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Youth supporters of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo gather at a stadium at Army headquarters to sign up for military service in Abidjan. Thousands of youth supporters of Gbagbo answered a call to join the Army, adding fuel to a violent power struggle that risks sending the country back to civil war. Luc Gnago/Reuters
A Yemeni girl stands between female antigovernment demonstrators attending noon prayers during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen. Three Yemeni Army commanders, including a top general, defected Monday to the opposition calling for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule, and his own tribe called on him to step down. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
An Afghan boy swings on the occasion of Nawroz, the New Year ceremony, held at the Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan. In a speech marking the Afghan new year, Vice President Abdul Karim Khalili called on militants to lay down their weapons because the nation would never return to the days of hard-line Taliban rule. Dar Yasin/AP
Hindu devotees throw colored powder and dance as they celebrate "Holi," the festival of colors, in Allahabad, India. Clothes torn and thrown during celebrations are seen hanging from overhead cables. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
A Danish F-16 takes off from the NATO airbase in Sigonella, Italy. The European Union's top foreign-policy official brushed aside concerns that the coalition supporting military action against Libyan leader Col. Moammar Qaddafi is already starting to fracture, saying the head of the Arab League was misquoted as criticizing the operation. Andrew Medichini/AP
A Libyan rebel prays next to his gun on the front line of the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
Fans stand in queues as they wait for ticket windows to open outside the Sardar Patel cricket stadium ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup quarter-final match between India and Australia on Thursday in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave/Reuters
The ancient Acropolis hill is lit by the sun on a heavily overcast day in central Athens. Petros Giannakouris/AP
Folk dancers in national costumes perform during the festivities marking the holiday of Navruz in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Anvar Ilyasov/AP
Afghan children play as they eat ice lollies in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dar Yasin/AP
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish girl wears a costume during celebrations for the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood. Purim is a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. Baz Ratner/Reuters
An elephant dances with volunteers wearing costumes to raise money for victims of the recent Japan earthquake and tsunami in Khao San Road, a backpacker area in Bangkok. The donation drive was part of Thailand's efforts to aid earthquake-hit Japan. Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters
Fireworks are seen above a mountain draped with the Kurdish flag for a celebration of Nowruz in Akra, 310 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for 'new year,' is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring in Central Asian republics, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iran. Ahmed al-Husseini/AP
A temple is reflected in a puddle of water on a street after last night's rain in Kathmandu. World Water Day will be observed on March 22 all over the world. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
A man smeared with colored powdered called 'abeer' makes a funny face during Phagwa celebrations at the Savannah in Arranguez. Phagwa, or Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colours, celebrates the beginning of spring. Andrea De Silva/Reuters
The 67-story-high 'The Masterpiece,' one of Hong Kong's most luxurious high-rise residential buildings, is seen during foggy conditions under the influence of a warm maritime airstream at sunset. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Greece is rolling out the red carpet for Chinese investors as a means of stabilizing its shaky economy.
Officials in Brussels and Washington may view China’s global shopping spree with alarm, as the Asian power house continues to buy up companies, sovereign debt, ports, and bridges around the world. But the Greeks are already dusting off the red carpet.
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