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The African Cup Of Nations tournament was hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea from January 21st to the 12th of February. Teh African Cup Of Nations tournament always brings with it some exciting football and colorful fans. After all the group stages it was up to the Ivory Coast, with all it’s European based players, to take on outsiders Zambia. After 120 minutes of regular play and a score of 7-7 in the penalty shoot out it was up to Zambian player Sunzu to score the winning goal and give Zambia it’s first ever African Cup Of Nations title. It was an emotional win, not just becasue it was their first major trophy, but also because it was won in the town of Libreville. In 1993 a plane carrying the Zambia national football team crashed in Libreville killing al 30 passengers on board and effectively leaving Zambia without a national football team. Well done Chipolopolos and we hope to see you at the 2014 World Cup. |
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After blue and yellow it’s red’s turn to shine. A volunteers sets up candles in the shape of the African continent as part of a demonstration entitled Africa needs medicine now at the parliament square in Berne, Switzerland December 1, 2005. The event was organized by the AIDS Hilfe Schweiz (Swiss AIDS Aid) and other charity organisations to show a sign of solidarity with HIV/AIDS patients. Rage and remorse marked World AIDS Day in Africa on Thursday as the continent worst hit by the global crisis remembered millions of deaths in a pandemic that even new drug treatments are doing little to slow. A riot policeman holds his shield after a protester threw paint during a rally outside the Greek Parliament in Athens January 10, 2007. Thousands of teachers, students and public servants across the country staged a one-day strike to protest against government plans to reform higher education and introduce private universities. An Indian boy heaps red chillies into a pile to be made into powder at a farm in the village of Kadi on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad February 25, 2004. Chilli powder is used in many parts of Indian kitchens and more than 2,600,000 Kg (5,732,012 pounds) are exported to the U.S., United Kingdom and gulf countries, farmers and dealers said. |
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The local Chinese community in Thailand belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants, during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, will help them obtain good health and peace of mind. They celebrate the vegetarian festival by piercing their own meat and setting of fire crackers. Devotees of the Bang Neow Chinese Shrine walk through exploding firecrackers as they take part in a procession in celebration of the vegetarian festival in Phuket October 2, 2011. The festival celebrates the local Chinese community's belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants,during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, will help them obtain good health and peace of mind. A devotee goes into a trance as he takes part in a procession in celebration of the vegetarian festival in Phuket October 2, 2011. A devotee runs on burning charcoals as he performs the fire walking ceremony, during celebrations for the vegetarian festival. |
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Water, it is all around us and yet so many of us are in short supply of it. |
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Yesterday founder and driving force behind Apple, Steve Jobs died. Steve Jobs was a master marketeer, creating wants for products people didn’t even known they needed. He took good ideas and made them his own by making them better and more accesible. He brought rock and roll to the tech world. He gave us the iPod, iPhone and iPad. In my eyes beautiful products, but let’s not forget Steve Jobs also gave us strictly regulated guidelines in how we could use Apple products, guidelines that go against everything Steve Jobs stood for in his early years, the years of letting creativity run free, not limiting people in their possibilties when using new technologies, letting people think different. It’s a shame he thought this was needed to make his products a success. R.I.P. Steve Jobs. Apple Computer Chief Executive Steve Jobs poses with the company's new iBook portable computer at the MacWorld computer trade show in New York in this July 21, 1999 file photo. Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues. A woman holds an apple with a heart and the name of Steve Jobs written on it in front of a small memorial in his honour. An iPod with the words Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish sits on the sidewalk outside the home of Steve Jobs in Palo Alto, California, in the early morning October 6, 2011. |
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The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001 as the armed forces of the United States of America and the United Kingdom, and the Afghan United Front (Northern Alliance), launched Operation Enduring Freedom, invading the country, in response to the September 11 attacks on the United States, with the stated goal of dismantling the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization and ending its use of Afghanistan as a base. The United States also said that it would remove the Taliban regime from power and create a viable democratic state. 10 Years of the war has resulted in thousands of adead soldiers, thousands of dead Taliban and thousands of dead civilians and the job is still not done. A Canadian soldier of India Company from the NATO-led coalition smokes during a lull in fighting against Taliban insurgents in Sangasar, Zari district in eastern Afghanistan, July 3, 2007. Canadian and Afghan National Army troops engaged Taliban fighters in Sangasar, killing at least two and capturing two more wounded fighters, a Canadian army official said on Tuesday. A soldier with an injured ankle from the US Army's 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division is assisted past his burning M-ATV armored vehicle after it struck an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on a road near Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley in this picture taken July 23, 2010. None of the four soldiers in the vehicle were seriously injured in the explosion. Picture taken July 23, 2010. Anti-Taliban Afghan fighters watch several explosions from U.S. bombings in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan December 16, 2001. Hundreds of al Qaeda fighters have battled to the death in a last stand in eastern Afghanistan, but their leader Osama bin Laden eluded the U.S. dragnet, Afghan commanders said on Sunday. |
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It’s still September, but the world famous Oktoberfest has landed in Munich Germany. For the next two weeks millions of beer drinkers will drink millions of litres of beer and have a good time. A brass band in traditional Bavarian clothes takes part in the Parade of the Landlords and Breweries during the opening of the 178th Oktoberfest in Munich September 17, 2011. Millions of beer drinkers from around the world will come to the Bavarian capital over the next two weeks for the 178th Oktoberfest. A waitress carries the traditional 1-litre beer mugs at the opening of the Munich Oktoberfest September 17, 2011. The world's biggest beer fest runs until October 3. Visitors ride a 90-year-old chain-carousel on the opening day of Oktoberfest in Munich September 17, 2011. Millions of beer drinkers from around the world will come to the Bavarian capital over the next two weeks for the 178th Oktoberfest. |
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We’ve had Blue, Yellow and Red. Time for Green to show us the way. Which set is your favorite? A model displays a creation from John Richmond's Fall/Winter 2006/2007 men's collection during Milan Fashion Week January 17, 2006. People in kayaks navigate the Chicago River after it was dyed green as part of the city's annual St. Patrick's day celebrations in Chicago March 11, 2006. A Chinese boy runs through a field in the countryside of Jinzhai county in China's central province of Anhui in this picture taken July 13, 2004. The number of Chinese living in abject poverty rose by 800,000 last year, the first such increase in 25 years and since the start of economic reforms, one of the top officials on poverty alleviation was quoted on Monday as saying. |
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