Nepalese pro-democracy protesters demonstrate at the main entrance of the Singha Darbar,2May2006 the Nepalese Perliament, in Kathmandu. Nepal’s interim government filled its top cabinet posts with former ministers and veteran pro-democracy campaigners as it prepared to challenge the nation’s powerful monarch..(MORE PHOTOS-> ।
Nepal’s Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, right, administers the oath of office to ministers, from second right, Gopal Man Shrestha, Ramsharan Mahat, Mahanta Thakur, Krishna Sitaula, Prabhu Narayan Chudary in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 2, 2006. Nepal’s path back to democracy turned rocky Tuesday as political divisions broke into the open and protesters demanded that legislators move faster to ensure the king can never grab power again.
Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala(R) shake hands with Deupty Prime Minister K.P. Oli after the swearing-in ceremony at Singha Durbar in Kathmandu. Nepal’s interim government filled its top cabinet posts with former ministers and veteran pro-democracy campaigners as it prepared to challenge the nation’s powerful monarch.
Prostitutes in Cologne’s "Pascha" brothel. Solwodi — an organisation fighting forced prostitution — has launched a 24-hour helpline for prostitutes in trouble during the World Cup 2006.(2May2006).
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a sow polar bear resting with her cubs on the pack ice in the Beaufort Sea in northern Alaska2May2006.
An Iraqi man displays a snake for sale Friday April 21, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. Shiite politicians were divided between two alternate choices as their candidate for Prime Minister as they try to move quickly to make a decision which would allow the formation of a unity government which the U.S.believes might be able to curb Iraq’s slide toward chaos.
Sex workers march during a rally to commemorate May Day in Calcutta, India, Monday, May 1, 2006.
A view into a so called ’sex-room’ at the brothel ‘Artemis’ in Berlin on Wednesday, March 15, 2006. As soccer’s best players prepare to square off this summer at the World Cup, businesses across Germany are anticipating a huge windfall with the arrival of an estimated 1 million fans from around the world. The sex industry is no exception. Just down the street from Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, which hosts the final, stands the city’s largest brothel, Artemis _ established in September with an eye on capitalizing on the influx of World Cup visitors.
FILES ** A prostitute, who calls herself ‘Carola’, lays on a bed in a room of a brothel in Berlin, in a July 6, 2004 file photo. As soccer’s best players prepare to square off this summer at the World Cup, businesses across Germany are anticipating a huge windfall with the arrival of an estimated 1 million fans from around the world. The sex industry is no exception. Just down the street from Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, which hosts the final, stands the city’s largest brothel, Artemis _ established in September with an eye on capitalizing on the influx of World Cup visitors.
Indian sex workers attend a Swati Mahila Sangha (women’s forum) meeting promoting condom use as part of an AIDS-prevention initiative. India will report a 157 percent jump in new HIV infections in 2005, pushing the total number of sufferers to over 5.2 million, a newspaper said.(
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