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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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People walks past a Westpac bank branch in Sydney, Australia, Monday, May 12, 2008. Westpac Banking Corp. announced it has approached rival St. George Bank Ltd. with a 15 billion Australian dollars (US$14 billion; euro9 billion) takeover offer that could be the biggest shakeup of Australia's bank sector in years.
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San Antonio Spurs forward Robert Horry (25) shoots against the New Orleans Hornets during Game 4 of their Western Conference semi-final NBA basketball playoff series in San Antonio, Texas, May 11, 2008. Horry tied Kareem-Abdul Jabbar's NBA record of playing in 237 playoff games.
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A South Korean worker attaches a name card with a wish on it to a lotus lantern during a ceremony to celebrate Buddha's birthday at the Chogye Temple in Seoul on May 12, 2008. Buddhism is one of South Korea's larges and most active religions with millions of followers.
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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 Mahmoud Tawil
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Paul Goydos rests his chin on his putter as he waits to putt his par putt on the 18th hole during the final of The Players Championship golf tournament, Sunday, May 11, 2008, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Goydos would miss the putt sending the tournament into a sudden-death playoff against Sergio Garcia. Garcia won the tournament on the first playoff hole.
