News Pictures Of The Week - 2008, January 31

Christian Wulff, Christian Democrat (CDU) and incumbent gubernatoiral candidate in the German state of Lower Saxony, greets supporters at the Lower Saxony state capitol after initial exit poll results give the party a clear lead over the rival Social Democrats (SPD) in state parliamentary elections in Lower Saxony on January 27, 2008 in Hanover, Germany. Initial results give the CDU an approximate 14 point lead.
Christian Wulff, Christian Democrat (CDU) and incumbent gubernatoiral candidate in the German state of Lower Saxony, greets supporters at the Lower Saxony state capitol after initial exit poll results give the party a clear lead over the rival Social Democrats (SPD) in state parliamentary elections in Lower Saxony on January 27, 2008 in Hanover, Germany. Initial results give the CDU an approximate 14 point lead.
(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images News)
The body of the head of the Orthodox Church of Greece, Archbishop Christodoulos, is carried out of Athens Cathedral after his funeral service on January 31, 2007 in Athens, Greece. One of the most popular Archbishops in Greek history, Christodoulos died Monday aged 69 after a seven-month battle with liver cancer and was given a funeral befitting a Greek head of state. A phone dangles from the receiver on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a half point January 30, 2008 in New York City. Stocks were up in afternoon trading following the federal funds rate cut. An Indonesian soldier prays by the gravesite of former Indonesian President Suharto during his funeral on January 28, 2008 in his home town of Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. Born on June 8, 1921, Suharto died at the age of 86, one of Southeast Asia's longest serving leaders. He was regarded by many as the leader who brought his country out of poverty but to others Suharto was also seen as a dictator who ruled with an iron fist for almost 30 years. He was ousted in 1998 after political turmoil took hold during the Asian financial crisis bringing riots to Jakarta. U.S. President George W. Bush winks while delivering his final State of the Union address as Vice President Dick Cheney (L) looks on at the U.S. Capitol January 28, 2008 in Washington, DC. Bush, in his last address, spoke on such topics as the uncertainty of the economy, the status of the war in Iraq, and immigration reform.
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