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Mount Lokon spews hot lava and volcanic ash during an eruption in Tomohon in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province July 14, 2011. Indonesia's Mount Lokon erupted to spew hot lava and volcanic ash as high as 1,500 metres (5,000 feet) in the north of Sulawesi island, prompting panicked residents to flee the agricultural area, a government official said on Friday. Picture taken July 14, 2011. REUTERS
A whale shark (Rhincodon typus) swims in the Caribbean Sea in Isla Mujeres July 14, 2011.The Whale Shark Annual Festival has been taking place in Isla Mujeres since 2008 to promote eco-tourism, and the conservation of this species considered vulnerable under the the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. REUTERS
An anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) poster is stuck to a window outside the Dawson Street offices where the European Commission, ECB and IMF held a joint news conference outlining Ireland's progress in meeting it's targets as part of the EU/IMF bailout, Dublin July 14, 2011. Rating agencies may be overestimating the risks associated with the current euro zone debt crisis and were it not for the contagion risk, Irish bond spreads wou
Today is Esala full moon Poya day, which is celebrated by Buddhists Island wide. Esala Poya is significant to Buddhists as the day Lord Buddha preached his first dhamma sermon, the 'Dhamma Chakka Pavattana Sutta'. The picture shows devotees at the Kelaniya temple taking part in religious observances. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
Farmers harvest wheat at a field near Mezokovesd, 130 km (80.8 miles) east of Budapest, July 13, 2011. Hungary's Agriculture Ministry estimated the 2011 wheat crop at 3.93 million tonnes, slightly above 3.76 million tonnes harvested last year but still 10 percent below the average of the 2006-2010 period. On top of domestic needs, the ministry has said some of the wheat harvested would be available for export. REUTERS
Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Badiuddin, Minister of National Integration Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan and MP Hunais Farook at a press briefing today at the Government Information Department centre to describe the development works and resettlement activities in North. Pic by Pradeep K. Pathirana
A car is seen damaged at the site of a bomb explosion in the Dadar area of Mumbai July 13, 2011. Three explosions rocked crowded districts of India's financial capital of Mumbai during rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, media said, in the biggest attack on the city since 2008 assaults blamed on Pakistan-based militants. REUTERS
Three men were arrested and 500,000 illegally imported cigarettes under the brand name Gold Seal seized from a house in Negombo by the Excise Department Narcotics Division today. The cigarettes valued at Rs.4 million were packed in 2,500 cartons and found hidden in a shop. The tax loss on this illegal imported consignment of cigarettes had been estimated at Rs.7.5 million. The pictures seen here are the Excise Department officials checking the
Transport Minister Kumara Welgama this morning introduced brand new luxury buses for six bus routes Moratuwa-Fort, Kesbewa-Fort, Negambo-Fort, Nittambuwa-Fort, Kaduwela-Fort and Homagama-Fort. Minister Welgama went on a trial ride with other ministry officials at the Galle Face Green. Pic by Nisal Baduge
Flowers and a children's swimming ring float on the water at the river port in Kazan on July 12, 2011, some 800 kilometres east from Moscow. Russia mourned its worst river disaster after the shock discovery that up to 40 children were trapped in a playroom on the pleasure boat that sank with 120 people on board. AFP PHOTO
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Participants run with Fuente Ymbro's fighting bulls during the fifth San Fermin Festival bull run, on July 11, 2011, in Pamplona, northern Spain. The festival is a symbol of Spanish culture that attracts thousands of tourists to watch the bull runs despite heavy condemnation from animal rights groups. AFP
Sandy Coleman of NASA contractor ATK, photographs the space shuttle Atlantis on launch pad 39A after the Rotating Service Structure was rolled back at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 7, 2011. Launch of Atlantis is scheduled for July 8 with a crew of four aboard the final STS-135 mission of the space shuttle program. REUTERS
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