In this file photograph taken on June 17, 2009, a Sri Lankan labourer removes dead tea bushes from a plantation in Kotmale. Exotic and organic teas are wooing tea drinkers and challenging traditional black tea's dominance as never before, tea industry experts say, as a tea factory in Dubai bids to become the world's largest. AFP PHOTO
The 113th Independence Day celebration of the Philippines was held at the Consulate General of the Philippines in Colombo yesterday. The picture shows the Consul General W. J. Terrence Perera hoisting the Philippines flag at the event. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja
A man holds his cat clad in a headband with anti-nuclear slogans during a demonstration in Tokyo on June 11, 2011. Thousands of people staged anti-nuclear rallies and demonstrations in Tokyo and elsewhere as radiation continued to leak from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, some 220 kilometres (140 miles) northeast of the capital. AFP PHOTO
A picture taken on June 7, 2011 in Hunawihr, eastern France, in a breeding center dedicated to the reintroduction of the specimen, shows a Great Hamster of Alsace. France is failing in its duty to protect the Great Hamster of Alsace, a cute fur-ball facing extinction with fewer than 200 remaining, the advocate-general of Europe's top court said on June 7, 2011, after the European Commission brought the case, arguing that France has not applie
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Aircraft of the US Air Force air demonstration squadron, the Thunderbirds, fly over Kogalniceanu airport, near Constanta, 230 kms east of Bucharest, on June 8, 2011. The United States and Romania are negotiating the purchase of second-hand F-16 combat aircraft. AFP PHOTO
This handout image made available by the “Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI)” on May 26, 2011 shows the E. coli (EHEC) bacteria. Germany expressed hope that the “worst” of the highly virulent strain of E. coli bacteria (EHEC) outbreak was over as national and European Union health and consumer affairs officials met for urgent talks on the crisis. AFP PHOTO
The picture shows imprisoned former army Commander Sarath Fonseka waving to bystander while being escorted Welikada prison after Court proceedings. Government parliamentarian Rajiva Wijesinha and JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake gave evidence before the Trial at bar in the White flag case today. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja
A South Korean Army's K-1 tank releases smoke bombs to hide itself during the U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise against possible attacks by North Korea, at a shooting range near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 45 km (28 miles) north of Seoul, June 8, 2011. The two Koreas are technically still at war and station about 1 million troops near their respective sides of the demilitarized zone that has divid
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Fire is seen at Rixos hotel where foreign journalists are staying in Tripoli June 9, 2011. About 100 people, most of them journalists, were evacuated to the parking lot just before 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) after the blaze was discovered. There were no reports of injuries and the fire was put out about an hour later. REUTERS
Emergency workers look into a bus lying on its side after an accident near the Austrian village of Melk, about 125 kilometres (78 miles) west of Vienna, June 8, 2011. Thirty-five people were seriously injured in the accident when the bus slipped from the road and crashed, police reported. REUTERS
The International Space Station is seen with the docked space shuttle Endeavour in this photo provided by NASA and taken May 23, 2011. The photo was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking and is the first-ever image of a space shuttle docked to the International Space Station. Picture taken May 23, 2011. REUTERS
An elephant attacks a calf in Mysore, a town in India's southern Karnataka state, in this still image taken from video June 8, 2011. Two elephants went on a rampage in the town, after entering from a nearby forest, killing one man and injuring two calves. Forest rangers and officials from the Mysore Zoo eventually managed to tranquilise and capture the animals, which are due to be released back into the forest later. It cannot be confirmed
A view shows the construction site of Poland's National Stadium, built for Euro 2012 one year before the opening match of the soccer championships, in Warsaw June 8, 2011. Poland has agreed to delay the opening of the National Stadium in Warsaw by several months, without levying a large penalty on its builders led by Alpine Bau, a unit of Spain's FCC, a source said. REUTERS
The Rights Dialogue together with the Committee for the Investigation of the Disappeared and the Free Media Movement staged a protest campaign marking 500 days after the disappearance of Lanka-E-News journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda. Seen here are protestors during the campaign. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja
Still image taken from footage broadcasted by Libyan state TV shows Muammar Gaddafi greeting a tribal leader in an unknown location June 7, 2011. The Libyan leader, wearing dark glasses and traditional robes, was greeting the leaders in a small room without windows. The news anchor said the meeting had taken place on Tuesday. REUTERS
An aircraft belonging to Austral with ash on it from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain remains standred on the tarmac of the sky resort San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina's Patagonia June 6, 2011. A volcano dormant for decades erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching an ash cloud more than 6 miles (10 km) high that blew over the Andes and carpeted the resort in neighboring Argentina. The eruption in the Puyehue-Cor
An employee sweeps up grains in a warehouse in the the village of Konstantinovo, some 60 km (37 miles) from the Southern Russian city of Stavropol June 7, 2011. Russia's decision to lift its grain export ban from July could put some downward pressure on market prices but with an uncertain crop outlook in the United States and in major EU producers, it said international prices are expected to remain volatile. REUTERS
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