Visitors look at a village in North Korea's Kaepoong county through binoculars in this picture taken from a South Korean observation post near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 45 km (28 miles) north of Seoul, August 17, 2009. North Korea said on Monday it would reopen its border with the South, ending a self-imposed blockade on a vital source of income for Pyongyang's leaders as their ravaged economy is squeezed by tightening U.N. sanctions. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

Visitors look at a village in North Korea's Kaepoong county through binoculars in this picture taken from a South Korean observation post near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 45 km (28 miles) north of Seoul, August 17, 2009. North Korea said on Monday it would reopen its border with the South, ending a self-imposed blockade on a vital source of income for Pyongyang's leaders as their ravaged economy is squeezed by tightening U.N. sanctions.

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  1. Policemen surround a pick-up which was carrying rice to a plaza where farmers were gathering to hold a rally near the parliament in Seoul December 23, 2009. Dozens of farmers rallied on Wednesday to demand the government resolve problems of excess stock of rice and the steep decline of the price of rice. They also demanded the government to send the surplus of rice to North Korea to help starving North Korean people.
  2. A South Korean military police walks by a directional sign showing distances to North Korea's capital Pyongyang and that for South's capital Seoul at the Imjingang railway station in Paju, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. North and South Korea plan to open modernized military hot lines next week to help facilitate border crossings to a joint industrial complex in the North by southern officials and workers, an official said Tuesday.
  3. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) during their meeting at the latter's official residence in Tokyo December 22, 2009. Jalili on Monday denied Tehran was linked to weapons seized in Thailand this month from a plane travelling from North Korea, after reports that their final destination might have been Iran.
  4. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Songjin Steel Complex which, KCNA said, completed "the Juche iron production system" in Kimchaek, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency December 20, 2009.
  5. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Songjin Steel Complex which, KCNA said, completed "the Juche iron production system" in Kimchaek, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency December 20, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date the picture was taken.
  6. In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, inspects Songjin Steel Complex in North Hamgyong province, North Korea.
  7. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex in Chungjin, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency December 19, 2009. The banner reads, "Let's become military first revolutionary combatant who has spiritual strength of life-and-death!".
  8. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex in Chungjin, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency December 19, 2009.
  9. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (2nd L) visits Chungjin Mine Metal College in Chungjin, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency December 19, 2009.
  10. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il visits the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex in Chungjin, northeast of Pyongyang in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency December 19, 2009. The banner reads, "let's produce more steel by completion of independent metallurgy!".
  11. North Korean Red Cross officer Park Yong-il (L) and South Korean Unification Ministry officer Kim Young-il exchange documents of delivery of anti-viral medicine offered from the South, in Kaesong, North Korea, December 18, 2009. North Korea on Friday accepted a batch of medicine from the South to combat a swine flu outbreak, the first shipment of humanitarian aid from its neighbour in about two years.
  12. In this photo released by South Korea Unification Ministry, South Korean officials, right, talk with a North Korean officer, left, about Influenza medicine Tamiflu and Relenza after the medicine arrived in Kaesong, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. North Korea made a rare expression of gratitude Friday after South Korea sent swine flu medicine, an official said, a day after Pyongyang threatened retaliation over naval drills near their disputed sea border.
  13. In this photo released by South Korea Unification Ministry, North Korean officials unload the boxes of Influenza medicine Tamiflu and Relenza from South Korea trucks after they arrived in North Korean city of Kaesong, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. North Korea made a rare expression of gratitude Friday after South Korea sent swine flu medicine, an official said, a day after Pyongyang threatened retaliation over naval drills near their disputed sea border.
  14. In this photo released by South Korea Unification Ministry, a North Korean official checks a box containing Influenza medicine Tamiflu and Relenza from South Korea upon arrival in Kaesong, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. North Korea made a rare expression of gratitude Friday after South Korea sent swine flu medicine, an official said, a day after Pyongyang threatened retaliation over naval drills near their disputed sea border.
  15. A North Korean custom officer checks anti-viral medicine offered from the South, in Kaesong, North Korea, December 18, 2009. North Korea on Friday accepted a batch of medicine from the South to combat a swine flu outbreak, the first shipment of humanitarian aid from its neighbour in about two years.
  16. North Koreans work to unload anti-viral medicine offered from the South, in Kaesong, North Korea, December 18, 2009. North Korea on Friday accepted a batch of medicine from the South to combat a swine flu outbreak, the first shipment of humanitarian aid from its neighbour in about two years.

