A German prostitute, called Eve, waits for clients behind her window in the red light district of Amsterdam on December 8, 2008. Under a plan called Coalitions Project 2012, unveiled on December 6, 2008 by the city council, Amsterdam plans to halve the number of prostitution windows and cannabis-vending coffee shops in a revamp of its historic center aimed at curbing rising crime. Prostitution was legalized in the Netherlands in 2000
A partially damaged statue of a lion is seen in the ancient city of Babylon, some 100 kms south of Baghdad, on November 27, 2008. Fragments of bricks, engraved with cuneiform characters thousands of years old, lie mixed with the rubble and sandbags left by the US military on the ancient site of Babylon in Iraq. Archaeologists say a year of terracing work and 18 months of military presence, with tanks and helicopters, have caused irreparable damage to one of the cradles of civilisation.
A view of the newly renovated (R) and ruins (L) of the ancient city of Babylon, some 100 kms south of Baghdad, on November 27, 2008. Fragments of bricks, engraved with cuneiform characters thousands of years old, lie mixed with the rubble and sandbags left by the US military on the ancient site of Babylon in Iraq. Archaeologists say a year of terracing work and 18 months of military presence, with tanks and helicopters, have caused irreparable damage to one of the cradles of civilisation.
A palace of executed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein overlooks the ancient city of Babylon, some 100 kms south of Baghdad, on November 27, 2008. Fragments of bricks, engraved with cuneiform characters thousands of years old, lie mixed with the rubble and sandbags left by the US military on the ancient site of Babylon in Iraq. Archaeologists say a year of terracing work and 18 months of military presence, with tanks and helicopters, have caused irreparable damage to one of the cradles of civilisation.
