XtremeCollections of the day - March 28 2015

A keeper holds a 12 week old Sumatran tiger cub during a routine health check in its enclosure at Chester Zoo in Chester northern England, a French Gendarmerie rescue helicopter flies over the debris of the Airbus A320 at the site of the crash, near Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps and Iraqi security forces launch rockets against Islamic State extremist positions during clashes in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Iraq are some of the photos of the day.
 A French Gendarmerie rescue helicopter flies over the debris of the Airbus A320 at the site of the crash, near Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alps March 27, 2015.

 A rainbow is seen over Italy's Court of Cassation palace in Rome March 27, 2015. Italy's highest court is expected to rule on Friday on whether to uphold the conviction of Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend for the murder of Meredith Kercher.

 Fernando Alonso of Spain and McLaren Honda drives during practice for the Malaysia Formula One Grand Prix at Sepang Circuit on March 27, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 Residential buildings are seen among fog in Qingdao, Shandong province, March 27, 2015. China's property sales in the first two months of 2015 dropped by the most in three years amid a glut of housing supply, and real estate investment growth eased.

 A view of the door lock button in the cockpit of Airbus A321 operating Germanwings flight 4U9441, formerly 4U9525, from Barcelona to Dusseldorf March 27, 2015. The German pilot believed to have deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps killing 150 people broke off his training six years ago due to depression and spent over a year in psychiatric treatment, a German newspaper reported on Friday. The story in German tabloid Bild came a day after French prosecutors said they believed Andreas Lubitz, a 27-year-old co-pilot at Lufthansa's budget airline Germanwings, had locked the captain out of the cockpit and steered the Airbus A320 airliner into its fatal descent.

 Guests make their ways to the roof as they escape from Maka Al-Mukarama hotel during an attack by Somali Islamist group al Shabaab in Mogadishu, March 27, 2015. Islamist militants blasted their way into a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing at least seven people and trapping government officials inside, police and witnesses said.

 Flowers are seen with the portrait of a man at the memorial for the victims of the air disaster in the village of Le Vernet, near the crash site of the Airbus A320 in French Alps March 27, 2015. A young German co-pilot barricaded himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings flight 9525 and apparently set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, French prosecutors said on Thursday. The pilot Andreas Lubitz, 27, who appears to have deliberately crashed a plane carrying 149 others into the French Alps received psychiatric treatment for a "serious depressive episode" six years ago, German tabloid Bild reported on Friday.

 Thai workers remove wreckage of derailed train coaches at the site of a train accident in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, 27 March 2015. At least 52 people were injured in a train accident when two passenger trains crashed in the central province of Ayutthaya, official said.

 People walk in front of election posters of presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari gestures in Kano March 27, 2015. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan warned against violence ahead of Saturday's presidential election as people stockpiled food, cash and fuel for fear of post-election clashes. Jonathan will face former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari in what is seen as the closest presidential race since the end of military rule in 1999.

 Fans cheer as Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan competes in the men short program during the ISU World Figure Skating Championship in Shanghai March 27, 2015.

 A keeper holds a 12 week old Sumatran tiger cub during a routine health check in its enclosure at Chester Zoo in Chester northern England March 27 , 2015. The cub, one of 3 born at the zoo, was sexed, vaccinated and micro-chipped.

 A Palestinian protester moves a burning tyre during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest against Jewish settlements, in Jalazoun refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah March 27, 2015.

 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) talks with members of his delegation after a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and other officials at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne March 27, 2015. Major powers and Iran were pushing each other for concessions on Friday ahead of an end-March deadline for a preliminary nuclear deal, with Tehran demanding an immediate end to sanctions and freedom to continue sensitive atomic research, officials said.

England's Phil Burgess (2nd R) pushes away Wales' Jevon Groves (R) as England's Alex Gray (L) gets the ball during their match on the first day of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament in Hong Kong March 27, 2015.


Puli Khumri - Citiy of Afghanistan - Todays WorldTour



Puli Khumri (Persian:پل خمری) is a city in northern Afghanistan. It is the capital of Baghlan Province and as of 2002 had a population of 60,000. The spoken language is mainly Persian and the vast majority in this city are ethnic Tajiks.




View of the city








Economy
There are two dams in Puli Khumri, which provides the necessary electricity.
Afghanistan's first cement factory was built in 1954 in Puli Khumri with financial support from Czechoslovakia. It is owned by Mahmud Karzai, the brother of Hamid Karzai. The limestone is mined from the hill behind the factory.


There is a coal mine outside of the city in the village Kan-kan, but the production system is archaic.
Agriculture is very important because of the rain and temperature; wheat and rice are the main crops.
 


Provincial Reconstruction Team
Hungary headed a Provincial reconstruction team in the city until March 2013.


Electrical transmission lines built from Puli Khumri are now bringing a steady supply of electricity to Kabul.





