off the global downturn which has nonetheless changed their drinking patterns.(AFP/File/Michal Cizek)

Former quality chief of Czech Budweiser company Jan Kratky is ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:52:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - Former quality chief of Czech Budweiser company Jan Kratky is seen speaking about the product at the Budejovicky Budvar brewery in Ceske Budejovice, southern Bohemia. For generations, Czechs have been renowned as a nation of beer lovers, drinking more than any other nation in the world.(AFP/File/Michal Cizek)

Technician is seen sampling Czech Budweiser beer from the vat ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:52:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - Technician is seen sampling Czech Budweiser beer from the vat at the Budejovicky Budvar brewery in Ceske Budejovice, southern Bohemia. For generations, Czechs have been renowned as a nation of beer lovers, drinking more than any other nation in the world.(AFP/File/Michal Cizek)

This photo taken in 2009 shows tourists riding on the boat along ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:07:47 GMT

(AFP/File) - This photo taken in 2009 shows tourists riding on the boat along the Singapore river. Singapore welcomed 9.7 million visitors in 2009, down 4.3 percent from 2008 but exceeding forecasts due to an aggressive marketing campaign amid a global recession, the government said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)

Iuliana Hagiu talks to a Spanish employer during a recruitment ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:06:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - Iuliana Hagiu talks to a Spanish employer during a recruitment interview in a labour office on February 4 in Calarasi. Despite the rise of Spain's unemployment, Spanish employers keep recruiting strawberry pickers from Romania.(AFP/File/Andrei Pungovschi)

Romanian women applying for a job in Spain wait for an interview ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:06:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - Romanian women applying for a job in Spain wait for an interview in a labour office on February 4 in Calarasi. Despite the rise of Spain's unemployment, Spanish employers keep recruiting strawberry pickers from Romania.(AFP/File/Andrei Pungovschi)

Nicoleta Tintea (C) struggles with paperwork before an interview ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:06:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - Nicoleta Tintea (C) struggles with paperwork before an interview in a labour office on February 4 in Calarasi. Despite the rise of Spain's unemployment, Spanish employers keep recruiting strawberry pickers from Romania.(AFP/File/Andrei Pungovschi)

Indian brides and grooms take part in a mass marriage ceremony ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:05:21 GMT

(AFP/File) - Indian brides and grooms take part in a mass marriage ceremony during a religious conference in Salbari village on the outskirts of Siliguri in 2009. India is considering new legislation to deal specifically with honour killings and provide stringent punishments to curb a rise in cases, a home ministry official said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)

Uzbek photographer Umida Akhmedova (R) sits in a courtroom with ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:04:01 GMT

(AFP) - Uzbek photographer Umida Akhmedova (R) sits in a courtroom with her lawyer before the start of her trial in Tashkent.The award-winning photographer went on trial for slander Tuesday after her work documenting the daily struggles of ordinary people in the Central Asian state landed her in hot water.(AFP)

Portrait taken in 1938 at Princeton University of physicist ...

(AFP/ACME/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:02:22 GMT

(AFP/ACME/File) - Portrait taken in 1938 at Princeton University of physicist Albert Einstein, author of theory of relativity. A cousin of Einstein's first wife is campaigning to have her remains repatriated to Serbia from Switzerland, a daily reported Tuesday.(AFP/ACME/File)

A Maronite monk checks the colours of the "Adyar" ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:45:49 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Maronite monk checks the colours of the "Adyar" organic wine at the reserve of the Kfifan monastery in the Batrun mountains, northeast of Beirut. With faith on their side and blessed harvests, Lebanon's Christian Maronite monks have injected a touch of modern marketing savvy into their age-old wine-making tradition to launch the country's first certified organic wine.(AFP/File/Joseph Eid)

A Maronite monk checks the quality of the "Adyar" ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:45:49 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Maronite monk checks the quality of the "Adyar" organic wine at the reserve of the Kfifan monastery in the Batrun mountains, northeast of Beirut. With faith on their side and blessed harvests, Lebanon's Christian Maronite monks have injected a touch of modern marketing savvy into their age-old wine-making tradition to launch the country's first certified organic wine.(AFP/File/Joseph Eid)

