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People watch fireworks during the first edition of 'Golden Nights' International Pyrotechnic Festival in Bucharest July 5, 2008.
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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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New Zealand All Black Brad Thorn arrives for a judicial hearing at the New Zealand Rugby Union, Wellington, New Zealand, Sunday, July 6, 2008. Thorn was cited for a spear tackle on South African John Smit in the international rugby test in Wellington, Saturday night.
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A patient lies on the bed at a kidney treatment unit at a public hospital in the province of El-Sharkia, northeast of Cairo, June 10, 2008. A video showing doctors at a Cairo hospital frantically trying to resuscitate premature babies while others wail in the background after a night-time power cut has sparked a national uproar over a health-care system suffering from a lack of funds, a long legacy of mismanagement and allegations of corruption.
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NEW YORK - JULY 05: Wilson Betemit #14 of the New York Yankees runs the bases against the Boston Red Sox on July 5, 2008 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees won the game 2-1.
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People watch fireworks during the first edition of 'Golden Nights' International Pyrotechnic Festival in Bucharest July 5, 2008.
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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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Posters of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki with a noose around his neck (L) and with half his face metamorphosing into the late President Saddam Hussein (R) are seen plastered to a hut painted in the colours of the Iraqi flag, in the restive district of Sadr City in east Baghdad on May 14, 2008. US troops went from house-to-house today in Baghdad searching for weapons in this Shiite stronghold ahead of a deployment of Iraqi forces in line with a new truce between militants loyal to anti-American Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and US and Iraq troops, witnesses and officials said. Bottom right is the word 'God' written in Arabic.
Posters of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki with a noose around his neck (L) and with half his face metamorphosing into the late President Saddam Hussein (R) are seen plastered to a hut painted in the colours of the Iraqi flag, in the restive district of Sadr City in east Baghdad on May 14, 2008. US troops went from house-to-house today in Baghdad searching for weapons in this Shiite stronghold ahead of a deployment of Iraqi forces in line with a new truce between militants loyal to anti-American Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and US and Iraq troops, witnesses and officials said.
A combo of pictures shows a watch with a portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (L) on January 14, 2003, in Baghdad. Pictured right is a watch with a portrait of firebrand Shiite Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr in Baghdad on March 10, 2008, five years after the US-led war on Iraq which toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein.
A Palestinian police officer stands by a mural painting of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, and late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, left, during a march against Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. The international Red Cross issued a dire warning on the state of basic services in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, calling on Israel to lift a blockade it has imposed in response to rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.
A Palestinian woman followed by a girl walk past giant portraits of Iraq's former president Saddam Hussein (L) and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on a main road in the West Bank city of Jenin, 09 January 2008. The first anniversary of the execution of Iraq's ousted dictator was marked 30 December 2007.
A Palestinian man recites poems while standing between posters of former slain Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (L) and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) during a gathering marking the anniversary of Saddam's execution, 31 December 2007 in the southern West Bank village of Halhul. The gathering was called by the Arab Liberation Front and some 700 people attended it. Saddam was hanged for crimes against humanity on December 30, 2006 in Baghdad.
Pictures of executed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (L) hang outisde a shop in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 30 December 2007. Saddam Hussein loyalists gathered at the ousted dictator's graveside today to mark the first anniversary of his execution, as former opponents expressed joy over the end of his rule.
Disabled Palestinian artist Mohammed Shaban paints a mural on a wall depicting the face of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, left, next to a mural depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Jenin, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. Sunday marks the the one-year anniversary of Saddam Hussein's execution.
Disabled Palestinian artist Mohammed Shaban paints a mural on a wall depicting the face of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, left, next to a mural depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Jenin, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. Sunday marks the the one-year anniversary of Saddam Hussein's execution.
A Palestinian woman walks past a wall decorated with photographs of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, bottom left, late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, bottom right, Cuba's revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, center right, Barcelona soccer team, top left, and U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone, top right, displayed for sale at the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
This file photo dated 31 December, 2000 shows Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (R) and Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan attending a military parade at the Victory Square in Baghdad. Iraq executed Saddam Hussein's former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan before dawn 20 March, 2007 as the nation marked the fourth anniversary of the US-led war that toppled the feared dictator
This file handout picture released by the offcial Iraqi News Agency (INA) shows Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (R) looking at a gift offered to him by the ruling Baa'th party Kurdistan branch in Baghdad 30 July 2002, as Iraqi Deputy Premier Tarek Aziz (L), vice chairman of Iraq's Revolution Command Council, Izzat Ibrahim (2nd L) and Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan (2nd R) look on. Iraq executed Saddam Hussein's former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan before dawn 20 March, 2007 as the nation marked the fourth anniversary of the US-led war that toppled the feared dictator
A combo of recent portraits shows Iraq's ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (L) during a hearing in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone 17 October 2006 and his defence attorney, Khalil Al-Dulaimi, addressing the court during the third day of the Anfal Campaign trial in Baghdad on 23 August of the same year. Dulailmi told
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (C) raises his national flag at the Iraqi embassy in Riyadh, 13 February 2007. Zebari formally reopened Iraq's embassy in Riyadh, which was closed at the height of the 1991 Gulf war but has operated informally since the two countries restored diplomatic relations in July 2004. Ties with Riyadh were broken off by then President Saddam Hussein's regime during the 1991 conflict when US-led forces used Saudi Arabia as a springboard to free neighbouring Kuwait from Iraqi occupation
Portrait of Iraq's ex-dictator Saddam Hussein is seen on a barricade blocking the Lebanese-Syrian border crossing near Al-Masna, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Road blocks, erected by anti-government factions, and clashes have blocked the road at Al-Masna, the key crossing on the Lebanon-Syria border. Gunmen opened fire in the region on cars on several occasions over the past two days.
Supporters of Saddam Hussein (portrait) lay flowers over his tomb in the village of Awja, near the central city of Tikrit, on April 28, 2008. Sunni Arab supporters of Saddam Hussein marked the anniversary of the executed Iraqi dictator's birth on Monday with poems and songs of praise by his grave in his native village of Awja.
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