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  • Cross sign outside the Hip Hop Church in Harlem, New York, NY., on Thursday, July 21, 2006. The Church is overlooked by enormous house estates. A new growing phenomenon in the United States, and in particular in its most multiethnic city, New York, the Hip Hop Church is the meeting point between Hip Hop and Christianity, a place where ëGodí is worshipped not according to religious dogmatisms and rules, but where the ëHoly Spirití is celebrated by the community through young, unique, passionate Hip Hop lyrics. Its mission is to present the Christian Gospel in a setting that appeals to both, those individuals who are confessed Christians, as well as those who are not regularly attending traditional Services, while helping many youngsters from underprivileged neighbourhoods to feel part of a community, to make them feel loved and to help them not to give up when problems arise. The Hip Hop Church is not only forward-thinking but it also has an important impact where life at times can be difficult and deceiving, and where young people can be easily influenced for the worst purposes. At the Hip Hop Church, members are encouraged to sing, dance and express themselves in any way that the ëSpirit of Godí moves them. Honours to students who have overcome adversity, community leaders, church leaders and some of the unsung pioneers of Hip Hop are common at this Church. Here, Hip Hop is the culture, while Jesus is the centre. Services are being mainly in Harlem, where many African Americans live; although the Hip Hop Church is not exclusive and people from any ethnic group are happily accepted and involved with as much enthusiasm. Rev. Ferguson, one of its pioneer founders, has developed ëHip-Hop Homileticsí, a preaching and worship technique designed to reach the children in their language and highlight their sensibilities, while bringing forth Christianity. This ëKeep It Realí evangelism style is the centrepiece of Rev. Fergusonís ministry, one that speaks the plain language
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  • A woman is walking across the Guguletu cemetery, just off Guguletu township in Cape Town. Many of the people who died of AIDS in the nearby area are buried here. South Africa is also claiming to have no land left for the dead and many people are in fact buried on top of others.
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  • Woman crossing the road at Oxford Circus, in central London, one of the busiest areas of the city, on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004. **ITALY OUT**
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel in King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel in King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel in King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel in King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • A Cross, the Holy Water, a Medal and the Exorcisms' Book from the Catholic Church are found in the sacristy of The Church of San Claudio, in Rome, Italy, where Father Igino Troiani, 77, normally carries out exorcisms. He has been an exorcist for around five years.<br />
<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE WRITE TO ALEX@ALEXMASI.CO.UK<br />
<br />
**TEXT AND LENGHTY INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE**
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  • Among heavy traffic, three boys have climbed onto the back of a bus in order to cross a flooded junction in Kasi Camp, one of the nineteen water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel in King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel in King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel in King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in front of King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Marina Litvinenko, 51, the widow of poisoned ex-KGB Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is portrayed in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel in King's Cross Saint Pancreas, London, UK. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated with radioactive Polonium in London in November 2006.
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  • Two brothers are helping each other to cross flood waters in the path to their home in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the former Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • A boy is preparing to cross the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River with his buffaloes, in Agra.
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  • Children are playing on a cart, while crossing a small flooded road in Oriya Basti, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, a water-affected colony located near the former Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Hindu devotees are crossing a shallow section of the holy Ganges River during the yearly Sonepur Mela, Asia's largest cattle market, in Bihar, India.
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  • Benjamin Tippetts, 27, is holding his newborn daughter with his wife, inside their home in La Crosse, WI, USA, where he works as a freelance financial advisor. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004. ......
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  • Memories and personal pictures are part of the album the wife of Benjamin Tippetts, 27, prepared for him after he left the Army, in their home in La Crosse, WI, USA. He now works as a freelance financial advisor and lives with his wife and newborn daughter. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004.
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  • The Mississippi River is calm in the early hours of the morning in La Crosse, WI, USA.
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  • Benjamin Tippetts, 27, is looking after his newborn daughter with his wife, inside their home in La Crosse, WI, USA, where he works as a freelance financial advisor. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004. ......
