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Winners of 85th Annual Academy Awards February 25, 2013 , 1 : 06 pm John Kahrs holds his Oscar in the press room for Best Animated Short Film "Paperman" during the 85 Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Best Original Score winner Mychael Danna addresses the audience onstage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP Actor Daniel Day-Lewis accepts the Best Actor award for "Lincoln" onstage during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn celebrate winning Best Documentary Feature "Searching for Sugar Man" during the 85 Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Shawn Christensen celebrates his Best Live Action Short Film Award for "Curfew" in the press room during the 85 Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Best Makeup and Hairstyling winners Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell address the audience onstage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Best Costume Design winner Jacqueline Durran addresses the audience onstage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Guillaume Rocheron, Bill Westenhofer, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott accept their award for visual effects onstage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Co-directors Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews celebrate winning the Best Animated Feature Film award for "Brave" during the 85 Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Actress Anne Hathaway accepts the Best Supporting Actress award for "Les Miserables" onstage during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP Film editor William Goldenberg accepts the Best Film Editing award for "Argo" from actress Sandra Bullock onstage during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP Andrea Nix Fine accepts the Best Documentary � Short Subject award for "Inocente" onstage during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Sound mixer Mark Paterson accepts the Best Sound Mixing award for "Les Miserables" onstage during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Writer/director Quentin Tarantino accepts the Best Writing - Original Screenplay award for "Django Unchained" onstage during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP Director Ang Lee accepts the Best Director award for "Life of Pi" onstage during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Chris Terrio holds his Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay Award for "Argo" in the press room during the 85th Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Christoph Waltz holds his Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in "Django Unchained" during the 85 Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP Argo director Ben Affleck accepts the Oscar for Best Movie onstage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Best Actress winner Jennifer Lawrence receives her Oscar from the actor Jean Dujardin onstage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP Best Original Song winners Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth accept the Oscar onstage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP	85th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals February 25, 2013 , 11 : 45 am Actress Amanda Seyfried arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Best Documentary Feature nominee Emad Burnat (R) his wife Soreya and sohn Jibrel arrive at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Actress Kerry Washington arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Actress Octavia Spencer arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Actress Zoe Saldana arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP Filmmakers Cynthia Wade (L) and Robin Honan (R) arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Actress Quvenzhane Wallis arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP Actress Reese Witherspoon arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh (L) and IDG Greater China Chairman Hugo Shong arrive at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Actress Fan Bingbing arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Actress Amy Adams (R) and Darren Le Gallo arrive at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Actor Aaron Tveit arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP Actor Eddie Redmayne (R) and Hannah Bagshawe arrive at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Costume designer Paco Delgado arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Actress Jessica Chastain arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Actress Fatima Ptacek arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP Sofia Alves from the Make-A-Wish Foundation (C) with TV personalities Angie Greenup and Ben Gleib arrive at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP Actor Dwight Henry arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP PricewaterhouseCoopers representatives arrive at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP Director Benh Zeitlin arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP TV personality Lara Spencer arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP TV personality Michael Strahan arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Photo - AFP TV personality Robin Roberts arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP TV personality Mario Lopez attends the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP TV personality Tabatha Coffey attends the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo - AFP TV personality Minako Nakano attends the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. . Photo - AFP	War in Mali February 23, 2013 , 4 : 38 pm A Malian soldier sits in front of the courthouse in Gao. Five people, including two suicide bombers, died Friday in car bombings in northern Mali, a day after fierce urban battles between French-led forces and rebels left up to 20 extremists dead. Photo - AFP Children play at night at a house in Gao February 22, 2013. Photo - Reuters A Malian soldier sits in the northern Mali's largest city of Gao. Five people, including two suicide bombers, died on February 22 in car bombings in northern Mali. Photo - AFP Malian soldiers lay on the floor as they survey a street on February 22, 2013 in Gao, northern Mali. Five people, including two suicide bombers, died in car bombings in northern Mali, a day after fierce urban battles between French-led forces and rebels. Photo - AFP A Malian soldier surveys a street from a overlooking spot in Gao, northern Mali. A day after fierce urban