A Maronite monk checks the quality of the "Adyar" ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:45:49 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Maronite monk checks the quality of the "Adyar" organic wine at the reserve of the monastery of Mar Mussa in the mountains northeast of Beirut. With faith on their side and blessed harvests, Lebanon's Christian Maronite monks have injected a touch of modern marketing savvy into their age-old wine-making tradition to launch the country's first certified organic wine.(AFP/File/Joseph Eid)

A Maronite monk walks toward the vineyards where the "Adyar" ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:45:49 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Maronite monk walks toward the vineyards where the "Adyar" organic wine is produced at the Kfifan monastery in the Batrun mountains, northeast of Beirut. With faith on their side and blessed harvests, Lebanon's Christian Maronite monks have injected a touch of modern marketing savvy into their age-old wine-making tradition to launch the country's first certified organic wine.(AFP/File/Joseph Eid)

Dancers in traditional costumes participate of the celebration ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:31:38 GMT

(AFP/File) - Dancers in traditional costumes participate of the celebration of the Pisco Sour Day in Lima, on February 6. Pisco Sour - a Peruvian traditional cocktail - has its own National Day with parties along the country, pisco pies and free tasting.(AFP/File)

People wait to be served pisco sour - a Peruvian traditional ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:31:38 GMT

(AFP/File) - People wait to be served pisco sour - a Peruvian traditional cocktail - during the celebration of the Pisco Sour Day in Lima, on February 6. Peruvians celebrate the Pisco Sour Day with parties along the country, pisco pies and free tasting of the cocktail that in the last years has had a peak in exports.(AFP/File)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) and his Peruvian counterpart ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:31:38 GMT

(AFP/File) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) and his Peruvian counterpart Alan Garcia are pictured toasting with a traditional Peruvian Pisco Sour drink during a meeting in Lima, in 2008. Pisco has already been proclaimed part of Peru's cultural heritage. The next step is to get Peru's pisco and gastronomy recognized internationally, and put it on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)

When Nadjib Sirat laces up his climbing boots to become the ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:04:47 GMT

(AFP/File) - When Nadjib Sirat laces up his climbing boots to become the first Afghan to scale the world's highest mountain, he will be driven by passion, not by the politics of his blighted homeland. The 30-year-old believes that by becoming "the world's highest Afghan," he can draw attention to what his country has to offer besides war, poverty, misery and terror.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)

An Indian tiger rests inside his enclosure at the zoo in Ahmedabad. ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Indian tiger rests inside his enclosure at the zoo in Ahmedabad. Conservation group WWF-India has enlisted the support of sports stars and celebrities to raise awareness of the threat to tigers in India, citing government estimates that there are just over 1,400 tigers left in the wild.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)

Fact file the global tiger population, estimated to be at an ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:15 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Fact file the global tiger population, estimated to be at an all-time low of 3,200, down from an estimated 20,000 in the 1980s. 2010 is the year of the Tiger according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar.(AFP/Graphic)

Indian forest workers watch as a rescued tigress leaps into ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - Indian forest workers watch as a rescued tigress leaps into the river Sundarikati on being released from a cage at Sunderbans, some 150 kms south of Kolkata. WWF-India has been working since 1973 to protect tigers, leading to the creation of special reserves and protected areas in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)

File photo shows a rescued tigress crossing the river Sundarikati ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows a rescued tigress crossing the river Sundarikati after being released by the forest workers at Sunderbans. A British-based organisation, the Environmental Investigation Agency, said last year China -- which is believed to have fewer than 50 wild tigers -- was turning a blind eye to the lucrative illegal trade in tiger parts and pelts.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)

Dubai's Burj Khalifa tower, the new tallest building in ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:34:23 GMT

(AFP/File) - Dubai's Burj Khalifa tower, the new tallest building in the world. The observation deck of Dubai's Burj Khalifa has been closed for repairs only a month after the iconic tower was inaugurated, the developers said(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)

Nursing staff take care of new-born babies wrapped in Hello ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:24:51 GMT

(AFP/File) - Nursing staff take care of new-born babies wrapped in Hello Kitty blankets at Hau Sheng hospital in Yuanlin, in Changhua county, central Taiwan, on January 2009. Taiwan's birth rate hit a record low in 2009, making it amongst the lowest in the world, the government said Sunday.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)

A farmer carries peach blossom on the bank of the Red River ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:12:53 GMT