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  • A young Indian girl is crossing the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Travellers are taking a break at one of the various tent camps where they can be hosted, served food and hot drinks..The Leh-Manali Highway is the main road connection between the remote mountainous region of Ladhak, with capital in Leh (3300m), and Manali, HP, a famous hill station 600 km north of New Delhi. Open only four months a year, it is the second-highest motorable road in the world crossing passes up to 5300 meters. It was constructed by the Indian Army in order to develop the surrounding areas as well as monitoring the nearby borders with Kashmir and China. Due to its beauty and increased accessibility, the road to Leh and Ladhak has recently become a must-see destination for local and international tourists leaving the scorching Indian plains..
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  • Two adventurous tourists on bikes are riding along the Leh-Manali Highway...The Leh-Manali Highway is the main road connection between the remote mountainous region of Ladhak, with capital in Leh (3300m), and Manali, HP, a famous hill station 600 km north of New Delhi. Open only four months a year, it is the second-highest motorable road in the world crossing passes up to 5300 meters. It was constructed by the Indian Army in order to develop the surrounding areas as well as monitoring the nearby borders with Kashmir and China. Due to its beauty and increased accessibility, the road to Leh and Ladhak has recently become a must-see destination for local and international tourists leaving the scorching Indian plains..
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  • Ed Naranjo, chief of the Goshute Tribe, is driving along the main road crossing the Goshute Reservation of Deep Creek Valley, on the Nevada-Utah border, USA.
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  • Hindu devotees are walking on the long bridge crossing the Holy Ganges River, during the yearly Sonepur Mela, Asia's largest cattle market, in Bihar, India.
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  • A lone woman is crossing a small fence near a railway crossing on the outskirts of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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  • Memories and personal pictures are part of the album the wife of Benjamin Tippetts, 27, prepared for him after he left the Army, in their home in La Crosse, WI, USA. He now works as a freelance financial advisor and lives with his wife and newborn daughter. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004.
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  • Benjamin Tippetts, 27, is portrayed in front of his home in La Crosse, WI, USA, where he works as a freelance financial advisor. He lives with his wife and his newborn daughter. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004.
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  • Benjamin Tippetts, 27, is sitting in front of his home in La Crosse, WI, USA, where he works as a freelance financial advisor. He lives with his wife and his newborn daughter. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004.
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  • Three Indian boys are crossing the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A stray dog is crossing the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A river running through the Hindu Kush, the mountain range crossing Afghanistan and separating Kabul from Bamiyan, is photographed from a UNAMA helicopter on its way to the capital. The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, situated 230 km northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2500 meters. The statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art. The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modelled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco. Amid widespread international condemnation, the smaller statues (55 and 39 meters respectively) were intentionally dynamited and destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban because they believed them to be un-Islamic idols. Once a stopping point along the Silk Road between China and the Middle East, researchers think Bamiyan was the site of monasteries housing as many as 5,000 monks during its peak as a Buddhist centre in the 6th and 7th centuries. It is now a UNESCO Heritage Site since 2003. Archaeologists from various countries across the world have been engaged in preservation, general maintenance around the site and renovation. Professor Tarzi, a notable An Afghan-born archaeologist from France, and a teacher in Strasbourg University, has been searching for a legendary 300m Sleeping Buddha statue in various sites between the original standing ones, as documented in the old account of a renowned Chinese scholar, Xuanzang, visiting the area in the 7th century. Professor Tarzi worked on projects to restore the other Bamiyan Buddhas in the late 1970s and has spent most of his career researching the existence of the missing giant Buddha in the valley.
