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E-Waste and Its Global Implications





This general view shows the new China Central Television headquarters building covered in haze in Beijing on March 2, 2012. China said on March 2 that two-thirds of its cities currently fail to meet new air-quality standards introduced this week that are based on the pollutants most harmful to health.

Chinese residents walk under rows of trees with iced branches along the riverbank in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin province on March 4, 2012.

Chinese residents walk by a rows of trees with iced branches along the riverbank in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin province on March 4, 2012.

Chinese residents ride under rows of trees with iced branches along the riverbank in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin province on March 4, 2012. China said that two-thirds of its cities currently fail to meet new air-quality standards recently introduced that are based on the pollutants most harmful to health, and the cities will have four years to get their pollution levels down to the new limits, which cover levels of ozone and particulates measuring 2.5 micrometres or less, known as PM 2.5.

A woman stands among flowers as she looks towards the sky during smoggy weather in Beijing on March 1, 2012. China's cabinet has ordered new air-quality standards to measure the most dangerous form of particulate matter, following a public outcry over worsening air pollution.

A cyclist wears a mask as he rides down a street through heavy pollution in Beijing on March 16, 2012. The US embassy's air quality index recorded a high of 378 at midday, which carries a 'hazardous' warning.

Workers stand on a street in Beijing on March 16, 2012. The US embassy's air quality index recorded a high of 378 at midday, which carries a 'hazardous' warning.


Trash clogs up a polluted canal at the edge of Beijing on March 16, 2012. China said that two-thirds of its cities currently fail to meet new air-quality standards introduced this week that are based on the pollutants most harmful to health. Under pressure from a worried Chinese public, the government this week issued revised air-quality targets based on the smallest particulates, which make up much of the country's air pollution.

A man rides his cart down a street through heavy pollution in Beijing on March 16, 2012. The US embassy's air quality index recorded a high of 378 at midday, which carries a 'hazardous' warning.

CHINA-ENVIRONMENT-POLLUTION

Cherry Blossoms March

People walk beneath cherry blossom trees adjacent to the Tidal Basin on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2012. The iconic trees are beginning to bloom, with the National Park Service forecasting peak bloom between March 20 and 23, one of the earliest years on record due to warmer than average temperatures.


The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC is seen March 19, 2012 as a back drop to the Cherry blossoms which have come full bloom due to the early warm weather along the East coast of the US. The blossoms are expected to reach their peak on Tuesday

A woman photographs cherry blossom trees as they begin to bloom adjacent to the Tidal Basin on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2012. The National Park Service forecasts peak bloom between March 20 and 23, one of the earliest years on record due to warmer than average temperatures.


German exchange students Alena Stasen, right, Clara Herrmann, center, and Rose Modersohn, take souvenir pictures under cherry blossom trees at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on the Tidal Basin in Washington, Monday, March 19, 2012.

The Washington Monument is seen at rear as visitors take souvenir pictures with blooming Cherry Blossoms on the Tidal Basin in Washington, Monday, March 19, 2012

Cherry blossoms begin to bloom at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on the Tidal Basin in Washington, Monday, March 19, 2012

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is seen behind cherry blossoms in bloom, at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC, USA, 19 March 2012. This year marks the Centennial celebration of Japan's gift of 3,000 cherry blossom trees in 1912. The 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival is underway with blossoms expected to reach peak bloom on the 20th and 21st of March.

Cherry Blossoms March 19, 2012

miracles to "Nino Fidencio", a famous Mexican 'curandero' (folk healer)

A believer asking "Nino Fidencio" for a miracle is helped to submerge in the mud at "El Pozito" in El Espinazo, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, on March 19, 2012

A believer asking "Nino Fidencio" for a miracle is helped to submerge in the mud at "El Pozito" in El Espinazo, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, on March 19, 2012. Thousands of believers took part in a procession along the town of El Espinazo to ask for miracles to "Nino Fidencio", a famous Mexican 'curandero' (folk healer), whose spirit still heals people, according to the legend. Niño Fidencio, well known for performing painless operations without anaesthesia, died in 1938

A believer asking "Nino Fidencio" for a miracle is helped to submerge in the mud at "El Pozito" in El Espinazo, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, on March 19, 2012. Thousands of believers took part in a procession along the town of El Espinazo to ask for miracles to "Nino Fidencio", a famous Mexican 'curandero' (folk healer), whose spirit still heals people, according to the legend. Niño Fidencio, well known for performing painless operations without anaesthesia, died in 1938.

A believer asking for a miracle is helped to emerge from the mud at "El Pozito" in El Espinazo, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, on March 19, 2012.

The traditional Fallas feast...in Valencia

A worker eyes the assembly of the Valencia City Hall's Falla during the preparations for Fallas Festival in Valencia, eastern Spain, 11 March 2012. The 'falla' is an installation of parodic huge papier-mache, cardboard and wooden sculptures. The traditional Fallas feast is a mass festival held in Valencia region annually from 15 until 19 March to mark Saint Joseph, the patron of carpenters. The fallas are burned in 19 March to end with the festival.





