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Iranian villagers stand on a hillside in the ruins of the village of Dahouyeh, 9 miles north of Zarand, February 22, 2005 after a tremor with a magnitude of 6.4 struck the region. A powerful earthquake struck southeast Iran, killing 400 people, injuring hundreds and turning remote mountain villages into rubble, officials said. (Photo by Raheb Homavandi/ Reuters, 2/22/05).


A television grab shows an overall view of a damaged village near the town of Zarand in the Kerman province, southeast of Tehran, February 22, 2005. A powerful earthquake hit southeast Iran, killing almost 400 people, injuring hundreds and destroying some villages, a local official said. (Photo by Reuters, 2/22/05).


A number of Palestinian freed political prisoners who were released from Israeli occupation prisons, visiting the grave of the Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat, reciting the Fateha on his soul, in Ramallah yesterday (Annahar, 2/22/05).


President Mahmoud Abbas welcoming in his office in Ramallah a number of Palestinian freed political prisoners, who were released from Israeli occupation prisons, yesterday (Annahar, 2/22/05).


Russian forces announced the killing of the Kuwaiti Islamic fighter Abu Zaid, who is also known as Abu Omar Al-Kuwaiti. He was a fighter in the Chechen resistance. (Assafir 2/22/05).


An Egyptian demonstrator in Cairo protesting against renewal of President Mubarak's bid for a new term. (Assafir, 2/22/05).


Lebanese demonstrate in Beirut a week after the assassination of Rafiq Al-Hariri, demanding the Syrian troops to leave Lebanon. (Annahar, 2/22/05).


Egyptian demonstrator in front of the Cairo University protesting against renewal of President Mubarak's bid for a fifth term. (Annahar, 2/22/05).


Leader of the Portuguese Socialist Party, Jose Scrats, celebrating winning the elections in Lisbon yesteray (Annahar, 2/22/05).


Margaret Wolstroem, Deputy of the EU Commissioner, welcoming the Spanish YES to the EU Constitution (Annahar, 2/22/05).


Iranian President Mohammad Khatami speaks with media during a news conference at Tehran's Sa'adabad Palace, February 23, 2005. President Bush should be aware that the United States would pay a heavier price than Iran if it tried to encroach on the Islamic state's independence, Khatami said. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters, 2/22/05).


Israeli occupation soldiers beating peaceful Palestinian demonstrators protesting the Israeli Apartheid, Land-Grab Wall in Ramallah yesterday. (Assafir, 2/23/05).


US marines reacting to the loss of a comrade in Iraq. (Alquds Alarabi, 2/23/05).


People march during an anti U.S. President George W. Bush demonstration in the south-western German city of Mainz February 23, 2005. Police turned the small Rhine River town of Mainz into a fortress in preparation for President Bush's visit Wednesday. In one of Germany's biggest post-war security operations, frogmen searched the Rhine for explosives, 1,300 manhole covers were welded shut and thousands of local residents were displaced. (REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski, 2/23/05).


Protestors dressed as cows march during an anti-U.S. President George W. Bush demonstration in the south-western German city of Mainz, February 23, 2005. About 12,000 protesters, many carrying banners reading 'Bush go home,' 'No. 1 Terrorist' and 'Warmonger,' marched through the German city of Mainz but were mostly kept away from the visiting U.S. president., (Reuters, 2/23/05).


Belgian police clashing with demonstrators protesting the Bush visit to Brussels yesterday (Annahar, 2/23/05).


Anti-Bush protests in Brussels yesterday. (Al-Khaleej, 2/23/05).


Saudi Crown Prince, Abdullah, meeting with the two sons of Rafiq Al-Hariri, Sa'ad and Baha', in Riyadgh yesterday. Al-Hariris are also Saudi citizens. (Assafir, 2/23/05).


Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed al-Mualem (R) reads an official statement at the Foreign Ministry in Damascus, February 24, 2005 with spokeswoman Bushra Kanafani. Syria said it was ready to work with the United Nations to implement a Security Council resolution requiring Syrian troops to leave Lebanon. (Photo by Khaled Al-Hariri/Reuters, 2/25/05).


President George W. Bush shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the beginning of their meeting at Bratislava Castle in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, February 24, 2005. The United States and Russia agreed to enhance nuclear security cooperation and to try to complete negotiations on Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) this year. (Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters, 2/25/05).


A wounded Iraqi police officer leaves hospital after receiving treatment for injuries caused in a suicide attack, which targeted the station where he works in the city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, February 24, 2005. A suicide car bomber attacked a police station in northern Iraq, killing at least 12 people and highlighting the profound security challenges Iraq's new government will face once it is formed. (Photo by Stringer/Iraq/Reuters, 2/25/05).


An elderly Palestinian man participates in a demonstration against the Israeli security barrier in Ramallah, 23 Feb 2005 (REUTERS/ Loay Abu Haykel, 2/25/05).


Syrian soldiers gather at their base in Aley village in Lebanon, February 24,2005. Lebanon's defence Minister Abdel Rahim Murad said on Thursday Syrian forces would soon start redeploying to Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley in line with a 16-year-old agreement. Syria said it was ready to work with the United Nations to implement a Security Council resolution requiring its troops to leave Lebanon but said speeding up the pullout would require stronger Lebanese security forces. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir, 2/25/05).


Indian policemen carry the body of a civilian killed in a militant attack on a government building in Srinagar, February 24, 2005. One or two militants stormed into a government building with about 100 employees inside in Indian Kashmir's main city on Thursday, killing a soldier, a civilian and wounding four others, police said. (REUTERS/Danish Ismail, 2/25/05).


Somali President, Abdullah Yousuf Ahmed, arriving to his country from Kenya for the first time after being elected president (Assafir, 2/25/05).


Boutafliqa and Zapatero greeting the honor guards after the arrival of the Algerian President to Madrid yesterday (Assafir, 2/25/05).


President Jacques Chirac meeting with the Iranian Security Chief, Hassan Rouhani, in Paris yesterday (Assafir, 2/25/05).


Muhammed Dahlan taking the oath before the Palestinian President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of Parliament, as a member of the new Palestinian cabinet (Assafir, 2/25/05).


Indonesia's Metro TV reporter Meutya Hafid (L), accompanied by cameraman Budiyanto, speaks after arriving at the presidential palace in Jakarta. The two journalists, who were held captive in Iraq, arrived in Indonesia on Thursday. (REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni, 2/25/05).

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