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  • An Indian tourist is taking a break along the Leh-Manali Highway during one of the many long queues that come to create due to its steepness and narrowness. Six thousands workers are employed from East India by the Indian Army every year to maintain and strengthen the road which has become an important tourist and economic route to the north...The Leh-Manali Highway is the main road connection between the remote mountainous region of Ladhak, with capital in Leh (3300m), and Manali, HP, a famous hill station 600 km north of New Delhi. Open only four months a year, it is the second-highest motorable road in the world crossing passes up to 5300 meters. It was constructed by the Indian Army in order to develop the surrounding areas as well as monitoring the nearby borders with Kashmir and China. Due to its beauty and increased accessibility, the road to Leh and Ladhak has recently become a must-see destination for local and international tourists leaving the scorching Indian plains..
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  • A bus is travelling on a narrow section of the Leh-Manali Highway near parts of a melting icy section of the mountain along the Leh-Manali Highway...The Leh-Manali Highway is the main road connection between the remote mountainous region of Ladhak, with capital in Leh (3300m), and Manali, HP, a famous hill station 600 km north of New Delhi. Open only four months a year, it is the second-highest motorable road in the world crossing passes up to 5300 meters. It was constructed by the Indian Army in order to develop the surrounding areas as well as monitoring the nearby borders with Kashmir and China. Due to its beauty and increased accessibility, the road to Leh and Ladhak has recently become a must-see destination for local and international tourists leaving the scorching Indian plains..
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  • Army trucks are crossing a small watercourse to reach one of the many military installations positioned along the Leh-Manali Highway.
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  • A woman is walking next to Bollywood movie posters of the film 'Gangs of Wasseypur II', affixed on a pedestrian crossing over a  junction in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Memories and personal pictures are part of the album the wife of Benjamin Tippetts, 27, prepared for him after he left the Army, in their home in La Crosse, WI, USA. He now works as a freelance financial advisor and lives with his wife and newborn daughter. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004.
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  • Memories and personal pictures are part of the album the wife of Benjamin Tippetts, 27, prepared for him after he left the Army, in their home in La Crosse, WI, USA. He now works as a freelance financial advisor and lives with his wife and newborn daughter. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004.
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  • An old Iraqi note with the image of Saddam Hussein, is part of the album the wife of Benjamin Tippetts, 27, prepared for him after he left the Army, in their home in La Crosse, WI, USA. He now works as a freelance financial advisor and lives with his wife and newborn daughter. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004.
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  • Benjamin Tippetts, 27, is looking over his newborn daughter with his wife, inside their home in La Crosse, WI, USA, where he works as a freelance financial advisor. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004.
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  • A village located along the Hindu Kush, the mountain range crossing Afghanistan and separating Kabul from Bamiyan, is photographed from a UNAMA helicopter on its way to the capital. The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, situated 230 km northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2500 meters. The statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art. The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modelled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco. Amid widespread international condemnation, the smaller statues (55 and 39 meters respectively) were intentionally dynamited and destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban because they believed them to be un-Islamic idols. Once a stopping point along the Silk Road between China and the Middle East, researchers think Bamiyan was the site of monasteries housing as many as 5,000 monks during its peak as a Buddhist centre in the 6th and 7th centuries. It is now a UNESCO Heritage Site since 2003. Archaeologists from various countries across the world have been engaged in preservation, general maintenance around the site and renovation. Professor Tarzi, a notable An Afghan-born archaeologist from France, and a teacher in Strasbourg University, has been searching for a legendary 300m Sleeping Buddha statue in various sites between the original standing ones, as documented in the old account of a renowned Chinese scholar, Xuanzang, visiting the area in the 7th century. Professor Tarzi worked on projects to restore the other Bamiyan Buddhas in the late 1970s and has spent most of his career researching the existence of the missing giant Buddha in the valley.
