Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:00:01 +0100 (Reuters) - An eagle sculpture rests in an abandoned outdoor workshop in the town of Dangcheng in Quyang county, 240 km (150 miles) southwest of Beijing December 7, 2011. Dangcheng applied the traditional stone-carving skills of this rocky party of Hebei province to boom as an exporter of ornate statues, busts, fountains and friezes to Europe and north America. Now this corner of northern China is struggling with the international slump and financial turmoil in formerly big markets, especially Italy and other euro zone countries. Picture taken December 7, 2011. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
People buy food at a market outside an abandoned building in ...
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - People buy food at a market outside an abandoned building in an older part of Yangon November 29, 2011. Hours after Hillary Clinton finished the first visit in more than half a century by a U.S. Secretary of State to Myanmar, property prices began to soar. The price hike reflects shoots of optimism among investors sizing up the resource-rich, former British colony following the most dramatic changes since the military took power in what was then known as Burma in a 1962 coup. To match Insight MYANMAR-INVESTMENT/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS REAL ESTATE SOCIETY)
A general view shows an abandoned home that belonged to Panama's ...
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:20:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A general view shows an abandoned home that belonged to Panama's former leader Manuel Noriega in Panama City December 6, 2011. A French court on November 23, 2011 ruled former Panamanian strongman Noriega could be extradited to the country he once ruled, where he is facing a 20-year prison sentence. Panama expects to pick him up by Christmas, according to Panama's Foreign Minister Roberto Henriquez. REUTERS/Henry Romero (PANAMA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
Nasser bin Ghaith, one of the five political activists pardoned ...
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Nasser bin Ghaith, one of the five political activists pardoned by the United Arab Emirates, speaks to Reuters at his home in Dubai November 30, 2011. The UAE pardoned on Monday the five activists who were convicted a day earlier for insulting UAE leaders. REUTERS/Nikhil Monteiro (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS)
Street lights shine in the abandoned town of Iitate, northeastern ...
Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:40:02 +0100 (AP) - Street lights shine in the abandoned town of Iitate, northeastern Japan, outside the 20 kilometer exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. Though the town lies outside the official exclusion zone, radiation levels were higher than some areas inside - forcing residents to evacuate months after the nuclear plant began leaking radiation. Experts say it may never be clear whether radiation from the plant causes increased cancer rates. (AP Photo/ Greg Baker)
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