Nov 27, 2012

Nov. 27 Photo Brief: Queen Elizabeth II welcomes Kuwait royalty, Arafat exhumed, Iraqi police graduation

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Asian couture, Bangladesh, Brussels, China, dairy farmers, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, England, fashion, India, Japan, Kuwait, Mohamed Morsi, Portugal, protest, Queen Elizabeth II, Santa Claus, sikh, Syria, Windsor

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Queen Elizabeth II holds a ceremonial procession for His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait, late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s remains are being tested for potential hard-to-trace radioactive poison administered by Israeli agents, Iraqi federal police demonstrate martial arts during the latest 60-day training course graduation ceremony and more in today’s daily brief.

: A ceremonial procession carrying His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait and Queen Elizabeth II arrives in the grounds of Windsor Castle during a three-day state visit in Windsor, England. In the afternoon a military parade will be inspected at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst then a banquet is to be held at Windsor Castle in the Amir’s honour this evening. (Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images)

: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait accompanies Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremonial procession into the grounds of Windsor Castle during his three-day state visit in Windsor, England. (Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images)

: A general view as the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait arrives at Windsor Castle during a three-day state visit in Windsor, England. (Leon Neal – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

: Soldiers march out of the central courtyard after being presented to the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, in Windsor Castle, in Windsor, southern England. (Leon Neal/Pool/Reuters)

: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (3-R), the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (3-L) and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (2-R) look on during a welcoming ceremony at Windsor Castle in Winsor. The Emir of Kuwait is on a state visit to Britain. (Steve Parsons/AFP/Getty Images)

: An Indian Sikh Nihang – warrior – performs a fire breathing act at a demonstration of gatka skills during a procession from Sri Akal Takhat to the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the eve of the 543rd birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev. Guru Nanak was the founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of ten Sikh Gurus. (Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images)

: Bodies of unidentified garment workers, who died in a devastating fire in a garment factory, lie in a truck before a mass burial at a graveyard in Dhaka. Bangladesh said on Tuesday a fire that killed 111 textile workers was sabotage as protesters took to the streets for a second day and garment factories across the world’s second biggest clothes exporter stopped work to mourn. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

: Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters inspect the damage at an unfinished refugee camp that the FSA says was destroyed by Syrian regime air strikes in Bab Al-Hawa, near the Syria-Turkey border, November 26, 2012. (Abdalghne Karoof/Reuters)

: Free Syrian Army fighters pose on a tank, which they say was captured from the Syrian army loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, after clashes in Qasseer, near Homs November 19, 2012. (Shaam News Network/Handout/Reuters)

: A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Guo Pei during the Asian Couture fashion show in Singapore. (Edgar Su/Reuters)

: A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Guo Pei during the Asian Couture fashion show in Singapore (Edgar Su/Reuters)

: A woman sings the Portuguese national anthem during a protest against austerity, in front of Portugal’s parliament in Lisbon. Portugal’s parliament gave final approval on Tuesday to a 2013 budget which promises a third year of recession and the biggest tax hikes in modern history to ensure international bailout terms are met. A few thousand protesters gathered outside parliament to oppose the bill, which far-left opposition lawmakers have promised to challenge in the country’s constitutional court. (Rafael Marchante/Reuters)

: Suha Arafat, widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, watches the wreath laying ceremony after her husband’s exhumation in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on television from her apartment in Sliema, outside Valletta. Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat’s buried corpse in the West Bank on Tuesday, trying to determine if he was murdered by Israeli agents using the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, Polonium. (Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)

: A diver dressed as Santa Claus swims with dolphins at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. The underwater feeding session involving divers dressed as Santa will take place every day until Christmas Day. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)

: Penguins clad in Christmas-themed outfits walk during an event at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)

: Iraqi federal police demonstrate their skills during their graduation ceremony at a federal police training academy in Baghdad. About 789 policemen graduated after a 60-day training course, a police source said. (Saad Shalash/Reuters)

: An Iraqi federal policeman performs martial arts during a graduation ceremony at a federal police training academy in Baghdad. (Saad Shalash/Reuters)

: A man stands next to a charred trailer set on fire by dairy farmers in front of the EU Parliament at Place du Luxembourg, on the second day of a protest against falling milk prices in Europe in Brussels. The ‘1,000 tractors to Brussels’ demonstration, which was organised by the European Milk Board (EMB), was expected to disrupt traffic in the Belgian capital until November 27, 2012 local traffic services said. (Olivier Vin/AFP/Getty Images

: Anti-Mursi protesters run for cover during clashes with riot police at Tahrir square in Cairo. Opponents of President Mohamed Mursi rallied in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for a fifth day on Tuesday, stepping up calls to scrap a decree they say threatens Egypt with a new era of autocracy. (Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)