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  • A mountain lake is bordering the Leh-Manali Highway near Taglang La, a mountain pass 5,325 m high, and one of the five the road crosses in its 479 Km, some of the highest in the world, including Rohtang La 3,978 m (13,051 ft), Baralacha La 4,892 m (16,050 ft), Lachulung La 5,059 m. (16,598 ft) ..The Leh-Manali Highway is the main road connection between the remote mountainous region of Ladhak, with capital in Leh (3300m), and Manali, HP, a famous hill station 600 km north of New Delhi. Open only four months a year, it is the second-highest motorable road in the world crossing passes up to 5300 meters. It was constructed by the Indian Army in order to develop the surrounding areas as well as monitoring the nearby borders with Kashmir and China. Due to its beauty and increased accessibility, the road to Leh and Ladhak has recently become a must-see destination for local and international tourists leaving the scorching Indian plains..
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  • Local people in Leh are passing by a large praying wheel near the gate to the city where the Leh-Manali Highway beings...The Leh-Manali Highway is the main road connection between the remote mountainous region of Ladhak, with capital in Leh (3300m), and Manali, HP, a famous hill station 600 km north of New Delhi. Open only four months a year, it is the second-highest motorable road in the world crossing passes up to 5300 meters. It was constructed by the Indian Army in order to develop the surrounding areas as well as monitoring the nearby borders with Kashmir and China. Due to its beauty and increased accessibility, the road to Leh and Ladhak has recently become a must-see destination for local and international tourists leaving the scorching Indian plains..
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  • Benjamin Tippetts, 27, is sitting in front of his home in La Crosse, WI, USA, where he works as a freelance financial advisor. He lives with his wife and his newborn daughter. Benjamin has been an Army infantryman in Fallujah, fighting in the 2nd battle in 2004. ......
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  • A small river running through the Hindu Kush, the mountain range crossing Afghanistan and separating Kabul from Bamiyan, is photographed from a UNAMA helicopter on its way to the capital. The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, situated 230 km northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2500 meters. The statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art. The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modelled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco. Amid widespread international condemnation, the smaller statues (55 and 39 meters respectively) were intentionally dynamited and destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban because they believed them to be un-Islamic idols.  Once a stopping point along the Silk Road between China and the Middle East, researchers think Bamiyan was the site of monasteries housing as many as 5,000 monks during its peak as a Buddhist centre in the 6th and 7th centuries. It is now a UNESCO Heritage Site since 2003. Archaeologists from various countries across the world have been engaged in preservation, general maintenance around the site and renovation. Professor Tarzi, a notable An Afghan-born archaeologist from France, and a teacher in Strasbourg University, has been searching for a legendary 300m Sleeping Buddha statue in various sites between the original standing ones, as documented in the old account of a renowned Chinese scholar, Xuanzang, visiting the area in the 7th century. Professor Tarzi worked on projects to restore the other Bamiyan Buddhas in the late 1970s and has spent most of his career researching the existence of the missing giant Buddha in the valley.
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  • A section of the Hindu Kush, the mountain range crossing Afghanistan and separating Kabul from Bamiyan, is photographed from a UNAMA helicopter on its way to the capital. The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, situated 230 km northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2500 meters. The statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art. The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modelled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco. Amid widespread international condemnation, the smaller statues (55 and 39 meters respectively) were intentionally dynamited and destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban because they believed them to be un-Islamic idols. Once a stopping point along the Silk Road between China and the Middle East, researchers think Bamiyan was the site of monasteries housing as many as 5,000 monks during its peak as a Buddhist centre in the 6th and 7th centuries. It is now a UNESCO Heritage Site since 2003. Archaeologists from various countries across the world have been engaged in preservation, general maintenance around the site and renovation. Professor Tarzi, a notable An Afghan-born archaeologist from France, and a teacher in Strasbourg University, has been searching for a legendary 300m Sleeping Buddha statue in various sites between the original standing ones, as documented in the old account of a renowned Chinese scholar, Xuanzang, visiting the area in the 7th century. Professor Tarzi worked on projects to restore the other Bamiyan Buddhas in the late 1970s and has spent most of his career researching the existence of the missing giant Buddha in the valley.
