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Prince Harry in Afghanistan 2008-03-07 14:09:00 Prince Harry
has left behind his duties in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan
. His tour was cut short by a media leak and he returned to the UK on Saturday.Harry, a second lieutenant in the Household Cavalry, was initially sent to an important but isolated British outpost. But he moved to work nearer the front line at Garmsir.Everyday life began with army rations - his breakfast recipe for jam, butter and biscuits was garnered from Fijian troopers.The prince also lived and worked with a unit of Gurkhas. He felt that with them, there was "no safer place to be", despite being in sight of front-line Taleban positions.During the 10 weeks before the prince's cover was blown, he was a tactical air controller - calling up allied air cover in support of ground forces - and went out on foot pat Read more:Prince
, Prince Harry
International Yoga Festival 2008 2008-02-25 15:18:00 The International
Yoga Festival
has been celebrated for the last 15 years. This year the event was hosted by the city of Pondicherry in India from January 4th-7th 2008. This festival generally attracts Yogis and Yoginis around the world. The event consisted of practical Yoga classes and discussions on the various topics of Yoga.[Ursi's Blog]
7,200 bananas on a giant wall 2008-02-20 13:36:00 Stefan Sagmeister's works are on display at Deitch in NYC, January 31, 2008 -- February 23, 2008 @ 76 Grand Street, New York. The bananas
you see here are real, all 7,200 of them on a giant
wall.
Romantics around the world are celebrating Valentine's Day 2008-02-14 15:44:00 On Valentine
's Day, gifts - from inexpensive to extravagant - are given as expressions of love. Here, a Filipino man sells heart-shaped balloons in Manila.In Gaza, local carnations are the basic flowers on offer because of the Israeli blockade of the territory which has resulted in other flower varieties being kept out.Iraqi women shop for gifts in a shop in the capital, Baghdad.With this year's violence in Kenya affecting much of the country, roadblocks and barricades on the streets have made it harder to get flowers to market for Valentine's.The day is celebrated with flowers in the Vietnamese city of Hanoi......while in Shanghai a Chinese man buys a bouquet from a flower seller.In Japan, chocolate is a favoured gift, and these women take a special chocolate bath at a hot spring resort i Read more:Romantics
Seoul landmark fire 2008-02-12 15:32:00 A 14th Century gate widely seen as South Korea's most treasured attraction has been ravaged by a fire that broke out late on Sunday.Namdaemun, or the Great South Gate, was the oldest wooden structure in Seoul
. It served as the city's main entrance when it became South Korea's capital more than 600 years ago.More than 100 firefighters tried to extinguish the blaze, firing hoses from every angle.But their efforts were not enough to prevent the two-storey superstructure crumbling as the flames ripped through it.By Monday morning, only the stone base of the gate was left. According to initial estimates, it will take three years and $21m to restore.South Koreans spoke of their anguish at losing the gate, which was re-opened to the public two years ago for the first time since 1907.[BBC]
World Press Photo Award 2008 2008-02-10 15:46:00 This combo picture shows the pictures taken by Fei Maohua, a Xinhua News Agency photographer based in China, who won the second prize of the Sports Action Stories category. The prize-winning entries of the WorldPressPhoto
Contest 2008, the world's largest annual press photography contest, were announced Feb. 8, 2008.This picture shows Gu Beibei and her teammates of the Chinese synchronized swimming team practise their routine on the ground during a training session for the coming XII FINA World Swimming Championships in Beijing, capital of China, Mar. 06, 2007. The picture is taken by Fei Maohua, a Xinhua News Agency photographer based in China, who won the second prize of the Sports Action Stories category.This picture shows Lauren Mitchell of Australia is reflected in the screen of a s Read more:Award
Lunar New Year 2008 2008-02-08 16:01:00 People around the world have been celebrating Lunar
New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, and welcoming in the Year of the Rat.Many chose to start the celebrations with a visit to a Buddhist temple, like these people in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.Despite the cold weather, thousands of people gathered at temples in Beijing to mark the most important annual festival in much of East Asia.In Indonesia, where the celebration was banned for years by recently deceased leader Suharto, ethnic Chinese people burned incense and offered prayers.Every year millions of people travel home to be with their families for the holiday. In parts of China, families make dumplings to symbolise luck and reunion.But not everyone can be with their loved ones, like this man in South Korea who offered pr
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