Today in photos

A young girl jumps over a pool of water after been turned away from school in Harare, Zimbabwe. A devotee offers prayers at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati during the annual month long Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India. And Kosovan Albanian, Agron Limani, 42, places flowers in the location where Serb forces killed his father and his brother, amongst 112 Albanians killed on March 1999 in the village of Mala Krusa, western Kosovo. View a slideshow of these images and more.

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Tue., Jan. 27, 2009

A young girl jumps over a pool of water after been turned away from school in Harare, Zimbabwe Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. The Zimbabwean government deferred the opening of schools by two weeks in order to facilitate the marking of exam papers following a strike by teachers. The Zimbabwean Teachers Association has said their members would not report for work as the Zimbabwean government has refused to pay their salaries in foreign currency. Zimbabwe's education system' once one of the best in Africa' has virtually collapsed with most teachers opting to teach in neighboring countries due to the hyperinflationary environment.

Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Ap
A couple is reflected in the glass-covered photograph of a boy clutching a picture of his father who disappeared during Turkey's 1974 invasion of Cyprus, in the island's divided capital Nicosia on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009.Cyprus says it will file an action with the European Court of Human Rights to pressure Turkey to account for the fate of Greek Cypriots missing since it invaded the island in 1974. Turkish actor Attila Olgac said last week that while serving as a conscript during the invasion he fatally shot at least one prisoner on orders from a superior. He later retracted the claim, saying he made it up. Turkey invaded Cyprus in response to a coup by Athens-backed supporters of union with Greece. The Mediterranean island is still ethnically split into a Greek Cypriot south _ representing the island's internationally-recognised government _ and a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north. Around 1,500 Greek Cypriots and 500 Turkish Cypriots vanished during the invasion, and in clashes in the 1960s.

Petros Karadjias Ap
Kosovan Albanian, Agron Limani, 42, places flowers Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 in the location where Serb forces killed his father and his brother, amongst 112 Albanians killed on March 1999 in the village of Mala Krusa, western Kosovo. The two are amongst 112 ethnic Albanian men and boys killed in the small village, one of the scenes of mass killings U.N. prosecutors accuse former Police Gen. Vlastimir Djordjevic of instigating in a trial that opened on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 in the Hague. Djordjevic, 60, is the last suspect who will face trial in The Hague for crimes deriving from the 1998-1999 Kosovo war, during which prosecutors say Serbian armed forces killed hundreds of ethnic Albanians and deported around 800,000.

Visar Kryeziu Ap
Palestinians rest on a mattress in the rubble of their family house destroyed in the last Israeli military offensive in the devastated area of east Jebaliya, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. The Israeli military says one soldier has been killed and three wounded in a bomb attack on the Gaza-Israel border. The bombing Tuesday marks the first serious clash along the border since a cease-fire began on Jan. 18, ending a punishing three-week offensive by Israel against Hamas. A Palestinian farmer was shot and killed in a seperate incident in southern Gaza, Palestinian medics said.

Kevin Frayer Ap
A FedEx ATR-42 twin turboprop cargo plane sits off the runway at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, 2009 .The landing FedEx cargo plane veered off the runway, crashed and caught fire, but that both crew members walked away from the plane.

Geoffrey Mcallister Ap
A Sri Lankan soldier is seen aboard a military helicopter as they fly towards the newly recaptured Tamil rebel held town of Mullaittivu, about 230 kilometers (143 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. At least 300 civilians were wounded and scores feared killed by Sri Lankan army artillery shells fired into a designated "safe zone" for ethnic Tamils trapped by fighting between the military and Tamil rebels, a health official alleged Tuesday.

Gemunu Amarasinghe Ap
A devotee offers prayers at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati during the annual month long Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. Magh Mela involves bathing on auspicious dates spread over a period of 45 days.

Rajesh Singh Ap
Sculptor Antony Gormley is seen with his sculpture Filter which has recently been acquired by Manchester Art Gallery with an 800,000 pound (US$112,600) grant from independent art charity The Art Fund , Manchester, England, Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009. The sculpture is being shown in public for the first time in the UK making Manchester Art Gallery one of five regional galleries in the country to have an Antony Gormley on permanent display.

Jon Super Ap
Dancers practice during a training session on the first day of the 37th edition of the Prix de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. The Prix de Lausanne dance competition awards finalists with tuition scholarships to world renowned dance schools.

Dominic Favre Ap
A winter storm moved through much of western Kentucky on Monday night and continued Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. A trail of ice and wintry mix of precipitation blanketed the area, leaving trees and plants encased in ice.

Danny Vowell Ap
A snow is seen on the White House grounds in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, as a wintry mix hit the Washington area.

Ron Edmonds Ap
A statue of the first U.S. President George Washington is seen in Statutory Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2008. President Obama is scheduled to meet with House and Senate leadership today.

Pablo Monsivais Ap
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is seen behind a television studio window during an interview at the Associated Press in New York, Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009. Blagojevich began the second round of his media blitz, reiterating his claims that his impeachment trial is unfair.

Bebeto Matthews Ap