Ladies and Gentlemen, we are about to begin our descent trip to September 2010. Currently We start the first day .i have certainly enjoyed having you on board my blog today, i hope to see you again more real soon, and thanks again for flying into the history with captain tarek dreams
FIRE DAMAGE: A man stood next to a truck burned in a forest fire in the village of Nikolayevka, Russia, Thursday. The Altai regional governor imposed a state of emergency. The fire left about 1,000 people homeless.
STUDENT TAKES A STAND: A student looked through the window of a classroom in an occupied university in Buenos Aires Thursday. Students took over several public universities and schools in a bid to have the government repair rundown facilities.
GAS EXPLOSION: Emergency responders canvassed the scene where a gas line ruptured and exploded Thursday in San Bruno, Calif., near San Francisco, killing at least four people and injuring at least 50.
HELPING HANDS: Models prepared for the catwalk during the Christian Siriano fashion show at Lincoln Center during New York Fashion Week Thursday.
SUSPENDED: A man stood waist-deep in water under a suspended bed frame in a flooded house in Tlacotalpan, Mexico, Thursday. About 250,000 people in the area have fled their homes due to flooding in one of the worst-ever recorded rainy seasons in the region.
VICTIMS MOURNED: Relatives mourned Yaselin Mamedova, 54, and Elnuz Ashimov, 7, who were killed Thursday in suicide bombing in Vladikavkaz, Russia, in the restive North Caucasus area.
TAKING AIM: A miner took aim with a slingshot as his fellow workers and their supporters blocked a national highway near San Roman de Bembibre, Spain, Friday. The miners were protesting over unpaid wages and government aid to the industry.
IN PROTEST: South Korean Choo Sun-hee poured paint thinner over his head Friday outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul in protest against Japan’s sovereignty claims over small islands called Dokdo under South Korean control. It’s unclear whether Mr. Choo set himself on fire.
RESCUE MISSION: Rescue workers searched muddy waters Friday in Atrani, Italy, for a woman swept away by a mudslide when heavy rains caused the banks of the Dragone River to weaken.
BOUND: A man lay on the ground after he was arrested in connection with a small explosion at the Hotel Joergensen in Copenhagen Friday.
SHOWING RESPECT: Shoes and a prosthetic leg lay outside a mosque as Muslims offered prayers in Jammu, India, Friday.
FETCHING WATER: A resident of a slum near the Yamuna River in New Delhi prepared to fetch drinking water Friday. The river rose above the danger mark, threatening nearby low-lying areas.
CARRYING HIS BED: A flood victim carried a handmade bed on his back as he walked to his village in Khairpur district of the Sindh province of Pakistan Friday.
DUAL FLAGS: A child held China and Myanmar flags while waiting for Myanmar leader Gen. Than Shwe to arrive at the Shanghai Expo Friday. The general was in China for a state visit to shore up support from the ally before Myanmar’s first major election in 20 years.
HOLE IN ONE: Onlookers in the press box at the LV County Championship in Hove, England, Thursday, had a view through a hole framed by cracked glass after Northamptonshire’s Mal Loye hit a cricket ball through the window during the team’s match against Sussex.
UP AND AWAY: French soldiers fired a mortar from Rocco Combat Outpost as part of an operation in Surobi, Afghanistan, Tuesday.
A MULTI-TASKING MOM: Licia Ronzulli, an Italian member of the European Parliament, brought her baby to a voting session in Strasbourg, France, Wednesday.
CHARCOAL CLOUD: Palestinians made charcoal in the West Bank village of Yabed Wednesday. For years, members of the same families have used manual labor and time-honored practices to turn wood into charcoal in a 10-day process that involves round-the-clock supervision.
IN THE CROWD: Women in Sukkur, Pakistan, listened to a speech Wednesday about proper hygiene to avoid the spread of diseases at a camp for people displaced by floods.
PATRIOTIC DISPLAY: A unionized truck driver waved a Greek flag as he dangled from a crane during a protest Wednesday in Thessaloniki, Greece, against plans to reform the industry.
SUBMERGING GANESH: Hindus in Jammu, India, prepared to immerse an idol of the elephant-headed Lord Ganesh in the Chenab River on Wednesday, the final day of the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi.
SECURITY CHECK: Romanian riot police officers secured a fence at a trade-union protest in front of government headquarters in Bucharest Wednesday. At least 10,000 people protested against wage cuts and austerity measures, authorities said.
HARD HAUL: Gladys Bhengu, 64, hauled a load of firewood near Durban, South Africa, Wednesday. Gender equality and the provision of basic services are issues on the agenda at the ruling African National Congress’s National General Council, which is under way in Durban.
SMOKY FIELD: A soldier walked through a cloud of smoke from burning marijuana in Tecate, Mexico, Tuesday. Authorities found three illegal marijuana plantations during air-patrol operations.
TEA FOR TWO: Public-service workers took a tea break after marching through central Warsaw Wednesday to demand salary raises.
PUBLIC BATHS: People bathed with sewage water Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, near buildings damaged by the deadly Jan. 12 quake.