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  1. Lynn Pascoe (2nd L), under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, poses upon his delegation's arrival at an airport in Pyongyang February 9, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency.
  2. Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Nepal, and head of the U.N. Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Karin Landgren (L) speaks at a ceremony to discharge former Maoist fighters in Dahaban, far west Nepal February 8, 2010. The ceremony marked the last stage in the discharge of former Maoist fighters held in the Maoist army cantonment site 5 in Dahaban, as part of a group deemed "disqualified" by United Nations findings in 2007. A total of 2,394 combatants, considered as 'minors' and 'late recruits' had been discharged since the process began on January 7, 2010, according to the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN).
  3. Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Nepal, and head of the U.N. Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Karin Landgren (R) arrives at a ceremony to discharge former Maoist fighters in Dahaban, far west Nepal February 8, 2010. The ceremony marked the last stage in the discharge of former Maoist fighters held in the Maoist army cantonment site 5 in Dahaban, as part of a group deemed "disqualified" by United Nations findings in 2007. A total of 2,394 combatants, considered as 'minors' and 'late recruits' had been discharged since the process began on January 7, 2010, according to the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN).
  4. Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Nepal, and head of the U.N. Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Karin Landgren (2nd R) shakes hands with discharged Maoist fighters during a ceremony in Dahaban, far west Nepal February 8, 2010. The ceremony marked the last stage in the discharge of former Maoist fighters held in the Maoist army cantonment site 5 in Dahaban, as part of a group deemed "disqualified" by United Nations findings in 2007. A total of 2,394 combatants, considered as 'minors' and 'late recruits' had been discharged since the process began on January 7, 2010, according to the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN).
  5. An Indian policeman patrols outside the United Nations office in Srinagar, India, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Authorities sealed off neighborhoods as thousands of armed troops in riot gear warned people to stay indoors in Indian Kashmir's main city Monday in an attempt to block a separatist rally against alleged rights violations by Indian forces.
  6. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 06: Lynn Pascoe (L), under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea talks with South Korean foreign minister Yu Myung-hwan on February 6, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. Pascoe will go to China to fly to Pyongyang, where his trip is scheduled to end next Friday.
  7. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 06: Lynn Pascoe (L), under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea shakes hands with South Korean foreign minister Yu Myung-hwan on February 6, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. Pascoe will go to China to fly to Pyongyang, where his trip is scheduled to end next Friday.
  8. Lynn Pascoe (L), under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, leaves after meeting with South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac (not pictured) at South Korea's foreign ministry main office in Seoul February 6, 2010. The special envoy will visit North Korea February 9-12.
  9. Lynn Pascoe, under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, leaves after meeting with South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac (not pictured) at South Korea's foreign ministry main office in Seoul February 6, 2010. The special envoy will visit North Korea February 9-12.
  10. United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. De Boer defended the findings of an U.N. panel on climate change Thursday saying some errors on the pace of retreat of Himalayan glaciers should not detract from the overall conclusions drawn by the world's most authoritative report on global warming.
  11. United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. De Boer defended the findings of an U.N. panel on climate change Thursday saying some errors on the pace of retreat of Himalayan glaciers should not detract from the overall conclusions drawn by the world's most authoritative report on global warming.
  12. PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 03: A United Nations soldier from Uruguay asks for calm as a long line of women await food at an aid distribution site on February 3, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. An estimated three million Haitians have been left homeless or injured by the 7.0-strong earthquake that struck on January 12 and most are still awaiting aid.
  13. A Palestinian woman watches during the visit of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Deputy Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi (not pictured) to the central Gaza Strip February 2, 2010.
  14. United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Deputy Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi (L) stands next to Palestinian children during his visit to the central Gaza Strip February 2, 2010.
  15. Briton John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, informs journalists on the humanitarian situation after the earthquake in Haiti, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.
  16. Briton John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, informs journalists on the humanitarian situation after the earthquake in Haiti, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.

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  2. Protesters supporting defeated presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka react as police fire tear gas shells during a street clash in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Government supporters hurled stones at opposition activists protesting the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday, in scattered street battles that prompted volleys of tear gas from police.
  3. High school graduates who escaped from North Korea participate in a graduation ceremony at Hangyeore High School, which was built to educate North Korean teenage defectors, in Anseong, about 80 km (50 miles) south of Seoul, February 10, 2010. Forty-six students graduated from the high school on Wednesday and will go on to college or get employment.
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  8. A Buddhist monk supporting former army commander General Sarath Fonseka tries to get police to arrest him during a protest against Fonseka's arrest in Colombo February 10, 2010. Supporters of President Mahinda Rajapaksa blocked a protest march by opposition supporters against the arrest of General Fonseka.
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  10. Protesters supporting defeated presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka shout slogans against government as they march in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Government supporters hurled stones at opposition activists protesting the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday, in scattered street battles that prompted volleys of tear gas from police.
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  14. Sri Lankan police officers try to stop pro government protesters from attacking supporters of defeated presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka during a street clash in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Government supporters hurled stones at opposition activists protesting the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday, in scattered street battles that prompted volleys of tear gas from police.
  15. Protesters supporting defeated presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka, seen in photograph at right, shout slogans condemning Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa during a street clash in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Government supporters hurled stones at opposition activists protesting the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday, in scattered street battles that prompted volleys of tear gas from police.
  16. Anoma Fonseka , wife of defeated presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka, waves to supporters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Government supporters hurled stones at opposition activists protesting the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday, in scattered street battles that prompted volleys of tear gas from police.