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An illustration of the Sleipner natural gas field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea which pumps natural gas (green) to the surface and then reinjects excess carbon dioxide (blue) back into porous rocks for burial as part of a plan to slow global warming. The field, the longest-running commercial greenhouse gas burial project in the world, has pumped 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the subsea reservoir since it started in 1996, equivalent to about a fifth of Norway's annual carbon dioxide output.
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In this picture provided on May 6, 2008 by the Peruvian Marine Forces, workers try to control an oil spill in Pisco, Peru, 300 km south of Lima. The US ship Cape Knox was damaged and dumped an estimated of 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel while docking at the San Martin port, some 40 km from the Paracas National Reserve.
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Real Madrid football club players celebrate their 31st league title win in Madrid on May 4, 2008. Thousands of Real Madrid fans converged on the famous Cibeles fountain in the Spanish capital on May 4 to celebrate their team's 31st league title after a 2-1 win over Osasuna.
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People watch cockfighting during May Day holidays in Tongguan county, Yunnan province May 3, 2008.
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Hot off the wire
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, tours Horyuji Buddhist Temple with Chief Priest Gensho Ohno, holding a transparent umbrella, as a guide in Ikarugacho, Nara Prefecture (state), western Japan, Saturday, May 10, 2008. Horyuji, Japan's first World Cultural Heritage, houses the world's oldest surviving wooden structures, the temple said.
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Utah Jazz Carlos Boozer (R) high-fives teammate Mehmet Okur after scoring on the Los Angeles Lakers during Game 3 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final basketball series in Salt Lake City, Utah May 9, 2008.
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PITTSBURGH - MAY 09: Ryan Whitney #19 of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Mike Knuble #22 of the Philadelphia Flyers fight during the third period of game one of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Mellon Arena on May 9, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Penguins won the game 4-2 and lead the series 1-0.
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Recently starred
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Shown is the Benjamin Franklin Bridge through a broken window in an unoccupied condominium unit in Philadelphia , Friday, March 14, 2008. As America's housing market has foundered, homeowners who bought into newly rising projects at just the wrong time have found themselves marooned in stalled, abandoned or largely unoccupied developments with little place to turn, placing a strain on them and municipalities forced to pick up the pieces.
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Shown is the Benjamin Franklin Bridge through a broken window in an unoccupied condominium unit in Philadelphia , Friday, March 14, 2008. As America's housing market has foundered, homeowners who bought into newly rising projects at just the wrong time have found themselves marooned in stalled, abandoned or largely unoccupied developments with little place to turn, placing a strain on them and municipalities forced to pick up the pieces.
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Shown is the Benjamin Franklin Bridge through a broken window in an unoccupied condominium unit in Philadelphia , Friday, March 14, 2008. As America's housing market has foundered, homeowners who bought into newly rising projects at just the wrong time have found themselves marooned in stalled, abandoned or largely unoccupied developments with little place to turn, placing a strain on them and municipalities forced to pick up the pieces.
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The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes (C), tours a camp where Kenyans who have been displaced by post election ethnic violence have sought refuge in Nairobi on February 10, 2008. More than 1,000 people have been killed and 300,000 displaced in rioting, tribal violence and police raids since the December 27, 2007 elections that President Mwai Kibaki officially won, but the opposition claims was rigged. Holmes is in a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country.
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SALT LAKE CITY - MAY 09: Derek Fisher #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers passes the ball against Mehmet Okur #13 of the Utah Jazz in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs on May 9, 2008 at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
SALT LAKE CITY - MAY 09: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakersoes up for a hot against Carlos Boozer #5 of the Utah Jazz in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs on May 9, 2008 at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
Children living in a poor area in a suburb of Manila play basketball on May 10, 2008. Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said birth control at home and friendly ties with the world's top rice exporters will help the Philippines survive soaring food prices. Despite high productivity, the Philippines still cannot attain self-sufficiency in rice because of its high population growth. The Philippines, with a population of more than 87 million, has one of the highest birth rates in Asia at 2.3 percent annually according to the Asian Development Bank.
SALT LAKE CITY - MAY 09: Pau Gasol #16 of the Los Angeles Lakers battles for the ball with Carlos Boozer #5 of the Utah Jazz in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs on May 9, 2008 at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