AT ATTENTION: Soldiers marched in an annual military parade Wednesday in Tehran, Iran, to mark the anniversary of the beginning of the 1980-88 war between Iran and Iraq.
GUNFIGHT: Shell casings littered the ground outside a gas station Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro after an overnight shootout between drug gangs.
SCHOOL SMILES: Schoolchildren smiled for a picture through their classroom window in Thimphu, Bhutan, Wednesday.
A NEW ARMY: Newly trained female Afghan National Army officers attended a graduation ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday.
SEALING RICE: A worker sealed bags of rice in Hanoi Thursday. Vietnam is capable of exporting 7.2 million tons of rice this year — a record high — according to a local newspaper.
TRAVEL DELAY: A woman waited at an empty check-in desk at Gare de Lyon railway station Thursday in Paris during a nationwide strike over pension reforms that include raising the retirement age from 60 to 62.
IN FOCUS: A member of the Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia took a picture on her cellphone of protesters demanding that Sharia law be imposed in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday.
DEMOLISHING A SHANTY TOWN: Members of a government demolition team tore down shanties along a highway in Quezon City, Philippines, Thursday.
TAKING PRECAUTIONS: A worker sprayed chemicals Thursday in New Delhi to combat mosquitoes in standing water after heavy rains fell near accommodations for athletes competing in the Commonwealth Games.
SITE STABILIZED: Firefighters stabilized a pickup truck at the scene where the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a flood-control channel, killing one person, in Westminster, Calif., Wednesday.
“WAITING FOR CUSTOMERS: A meat saleswoman waited for costumers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday.
GOING THE DISTANCE: A government soldier who lost part of his arms during the now-ended conflict with the Tamil Tigers ran at an annual event for disabled soldiers in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday.
MAKING DO: A man who survived floods washed his face with water on a street in Sujawal, Pakistan, Thursday.
BIG CATCH: A man carried a shark through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday.
UNFURLING THE FLAG: Republican aide Ben Howard prepared a U.S. flag for the “Pledge to America” news conference in Sterling, Va., Thursday. House Republicans promised to end a slew of Democratic policies and restore trust in the government.
Visitors check out the Sukkah City design competition at Union Square Park.
A police helicopter sits in Jamaica Bay after making an emergency landing on Wednesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and German government spokesman Steffen Seibert (R), in town for the 65th United Nations General Assembly.
A sea urchin dish on the menu at Eataly, the new Italian market near Madison Square.
The New York Jets’ Dustin Keller catches a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter of the team’s win over New England Patriots last Sunday.
Mets pitcher Francisco Rodriguez was taken into custody at Queens Criminal Court over charges that violated a restraining order by sending text messages to an former girlfriend.
A snake that was found in a toilet in a Bronx apartment early Tuesday sits in a cage at Animal Care and Control in New York.
“After Shock”, an installation by Red Hook-based artist Jennifer Zackin, on display in Dumbo. The installation is made from hair booms–also used to clean up water and shoreways during the Gulf oil spill–filled with sherpa wool from a farm in Columbia County.
New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards exits Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday after his arraignment on charges of drunk driving. Edwards, 27, was stopped early Tuesday morning for driving erratically in a Range Rover with heavily tinted windows.
York prep school students remove a frame from a hive during a rooftop beekeeping class.
Parade participants attended the 41st annual African-American Day Parade last Sunday in Harlem.
A protester demonstrates against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during the 65th United Nations General Assembly.
FIREFIGHTER SALUTE: Fire trucks and firefighters lined an Irvine, Calif., street Wednesday for the funeral of firefighter James Owen, 56, who collapsed during a training exercise.
PLANE CRASH: A Super Decathlon plane flew too low before it crashed and burst into flames during an air show in Bandung, Indonesia, Friday. The pilot, the only person aboard, was rushed to a hospital.
DUMPED UPON: An antiriot Italian police officer stood near a heap of trash Friday in Terzigno, Italy, during a protest against the opening of a new dumpsite.
BY THE COLLAR: Police arrested a man at a Jamaat e-Islami Party anti-U.S. protest Friday in Karachi, Pakistan, after a New York court sentenced scientist Aafia Siddiqui to 86 years in prison for trying to shoot U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan.
OUTDOOR BATH: A man and children bathed Friday where their homes were demolished by the government in Quezon City, Philippines.
STRANDED: People waited for help on the roof of their garage Thursday in Owatonna, Minn., after flooding caused by heavy rain lashed parts of the upper Midwest, forcing evacuations.
CAMPUS DEBRIS: Debris from the Bee Storage Barn at Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster, Ohio, littered the area Thursday. The campus has been closed since a tornado blew through the area last week.
SAD EYES: An internally-displaced boy stood at an abandoned factory in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday.
PORT CHAOS: Truck drivers clashed with riot police at Athens’s main port of Peiraeus Friday. Truckers attacked trucks that broke a union picket and riot police fired tear gas to disperse crowds that threw stones at trucks trying to enter.
CARRYING SAND: Young workers carried sand outside Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi Friday.
