http://www.bigfrog.net/vnews/html/2 Pictures of Today's Mayhem Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:55:35 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Visual News 2.0 steve@bigfrog.net steve@bigfrog.net en-us 60 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/481/f0ce647b77e74654abdcd1fdac3349db (AP) - Schoolgirls attend a ceremony for 150 victims from a mass grave that were returned to Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. The Iraqi government says a mass grave has been discovered south of Baghdad with the remains of 150 victims of a crackdown against Kurds under former dictator Saddam Hussein. Hundreds of thousands of Kurds were killed or expelled from northern Iraq during the so-called Anfal campaign in the late 1980s. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:33:47 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081120/capt.f0ce647b77e74654abdcd1fdac3349db.iraq_mass_grave_bag114.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=qnPKcpitasIMRmODVEWMDw-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/481/e4e2fc1eb07c449c9f796f55e973b84a (AP) - A woman weeps over the coffin containing her relative, one of 150 victims from a mass grave that were returned to Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. The Iraqi government says a mass grave has been discovered south of Baghdad with the remains of 150 victims of a crackdown against Kurds under former dictator Saddam Hussein. Hundreds of thousands of Kurds were killed or expelled from northern Iraq during the so-called Anfal campaign in the late 1980s. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:32:18 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081120/capt.e4e2fc1eb07c449c9f796f55e973b84a.aptopix_iraq_mass_grave_bag116.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=05S1qI_WfM8CGRtpgwsZ5A-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/480/c402909f231347f3b21f3a0da97d96be (AP) - In this April 19, 2004 file photo, a photo of Pfc. Matt Maupin is surrounded by yellow ribbons outside Glen Este High School near Batavia, Ohio. An al-Qaida in Iraq leader who was blamed in the 2004 abduction and murder of Spc. Matt Maupin, an Army reservist, and other deadly attacks over several years was killed in an American raid in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:20:45 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081120/capt.c402909f231347f3b21f3a0da97d96be.iraq_insurgent_killed_ohks102.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Jsn299bxjZroiO9BCQuzFw-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/081121/ids_photos_wl/r3968934233.jpg (Reuters) - Soldiers stand guard at the perimeter of an apartment complex during an operation conducted after a shooting in Monterrey, northern Mexico November 20, 2008. Federal police and soldiers confronted unidentified assailants after they tried to search a warehouse in a working class neighbourhood, according to local media. During their escape attackers shot in the direction of the police vehicles several times to distract the police operation. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO)]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:14:11 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081121/i/r3968934233.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=d_lPPpLJIxsASk0yv21OCw-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/480/6fc9b683df984405854f81895e36f661 (AP) - In this April 16, 2004 file photo, family spokesman Carl Cottrell wears a yellow ribbon and button showing Spc. Matt Maupin, outside the home of Maupin's mother in Batavia, Ohio. An al-Qaida leader in Iraq who was blamed in the 2004 abduction and murder of Maupin, an Army reservist, and other deadly attacks over several years was killed in an American raid in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:33:12 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081120/capt.6fc9b683df984405854f81895e36f661.iraq_insurgent_killed_ohks101.jpg?x=130&y=111&q=85&sig=ldsSyPc27mzOtwOfZ_Jy1w-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/ids_photos_wl/r3325753407.jpg (Reuters) - Kurdish officials and residents attend a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:58:54 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081120/i/r3325753407.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=tyCohQckYpD44DwBrnz90g-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/ids_photos_wl/r633025590.jpg (Reuters) - A Kurdish resident displays a picture of a relative executed during the Saddam regime as he stands with other people attending a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:03:54 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081120/i/r633025590.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=1wbdwCWvNjjmV40gg1yYpQ-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/ids_photos_wl/r1464897333.jpg (Reuters) - Kurdish residents cry during a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:04:03 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081120/i/r1464897333.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=Sf.lOky26m2KujdxbzSwsw-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/ids_photos_wl/r3307882370.jpg (Reuters) - Kurdish residents cry during a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:58:45 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081120/i/r3307882370.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=sy7qA8kr_6Xq10frqsOa1Q-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/481/7e2b0f7707b64ad59bea0817897c1b03 (AP) - Iraqi police officers demonstrate their skills in riot control at their graduation ceremony at the police academy in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:44:35 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081120/capt.7e2b0f7707b64ad59bea0817897c1b03.iraq_police_graduation_bag111.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=Hk7diJAfDlyG2Fk4wD4A9Q-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/ids_photos_wl/r2467080728.jpg (Reuters) - An official of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (L) and a U.S. soldier look at the Iran side through their telescopes from the Iraq side at the Iraq-Iran Muntheria Border, near the city of Khanaqin northeast of Baghdad November 17, 2008. U.S. and Iraqi forces say they are ratcheting up policing of Iraq's frontiers to stem the flow of militants and weapons, taking advantage of security gains across the country. Photo taken November 17, 2008. To match feature IRAQ/IRAN BORDER REUTERS/Erik de Castro (IRAQ)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:36:01 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081120/i/r2467080728.