Thursday, February 17, 2011

TOBACCO FLOOR IN HARARE AND SOME FLOWER SELLERS....PICS

Zimbabweans wait to buy flowers for their loved ones on Valentines Day in Harare, Zimbabwe Monday Feb.14, 2011. Millions of people celebrate Valentines Day worldwide, exchanging gifts and celebrating love.








A flower vendor waters his flowers while waiting for clients on Valentines Day in Harare, Zimbabwe Monday Feb.14, 2011. Millions of people celebrate Valentines Day worldwide, exchanging gifts and celebrating love.







Zimbabwean tobacco farmers line up their vehicles in a queue to sell their tobacco on the first day of the tobacco selling season in Harare, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Zimbabwe thrived on tobacco and other farm exports until the government-instigated seizures, often violent, of white-owned commercial farms starting in 2000.







Buyers inspect bales of tobacco on the opening day of the 2011 selling season at Zimbabwe's Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF) in Harare February 16, 2011.








Communal tobacco farmers await buyers on the opening day of the 2011 selling season at Zimbabwe's Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF) in Harare February 16, 2011.








Buyers inspect bales of tobacco on the opening day of the 2011 selling season at Zimbabwe's Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF) in Harare February 16, 2011.





Buyers inspect bales of tobacco on the opening day of the 2011 selling season at Zimbabwe's Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF) in Harare February 16, 2011.






An auctioneer holds tobacco leaves as he smokes on the first day of the tobacco selling season in Harare, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Zimbabwe thrived on tobacco and other farm exports until the government-instigated seizures, often violent, of white-owned commercial farms starting in 2000.





A Zimbabwean buyer inspects bales of tobacco on the opening day of the 2011 selling season at the Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF) in Harare February 16, 2011.









Chinese buyers assess some of the tobacco being auctioned on the first day of the tobacco selling season in Harare, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Zimbabwe thrived on tobacco and other farm exports until the government-instigated seizures, often violent, of white-owned commercial farms starting in 2000.







Zimbabwean auctioneers sell tobacco on the first day of the tobacco selling season in Harare, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Zimbabwe thrived on tobacco and other farm exports until the government-instigated seizures, often violent, of white-owned commercial farms starting in 2000.







Zimbabwean auctioneers sell tobacco on the first day of the tobacco selling season in Harare, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Zimbabwe thrived on tobacco and other farm exports until the government-instigated seizures, often violent, of white-owned commercial farms starting in 2000.








Chinese buyers assess some of the tobacco being auctioned on the first day of the tobacco selling season in Harare, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Zimbabwe thrived on tobacco and other farm exports until the government-instigated seizures, often violent, of white-owned commercial farms starting in 2000.







A woman and her baby walk past bags of tobacco on the first day of the tobacco selling season in Harare, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Zimbabwe thrived on tobacco and other farm exports until the government-instigated seizures, often violent, of white-owned commercial farms starting in 2000.







Tobacco buyers assess some of the tobacco on the first day of the tobacco selling season in Harare, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Zimbabwe thrived on tobacco and other farm exports until the government-instigated seizures, often violent, of white-owned commercial farms starting in 2000.






Zimbabwean Riot Police move in to stop Members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise(WOZA) from marching through the streets of Harare, Tuesday, Feb. , 15, 2011. Witnesses say Zimbabwean police disobeyed orders by not firing tear gas at protesters asking for reform in the nation's capital. The militant Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise group says several protesters managed to get through the police blockade Tuesday to deliver messages calling for peaceful reform at the parliament building. They say officers ignored shouts from a commander to attack protesters with tear gas and batons.








An anti-riot police officer blocks members of a women's pressure group, Women Arise of Zimbabwe (WOZA), as they march to the Parliament in capital Harare February 15, 2011. The European Union extended sanctions on Zimbabwe for a year on Tuesday and expressed deep concern about political violence, but removed 35 people from a list of those affected by asset freezes and visa bans.





The chief EU representative in Zimbabwe, Emilio Rossetti, speaks at a news conference in Harare Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. The European Union says it is extending visa bans and an asset freeze against President Robert Mugabe and his associates for another year.






Members of a women's pressure group, Women Arise of Zimbabwe (WOZA), march to the Parliament in capital Harare February 15, 2011. The European Union extended sanctions on Zimbabwe for a year on Tuesday and expressed deep concern about political violence, but removed 35 people from a list of those affected by asset freezes and visa bans.







Members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise(WOZA) march through the streets of Harare, Tuesday, Feb. , 15, 2011. Witnesses say Zimbabwean police disobeyed orders by not firing tear gas at protesters asking for reform in the nation's capital. The militant Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise group says several protesters managed to get through the police blockade Tuesday to deliver messages calling for peaceful reform at the parliament building. They say officers ignored shouts from a commander to attack protesters with tear gas and batons.


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