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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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Randy Griffin from the United States, left, fights against German Felix Sturm during their WBA middleweight world boxing title fight in Halle, western Germany, Saturday, July 5, 2008. Sturm jabbed his way to lopsided decision over Griffin and earned a fourth successful defense of his title.
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A model displays the latest collection of Omani designer Amal Al Ra'aes during a fashion show held by Gulf designers in Manama July 5, 2008.
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EUGENE, OR - JULY 05: The men compete in the 3,000 meter steeplechase finals during day seven of the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials at Hayward Field on July 5, 2008 in Eugene, Oregon.
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US President George W. Bush (C) and First Lady Laura Bush are reflected in a puddle as they board Air force One at Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on July 5, 2008 as they depart for the G8 Summit in Japan.
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A man looks at a Salvador Dali sculpture entitled Lobster Telephone made in 1936 at the Tate Modern art gallery, London, 30 May 2007. Tate Modern are displaying a range of works of art by Salvador Dali including films sculptures and paintings
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A woman reacts in front of Salvador Dali's and Edward James' 'Mae West Lips Sofa', left, and other art objects, at the exhibition 'Surreal Things', in central London's Victoria and Albert Museum, Tuesday March 27, 2007. The new exhibition opening March 29 explors the link between surrealism and commerce and the show charts the way surrealism evolved, in short order, from cutting-edge art movement to design element to advertising tool, used to sell everything from perfume to automobiles. Surrealism emerged in the 1920s as a subversive artistic movement out to challenge accepted ideas and _ influenced by Sigmund Freud _ liberate the unconscious.
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Spanish artist Salvador Dali's "Retrospective woman's bust" is exhibited on the opening day of "Surreal Things", a 250-piece art exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao February 28, 2008. The exhibition, organized with London's Victoria and Albert museum, deals with Surrealist objects and their relationship with commercial design.
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WASHINGTON - APRIL 11: The Abraham Lincoln mascot from the Nationals Major League Baseball team entertains school children as they wait in line to enter the grand opening of the Newseum April 11, 2008 in Washington, DC. The 250,000-square-foot interactive news museum is located on Pennsylvania Avenue between the U.S. Capitol and the White House.
The signature of President Abraham Lincoln is seen in this letter he wrote in 1854, and photographed at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. The library has unveiled for the first time for public display a series of letters owned by Kennedy that were written by former presidents.
An person portraying President Abraham Lincoln is seen beneath the dome of the former First Bank of the United States building, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. History and tourism leaders announced Tuesday plans to move the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia to the former bank building.
The signature of President Abraham Lincoln is seen on a handwritten note, dated July 7, 1863, as it is displayed for the first time at the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2007. The National Archives unveiled the handwritten note by Lincoln exhorting his generals to pursue Robert E. Lee's army after the battle of Gettysburg, underscoring one of the great missed opportunities for an early end to the Civil War.
President Abraham Lincoln is shown in this Nov. 8, 1863 file photo made available by the New York Public Library. Lincoln has been dead for 142 years, but he still manages to make medical headlines, this time from doctors who say he had a bad case of smallpox when he delivered the Gettysburg Address.
President Abraham Lincoln is shown in this Nov. 8, 1863 file photo made available by the New York Public Library. Lincoln has been dead for 142 years, but he still manages to make medical headlines, this time from doctors who say he had a bad case of smallpox when he delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Abraham Lincoln is shown in this Nov. 8, 1863 file photo made available by the New York Public Library. Lincoln could have survived if today's medical technology existed in 1865. How that would have affected history is less clear, according to a doctor and historian who planned to speak Friday, May 18, 2007 at an annual University of Maryland School of Medicine conference on the deaths of historic figures.
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., visits the presidential carvings at the Mount Rushmore National Monument, near Keystone, S.D., Wednesday, May 28, 2008, as she campaigns in South Dakota. The presidents carved into the mountain are, left to right, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
Oprah Winfrey speaks before presenting the Lincoln Leadership Award to Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at the Ritz-Carton Hotel in Chicago. Tutu is the second recipient, after retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was honored in 2006. His portrait will hang on the second floor of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, next to a painting of the 16th President.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa speaks after receiving the Lincoln Leadership Award from Oprah Winfrey, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at the Ritz-Carton Hotel in Chicago. Tutu is the second recipient, after retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was honored in 2006. His portrait will hang on the second floor of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, next to a painting of the 16th President.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa speaks after receiving the Lincoln Leadership Award from Oprah Winfrey, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at the Ritz-Carton Hotel in Chicago. Tutu is the second recipient, after retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was honored in 2006. His portrait will hang on the second floor of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, next to a painting of the 16th President.
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