News24

previous	next

A school child has lunch as his classmates wait in line for food, part of a government lunch program at the Otto Hubbe public school in San Jose, Monday, May 12 2008. The increase in worldwide food prices make the program ever more important, as children from lower income families are guaranteed at least one healthy meal a day through the program. (Kent Gilbert, AP)

picture 1/39

previous	next

Transport Minister Jeff Radebe (left) chats to Local Organising Committee CEO Danny Jordaan (centre) and Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo (right) during a visit to a construction site in Soweto on Tuesday, May 13 2008 as part of a guided tour of all the 2010 projects in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Werner Beukes, Sapa)

picture 2/39

previous	next

Argentina's Boca Juniors' Rodrigo Palacio (right), fights for the ball with Mexico's Atlas' Diego Colotto, during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, May 14 2008. (AP Photo/Daniel Luna, AP)

picture 3/39

previous	next

Bullfighter Antonio Ferrera looks towards his bull during San Isidro's bullfighting fair at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Wednesday, May 14 2008. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza, AP)

picture 4/39

previous	next

Sao Paulo's Carlos Alberto (left) fights for the ball with Fluminense's Roger during a Copa Libertadores soccer game in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, May 14 2008. Sao Paulo FC won 1-0. (Andre Penner, AP)

picture 5/39

previous	next

Democratic presidential hopeful, Barack Obama (right) is joined by former Democratic presidential rival John Edwards at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, May 14 2008. Edwards endorsed Obama. (Jae C. Hong, AP)

picture 6/39

previous	next

Michelle Obama smiles as she greets staff gathered at the San Jorge Children's Hospital, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 14 2008. Obama is campaigning in Puerto Rico for her husband, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, ahead of the June 1 primary. (Brennan Linsley, AP)

picture 7/39

previous	next

Chelsea Clinton visits the Milivi Children's Center on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 14 2008. Clinton is campaigning in Puerto Rico for her mother, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton, ahead of the June 1 primary. (Ricardo Figueroa, AP)

picture 8/39

previous	next

James Hetfield (left) and Kirk Hammett of Metallica perform at a benefit concert for The Silverlake Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 14 2008. (Chris Pizzello, AP)

picture 9/39

previous	next

In this Wednesday May 14 2008 photo, distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, is an aerial view of the badly stricken town of Yingxiu in Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan province, two days after a massive earthquake. (Chen Kai, AP) We will not give up Rescuers race against time

picture 10/39

previous	next

Rescuers search for victims in the debris of collapsed buildings in Beichuan County in Mianyang of southwest China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14 2008. (Color China Photo, AP)

picture 11/39

previous	next

Relatives of earthquake victims cry at a funeral house in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday, May 15 2008. (Vincent Yu, AP)

picture 12/39

previous	next

A relative wipes Zhang Jiachi's tears at a hospital in Deyang in Sichuan province, China, Thursday, May 15 2008. Jiachi lost both his arms after his school collapsed in Shifang following Monday's quake. (Andy Wong, AP)

picture 13/39

previous	next

Earthquake survivors receive medical treatment at a parking lot, which has been converted in to a temporary shelter outside a hospital in Deyang, in Sichuan province, China, Thursday, May 15 2008. (Andy Wong, AP)

picture 14/39

previous	next

A woman walks over the ruins of houses at Luoshui, near Shifang, in China's southwest Sichuan province Thursday, May 15 2008. Hundreds of people were killed when two chemical plants collapsed at Shifang during the earthquake Monday. (Greg Baker, AP)

picture 15/39

previous	next

This handout satellite image (left) taken by Taiwan's FORMOSAT-2 on Wednesday, May 14 2008 and provided by the National Space Organization on Friday, May 16 2008, shows the areas (in brown) devastated by Monday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Beichuan County of southwest China's Sichuan province. The photo would compare the same areas in an image taken in 2006, right. (Taiwan National Space Organization, AP)

picture 16/39

previous	next

Former president Nelson Mandela meets with British scientist Professor Stephen Hawking (left) in Johannesburg, Thursday, May 15 2008. Hawking, who has devoted his career to finding the origins of the universe, is in the country to begin a search for Africa's answer to Einstein. Some of the world's leading high-tech entrepreneurs and scientists have backed a plan to create Africa's first postgraduate centres for advanced maths and physics. (Sapa) CT queues to see Hawking Stephen Hawking: video

picture 17/39

previous	next

Former president Nelson Mandela meets with British scientist Professor Stephen Hawking (left) in Johannesburg, Thursday, May 15 2008. Hawking, who has devoted his career to finding the origins of the universe, is in the country to begin a search for Africa's answer to Einstein. Some of the world's leading high-tech entrepreneurs and scientists have backed a plan to create Africa's first postgraduate centres for advanced maths and physics. (Sapa)

picture 18/39

previous	next

American actress Sarah Jessica Parker arrives at the German premiere of the movie Sex and the City in Berlin, on Thursday, May 15 2008. (Miguel Villagran, AP)

picture 19/39

previous	next

Exercise rider Michelle Nevin jogs Preakness entry and Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown at Pimlico Race Course, Thursday, May 15 2008 in Baltimore. The 133rd running of the Preakness horse race will be held Saturday 17 May. (Garry Jones, AP)

