Monday, November 9, 2009

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Thousands of Buddhist devotees attend Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's preaching session in Tawang, in the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Clearly uneasy about the Dalai Lama's weeklong visit to Arunachal Pradesh state, at the heart of a border dispute with neighboring China, Indian officials on Monday clamped down on journalists covering the Dalai Lama's visit.



A tourist takes photos of reunification ribbons displayed on a military barbed wire fence at the Imjingak peace park near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas in Paju on November 9, 2009. Twenty years after the Berlin Wall fell, South Korean newspapers urged the government on November 9 to prepare in case the world's last Cold War frontier -- with communist North Korea -- collapses suddenly.



Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan (R) greets students during his visit to the Mercy Centre in Bangkok November 9, 2009. Chan is on a mission to promote peace as part of the third ASEAN event series of "Bridges - Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace", facilitated by the International Peace Foundation.



Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan (R) greets students during his visit to the Mercy Centre in Bangkok November 9, 2009. Chan is on a mission to promote peace as part of the third ASEAN event series of "Bridges - Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace", facilitated by the International Peace Foundation.



A baby cries as he is given an Influenza A (H1N1) vaccine at a hospital in Taipei November 9, 2009. The Taiwan government started vaccinations against the H1N1 virus on Monday for infants from six months to one year old.




German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Clinton takes part in the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.



A boy wears a mask before receiving an Influenza A (H1N1) vaccine at a hospital in Taipei November 9, 2009. The Taiwan government started vaccinations against the H1N1 virus on Monday for infants from six months to one year old.



Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets Buddhist devotees before preaching in Tawang, in the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Clearly uneasy about the Dalai Lama's weeklong visit to Arunachal Pradesh state, at the heart of a border dispute with neighboring China, Indian officials on Monday clamped down on journalists covering the Dalai Lama's visit.


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