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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MAY 11: Giancarlo Fisichella (top) of Italy and Force India and Kazuki Nakajima (bottom) of Japan and Williams collide at the first corner at the start of the Turkish Formula One Grand Prix at Istanbul Park on May 11, 2008, in Istanbul, Turkey.
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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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Benfica's midfielder Rui Costa runs with the ball during their Portuguese league soccer match with Setubal Sunday, May 11 2008, at Benfica's Luz stadium in Lisbon. Costa announced he would retire from professional soccer after this game. Benfica defeated Setubal 3-0.
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Serbian President and leader of the Democratic Party Boris Tadic greets supporters in front of the party's headquarters while celebrating victory in the parliamentary elections in Belgrade May 11, 2008. Tadic defeated his main nationalist rival in a parliamentary election on Sunday but was short of the number of seats needed to form a governing majority.
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United States goalie Robert Esche (R) looks in the air afterFinland's Mikko Koivu (front C) scores winning goal in the 3rd period during the qualification round of the 2008 IIHF World Hockey Championships at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia May 11, 2008.
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Workers remove a tree damaged by Cyclone Nargis in the Myanmar capital Yangon May 11, 2008. Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis poured out of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Sunday in search of food, water and medicine but aid workers said thousands of them would die if emergency supplies do not get through soon.
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A broken temple are seen after the destructive cyclone Nargis in Pyapon, in the Irrawaddy delta of Myanmar, Sunday, May 11, 2008.
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A villager sails at the river in Pyapon, a town in the Irrawaddy delta of Myanmar, on Sunday, May 11, 2008, a week after devastating cyclone Nagris slammed into the low-lying region and Yangon.
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A homeless villager, with traditional makeup on, gathers at the monastery of Kyi Bui Khaw village, in Pyapon, a town in the Irrawaddy delta of Myanmar, on Sunday, May 11, 2008, a week after devastating cyclone Nagris slammed into the low-lying region and Yangon.
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Photo from AP Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI
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Benfica's midfielder Rui Costa waves to supporters as he leaves the pitch after being substituted in the last minutes of their Portuguese league soccer match with Setubal Sunday, May 11 2008, at Benfica's Luz stadium in Lisbon. Costa announced he would retire from professional soccer after this game.
