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SIERRA LEONE, AMPUTEE.LIFE AS AN AMPUTEE
Abu Bakarr Kargbo, 31, was one of the thousands of amputees afflicted by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) atrocities during the civil war that devastated Sierra Leone from 1991 till 2002. He was amputated by the rebels at the eastern part of the Capital in January 20, 1999 when they
attacked Freetown. Unlike other amputees, he was not given the choice of what version of 'cut arm' or 'cut hand' he wanted - long sleeves or short sleeves. Today, he lives with his wife and his three children under poor
conditions in an abandoned camp for amputees, northwest of the capital, Freetown.
World Press Photo, First Prize, Contemporary Issues Singles, 2006
KURDS.
Since Abdullah Ocalan the leader of PKK was captured in the Greek embassy of Kenya and was already in his way to Turkey, members of the PKK were demanding that Greece offer political asylum to their leader. In a sign of passions that this will arouse among Ocalan's supporters Akwar
Serhan Aziz ,33 is engulfed by flames after he set himself ablaze in a protest outside the Greek parliament in Athens on February 15, 1999.
Life magazine's Alfred Eisenstaedt Award in News Category, 2000Pictures of the year, Award of Excellence, News Picture Story, 1999
Pictures of the year, Award of excellence, Global News, 1999
Anti-globalization protester Carlo Giuliani,23, lies dead after shotby Italian paramilitary policeman
Anti-globalization demonstrator moves forward to Italian riot policemenafter Carlo Giuliani,23, shot dead by Italian paramilitary policeman
Iraqi man stands as cars passing by a huge wall portrait of Iraqi PresidentSaddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad
Iraqi man jump onto a tank destroyed during the Gulf War by depleteduranium ammunition, inside the UN buffer zone in Iraqi-Kuweit border
Iraqi armed woman flashes the victory sign during a parade in Tikrit,the birthplace of the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein north of Baghdad
Iraqi Navy Colonel Hussein Jassel Al-Jazara,53, poses in front ofhundreds of empty injections used for his treatment. Jazara issuffering from Leukemia following the 1991 Gulf War
Iraqi man pauses inside the destroyed Amiriya bomb shelter, where 408 Iraqicivilians were killed in 1991 when U.S. missiles blasted through the roof
Iraqi men walk in front of a huge wall portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Husseinin downtown Baghdad
Iraqi boys Salam,12,(R) and Omam Asadi,13(L), practicing with gunsin the frontyard of their house, in the suburbs of Baghdad
An Iraqi man pulls out the sword of a giant work in maintenance ofIraqi President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad
Smoke billows from a sculpture depicting Iraqi President Saddam Husseinafter looters set it on fire atop the roof of his Al-Salam Presidential Palacein the Iraqi capital
Iraqi looters lay down following a U.S. Marines operation of searchingthe city to arrest looters and try to bring order to the Iraqi capital
U.S. Marines arrest an Iraqi looter in the streets of Baghdad part ofan operation of searching the city to arrest looters and try to bringorder to the Iraqi capital
An Iraqi looter holds a white flag as U.S. Marines arrest himin the streets of Baghdad part of an operation of searching the cityto arrest looters and try to bring order to the Iraqi capital
Iraqi looters lay down following a U.S. Marines operation of searching the cityto arrest looters and try to bring order to the Iraqi capital
Shiite Muslim worshippers pound their hands on their chests and headsas they celebrate at the Kademiya Shrine on the outskirts of Baghdad
Smoke billows from a sculpture depicting Iraqi President Saddam Husseinafter looters set it on fire atop the roof of his Al-Salam Presidential Palace in Baghdad
Iraqi doctor Naser Sabah Hussein Ali reacts after he was beaten by U.S. soldiersat the Saddam medical city hospital in Baghdad
A ripped portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is seen outsidea destroyed communication center in downtown Baghdad
A crane operated by Iraqis is used to pull down a statue depictingIraqi President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad
Young Serb Milica Subotic,7, walks in the ruins of a destroyed districtin the center of Pristina. April 30, 1999
NATO airstrike against a civilian bus and Serb policemen kills 17 and woundsmore than 20 people on the road to Pec, in western Kosovo. May 3, 1999
Serb old woman walks on the streets of the northern part (Serb section)of Kosovska Mitrovica. February 2000
Israeli fashion designer student Assa, (R) guards the Cafe Hillel,an elegant coffee shop in the heart of Jerusalem
A member of the Israeli gay and lesbian group Black Laundry wearsa Palestinian headdress as she protests against the Israeli occupationof the West Bank and Gaza
Young Israelis enjoy sunbathing behind a security barrier along theMediterranean beach on Tel Aviv's corniche
Left-wing Israelis hold anti-occupation banners as they protest closeto the Mediterranean beach on Tel Aviv's coastal street
Israeli Garfinkel (L) embraces his niece Sharon Nagari, sister of Shiri Nagari.Shiri Nagari (picture), killed when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself upin a bus in Jerusalem
Israeli Ely drives his bus No 30 through the streets of Jerusalem asa young Israeli passenger gestures behind him
Israeli passenger reacts to the camera. The frequent bombing attacks havefrightened many people but still buses are the only transportation for the poor citizens
DOGFIGHTS, YUGOSLAVIA.
History of dogfights begins during Potato hunger when people from Ireland came to America with their dogs. As they were poor, the only
entertainment was dogfights. Croatian and Montenegrian sailors brought dogfights to Yugoslavia in 1982. Nowadays, dogfights with Pit Bull Terriers
are illegal and an easy way for Balkan organizers to earn a lot of money. Dogfight tournaments and local fights are organized all over Yugoslavia,
even during the war. To see the game, public from all parts of Yugoslavia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia and Bosnia, pays a 50 Euros ticket. There is
always a big prize between the owners.
Athenians walk past a wall picture showing "the Messogiaki gate of Athens”at the underground metro station in Syntagma Square
Athenians walk by a large photograph showing Melina Mercuri standingin front of the Parthenon at the Acropolis metro station
An Athenian woman walks by a picture of the opera divaMaria Callas at the Megaron underground metro station
Athenians look at a 4th century B.C. grave discovered in the earth's strataat the underground metro station in Syntagma Square