Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:30:01 +0100 (Reuters) - A stray dog sleeps on a snow-covered street in Bucharest January 26, 2012. Heavy snow and blizzards have swept across Romania over the past two days, not only causing chaotic traffic, blocking motorways and leaving hundreds stranded in snow, but also forcing the closure of the country's main Black Sea port.
REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (ROMANIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)
A man cleans the steps in front of a covered statue of Mayawati, ...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A man cleans the steps in front of a covered statue of Mayawati, the chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in Lucknow January 16, 2012. Although she presides over one of the most poverty-plagued states of India -- its per-capita income is just above 50 percent of the national average -- Kumari Mayawati's extraordinary personal extravagance preserves a tradition set over the centuries by a succession of rulers in the plains of the river Ganges. Picture taken January 16, 2012. To match Insight INDIA-ELECTION/ REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS)
Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner steps through a flowerbed during ...
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:10:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner steps through a flowerbed during her tour of the Green Week Agriculture and Food fair in Berlin, January 20, 2012. The annual exhibition of food stuffs and agricultural products is one of the world's largest of its kind. It opens its doors to the public on January 20. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS AGRICULTURE)
A migrant worker sleeps as he waits for his train outside Shanghai's ...
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A migrant worker sleeps as he waits for his train outside Shanghai's railway station, January 19, 2012. Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the biggest of two "Golden Week" holidays, giving migrant workers their only chance of the year to return to their home provinces with gifts for their families. More than 200 million people are expected to take to the railways over this year's holiday, the biggest movement of humanity in the world. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT)
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:20:17 +0100 Hong Kong (Reuters) - China at one time may have been better known for fashion knockoffs than catwalk creations, but Chinese haute-couture is now finding its feet on the international stage -- even as it grows ever more popular with customers at home. Chinese designers have been front and centre at Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2012, which ends on Thursday, taking advantage of the nearly 2,000 exhibitors from 26 countries and regions to make their mark. ... (Source: Reuters)
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