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  • A local woman is preparing an omelette for travellers passing by her hut-turned-restaurant along the Leh-Manali Highway...The Leh-Manali Highway is the main road connection between the remote mountainous region of Ladhak, with capital in Leh (3300m), and Manali, HP, a famous hill station 600 km north of New Delhi. Open only four months a year, it is the second-highest motorable road in the world crossing passes up to 5300 meters. It was constructed by the Indian Army in order to develop the surrounding areas as well as monitoring the nearby borders with Kashmir and China. Due to its beauty and increased accessibility, the road to Leh and Ladhak has recently become a must-see destination for local and international tourists leaving the scorching Indian plains..
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  • A day-tourist riding a bike is having a hard time along a wet and particularly muddy section of the Leh-Manali Highway leading up to Rotanlg La, (3,978 m) the nearest pass to the hill station of Manali, in Himachal Pradesh, 600 km north of New Delhi...The Leh-Manali Highway is the main road connection between the remote mountainous region of Ladhak, with capital in Leh (3300m), and Manali, HP, a famous hill station 600 km north of New Delhi. Open only four months a year, it is the second-highest motorable road in the world crossing passes up to 5300 meters. It was constructed by the Indian Army in order to develop the surrounding areas as well as monitoring the nearby borders with Kashmir and China. Due to its beauty and increased accessibility, the road to Leh and Ladhak has recently become a must-see destination for local and international tourists leaving the scorching Indian plains..
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  • Young Buddhist monks are awaiting to be gin a Puja in the early morning inside 'Thikse Gompa', a spectacular monastery near Leh, the capital of Ladhak, a small northern Himalayan Indian state with a dominant Buddhist population...The Leh-Manali Highway is the main road connection between the remote mountainous region of Ladhak, with capital in Leh (3300m), and Manali, HP, a famous hill station 600 km north of New Delhi. Open only four months a year, it is the second-highest motorable road in the world crossing passes up to 5300 meters. It was constructed by the Indian Army in order to develop the surrounding areas as well as monitoring the nearby borders with Kashmir and China. Due to its beauty and increased accessibility, the road to Leh and Ladhak has recently become a must-see destination for local and international tourists leaving the scorching Indian plains..
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  • The town of Leh, capital of Ladhak, a small northern Himalayan Indian state with a dominant Buddhist population, is photographed from a nearby hill. ...The Leh-Manali Highway is the main road connection between the remote mountainous region of Ladhak, with capital in Leh (3300m), and Manali, HP, a famous hill station 600 km north of New Delhi. Open only four months a year, it is the second-highest motorable road in the world crossing passes up to 5300 meters. It was constructed by the Indian Army in order to develop the surrounding areas as well as monitoring the nearby borders with Kashmir and China. Due to its beauty and increased accessibility, the road to Leh and Ladhak has recently become a must-see destination for local and international tourists leaving the scorching Indian plains..
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  • Vehicles are passing by the busy Jaydev Bihar crossing on Friday, May 16, 2008, in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa State. **Italy and China Out**
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  • A tent camp where travellers can sleep during the 479 Km trip, which takes on verge 2 days to complete, is photographed along the Leh-Manali Highway...The Leh-Manali Highway is the main road connection between the remote mountainous region of Ladhak, with capital in Leh (3300m), and Manali, HP, a famous hill station 600 km north of New Delhi. Open only four months a year, it is the second-highest motorable road in the world crossing passes up to 5300 meters. It was constructed by the Indian Army in order to develop the surrounding areas as well as monitoring the nearby borders with Kashmir and China. Due to its beauty and increased accessibility, the road to Leh and Ladhak has recently become a must-see destination for local and international tourists leaving the scorching Indian plains..
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  • On its way to the market, a trader is crossing a green field while sitting on his camel, in Bagega, pop. 9000, a large village affected by lead poisoning due to the unsafe techniques employed for extracting gold, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. It is mainly caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities.
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