Stacks of 'Pure Life' water sit on the roadside as vehicles are directed to a distribution center where supplies like water and clothing, including medical supplies, are being dropped off or picked up as needed, in West, Texas, on April 19 2013, two days after a deadly fertilizer plant blast occured. While rescuers in Texas were set to return to the rubble in their continuing search for survivors after the massive blast killed as many as 15 people and destroyed dozens of homes, all roads leading to the area of destruction have been closed off and manned by various state authorities controlling the entry and exit of vehicles and people.
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 26: A sign at the Life And Death In Pompeii And Herculaneum exhibition warns visitors of the sexual nature of some of the exhibits at The British Museum on March 26, 2013 in London, England. The exhibition runs from March 28 to September 29, 2013.
New Delhi: Life Insurance Company (LIC), a major domestic institutional investor, offloaded shares worth over Rs 7,020 crore ($1.3 billion) in companies related to financial, consumer and cement sectors in the July-September quarter this year, says a research report.
At the same time, LIC acquired shares worth about Rs 2,355 crore ($436 million) in software and telecom
companies, the global research report by BofA-Merrill Lynch said. LIC sold shares of private lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank and pharma company Cipla, while bought shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro, telecom major Bharti Airtel, the report said.
Life indeed has come full circle for Indian football. Years after Baichung Bhutia made the move across two continents to join an England-based club; Edon Jnior Viegasdo Amaral (popularly known as Edinho Jnior) a striker from the former Premier League Champions Blackburn Rovers, will be donning the red of Shillong Lajong Football Club and plying his trade in the Indian I-League.
Edinho will be joining the Shillong-based club on a short-term loan beginning February 16, 2013. He is a Portuguese national of Brazilian origin who moved to Blackburn Rovers from Olhanense. The 18-year-old plays centre-forward and is the son of a former Brazilian international footballer, Edon do Amaral Neto.
The signing of Edinho will add impetus to Shillong Lajong's campaign for the remainder of the 2012-13 season. It will add an edge to the club's striking options. Lajong's story and place in Indian football is truly historic. It became the first club from North-East India to have qualified for the I-League, India's premier football league, and have been performing admirably well since then amongst the big boys of Indian football.
WAITANGI, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 06: Casper Haka4 Life organiser Anaru Barton prepares a mass haka in aid of suicide awareness during Waitangi Day celebrations at the Treaty Ground on February 6, 2013 in Waitangi, New Zealand. The Waitangi Day national holiday celebrates the signing of the treaty of Waitangi on February 6, 1840 by Maori chiefs and the British Crown, that granted the Maori people the rights of British Citizens and ownership of their lands and other properties.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 02: The Elouera Surf Life Saving crew ride a wave during the Ocean Thunder Surf Boat Series at Dee Why Beach on February 2, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