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=CEyHwhtAmmR_4xS9rZhqkQ-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/ids_photos_wl/r2290204846.jpg (Reuters) - A boy waits with other travellers at the holding area on the Iraq side of the Iraq-Iran Muntheria Border, near the city of Khanaqin northeast of Baghdad November 17, 2008. U.S. and Iraqi forces say they are ratcheting up policing of Iraq's frontiers to stem the flow of militants and weapons, taking advantage of security gains across the country. Photo taken November 17, 2008. To match feature IRAQ/IRAN BORDER REUTERS/Erik de Castro (IRAQ)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:37:35 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081120/i/r2290204846.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Rk1JGUOtFT8qhaEzG0TFmQ-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/ids_photos_wl/r982410990.jpg (Reuters) - Kurdish officials and residents stand in front of flag-draped coffins with the remains of Kurdish people during a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:05:11 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081120/i/r982410990.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=IKT.eowUBTrRE6mKQ8LTRA-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/ids_photos_wl/r3034302546.jpg (Reuters) - Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani (2nd L) leads a prayer during a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:06:45 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081120/i/r3034302546.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=XUrHKj34jzE3TwDYeQmtpA-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/081121/photos_wl/2008_11_21t021418_450x300_us_china_quake_toll (Reuters) - Rescuers discuss in front of the rubble of a collapsed high school at the earthquake-hit township of Hanwang in Mianzhu city, northeast of Chengdu in Sichuan province, May 14, 2008. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:18:05 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_21t021418_450x300_us_china_quake_toll.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=RMjv5sWryiSpY9MhOQbGJQ-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/081121/photos_wl_afp/8f6defc6cb87088ef6d1eaf1c91ced2d (AFP/File) - Beijing authorities destroyed the home of leading rights activist Ni Yulan (pictured) on Friday as her distraught husband pleaded with the government to release her from jail.(AFP/File)]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:51:19 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081121/capt.cps.ogw36.211108074955.photo01.photo.default-377x512.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=whYxo.SD.oV.YzGQ17cPlQ-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/081121/photos_wl/2008_11_21t021518_450x306_us_china_quake_toll (Reuters) - School bags are collected from the rubble of a collapsed building at Nanba Center Primary in the earthquake-hit Pingwu County, Sichuan province, May 16, 2008. (China Daily/Reuters)]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:18:05 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_21t021518_450x306_us_china_quake_toll.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=2m5KByFT.lK2qZXDIcHEvA-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/081120/photos_wl_me_afp/eee2037499e4b63867f2c0f3fb9f08d7 (AFP/File) - US soldiers stand guard at the site of a road side bomb that targeted their convoy in the northern city of Mosul, some 370 kms from Baghdad, on November 16, 2008. Chased out of other parts of the country, especially by Sahwa (Awakening) anti-Qaeda fronts, jihadists and insurgents have fled to Nineveh province and its ethnically-diverse capital Mosul.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:21:39 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081120/capt.cps.ogt12.201108190022.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=GmHHHZcSD258thosvjbV3g-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/081121/ids_photos_wl/r4204871164.jpg (Reuters) - A truck tows away vehicles that are damaged by bullets after a shooting in Monterrey, northern Mexico, November 20, 2008. Federal police and soldiers confronted unidentified assailants after they tried to search a warehouse in a working class neighbourhood, according to local media. During their escape attackers shot in the direction of the police vehicles several times to distract the police operation. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO)]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:22:26 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081121/i/r4204871164.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=gcceorZ4MyxFCCRUFXJgUg-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/081121/ids_photos_wl/r3060078687.jpg (Reuters) - A cameraman films a truck damaged by bullets after a shooting in Monterrey, northern Mexico, November 20, 2008. Federal police and soldiers confronted unidentified assailants after they tried to search a warehouse in a working class neighbourhood, according to local media. During their escape attackers shot in the direction of the police vehicles several times to distract the police operation. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO)]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:22:29 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081121/i/r3060078687.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ngZVzn7KJLPEaONgzuvqmg-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/081121/photos_wl/2008_11_21t021543_450x313_us_china_quake_toll (Reuters) - A man tries to remove the rubble to search for his daughter at a site of a collapsed school building in earthquake-hit Beichuan, Sichuan province May 17, 2008. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:18:05 GMT http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_21t021543_450x313_us_china_quake_toll.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=uEQVP7vnp1exD0VsH1MXOg--