A painter works on a cardboard satirical sculpture, known locally as a Falla, during preparations for the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 13, 2012. The Fallas will be burned in the streets of Valencia on March 19, 2012, as a tribute to St Joseph, patron saint of the carpenters' guild

A painter works on a cardboard satirical sculpture, known locally as a Falla, during preparations for the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 13, 2012. The Fallas will be burned in the streets of Valencia on March 19, 2012, as a tribute to St Joseph, patron saint of the carpenters' guild.

A painter works on a cardboard satirical sculpture, known locally as a Falla, during preparations for the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 13, 2012. The Fallas will be burned in the streets of Valencia on March 19, 2012, as a tribute to St Joseph, patron saint of the carpenters' guild

A view of a sculpture in the midst of smoke left by the daily noon fireworks, or 'Mascleta', at the Town Hall square in Valencia, Spain, 14 March 2012.

A painter works on a cardboard satirical sculpture, known locally as a Falla, during preparations for the Fallas Festival in Valencia on March 13, 2012. The Fallas will be burned in the streets of Valencia on March 19, 2012, as a tribute to St Joseph, patron saint of the carpenters' guild

Fallas 2012 monumentos


Fallas 2012 - Falla Maestro Gozalbo - Conde Altea


Mascletà 18 marzo 2012 Valencia Ricardo Caballer Fallas 2012


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the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain,

Satirical figures of former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, second left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, third left, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, top left, and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, top right, in the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, Friday March 16, 2012


Satirical figure of a naked former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, Friday March 16, 2012. Every year the city of Valencia celebrates the ancient "Las Fallas" fiesta, a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honor of Saint Joseph that ends in the midnight of March 19, burning large paper mache satiric figures displayed around the streets of the city.

A satirical figure of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, Friday March 16, 2012. Every year the city of Valencia celebrates the ancient "Las Fallas" fiesta, a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honor of Saint Joseph that ends in the midnight of March 19, burning large paper mache satiric figures displayed around the streets of the city.


Satirical figures of former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, in the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, Friday March 16, 2012.


'Ninots' depicting German chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) on display in a 'falla' at the Las Fallas festival, in Valencia, Spain, 16 March 2012. The festival honoring San Jose, Valencia's patron saint, is a traditional fiesta held every year in the city were 'ninots' are burned and fireworks are displayed. The term 'fallas' refers to both the celebration and the monuments created during it. 'Ninots' are huge papier-mache, cardboard and wooden sculptures depicting politicians and other well-known public figures

People look at a 'falla', or wooden and papier-mache sculpture, entitled 'Con lo que hemos sido' (lit.: What we were and what we are), during the Fallas Festival in Valencia, Spain, 17 March 2012. The group Nou Campanar won the first prize with this 'falla,' the seventh prize in the group's history. The 'falla' is valued at 400,000 Euros and was created by artist Miguel Santaeulalia Serran.

People take a close look of the falla satirical figures at the traditional Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, Friday March 16, 2012. Every year the city of Valencia celebrates the ancient "Las Fallas" fiesta, a noisy week that is full of fireworks and processions in honor of Saint Joseph that ends in the midnight of March 19, burning large paper mache satiric figures displayed around the streets of the city.



Última Mascleta 2012 . 19 marzo . Plaza Ayuntamiento . Caballer

Mascleta Oliva 2012 ( 19 - 3 - 12 )

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Ultima Mascleta Nocturna desde mi ventana Fallas 2012


La última mascletà del las Fallas de Torrent 2012... atronadora

Hundreds of 'springbreakers' enjoy the beach at Cancun

Hundreds of 'springbreakers' enjoy the beach at Cancun, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on 18 March 2012, where the hotel industry expects to receive an average of 50,000 students from various US locations for their 'Spring break' vacations.

Hundreds of 'springbreakers' enjoy the beach at Cancun, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on 18 March 2012, where the hotel industry expects to receive an average of 50,000 students from various U.S. locations for their 'Spring break' vacations.

Miss Tourism 2012 Beauty Contest in Yangon, Myanmar

MYANMAR ECONOMY TOURISM

A photo made available on 10 March 2012 shows a Myanmar man driving the decorated bullock cart and offering rides at NgweSaung Beach, Pathein, Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar, on 07 March 2012

A photo made available on 10 March 2012 shows foreign tourists enjoy themselves at NgweSaung Beach, Pathein, Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar, on 07 March 2012.


A photo made available on 10 March 2012 shows a Myanmar boy carries his tubes for hire to the customers at NgweSaung Beach, Pathein, Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar, on 07 March 2012. Myanmar saw a 26-per-cent jump in international arrivals in 2011 and is facing a hotel room shortage in 2012 if business continues to boom, industry officials said. Total tourist arrivals to Myanmar in 2011 were 816,369, up from 791,505 in 2010, according to the government's Myanmar Tourism Board. Tourism revenues amounted to 319 million US dollars last year, compared with 254 million US dollars in 2010.

A photo made available on 10 March 2012 shows western tourists walk on the NgweSaung Beach, Pathein, Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar, on 07 March 2012. Myanmar saw a 26-per-cent jump in international tourist arrivals in 2011 and is facing a hotel room shortage in 2012 if business continues to boom, industry officials said. Total tourist arrivals to Myanmar in 2011 were 816,369, up from 791,505 in 2010, according to the government's Myanmar Tourism Board. Tourism revenues amounted to 319 million US dollars last year, compared with 254 million US dollars in 2010.

Myanmar reforms see dramatic rise in tourism