Mar 26, 2012

Daily Brief: March 26, 2012

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Britain, cancer, China, Gaza, healthcare, India, Occupy Movement, Russia, Supreme Court, Tibet, United States

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A Tibetan exile sets himself on fire protesting against the India visit of Chinese president Hu Jintao, U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments about constitutionality of Obamacare, and more in today’s daily brief.

: Tibetan exile, Jamphel Yeshi, sets himself on fire during a protest against the upcoming visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to India. (Stringer/Reuters) NOTE: Police and Tibetan activists quickly doused Yeshi with water and he was sent to the hospital.

: Demonstrators for and against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act march and chant outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building. Today the high court, will hear arguments over the constitutionality of the law. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

: A former Taliban fighter looks on after joining Afghan government forces during a ceremony in Herat province. Twelve fighters left the Taliban to join government forces in western Afghanistan. (Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images)

: Goats are displayed in the street of the southern French city of Brignoles during a demonstration of shepherds to protest against the reintroduction of wolves. Shepherds notably came from the Isere, Savoie and Drome regions as talks take place during the local agricultural fair. (Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images)

: Mark Adams has his head shaved to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust, in the window of HMV in Oxford Street, central London. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)

: Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka lies inside a centrifugal machine before a training session at the Star City space centre outside Moscow. Padalka, together with Russian cosmonaut Sergei Revin and NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba, is scheduled to launch a mission to the International Space Station in May. (Sergei Remezov/Reuters)

: Members of Occupy DC sleep on a city sidewalk in Washington, D.C. The Occupiers are no longer allowed to sleep in McPherson Square, although they still maintain symbolic empty tents. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)

: Outside Polonia’s airport in Meda, a student shouts anti-government slogans during a protest against the Indonesian government’s plans to raise fuel prices. (Y.T. Haryono/Reuters)

: A fisherman takes a nap in the port of Gaza city, after his boat stopped working due to lack of fuel. Gaza is experiencing a major electricity crisis because of a shortage of fuel for the power plant. (Mohamed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pakistani health workers protest in front of the Parliament House in Islamabad. Many of them women demanded that the government create permanent job opportunities. (Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images)

Daily Brief: March 26, 2012

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