Snow & Ice Sculpture Festival in Bruges
Ice sculptures based on the caracters by Walt Disney are shown at the snow and ice sculpture festival on December 15, 2011 in Brugge, Belgium. (Photo by Mark Renders/Getty Images)...
Artifacts From The Silverdale Viking Hoard Are Put On Display At The British Museum
An employee of the British Museum examines a silver coin dating from 900 AD which is part of the Silverdale Viking Hoard on December 14, 2011 in London, England. The hoard, which was discovered by local metal-detectorist Darren Webster in North Lancashire, comprises of 201 silver objects including arm-rings, coins, finger-rings, ingots, brooch fragments and fine wire braid. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)...
Oldest Parchment Of The Ten Commandments On Display In Times Square
A copy of part of the Dead Sea Scrolls is displayed at the [Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times] exhibition at Discovery Times Square on December 16, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)...
Last US Military Convoy Departs Iraq
The last American military convoy to depart Iraq from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division crosses over the border into Kuwait on December 18, 2011 in Khabari Al Awazeem, Kuwait. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)...
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Dead At Age 69
[Kim Jong-il, also written as Kim Jong Il, birth name Yuri Irsenovich Kim (according to Soviet records) (16 February 1941/2 – 17 December 2011), was the supreme Leader of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea). He was the General Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea, the ruling party since 1948, Chairman of the the National Defence Commission of North Korea, and the Supreme Commander of the Korean Peoples Army, the fourth-largest standing army in the world]. – Wikipedia
Photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspects a military unit in North Korea. (Photo...
Czech Republic Mourns Death Of Vaclav Havel
People stand under a giant Czech flag as they arrive to light candles at the base of a statue of St. Wenceslas to commemorate the death of former Czech President Vaclav Havel on December 18, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. Havel, who led the Velvet Revolution that forced communist rule in Czechoslovakia to crumble in 1989, died in the early morning today in his sleep at the age of 75. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)...
Monastic Life in Myanmar
Burmese monks take their yearly exam December 13, 2011 in Bago, Myanmar. Around 1,400 monks from Bago province took part . (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)...
A Traditional Christmas Village Nativity
Cathryn Shrimpton, 4, prepares to play the Angle Gabriel during a traditional Christmas Nativity on December 18, 2011, at St Marys Church, Myton Village, England. In schools and churches around the country children busy preparing and performing in the telling of the traditional nativity story. (Photo by Bethany Clarke/Getty Images)...
Auction Of Michael Jackson's Last Residence
Atmosphere during the auction of antique and modern furniture and other collectibles from Michael Jacksons last residence, his Holmby Hills mansion, held at Juliens Auctions Gallery on December 12, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)...
Two Giant Pandas Make Their First Appearance In Front Of The Media Since Arriving From China
Female panda Tian Tian makes her first appearance in front of the media since arriving from China on December 12, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)...
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