Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:03 +0100 (Reuters) - A vendor offers prayers before she starts her business at Ima Market, one of the largest markets operated by women in Asia, in Imphal January 23, 2012. Manipur, which neighbours Myanmar, is called the Jewel of India for its paddy fields, lakes and verdant hills. But it has been plagued for decades by a low-intensity war, blamed by authorities on rebels sheltering in Myanmese camps as well as a stream of drugs and guns seeping through the porous frontier. Picture taken January 23, 2012. To match INDIA-ELECTION/MANIPUR. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY ELECTIONS)
Gordon Innes, right, CEO, London & Partners, and William Hanson, ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:10:07 +0100 (AP) - Gordon Innes, right, CEO, London & Partners, and William Hanson, Britain's youngest etiquette expert, demonstrate their record-breaking curtseying skills after achieving the record for “Longest Curtsey Relay in 5 minutes,' the only 'World Record London' record-breaking attempt outside the United Kingdom, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in New York. Hosted by London & Partners, the official tourism organization for the British capital, and verified by Guinness World Records, the event invited American business, visitors and students to celebrate the upcoming Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. For more information on the year ahead for London, go to VisitLondon.com. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for London & Partners)
Nintendo Co President Satoru Iwata speaks during their strategy ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Nintendo Co President Satoru Iwata speaks during their strategy and earnings briefings in Tokyo January 27, 2012. Shares in Japanese game maker Nintendo Co tumbled nearly 8 percent to an eight-year low on Friday after it reported a sharp drop in quarterly earnings and forecast its first ever full-year operating loss, with its game business hit by competing gadgets such as Apple Inc's iPhone. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)
A shopper looks for a bargain at a market stall in east London ...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:30:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A shopper looks for a bargain at a market stall in east London January 26, 2012. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS)
In this photo made available by London's Royal Opera House Thursday ...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:20:07 +0100 (AP) - In this photo made available by London's Royal Opera House Thursday Jan 26 2011, Ukrainian dancer Sergei Polunin dances in the Royal Ballet production of Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky in 2011 at the Royal Opera House, London. The ballet world is spinning after Polunin, one of the art's brightest stars walked away from Britain's Royal Ballet without explanation, days before he was due to take the lead in a new production. (AP Photo/ Johan Persson /Royal Opera House)
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