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XtremeCollections of the day - March 26 2015

XtremeCollections of the day - March 26 2015

 A yet unnamed polar bear cub is out and about with its mother 'Vilma' for the first time in their enclosure at the zoo in Rostock, Germany, March 25, 2015. The 3.5 months old polar bear cub weights just about 20 kg and is to be baptized on March 31,2015.

 Members of Japan's Self-Defense Force's honor guard prepare for a ceremony for U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo March 25, 2015.

 A teddy bear wearing a shirt with the word "flight attendant" is placed between flowers and candles outside the Germanwings headquarters at Cologne Bonn airport March 25, 2015. An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board including 16 schoolchildren.

 A teacher looks at sketches done by candidates taking part in an entrance examination at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, March 25, 2015.

 A man prepares to drive a damaged car away from the site of a suicide attack in Kabul March 25, 2015. Six people were killed and more than 30 wounded in the suicide bombing in Kabul on Wednesday that struck close to the presidential palace in the heart of the Afghan capital, the Interior Ministry said.

 Students hug as they arrive at the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See March 25, 2015. Students and teachers at the small-town German high school broke down in tears once they realised that 16 classmates and two teachers were on board an ill-fated Germanwings airplane that crashed in France on Tuesday on a flight to Duesseldorf. The Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in the French Alps, killing all 150 on board. Germanwings confirmed its flight from Barcelona to Duesseldorf went down with 144 passengers and six crew.

 Policewomen stand in front of a crowd of Greeks watching a military parade during Independence Day celebrations in Athens March 25, 2015. Thousands of Greeks braved heavy rainfall on Wednesday to watch the Independence Day parade in front of the parliament after being banned in previous years for security reasons.

 Sailors stand on the deck of the Izumo warship as it departs from the harbour of the Japan United Marine shipyard in Yokohama, south of Tokyo March 25, 2015. Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force on Wednesday took delivery of the biggest Japanese warship since World War Two, the Izumo, a helicopter carrier as big as the Imperial Navy aircraft carriers that battled the United States in the Pacific.

 A veteran cleans the ground at a Martyrs' Cemetery ahead of Qingming festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, in Bozhou, Anhui province, March 25, 2015. The festival, which falls on April 5 this year, is a day for the Chinese to remember and honor their ancestors.

 The Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is transported to its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome March 25, 2015. The Soyuz is scheduled to blast off from Kazakhstan on March 28, with Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, to the International Space Station.

 Germanwings employees cry as they place flowers and lit candles outside the company headquarters in Cologne Bonn airport March 25, 2015. An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board including 16 schoolchildren.

 A Spanish flag flies at half-mast in Madrid March 25, 2015. French investigators on Wednesday searched for the reason why a German Airbus ploughed into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 on board including 16 teenagers returning from a school trip to Spain. Helicopters flew over the site where the A320 operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline disintegrated after it went down in a remote area of ravines en route to Duesseldorf from Barcelona. Police investigators made their way across the mountains on foot.

 Police cadets march ahead of a funeral procession for victims of suicide attacks in Sanaa March 25, 2015. Suicide bombers killed at least 137 worshippers and wounded hundreds more during Friday prayers at two mosques in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, in coordinated attacks claimed by Islamic State.

 A girl walks past candles and photos in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See, March, 25, 2015. Students and teachers at a small-town German high school broke out in ears when they realised that 16 classmates and two teachers were on board an ill-fated Germanwings airplane that crashed in France on Tuesday on a flight home to Duesseldorf. An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board including 16 schoolchildren.

U.S. President Barack Obama smiles after joking about a lack of a predicted Republican alternative to Obamacare, as he delivers remarks on the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington March 25, 2015.


Jalalabad - Citiy of Afghanistan - Todays WorldTour



Jalalabad (Pashto/Persian: جلال آباد Jalālābād), formerly called Adina Pur (Pushto:آدينه پور) as documented by the 7th century Hsüan-tsang, is a city in eastern Afghanistan. Located at the junction of the Kabul River and Kunar River near the Laghman valley, Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar province. It is linked by approximately 155 kilometres (95 mi) of highway with Kabul to the west. Jalalabad is the second-largest city in eastern Afghanistan as well as the centre of its social and business activity because of its border to Pakistan which is the main source of products to all Afghanistan. Major industries include papermaking, as well as agricultural products including oranges, rice and sugarcane. Jalalabad is one of the leading trading centres with neighbouring Pakistan.




 A panoramic view of a section of Jalalabad







 Jalalabad Bridge







 Jalalabad Cricket Stadium







 Pashtunistan Square







 Mosque in Jalalabad







 Governor's House in Jalalabad







 Building on a main road.







 Maurya Empire under Ashoka the Great







 Newly excavated Buddhist stupa at Mes Aynak in Logar Province of Afghanistan. Similar stupas have been discovered in neighboring Ghazni Province, including in the northern Samangan Province.







 Market in Jalalabad in 1969







 An Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter comes in for a landing at Jalalabad Airport in October 2011.







 Sherzai Cricket Stadium (under construction)







Mausoleum of King Amanullah Khan











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