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Fifteen beheaded bodies found in Mexico
Forensic workers take the dead body of a man out of a car in Acapulco, Mexico, on Jan. 8, 2011. Fifteen beheaded bodies were found Saturday morning in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco, the public security office of Guerrero state reported. (Xinhua/Victor Lopez) MEXICO CITY, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) — Fifteen beheaded bodies were found [...]
3D painting on street
Children stand on a 3D painting on a street in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, Jan. 8, 2011. According to the designer, it took 26 days to finish the 3D painting which covers an area of nearly 90 square meters. (Xinhua/Zhong Guilin) Citizens stand on a 3D painting for photo on a street in southwest China’s [...]
GM’s electric networked vehicle
A General Motors Electric Networked Vehicle (EN-V) concept is driven around a course setup outside the Las Vegas Convention Center, in conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, January 7, 2011. The EN-V concept represents a vision of the future of urban personal mobility, including a feature that would allow the vehicle [...]
Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric delivers first speech
Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr delivers his first speech after having returned to Iraq from years of self-imposed exile in Iran, at Najaf province January 8, 2011. Al-Sadr delivered first speech to Iraqi people on Saturday following his return to the country after years of exile in neighboring Iran. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) BAGHDAD, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) [...]
4 mln southern Sudanese expected to vote in referendum
A staff member pastes an introduction of referendum at a referendum voting station in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, Jan. 8, 2011. Around 4 million southern Sudanese are expected to vote in the coming referendum on Sunday to decide whether the region should remain united with the north or secede to establish an independent state. (Xinhua/Zhang [...]
Car bomb blast kills 2, injures 4 in Iraq
Security personnel and rescue workers gather at the site of a bomb attack in Nassiriya, 300 km (186 miles) southeast of Baghdad January 7, 2011. Bombs stored in a car in the driveway of a house exploded, killing two suspected insurgents inside the house and wounding four passers-by, in Nassiriya, Major General Sabah al-Fatlawi, the [...]
2011 Int’l Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas
People watch the Samsung Full HD 3D Led TV during the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the United States, Jan. 7, 2011. The 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) runs from Jan. 6 to Jan. 9. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun) People walk by the Audi e-tron Spyder concept car during the 2011 International Consumer [...]
Residents rally in S Sudan ahead of Southern Referendum
Residents take part in a rally in Juba, southern Sudan, on Jan. 7, 2011. The southern Sudanese are expected to head for the voting centers on Jan. 9, 2011 to vote in the referendum to decide whether the region should remain united with north Sudan or secede to establish an independent State. (Xinhua/Ye Pingfan) Residents [...]
Envelope ignites at U.S. postal facility: CNN
Law enforcement officials stand near a postal sorting facility, after a package addressed to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited at the facility in Washington, in this still image taken from video on January 7, 2011. No one was injured in the incident. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — At least one envelop [...]
Obama names Gene Sperling as top economic adviser
Gene Sperling, the new head of U.S. President Barack Obama’s National Economic Council, is pictured after Obama’s announcement at Thompson Creek Window Company in Landover, Maryland, January 7, 2011.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Friday that Gene Sperling would take the position of National Economic Council (NEC) Director, [...]