Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:10:02 +0100 (AP) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde, right, gestures next t Donald Tsang, left, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region during a plenary session at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)
Villagers prepare to smear blood on banknotes during a festival ...
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Villagers prepare to smear blood on banknotes during a festival at the Nem Thuong village in Bac Ninh, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Hanoi, January 28, 2012. Organized by the villagers, the festival is held on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar to worship the village's deity Doan Thuong, an anti-royal military general who lived in 13th century. Every year, thousands of people from the village and nearby villages will gather to smear the blood of the pig on their banknotes in the belief that it would bring luck in the new year. The festival is known as the most brutal in the country and is condemned by many, including some who called on the government to stop the festival. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)
International Monetary Fund, IMF, managing director, Christine ...
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:50:02 +0100 (AP) - International Monetary Fund, IMF, managing director, Christine Lagarde, attends a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Poland's Kamil Stoch soars through the air in the FIS World ...
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:20:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Poland's Kamil Stoch soars through the air in the FIS World Cup Ski Jumping in Sapporo, northern Japan, January 28, 2012. Kamil placed third in the individual large hill competition on Saturday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SPORT SKIING)
FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, Tibetan ...
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:50:01 +0100 (AP) - FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, Tibetan Buddhist monks hold pictures of Tibetans they claim were allegedly shot by Chinese security forces earlier this week, during a candlelight vigil in Dharamsala, India. Three deadly clashes with Chinese security forces in January mark an escalation of a Tibetan protest movement that had expressed itself through scattered individual self-immolations, reflecting both the growing desperation of Tibetans and the harsh response by police. (AP Photo/Angus McDonald, File)
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