Images Dated 15th January 2004

A SNAKE RETREATS INTO A DRAWER IN HONG KONG

A snake retreats into a drawer at a store selling snake soup in Hong Kong January 15, 2004. For hundreds of years, Chinese have been eating snakes as a health-enhancing delicacy. Picture taken January 15, 2004. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE REUTERS/Bobby Yip Pictures of the month January 2004 Pictures of the Year 2004 BY/TW/CRB - RP4DRIFVSHAA

Lyddington Bede House J870169

LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE, Leicestershire. Exterior view of the house and church. The house was originally part of the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln. By 1600 the building had been converted into an almshouse for twelve poor bedesmen over 30 years old and two women (over 45), all free of lunacy, leprosy and the French pox

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Middle East

Middle East, satellite image. North is at top. Vegetation is green, water is dark blue and bare ground, mostly desert, is yellow-brown. At centre is the Red Sea, to the right of which is the Arabian Peninsula, mainly comprising Saudi Arabia. The Arabian Sea is at bottom right. Iraq is above Saudi Arabia, and Iran lies between the Caspian Sea (top right) and the Persian Gulf (centre right). Afghanistan and Pakistan are at upper right. To the left of the Red Sea, and below the Mediterranean Sea (upper left), are Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Chad and Niger in north-east Africa. This image is compiled from data obtained by MODIS on the TERRA satellite from June-September 2001

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