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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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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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Press Freedom campaigners cover their mouths with white towels during a press conference in Hong Kong on April 30, 2008 ahead of the World Press Freedom Day event May 1 to 3. In the run up to the 100-day countdown of the Beijing Olympics, renowned writers and artists are gathering in the territory for a two-day seminar and an arts fair to send a message to the Chinese government of making Freedom of Expression Dream a reality in China.
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Toro Rosso Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany, Renault Formula One reserve driver Lucas Di Grassi of Brazil and McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver Heikki Kovalainen of Finland have fun after the drivers briefing for the Turkish Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park Formula One circuit in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 9, 2008. The Turkish Grand Prix will be held here on Sunday, May 11, 2008.
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Coffins with remains of 65 Red Army soldiers killed during World War Two are seen during the reburial ceremony near the small village of Sukhaya, 80km (50 miles) north of the Ukrainian capital Kiev May 9, 2008. Ukraine celebrated on Wednesday the 63rd anniversary of the World War Two victory over Nazi Germany.
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL - MAY 09: Chris DiMarco watches his tee shot on the fifth hole during the second round of THE PLAYERS Championship on THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass on May 9, 2008 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
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Pictures of Majority leader Saad al-Hariri and assassinated former Prime Minister Rafic al-Hariri are seen on a glass shattered by a bullet inside the building of al-Mustaqbal newspaper after clashes in Beirut May 9, 2008. Hezbollah gunmen took control of large areas of Beirut on Friday in a third day of fighting between the pro-Iranian group and fighters loyal to the U.S.- backed governing coalition.
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A Shi'ite opposition gunman takes position in a street in Beirut May 8, 2008. Iranian-backed Hezbollah tightened its grip on Beirut airport on Thursday, pilling pressure on Lebanon's U.S. -backed government on the second day of a protest campaign that has triggered gun battles in the capital.
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A masked Shiite gunman smokes a water pipe as he rests in a Beirut street, Lebanon, Friday May 9, 2008. Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of large areas of Beirut's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday, in street battles that left 11 dead, security officials said.
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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 the middle of a sandstorm, US troops of 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment stand to attention during a change of command ceremony at their forward operating base in Yusufiyah, located in the so-called "triangle of death", around 16 kilometres (10 miles) south of Baghdad, on May 9, 2008. US troops are stationed at a huge unfinished oil power plant that was being built by a Russian-contract company during the regime of executed leader Saddam Hussein and suspended due to invasion, in April 2003.
