News In Photos: Kweku Adoboli, Hind Ahmas And The Irton Tree
NEWS In Photos – September 22 2011:
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City trader Kweku Adoboli, 31, arriving at City of London Magistrates’ Court where he is accused of fraud and two charges of false accounting over three years at Swiss banking giant UBS.
Picture date: Thursday September 22, 2011. See PA story COURTS UBS. Photo credit should read: Kevin Quigley/PA Wire
Hind Ahmas, shows the euro120, US $161.40, cheque she brought for payment of a fine, at Meaux court house east of Paris Thursday Sept. 22, 2011. Ahmas was fined for wearing an Islamic face veil, despite a nationwide ban.
Duncan Shaw performs a stunt in front of the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, Scotland, to promote this weekend’s Riverside Extreme. Duncan Shaw of The Clan, Scotland’s number one stunt cycling team, today performed some spectacular moves in the shadows of the museum ahead of Saturday’s stunt cycling showcase. Shaw and other members of The Clan, including YouTube phenomenon Danny MacAskill will perform breathtaking stunts at the museum throughout the day this Saturday.
Ed Sheeran at the Arthur’s Day celebrations at the Guinness Hopstore, Dublin.
Local resident Mark Snow stages a protest from within the branches of a beech tree in the village of Irton, Scarborough to stop the council from carrying out a court order to cut it down. Snow has become an unexpected hero with some villagers in Irton, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, who have been battling for five years against plans to remove the tree.
Geri Halliwell arriving for the annual Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Gala, at Hampton Court Palace in London.
The repatriation of (right) Marine David Fairbrother, 24, from 42 Commando and Lance Corporal Jonathan James McKinlay of The First Battalion The Rifles, at the Memorial Garden on the edge of Carterton, Oxfordshire.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, shakes the hand of actor Robert DeNiro, second from left, as they stand with New York philanthropist Craig Hatkoff, left, and film producer Jane Rosenthal during a visit to Liberty Island in anticipation of the 125th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, in New York. The statue celebrates its 125th anniversary on Oct. 28. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Russian fans of Britney Spears pose with her poster prior Britney’s show in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Britney Spears performs in St.Petersburg and Moscow as part of her European tour.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shows Timeline during the f/8 conference in San Francisco, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
U.S. Solheim Cup player Michelle Wie fixes her bandana with caddie Brendan Woolley during a practice round at Kileen Castle, Dunsany, Ireland, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
U.S. Solheim Cup player Michelle Wie fixes her bandana with caddie Brendan Woolley during a practice round at Kileen Castle, Dunsany, Ireland, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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