Anti-Qaddafi protesters are silhouetted through the old Libyan flag in Benghazi, Libya. The US pressed its European allies to set tough sanctions on the Libyan government, while doubts emerged about the feasibility of a proposed no-fly zone to prevent Muammar Qaddafi's regime from launching aerial attacks against protesters. Hussein Malla/AP
Relatives of Yunus Emre Celik mourn during his funeral in Trabzon, northeastern Turkey. Celik, a Turk working in Libya, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman last week at a building site near Tripoli. Reuters
A Washington Township school bus sits on the side of the road in Fishers, Ind. Severe thunderstorms cut across central and southern Indiana, dumping heavy rains that flooded roadways and whipping up high winds that damaged homes and toppled trees and power lines. Matt Kryger/The Indianapolis Star/AP
A baby sits in a carriage while a woman buys vegetables at a stall near a residential building in Beijing. China is slightly lowering its annual economic growth target to 7 percent from 8 percent, the premier said Sunday, in a move that signals a shift in government priorities to put the breakneck economy on a more sustainable footing. Andy Wong/AP
President Obama is reflected in a mirror as he speaks during a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Members of Norway's King's Guard walk through the stadium after the men's Nordic combined team competition at the Ski World Championships in Oslo, Norway. Matthias Schrader/AP
A Buddhist monk passes by security personnel at the train station in the troubled Pattani Province in southern Thailand. No credible group has claimed responsibility for near daily drive-by shootings and bombings, which continue unabated, despite a massive counterinsurgency effort. Yala and Pattani are two of three Muslim-dominated provinces bordering Malaysia where more than 4,300 people, both Muslims and Buddhists, have been killed in a low-level insurgency since 2004. Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Schoolchildren take the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSC) examination in Calcutta, India. Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced a 24-percent hike in the budget allocation for education. Bikas Das/AP
Human Rights council members follow a speech by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The 27-nation bloc agreed to an arms embargo, asset freeze, and visa ban against Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
Kenya's captain James Ngoche delivers a ball during a practice session ahead of their ICC Cricket World Cup match with Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
Women in typical Sevillana dresses try to keep warm by huddling close to one another before the opening parade of the 22nd European Dance Championship along the streets in Torremolinos, near Malaga, southern Spain. More than 1,500 dance partners will compete, performing a variety of dances including Tango, Rock 'n' Roll, Vals, Sevillanas, Cha-cha-cha, Java, Artistic Dance, Salsa, and Paso Doble. The championship will run until March 5. Jon Nazca/Reuters
Supporters of Norway cheer during the men's Nordic combined team 4 x 5 km event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, Norway. Petr Josek/Reuters
People walk on a destroyed road after a landslide in the Kupini and Valle de las Flores districts in La Paz, Bolivia. Heavy rains triggered landslides in the area on Sunday, leaving two people dead, dozens injured, and hundreds of houses destroyed. David Mercado/Reuters
A horse walks on snow-covered fields in Beltate, northern Spain. Alvaro Barrientos/AP
An Egyptian man buys a ring from a street vendor in the Khan al-Khalili area of Cairo. Sites around the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Sphinx, and the cemetery at Sakkara have been nearly empty of tourists since a revolt started a month ago that ousted Hosni Mubarak. Now Egypt hopes visitors will return. Peter Andrews/Reuters
A man marches with a 'don't tread on me' flag outside the State Capitol building as they wait to occupy it during Day 14 of their protest against the proposed budget cuts by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in Madison, Wisconsin. Governor Walker, whose bid to reduce public employee union bargaining power has triggered public protests, said on Sunday he expected Democrats who oppose his plan to return to the state and debate the issue this week. Darren Hauck/Reuters
Hundreds of opposition supporters gathered in Tbilisi, Georgia, to protest against a range of government policies including initiatives to resettle refugees outside Tbilisi and rules forbidding street vendors to set up stalls in city streets. David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters
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In the global fight against drug trafficking, it’s high time countries experiment with “nontraditional” approaches.
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