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A boy runs away after setting fireworks alight in Washington on July 4, 2009. Americans across the United States celebrated their national holiday, commemorating the 233 years since the Declaration of Independence with barbecues, live music and lots of fireworks.

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  3. A Palestinian female police officer is seen next to a portrait of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, during an event for female officers in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. The fifth anniversary of Arafat's death will be marked on Monday. Arafat died Nov. 11, 2004, in a Paris hospital at age 75.
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