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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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A poster of of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri catches fire after anti-government gunmen, loyal to a pro-Syrian group attacked and set on fire a two-story building that belongs to Hariri's Future TV in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday following the country's worst sectarian clashes since the bloody 15-year civil war. At least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in three days of street battles and gunfights, security officials said.
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Roger Federer of Switzerland returns the ball to Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic during their quarter-final match in the Italy Masters Series tennis tournament in Rome May 9, 2008.
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL - MAY 09: Chad Campbell hits off at the 5th tee 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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A protester wears a mask resembling Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee at a rally against Samsung Group in Seoul March 15, 2008. Hundreds of protesters denounced Samsung on Saturday for avoiding responsibility for an oil spill in Taean. The Hebei Spirit spilled 10,500 tonnes of crude oil after a crane mounted on a Samsung-owned barge punched holes in its hull on December 7, 2007 off Taean.
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A protester carries a mask resembling Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee at a rally against Samsung Group in Seoul March 15, 2008. Hundreds of protesters denounced Samsung on Saturday for avoiding responsibility for an oil spill in Taean. The Hebei Spirit spilled 10,500 tonnes of crude oil after a crane mounted on a Samsung-owned barge punched holes in its hull on December 7, 2007 off Taean.
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A flash mob perform to criticize Samsung Group in Seoul March 15, 2008. Hundreds of protesters denounced Samsung on Saturday at a rally for avoiding responsibility for an oil spill in Taean. The Hebei Spirit spilled 10,500 tonnes of crude oil after a crane mounted on a Samsung-owned barge punched holes in its hull on December 7, 2007 off Taean. The sign (C) reads: "Give back my sea (to me)".
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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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A poster of of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri catches fire after anti-government gunmen, loyal to a pro-Syrian group attacked and set on fire a two-story building that belongs to Hariri's Future TV in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday following the country's worst sectarian clashes since the bloody 15-year civil war. At least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in three days of street battles and gunfights, security officials said.
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.
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.
A Palestinian boy, wearing traditional Arabic dress, holds a large imitation key symbolizing the issue of Palestinian refugees during a demonstration to commemorate the Nakba, or catastrophe, the Arabic term used to describe the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, in the West Bank village of Beit Iksa, Friday May 9, 2008. Israel has been marking 60 years since the founding of the state, while Palestinians have been marking the loss of lands in the 1948 war in present day Israel.
