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Myanmar officers wait to carry relief supplies for cyclone victims in Myanmar at the airport in Yangon on May 10, 2008. United Nations officials have said they fear the death toll could climb even higher if the 1.5 million people in need of emergency food, drinking water and medicine are not reached soon. State media in isolated Myanmar report that more than 23,000 people were killed when Nargis ripped its deadly path through the country's southwest last weekend, while foreign officials estimate the death toll at closer to 100,000.
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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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People watch cockfighting during May Day holidays in Tongguan county, Yunnan province May 3, 2008.
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U.S. singer Madonna performs on stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend, at Mote Park in Maidstone, England Saturday May 10, 2008.
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Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker reacts in the dugout after New York Mets batter Carlos Beltran hit a bases-loaded triple in the sixth inning of their MLB National League baseball game May 10, 2008, in New York.
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FC Basel (FCB) poses with the Swiss Super League cup after winning the final against YC Young Boys (YB) 2-0 in Basel on May 10, 2008.
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Myanmar soldiers carry relief supplies for cyclone victims in Myanmar from China at airport in Yangon on May 10, 2008. United Nations officials have said they fear the death toll could climb even higher if the 1.5 million people in need of emergency food, drinking water and medicine are not reached soon. State media in isolated Myanmar report that more than 23,000 people were killed when Nargis ripped its deadly path through the country's southwest last weekend, while foreign officials estimate the death toll at closer to 100,000.
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Manchester City supporters gather at The City of Manchester Stadium, in Manchester on May 10, 2008, to show support for manager Sven Goran Eriksson who has publicly admitted for the first time that he could be leaving Manchester City at the end of the season. Ahead of City's final game of the season, at Middlesbrough on Sunday, Eriksson declined to go into any detail about his future after it emerged that the club's Thai owner Thasksin Shinawatra wants to replace him.
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An Iraqi map painted with the colours of the national flag appears between handcuffs on a concrete barrier outside an Iraqi police station, in downtown Yusufiyah, located in the so-called "triangle of death", 16 kilometers (10 miles) south of Baghdad, on May 10, 2008. Overnight fighting between Sadr's Mahdi army militia and US and Iraqi forces left 13 people and fighter killed in Baghdad's Sadr City district.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 09: Sgt. Shawn Hummel of the 3-89 Cavalry in the 10th Mountain Division stands guard during a Night Patrol in the tense eastern suburbs of Baghdad in the early morning hours of May 9, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. Sgt. Hummel is a member of a small scout squad that patrols under cover of darkness in advance of large teams of soldiers that work main thoroughfares at night, searching for roadside bombs and other insurgent activity.
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BEND, OR - MAY 10: Lucy Brown, 2, (L) plays with sidewalk chalk while sitting with her mother while Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks to reporters after taking a tour of solar product maker the PV Powered Company May 10, 2008 in Bend, Oregon. Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) continue to battle for the Democratic presidential nomination in Oregon which holds its primary on May 20.
BEND, OR - MAY 10: Sidewalk chalk sits on the ground where the name 'Obama' is written on the pavement near Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaking to reporters after taking a tour of solar product maker the PV Powered Company May 10, 2008 in Bend, Oregon. Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) continue to battle for the Democratic presidential nomination in Oregon which holds its primary on May 20.
BEND, OR - MAY 10: Jennifer Brown (R) tries to get her daughter Lucy Brown, 2, (L) to come back behind the yellow rope while Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks to reporters after taking a tour of solar product maker the PV Powered Company May 10, 2008 in Bend, Oregon. Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) continue to battle for the Democratic presidential nomination in Oregon which holds its primary on May 20.
BEND, OR - MAY 10: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) gestures with his hands as he speaks to reporters after taking a tour of solar product maker the PV Powered Company May 10, 2008 in Bend, Oregon. Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) continue to battle for the Democratic presidential nomination in Oregon which holds its primary on May 20.
BEND, OR - MAY 10: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) gestures with his hands as he speaks to reporters after taking a tour of solar product maker the PV Powered Company May 10, 2008 in Bend, Oregon. Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) continue to battle for the Democratic presidential nomination in Oregon which holds its primary on May 20.
BEND, OR - MAY 10: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks to reporters after taking a tour of solar product maker the PV Powered Company May 10, 2008 in Bend, Oregon. Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) continue to battle for the Democratic presidential nomination in Oregon which holds its primary on May 20.