(AFP/File) - A farmer carries peach blossom on the bank of the Red River in Hanoi. For Vietnamese peach blossom farmers, the trees are not just a good luck charm but also a lucrative money-earner for which wealthy residents in the Vietnamese capital are prepared to pay a premium.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)

A customer looks at a peach blossom in central Hanoi. For Vietnamese ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:12:53 GMT

(AFP/File) - A customer looks at a peach blossom in central Hanoi. For Vietnamese peach blossom farmers, the trees are not just a good luck charm but also a lucrative money-earner for which wealthy residents in the Vietnamese capital are prepared to pay a premium.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)

A woman works on an allotment with blossoming peach trees on ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:12:53 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman works on an allotment with blossoming peach trees on the banks of the Red River in Hanoi. For Vietnamese peach blossom farmers, the trees are not just a good luck charm but also a lucrative money-earner for which wealthy residents in the Vietnamese capital are prepared to pay a premium.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)

A farmer carries fresh cut peach blossom on a farm on the banks ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:12:53 GMT

(AFP/File) - A farmer carries fresh cut peach blossom on a farm on the banks of the Red River in Hanoi. For Vietnamese peach blossom farmers, the trees are not just a good luck charm but also a lucrative money-earner for which wealthy residents in the Vietnamese capital are prepared to pay a premium.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)

File photo shows two women recruits standing in front of their ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:08:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows two women recruits standing in front of their peers as they participate in a graduation ceremony for more Iraqi Police students in southern Baghdad. Official Iraqi statistics show that there are 102 men for every 100 women, but the ratio varies significantly depending on the age group, underpinning the plight of Iraq's single women.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

With a long succession of wars since the 1980s, Iraq has lost ...

(AFPTV) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:08:15 GMT

(AFPTV) - With a long succession of wars since the 1980s, Iraq has lost many thousands of soldiers -- the vast majority of them men. The country now faces a severe demographic imbalance, with more and more women winding up unmarried -- a stigma in conservative Muslim society. Duration: 01:57(AFPTV)

Iraqi women wash their utensils in a drying canal in the village ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:08:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - Iraqi women wash their utensils in a drying canal in the village of Ghazali, near the holy city of Najaf, in central Iraq, in November 2009. During the first five months of 2006, at the height of the sectarian blood-letting, between 90 and 100 Iraqi women lost their husbands each day, according to Iraq's association for women's rights.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)

A nurse prepares a falcon for an operation at the Abu Dhabi ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:58:38 GMT

(AFP) - A nurse prepares a falcon for an operation at the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (ADFH) in January. The ADFH was established in 1999 and is the largest falcon hospaital in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a patient influx of more than 35,000 and a loyal clientel not only in the UAE, but also in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain.(AFP/Karim Sahib)

A nurse treats a falcon at the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (ADFH) ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:58:38 GMT

(AFP) - A nurse treats a falcon at the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (ADFH) on January 28, 2010. Hunting with falcons is a longstanding tradition in the Arab Gulf states. The late Abu Dhabi emir and UAE founder Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan was a notable devotee.(AFP/Karim Sahib)

A nurse perpares a falcon for an operation at the Abu Dhabi ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:58:38 GMT

(AFP) - A nurse perpares a falcon for an operation at the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (ADFH) on January 28, 2010. The hospital conducts routine checkups on falcons, which usually include blood work, an X-ray, a faecal sample and checking the falcon's internal organs for problems. Falconers bring in their birds for checkups, which usually take a few hours, two to four times a year.(AFP/Karim Sahib)

African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela and wife ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:13:27 GMT

(AFP/File) - African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie raise fists upon Mandela release from Victor Verster prison, 11 February 1990 in Paarl. Josephine Mji was a teenager when Mandela walked out of prison 20 years ago. South Africa's fortunes have soared since then, but the mother of three is still struggling to escape poverty and enjoy her freedom.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

Catherine Jeremiah, 73, sits in front of her house in a small ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:13:27 GMT

(AFP) - Catherine Jeremiah, 73, sits in front of her house in a small mixed-race community in Kliptown, south of Johannesburg. Jeremiah blames the South African politicians who came after Mandela for not living up to his ideals.(AFP/Stephane de Sakutin)

Soweto township back in 1988. It is now renowned as the home ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:13:27 GMT