battles between French-led forces and rebels left up to 20 extremists dead, officials said. Photo - AFP A Malian soldier points his gun in front of the distroyed courthouse in central Gao, northern Mali. Five people, including two suicide bombers, died on February 22 in car bombings in northern Mali. Photo - AFP A Malian soldier sits in a street in front of the offices of the Regional Assembly in central Gao, northern Mali. Five people, including two suicide bombers, died on February 22 in car bombings in northern Mali, a day after fierce urban battles between French-led forces. Photo - AFP Malian soldiers fight while clashes erupted in the city of Gao on February 21, 2013 and an apparent car bomb struck near a camp housing French troops as Malian and foreign forces struggled to secure Mali's volatile north against rebels. Photo - AFP French soldiers run for cover as they fight while clashes erupted in the city of Gao and an apparent car bomb struck near a camp housing French troops as Malian and foreign forces struggled to secure Mali's volatile north against rebels. Photo - AFP A Malian soldier looks on during fighting with rebels in Gao. French and Malian troops fought rebels on the streets of Gao and a car bomb exploded in Kidal on Thursday, as fighting showed little sign of France plans to start withdrawing some forces. Photo - Reuters
Sri Lankan school show February 18, 2013 , 5 : 14 pm Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman Sri Lankan school show. Photo - Rajkumar Panicker / Times of Oman	Lunar New Year celebrations 2013 II February 13, 2013 , 2 : 47 pm A performer pretends to bite her snake during a show at a temple fair during China's Spring Festival in Taiyuan, Shanxi province February 12, 2013. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, began on February 10 and marked the start of the Year of the Snake. Photo - Reuters A perfomer in traditional Chinese costume shows a snake to visitors at a temple fair during China's Spring Festival in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, February 12, 2013. Photo - Reuters People are silhouetted on an illuminated installation celebrating Chinese Lunar New year at a shopping district in Beijing February 12, 2013. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begun on February 10 and marked the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. Photo - Reuters Chinese and Costa Rican chefs cook the world�s largest fried rice in celebration of Chinese New Year, for which they obtained a Guinness record, in San Jose on February 12, 2013. Photo - AFP Traditional Chinese dragons are portrayed by performers during a ceremony where Chinese and Costa Rican chefs cooked the world�s largest fried rice in celebration of Chinese New Year in San Jose. Photo - AFP Villagers and volunteers hold strips of red cloth to compose a Chinese character "jia", meaning family, to celebrate family reunion during the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Yangqu county of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, February 13, 2013. Photo - Reuters Chinese new year celebrated as seen around Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on February 12, 2013 in New York City. Photo - Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week/AFP Tibetan nuns perform a ritual during a function organized at the Tibetan Monastery in Boudhanath Stupa to mark the third day of the New Year, or "Losar" celebrations, in Kathmandu. Photo - Reuters A family takes a rest while visiting Tiananmen Square in Beijing February 13, 2013. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begun on February 10 and marked the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. Photo - Reuters A man takes a picture beneath trees decorated with red lanterns celebrating Chinese new year at a park in Beijing February 13, 2013. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begun on February 10 and marked the start of the Year of the Snake. Photo - Reuters	Kumbh Mela Holy Bath February 10, 2013 , 6 : 09 pm Devotees watch a holy procession of Indian Naga sadhus heading towards the Sangam or confluence of the Yamuna, Ganges and mythical Sarawati rivers on the auspicious day of 'Mauni Amavasya' during the Maha Kumbh festival. Photo - Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Devotees take a holy dip in the waters of Sangam or confluence of the Yamuna, Ganges and mythical Sarawati rivers on the auspicious day of 'Mauni Amavasya' during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad on February 10, 2013. Photo - MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP A Hindu devotee prays among the crowds on the banks of the Sangam or confluence of the Yamuna, Ganges and mythical Saraswati rivers at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on February 10, 2013.Photo - ROBERTO SCHMIDT/ AFP Two Hindu devotees hold the tail of a calf during a blessings ceremony at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on February 10, 2013. Photo - ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP Devotees take a holy dip in the waters of Sangam or confluence of the Yamuna, Ganges and mythical Sarawati rivers on the auspicious day of 'Mauni Amavasya' during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad on February 10, 2013. Photo - MANAN VATSYAYANA/ AFP A naga sadhu - holy man - shows off his 'jata' (long hair) as he marches with others to the Sangam or confluence of the Yamuna, Ganges and mythical Saraswati rivers at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on February 10, 2013. Photo - ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP Hindu devotees walk past the entrance to a camp advertised with flashing decorative lights at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad tens of millions of Hindus gathered Sunday for a holy bath in India's sacred river Ganges on the most auspicious day of the world's largest religious festival. Photo - ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP Hindu devotees pray as they stand in the waters of the Sangam or confluence of the Yamuna, Ganges and mythical Saraswati rivers at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on February 10, 2013. Tens of millions of Hindus gathered Sunday for a holy bath in India's sacred river Ganges. Photo - Roberto Schmidt/AFP Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims take a bracing plunge in India's sacred Ganges river to wash away lifetimes of sins, in an ever-growing religious gathering that is already the world's largest. Adnan Abidi/ Reuters A head guru sits on a float moments before the start of a procession of holy men or sadhus to the Sangam or confluence of the Yamuna, Ganges and mythical Saraswati rivers at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on February 10, 2013. Photo - AFP
