Malaysia’s opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim and his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail smile after a news conference at their residence in Kuala Lumpur July 17, 2008. Anwar has been freed on police bail, his lawyers said on Thursday, but the lingering threat of a sodomy charge stoked political tensions and cast gloom on financial markets.Reuters Pictures
Malaysia’s opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a news conference, as his aide looks at a newspaper with a front page picture of him being arrested, at his residence in Kuala Lumpur July 17, 2008. Anwar has been freed on police bail, his lawyers said on Thursday, but the lingering threat of a sodomy charge stoked political tensions and cast gloom on financial markets.Reuters Pictures
Malaysia’s de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is being arrested near his house in Kuala Lumpur July 16, 2008. Anwar has been freed on police bail, his lawyers said on Thursday, but the lingering threat of a sodomy charge stoked political tensions and cast gloom on financial markets.Reuters Pictures
A Cambodian man walks at Preah Vihear temple near Thai border in Preah Vihear province, some 543 kilometers north of Phnom Penh on July 17, 2008. Cambodian Premier Hun Sen urged Thailand July 17 to withdraw its troops, warning a “worsening” border row was damaging relations between the two neighbours.Getty Images
Soldiers from Thailand stand guard as Cambodian Buddhist monks walk in through the gates of the Cekakiri Svarak pagoda in the compound of the Preah Vihaer temple, about 245 km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, July 17, 2008. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday a border row with Thailand was “worsening” and urged the immediate withdrawal of Thai troops from the disputed ancient temple. A political uproar in Thailand over Cambodia’s listing of the Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage site has been stoked by groups seeking to oust Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej’s shaky ruling coalition.Reuters Pictures
Villagers and nationalist protesters fight with rods as the protesters try to break through a police blockade on a highway to the disputed Hindu temple on the Cambodian border July 17, 2008. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday a border row with Thailand was “worsening” and urged the immediate withdrawal of Thai troops from a disputed ancient temple.Reuters Pictures
Riot police try to stop Thai nationalist protesters from breaking through a blockade on a highway to the disputed Hindu temple on the Cambodian border July 17, 2008. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday a border row with Thailand was “worsening” and urged the immediate withdrawal of Thai troops from a disputed ancient temple.Reuters Pictures
Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of their comrade Eldad Regev during his funeral at a military cemetery in the coastal city of Haifa on July 17, 2008. Two Israeli soldiers whose bodies were returned home two years after being killed by Hezbollah in an ambush that started a war, received military burials today. The bodies of the two reserve soldiers were handed over to Israel yesterday as part of a swap deal in which the Jewish state freed four Hezbollah fighters captured during the 2006 war, a convicted triple murderer and the remains of some 200 Lebanese and Palestinian fighters killed over the years.Getty Images
Zvi Regev (R), the father of Israeli reservist Eldad Regev, embraces his other sons Benny, Eyal and Ofer during the funeral in the northern city of Haifa July 17, 2008. Thousands attended Israeli funerals on Thursday for two slain soldiers, one of them Eldad Regev, returned in a prisoner swap with Hezbollah and their grief contrasted with Lebanon’s joy over guerrillas freed in the deal.Reuters Pictures
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A riot policeman prepares to fire tear gas during a transport strike in Abobo, Abidjan,. July 17, 2008. The transport strike in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital this week slightly reduced volumes of cocoa arriving at the port but the impact has been limited by a quiet end of season, exporters said on Thursday. Several unions called a strike this week in Abidjan to protest against the high cost of living and transport, exacerbated by mounting petrol and diesel prices which rose by 29 and 44 percent respectively earlier this month.Reuters Pictures
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Men form a road block during a transport strike in Abobo, Abidjan,. July 17, 2008. The transport strike in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital this week slightly reduced volumes of cocoa arriving at the port but the impact has been limited by a quiet end of season, exporters said on Thursday. Several unions called a strike this week in Abidjan to protest against the high cost of living and transport, exacerbated by mounting petrol and diesel prices which rose by 29 and 44 percent respectively earlier this month.Reuters Pictures
South Korean army veterans cut off the necks of live pheasants, Japan’s national bird, dropping blood on Japanese flags in a protest outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul on July 17, 2008. The embassy has been hit by protests since Tokyo renewed its claim this week to a group of disputed islets controlled by Seoul. The disputed islands in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) are known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in Korea.Getty Images
Former South Korean intelligent agents who penetrated into North Korea scuffle with riot police officers as they try to enter Japanese embassy during a rally against Japan’s announcement of its decision to include in school textbooks its claims to islands controlled by South Korea in front of Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 17, 2008. South Korea will not meet Japan on the sidelines of a regional security forum because of Tokyo’s renewed claim over a series of disputed islets between the nations, an official said Thursday.AP Photo
