German police work at the criminal site in Karlsruhe, Germany, after a hostage-taking on July 4, 2012. Five people died including the gunman in a gunman hostage incident in southern Germany. (Xinhua/Rao Bo)
Members of the Venezuelan Army take part in a military parade for the 201st anniversary of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence, in Caracas, on July 5, 2012.
BLACK SEA (July 13, 2012) Ukrainian navy boarding team members approach the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) for a boarding exercise during the at-sea portion of Exercise Sea Breeze 2012 (SB12). SB12, co-hosted by the Ukrainian and U.S. navies, aims to improve maritime safety, security and stability engagements in the Black Sea by enhancing the capabilities of Partnership for Peace and Black Sea regional maritime security forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Jamieson/Released)
BLACK SEA (July 12, 2012) Ukrainian navy frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy (U 130) leads Turkish navy patrol boats TCG Kalkan (P 331), TCG Tufan (P 333), and the Georgian coast guard vessel Sokhumi (P 24) during a ship handling exercise during Exercise Sea Breeze 2012 (SB12). SB12, co-hosted by the Ukrainian and U.S. navies, aims to improve maritime safety, security and stability engagements in the Black Sea by enhancing the capabilities of Partnership for Peace and Black Sea regional maritime security forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Jamieson/Released)
Myanmar's Vice President Sai Mauk Kham (L) arrives for the ceremony marking the country's 65th Martyrs' Day in Yangon, capital of Myanmar, July 19, 2012. Myanmar held the first state-level Martyrs' Day ceremony here Thursday to commemorate fallen national heroes General Aung San and eight others who sacrificed their lives for the country's independence in 1947. (Xinhua/U Aung)
Myanmar's military guards salute at the ceremony marking the country's 65th Martyrs' Day in Yangon, capital of Myanmar, July 19, 2012. Myanmar held the first state-level Martyrs' Day ceremony here Thursday to commemorate fallen national heroes General Aung San and eight others who sacrificed their lives for the country's independence in 1947. (Xinhua/U Aung)
Egyptian protesters confront with riot police after a protest demanding expulsion of the Syrian ambassador near the Syrian embassy in Cairo, Egypt on July 18, 2012. Dozens of protesters were wounded and at least 14 police soldiers were injured during the clashes. (Xinhua/Amru Salahuddien)
Indonesian soldiers of the special operations forces of Indonesian marine, also known as the Jala Mengkara Detachment, attends an anti-terrorism drill in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 18, 2012. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)
Special forces of the People's Liberation Army of China and the Indonesian army concluded an anti-terrorism drill in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, on Sunday. The two regiments, with more than 70 soldiers in each, conducted live-fire exercises, including air landing, shooting and anti-terrorist searches and rescue operations during the 15-day drill. It was the second such drill conducted by the two armies, and the first within the Chinese border.
Laszlo Csatary, aka Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary, covers his face as he leaves the courthouse in on July 18, 2012, after he was placed under house arrest for 30 days following questioning by an investigative judge at the military's prosecution's office. Meanwhile the Centre welcomed the arrest by Hungarian police of the Nazi war crimes suspect, who topped the US Nazi-hunting organisation's most wanted list. Csatary is accused by the Wiesenthal Center of having helped organise the deportation of some 15,700 Jews to the death camp during World War II.
Indian police officials arrest Kashmiri senior seperatist leader Mushtaq-Ul-Islam (2R) before he could address a press confrence at a hotel in capital Srinagar on July 19, 2012. Mushatq,a former chief of the Heizbollah militant group who is presently heading a faction of pro- muslim league political organisation was recently released from jail after a local court quashed his detention order under the region's stringent law public safety act (PSA).
Nepalese police officers arrest an activist affiliated with the Human Rights and Peace Society during their sit-in protest outside Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's official residence condemning the Bhattarai for failing to bring out the new constitution in Kathmandu July 18, 2012.