Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:10:08 +0100 (AP) - Asuka Kuramochi, right, a member of Japanese girl group AKB48, and other group mates perform during thier concert in Singapore Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine ...
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:10:02 +0100 (AP) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde, right, gestures next t Donald Tsang, left, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region during a plenary session at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)
Japanese girl group AKB48 members perform during their concert ...
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:50:07 +0100 (AP) - Japanese girl group AKB48 members perform during their concert in Singapore Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)
Major General Paolo Serra of Italy receives a staff from Major ...
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Major General Paolo Serra of Italy receives a staff from Major General Alberto Asarta of Spain, outgoing head of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), during a ceremony at the UNIFIL headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqura January 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mahmoud ZAYYAT/Pool (LEBANON - Tags: MILITARY)
Villages smear blood on banknotes during a festival at the Nem ...
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Villages smear blood on banknotes during a festival at the Nem Thuong village in Bac Ninh, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Hanoi, January 28, 2012. Organized by the villagers, the festival is held on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar to worship the village's deity Doan Thuong, an anti-royal military general who lived in 13th century. Every year, thousands of people from the village and nearby villages will gather to smear the blood of the pig on their banknotes in the belief that it would bring luck in the new year. The festival is known as the most brutal in the country and is condemned by many, including some who called on the government to stop the festival. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)