Ghulam-Mohamad Obeidi (C) and Nargis Obeidi (L), parents of Morsal and Ahmad-Sobair Obeidi, and other family members leave a court in Hamburg February 13, 2009. Afghan-born Ahmad-Sobair, 23, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday after he was found guilty of murdering his 16-year-old sister Morsal in an honour killing on May 9, 2008 in Hamburg. Reuters Pictures 10 months ago

Ghulam-Mohamad Obeidi (C) and Nargis Obeidi (L), parents of Morsal and Ahmad-Sobair Obeidi, and other family members leave a court in Hamburg February 13, 2009. Afghan-born Ahmad-Sobair, 23, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday after he was found guilty of murdering his 16-year-old sister Morsal in an honour killing on May 9, 2008 in Hamburg.

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  1. In this photo taken Friday Dec. 4, 2009, local salt makers walk through salt field near the village of Ohn-chaung in western part of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta and about 200 miles south-west of Yangon. After the rainy season, Ayeyawady Delta's salt makers have prepared to make salt from sea water. The government disbursed loans to salt makers last year to reconstruct salt fields which were totally destroyed by the storm Nargis in May, 2008. Ayeyawady Delta's salt makers could not pay last year's debt back to the government this year as the price of salt still downwards until the salt making season enters this year.
  2. In this photo taken Friday Dec. 4, 2009, local salt makers walk through salt field near the village of Ohn-chaung in western part of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta and about 200 miles south-west of Yangon. After the rainy season, Ayeyawady Delta's salt makers have prepared to make salt from sea water. The government disbursed loans to salt makers last year to reconstruct salt fields which were totally destroyed by the storm Nargis in May, 2008. Ayeyawady Delta's salt makers could not pay last year's debt back to the government this year as the price of salt still downwards until the salt making season enters this year.
  3. In this photo taken Friday Dec. 4, 2009, local salt makers walk through salt field near the village of Ohn-chaung in western part of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta and about 200 miles southwest of Yangon. After the rainy season, Ayeyawady Delta's salt makers have prepared to make salt from sea water. The government disbursed loans to salt makers last year to reconstruct salt fields which were totally destroyed by the storm Nargis in May, 2008. Ayeyawady Delta's salt makers could not pay last year's debt back to the government this year as the price of salt still downwards until the salt making season enters this year.
  4. United Nations Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar Bishow Parajuli speaks during a news conference on the response to Cyclone Nargis which hit Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta last May in Bangkok November 25, 2009. The ASEAN and UN said $88 million has been pledged by international donors for recovery activities planned until July 2010.
  5. Dr. Paul Sender, country director of medical relief agency Merlin, speaks during a news conference on the response to Cyclone Nargis which hit Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta last May in Bangkok November 25, 2009. The ASEAN and UN said $88 million has been pledged by international donors for recovery activities planned until July 2010.
  6. ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan smiles during a news conference on the response to Cyclone Nargis which hit Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta last May in Bangkok November 25, 2009. The ASEAN and UN said $88 million has been pledged by international donors for recovery activities planned until July 2010.
  7. ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan speaks during a news conference on the response to Cyclone Nargis which hit Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta last May in Bangkok November 25, 2009. The ASEAN and UN said $88 million has been pledged by international donors for recovery activities planned until July 2010.
  8. Journalist Kyaw Kyaw Thant (R) is greeted by his family after he was released from Insein prison in Yangon September 18, 2009. Kyaw Kyaw Thant was detained for helping the Nargis Strong Victim in May last year. He was released along with several opposition activists as part of an amnesty for 7,114 prisoners by the ruling military junta.

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