(AFP) - Soweto township back in 1988. It is now renowned as the home of the country's largest black middle class.(AFP/Walter Dhladhla)

Haitians bet money as they watch a cockfight on February 6.(AFP/File/Thony ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:16:52 GMT

(AFP/File) - Haitians bet money as they watch a cockfight on February 6.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)

Haitian men observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:16:52 GMT

(AFP) - Haitian men observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the earthquake in Haiti before the start of a cockfight on February 6. The cockfighting must go on, even after earthquakes, so the roosters have been bathed, their claws sharpened, and they wait in cages in the red-carpeted ring, the crowd anxious and gripping cash.(AFP/Thony Belizaire)

A fine Armagnac bottle set for auction in 2009. France's ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:13:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - A fine Armagnac bottle set for auction in 2009. France's oldest spirit, Armagnac, is celebrating its 700th birthday with a new marketing push vaunting its "40 virtues" as a drink that is good for the body and good for the soul.(AFP/File/Eric Piermont)

VIDEO - Armagnac is celebrating 700 years of existence. Connoisseurs ...

(AFPTV) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:13:01 GMT

(AFPTV) - VIDEO - Armagnac is celebrating 700 years of existence. Connoisseurs in France and worldwide are raising a glass to the spirit, a neighbour to another French classic, Cognac, claiming that a bit of 17th-century eau-de-vie goes a long way to soothing both body and soul. Duration: 01:24(AFPTV)

A pupil attends a class at a privately-run primary school in ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:10:48 GMT

(AFP/File) - A pupil attends a class at a privately-run primary school in the Zimbabwean capital Harare in January 2010 under the close watch of teacher Rosemary Rwizi (R). New private schools run by individuals, families and organisations are sprouting across the country, often inside homes, in yards and in plots designated by the municipalities, offering an alternative to parents.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)

VIDEO - Things have improved in Zimbabwe since the formation ...

(AFPTV) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:10:48 GMT

(AFPTV) - VIDEO - Things have improved in Zimbabwe since the formation of the unity government a year ago, but even the most basic infrastructure and government services suffer from a dire lack of resources. Schools have it particularly tough -- with up to 50 children per class, and one book shared between 20 -- and some parents are turning to a growing number of private schools. Duration: 02:24.(AFPTV)

Pupils attend a class at a privately-run primary school in the ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:10:48 GMT

(AFP) - Pupils attend a class at a privately-run primary school in the Zimbabwean capital Harare in January 2010 under the close watch of teacher Tinotenda Chikumbirike (L). New private schools run by individuals, families and organisations are sprouting across the country, often inside homes, in yards and in plots designated by the municipalities, offering an alternative to parents.(AFP/Desmond Kwande)

Pupils attend a class at a privately-run primary school in the ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:10:48 GMT

(AFP/File) - Pupils attend a class at a privately-run primary school in the Zimbabwean capital Harare in January 2010. At the height of Zimbabwe's hyperinflation in 2008, when prices rose several times a day and the local currency became worthless, qualified and experienced teachers left to seek better-paid jobs in neighbouring South Africa or Botswana, or as far away as Britain and Australia.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)

Revelers of the Viradouro samba school perform atop a float ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:50:17 GMT

(AFP/File) - Revelers of the Viradouro samba school perform atop a float in the first night of carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2008. A row has erupted in Brazil over the choice of a young girl to be "queen" of Viradouro samba school during Rio de Janeiro's famous Carnival -- a role usually handed to sensuous women.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)

Two men skate on the 11 km ice skating track at the frozen Lipno ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:14:06 GMT

(AFP) - Two men skate on the 11 km ice skating track at the frozen Lipno dam on Vltava river, near the town of Frymburk, in January 2010. Lipno lake in the southern Czech Republic is something of a curiosity. Not only is it the country's biggest body of water but in the chilly Czech winters it is arguably the world's longest naturally frozen ice rink.(AFP/Michal Cizek)

VIDEO - At 10 kilometres long and six metres wide, it surely ...

(AFPTV) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:14:06 GMT

(AFPTV) - VIDEO - At 10 kilometres long and six metres wide, it surely has to be the world?s biggest ice rink. The enormous expanse of water in the south of the Czech Republic is a proving a major attraction for thousands of winter weekend visitors -- and also a shortcut for adventurous motorists. Duration: 01:48(AFPTV)