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Australian singer Kylie Minogue smiles as she poses for photographers with the OBE she received from Britain's Prince Charles for her services to music at Buckingham Palace in London July 3, 2008.
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Serena (L) and Venus Williams of the U.S. talk to each other during their quarter-finals doubles match against Bethanie Mattek of the U.S. and Sania Mirza of India at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 2, 2008.
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Acrobats perform during the presentation of A400M military aircraft in Seville, southern Spain June 26, 2008. Europe unveiled the A400M military aircraft on Thursday, giving the public a first glimpse of a powerful turboprop plane built to supply seven NATO countries with urgently needed strategic airlift capacity.
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A group of people look at the sun, standing on the rocky crest filled with astronomical markers at the megalithic observatory of Kokino, soon after sunrise on June 21, 2008, on the day of the summer solstice. The ancient astronomic observatory, located about 80 km northeast of Skopje, dates more than 4.000 years back in time. It is ranked by NASA as the fourth ancient observatory in the world.
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A member from the international relief group Oxfam personates the likes of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, center, as he leads other Oxfam members portrating other Group of Eight leaders to belt it out karaoke tunes at Sapporo, northern Japan, on Saturday, July 5, 2008. The G8 leaders, representing the U.S., Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and Canada, will descend in this northern Japanese island of Hokkaido for the summit meeting to discuss global warming and food crisis, among others.
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Fireworks light up the sky above Manhattan in New York during Independence Day celebrations July 4, 2008.
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New Zealand's Moss Burmester powers down the pool during the final of the Men's 200m Butterfly at the Grand Prix swimming meet in Sydney on July 5, 2008. Burmester won the event at the the meet which concludes on July 6 and is the last competition for the Australian team before next months Beijing Olympics.
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KIDLINGTON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 27: Sir Richard Branson (C) attends a photocall to launch Virgin Media's new television channel Virgin 1, at his home in Kidlington on September 27, 2007 in Oxfordshire, England.
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LONDON - FEBRUARY 08: Dita Von-Teese is seen at the launch of Virgin Media at Convent Garden Market on February 8, 2007 in London, England. Branson will spend the day in a perspex box being visited by celebrities and with only virgin media to entertain him. At its launch today Virgin Media will become the largest Virgin branded company in the world as well as a new force in British media, entertainment and communications. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dita Von-Teese
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LONDON - FEBRUARY 08: Dita Von-Teese launches Virgin Media at Convent Garden Market on February 8, 2007 in London, England. Branson will spend the day in a perspex box being visited by celebrities and with only virgin media to entertain him. At its launch today Virgin Media will become the largest Virgin branded company in the world as well as a new force in British media, entertainment and communications. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dita Von-Teese
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LONDON - FEBRUARY 08: Richard Branson and Dita Von-Teese launches Virgin Media at Convent Garden Market on February 8, 2007 in London, England. Branson will spend the day in a perspex box being visited by celebrities and with only virgin media to entertain him. At its launch today Virgin Media will become the largest Virgin branded company in the world as well as a new force in British media, entertainment and communications. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dita Von-Teese;Richard Branson
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New Zealand's Moss Burmester powers down the pool during the final of the Men's 200m Butterfly at the Grand Prix swimming meet in Sydney on July 5, 2008. Burmester won the event at the the meet which concludes on July 6 and is the last competition for the Australian team before next months Beijing Olympics.
Australia's Grant Hackett powers down the pool during the final of the Men's 400m Freestyle at the Grand Prix swimming meet in Sydney on July 5, 2008. Hackett won the event at the the meet which concludes on July 6 and is the last competition for the Australian team before next months Beijing Olympics.
Australia's Grant Hackett leaves the pool following the final of the Men's 400m Freestyle at the Grand Prix swimming meet in Sydney on July 5, 2008. Hackett won the event at the the meet which concludes on July 6 and is the last competition for the Australian team before next months Beijing Olympics.
OMAHA, NE - JULY 04: (Top to bottom) Aaron Peirsol, Ryan Lochte, Nick Thoman, Patrick Schirk and Cory Chitwood swim in the final of the 200 meter backstroke during the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials on July 4, 2008 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Peirsol won and tied second place finisher Ryan Lochte's world record of 1:54.32.
