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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:27 AM

Chinese bloggers trying to expose corruption say they are coming under increasing physical and verbal attack over their reports, in what anti-graft activists describe as another blow to efforts to make Chinese officials more accountable

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:27 AM

A ground crew member maintains a safety perimeter as a semi-rigid and helium-filled Zeppelin NT lands in a field at an airport outside Cergy-Pointoise, near Paris, August 4, 2013. The Zeppelin NT is powered by three pivoting motors and measures 75.1 meters (246 ft) long, (as long as an Airbus 380), 17.4 meters (57 feet) high, and 19.5 (64 feet) meters wide. It also has a cabin that fits 12 passengers and will fly tourists at an altitude of 300 meters (984 feet) over the countryside. According to the company's media release, Airship Paris, which runs the Zeppelin NT, will propose three different flights for tourists in the Paris region, including the Chateau of Versailles, Giverny, and Chantilly and the valley of the Impressionists. REUTERS/John Schults (FRANCE - Tags: TRANSPORT SOCIETY TRAVEL MEDIA)

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:27 AM

Passengers sit in the cabin of a helium-filled Zeppelin NT during a media trip from an airport outside Cergy-Pointoise, near Paris, August 4, 2013. The Zeppelin NT is powered by three pivoting motors and measures 75.1 meters (246 ft) long, (as long as an Airbus 380), 17.4 meters (57 feet) high, and 19.5 (64 feet) meters wide. It also has a cabin that fits 12 passengers and will fly tourists at an altitude of 300 meters (984 feet) over the countryside. According to the company's media release, Airship Paris, which runs the Zeppelin NT, will propose three different flights for tourists in the Paris region, including the Chateau of Versailles, Giverny, Chantilly and the valley of the Impressionists. REUTERS/John Schults (FRANCE - Tags: TRANSPORT SOCIETY TRAVEL MEDIA)

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:27 AM

A relative helps Rabeya (R), a garment worker, to admit into Dhaka Medical College hospital after she got injured during a protest in Dhaka August 4, 2013. According to local media, hundreds of garment workers, mainly women, took to the streets on Sunday demanding for their salaries and bonuses before Eid al-fitr that they claimed their employers have failed to pay. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST EMPLOYMENT RELIGION)

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:27 AM

Rabeya, a garment worker, cries on a bed of Dhaka Medical College hospital after getting injured during a protest in Dhaka August 4, 2013. According to local media, hundreds of garment workers, mainly women, took to the streets on Sunday demanding for their salaries and bonuses before Eid al-fitr that they claimed their employers have failed to pay. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST EMPLOYMENT RELIGION)

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:30 AM

Barefooted men take break on a road median while wading through flood waters on the outskirts of Karachi August 4, 2013. At least a dozen people were killed in accidents caused by torrential rain which hit different parts of the port city of Karachi on Saturday, according to local media. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:30 AM

Men push their bicycles through flood waters on the outskirts of Karachi August 4, 2013. At least a dozen people were killed in accidents caused by torrential rain which hit different parts of the port city of Karachi on Saturday, according to local media. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)