picture 20/39

previous	next

A Myanmar woman visits her cyclone-damaged home on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday, May 15 2008. The Red Cross estimated that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128 000, a much higher figure than a tally by the government. (AP) Grim forecast for Myanmar

picture 21/39

previous	next

Myanmar Buddhist monks walk in the rain on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday, May 15 2008. The Red Cross estimated that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128 000, a much higher figure than a tally by the government. (AP)

picture 22/39

previous	next

Survivors of cyclone Nargis look on in Dagon township on the outskirts of Yangon on May 15 2008. Most victims of Myanmar's devastating cyclone remain without emergency food nearly two weeks after the storm, although life-saving goods are slowly snaking out to survivors, aid agencies said. (Khin Maung Win, AFP)

picture 23/39

previous	next

A woman carrying a bag of food and a pair of shoes walks past a house destroyed by cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon on May 15 2008. Most victims of Myanmar's devastating cyclone remain without emergency food nearly two weeks after the storm, aid agencies said. (AFP)

picture 24/39

previous	next

Jelena Jankovic of Serbia returns a ball to Maria Kirilenko of Russia at the Italian Open women's tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 15 2008. Jankovic won 6-1, 6-1. (Alessandra Tarantino, AP)

picture 25/39

previous	next

Serena Williams of the United States returns the ball to Italy's Sara Errani at the Italian Open women's tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 15 2008. Williams won 6-4, 6-3. (Alessandra Tarantino, AP)

picture 26/39

previous	next

India's Jeev Milkha Singh plays out of the bunker on the 12th hole during the 1st round of the Irish Open at Adare Manor golf club in Limerick, Ireland, Thursday, May 15 2008. (Peter Morrison, AP)

picture 27/39

previous	next

US Army soldier from the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, is silhouetted against the sun as he climbs over a wall during a patrol in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad Iraq, Thursday, May 15 2008. (Petr David Josek, AP)

picture 28/39

previous	next

Carlos Moya from Spain serves during his round of sixteen match against Marat Safin at the ATP Masters Series tennis tournament in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Thursday, May 15 2008. (Joerg Sarbach, AP)

picture 29/39

previous	next

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom gestures during a rally inside City Hall in San Francisco, Thursday, May 15 2008 after the California State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the right for same sex couple to wed. The city of San Francisco, two dozen gay and lesbian couples and gay rights groups sued in March 2004 after the court halted the month-long wedding march that took place when Gov. Newsom opened the doors of City Hall to same-sex marriages. (Paul Sakuma, AP)

picture 30/39

previous	next

Shelly Bailes (left) and her partner, Ellen Pontac (right) stand outside the California State Supreme Court in San Francisco, Thursday, May 15 2008, after the Court ruled in favor of the right for same sex couples to wed. (Paul Sakuma, AP)

picture 31/39

previous	next

Brazil's Formula 1 Renault driver Nelson Piquet Junior steers his car during a testing session at the Paul Ricard circuit, in Le Castellet, near Marseille, southern France, Thursday, May 15 2008. (Claude Paris, AP)

picture 32/39

previous	next

England's Monty Panesar (second right) reacts with Michael Vaughan (right) after claiming the wicket of New Zealand's Brendon McCullum for 97 runs during the first day of the first Test at Lord's cricket ground, London, Thursday May 15 2008. (Tom Hevezi, AP)

picture 33/39

previous	next

SABC group CEO Dali Mpofu is seen outside at the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday, May 15 2008 where he is contesting his suspension. Mpofu was suspended on full pay last Wednesday, a day after he suspended Snuki Zikalala, SABC Head of News and Current Affairs. Both have been accused of serious misconduct. (Werner Beukes, Sapa) Snuki suspension last straw

picture 34/39

previous	next

American actors Angelina Jolie (left) and partner Brad Pitt arrive for the premiere of the film Kung Fu Panda during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Thursday, May 15 2008. (Francois Mori, AP)

picture 35/39

previous	next

US President George W Bush (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tour the historic fortress of Masada, Thursday, May 15 2008, in Israel. (Haraz N. Ghanbari, AP)

picture 36/39

previous	next

Israeli Arabs hold a protest banner at a demonstration near the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, where US President George W Bush was speaking, in Jerusalem, Thursday, May 15 2008. Bush feted Israel on Thursday in honor of the 60th anniversary of its founding and predicted that its 120th birthday would find it alongside a Palestinian state and in an all-democratic neighbourhood free of today's oppression, restrictions on freedom and extremist Muslim movements. (Kevin Frayer, AP)

picture 37/39

previous	next

Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani, speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday May 15 2008. An Arab mediator says that the Hezbollah-led opposition and the Lebanese government coalition have agreed to hold talks after a week of violence that claimed 65 lives. (Hussein Malla, AP)

picture 38/39

previous	next

Lebanese soldiers sit on their armored personnel carrier while observing the reopening of the blocked highway leading to the international airport of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 15 2008. The road was blocked by Hezbollah and other Shiite militiamen for nine days and it was opened Thursday after talks between Lebanese political leaders and high-powered Arab League delegation and after Lebanon's government reversed key decisions that had triggered days of bloody conflict that have claimed more than 50 lives. (Bela Szandelszky, AP)

picture 39/39

Weather