Day in Pictures
Fire Ravages Indian Slum
A woman cries while standing at the site where her house used to be, after a fire at a slum area in Ghazipur, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 8, 2010.The fire was reportedly started after a power transmission line fell, and the fire ravaged through about 600 dwellings, but no casualties were reported, according to the fire department.
Progress in Prague
President Barack Obama and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START treaty, Thursday, April 8, 2010, at the Prague Castle in Prague.Kyrgyz Gov. Headquarters in Shambles
Protesters break through a gate of Kyrgyz government headquarters on the central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 8, 2010.An opposition coalition in Kyrgyzstan said it has formed an interim government that will rule the turbulent Central Asian nation for six months. Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva said Thursday she will head the government that dissolved the parliament and will take up legislative duties.
Celebrating in Sri Lanka
Supporters of Ranil Wickremasinghe, leader of the single largest opposition United National Party, dance at the end of voting to elect a new parliament, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 8, 2010.Sri Lankans faced a clear choice in parliamentary elections between further strengthening the president's hand in deciding the nation's postwar fate or trying to check his power. Wickremesinghe is facing a leadership challenge and party disunity after a series of election losses.