Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Villagers prepare to smear blood on banknotes during a festival at the Nem Thuong village in Bac Ninh, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Hanoi, January 28, 2012. Organized by the villagers, the festival is held on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar to worship the village's deity Doan Thuong, an anti-royal military general who lived in 13th century. Every year, thousands of people from the village and nearby villages will gather to smear the blood of the pig on their banknotes in the belief that it would bring luck in the new year. The festival is known as the most brutal in the country and is condemned by many, including some who called on the government to stop the festival. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)
Villages smear blood on banknotes during a festival at the Nem ...
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Villages smear blood on banknotes during a festival at the Nem Thuong village in Bac Ninh, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Hanoi, January 28, 2012. Organized by the villagers, the festival is held on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar to worship the village's deity Doan Thuong, an anti-royal military general who lived in 13th century. Every year, thousands of people from the village and nearby villages will gather to smear the blood of the pig on their banknotes in the belief that it would bring luck in the new year. The festival is known as the most brutal in the country and is condemned by many, including some who called on the government to stop the festival. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)
Irishman makes "billion-euro home" of shredded notes
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:50:12 +0100 DUBLIN (Reuters) - An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros (1.16 billion pounds), a monument to the "madness" he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust. Frank Buckley built the apartment in the lobby of a Dublin office building that has lain vacant since its completion four years ago at the peak of an ill-fated construction boom, using bricks of shredded euro notes he borrowed from Ireland's national mint. ... (Source: Reuters)
Miniature goods, dollar notes and currency are sold during the ...
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Miniature goods, dollar notes and currency are sold during the traditional Alasitas fair at Murillo square in La Paz January 24, 2012. During the Alasitas festival, Bolivians buy miniature versions of goods they would like to own at the fair, with the hope of acquiring them in real life during the year. REUTERS/Gaston Brito (BOLIVIA - Tags: SOCIETY)
Libyan Minister of Justice Ali Ehmaida Ashour takes notes during ...
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Libyan Minister of Justice Ali Ehmaida Ashour takes notes during an interview with Reuters in Tripoli, January 23, 2012. "Libya applied on Friday to the ICC for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the overthrown Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, to be tried in a Libyan court. The ICC accepted," Ashour told Reuters on Monday. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
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