Lunar New Year celebrations 2013 February 10, 2013 , 1 : 16 pm Calligraphers write down best wishes for the lunar new year or Tet in Vietnamese, for customers outside the Temple of Literature in downtown Hanoi, Vietnamese will have a nine-day long Tet holiday, the longest ever lunar new year holiday provided by the Vietnamese government. Photo - AFP Performers take part in a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune, during lunar new year festivities at the temple of Heaven in Beijing on February 10, 2013. Photo - AFP Thai-Chinese dancers perform a lion dance as they celebrate the Chinese New Year in Bangkok's China town on February 10, 2013. Chinese communities worldwide are welcoming the ' Year of the Snake '. Photo - AFP A girl burns incense sticks before praying to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake at a Dharmayana temple in Kuta on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on January 10, 2013. Photo - AFP A woman burns joss sticks to pray in the Jing An temple in Shanghai as a billion-plus Asians ushered in the Year of the Snake from Australia to South Korea, millions of people travelled huge distances to reunite with their families for Lunar New Year. Photo - AFP North Koreans are seen at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, to mark the Lunar New Year, in this photo taken and provided by Kyodo February 10, 2013. Photo - Reuters Members of the Chinese community light incense inside a temple as they celebrate the Lunar New Year in Kolkata February 10, 2013. Photo - Reuters Chinese prayer ribbons hang from a door at the Baoshan Temple after being placed there by worshippers during Lunar New Year celebrations in the Chinese border Dandong on February 10, 2013. Photo - AFP	Blackberry 10 January 31, 2013 , 5 : 05 pm Members of the media wait for Research in Motion (RIM) CEO Thorsten Heins to officially unveil the BlackBerry 10 mobile platform as well as two new devices January 30, 2013 at the New York City Launch at Pier 36. Photo - Timothy A. Clary/AFP Journalists watch a live video stream of the presentation by BlackBerry president and CEO, Thorsten Heins, at one of eight simultaneous worldwide events for the launch of the BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system and two new handsets in London on January 30, 2013. Photo - Leon Neal/AFP Blackberry President and Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins raises his arms during the launch of the RIM Blackberry 10 devices in New York January 30, 2013. Photo - Shannon Stapleton/Reuters BlackBerry Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins displays the new Blackberry 10 smartphones at the BlackBerry 10 launch event at Pier 36 in Manhattan, New York on January 30, 2013. Photo - Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP Blackberry, formerly Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins, officially unveils the BlackBerry 10 mobile platform as well as two new devices on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at the New York City Launch. BlackBerry launched its comeback effort with a revamped platform and a pair of sleek new handsets, along with a company name change as part of a move to reinvent the smartphone maker. Photo - Timothy A. Clary/AFP BlackBerry President and Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins (R) looks on as new BlackBerry Global Creative Director Alicia Keys speaks at the BlackBerry 10 launch event at Pier 36 in Manhattan on January 30, 2013 in New York City. The new smartphone and mobile operating system is being launched simultaneously in six cities worldwide. Photo - Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP A new Research in Motion (RIM) Blackberry 10 device is seen after its launch in New York January 30, 2013. Photo - Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Research in Motion (RIM) President and Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins points to a new RIM Blackberry 10 device during its launch in New York on January 30, 2013. Photo - Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Research in Motion (RIM) President and Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins reaches out for the new RIM Blackberry 10 devices after introducing them during their launch in New York January 30, 2013. Blackberry hopes the new phones and its latest operating system will help the troubled device maker to improve its market share and increase its fanbase. Photo - Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Guests listen to the presentation at one of eight simultaneous worldwide events for the launch of the BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system and two new handsets in London on January 30, 2013. Many technology experts believe the new phones and operating system will not be enough to rescue Canadian-based Research in Motion from increasing competition by the likes of Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy phones . Photo - Leon Neal/AFP The stage is set for Research in Motion (RIM) CEO Thorsten Heins to officially unveil the BlackBerry 10 mobile platform as well as two new devices on 30 January, 2013 at the New York City Launch at Pier 36. Blackberry is hoping to make a comeback with the release of its long overdue BlackBerry 10, a new operating system that many analysts believe is the Canadian firm's last chance to become relevant again. Photo - Timothy A. Clary/AFP	Nissan Sentra January 28, 2013 , 1 : 49 pm Nissan in the Middle East unveiled the Nissan Sentra in the section of premium compact sedans. Nissan in the Middle East unveiled the Nissan Sentra in the section of premium compact sedans. Nissan in the Middle East unveiled the Nissan Sentra in the section of premium compact sedans. Nissan in the Middle East unveiled the Nissan Sentra in the section of premium compact sedans. Nissan in the Middle East unveiled the Nissan Sentra in the section of premium compact sedans. Nissan in the Middle East unveiled the Nissan Sentra in the section of premium compact sedans. Nissan in the Middle East unveiled the Nissan Sentra in the section of premium compact sedans. Nissan in the Middle East unveiled the Nissan Sentra in the section of premium compact sedans. Nissan in the Middle East unveiled the Nissan Sentra in the section of premium compact sedans. Nissan in the Middle East unveiled the Nissan Sentra in the section of premium compact sedans. Nissan in the Middle East unveiled the Nissan Sentra in the section of premium compact sedans.