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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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South Korean protesters stage a candlelight rally against the South Korean government's policy towards U.S. beef imports in front of Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 5, 2008. Tens of thousands rallied in Seoul on Saturday in one of the biggest protests against U.S. beef imports, as pro-government groups staged a counter rally calling for an end to weeks of often-violent anti-government demonstrations.
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Animal rights protesters lie outside Pamplona's bullring covered in fake blood during a demonstration calling for the abolition of bull runs and bullfights on the eve of the start of the famous running of the bulls San Fermin festival July 5, 2008. The annual week-long fiesta gets underway July 6 with the first bull run in the morning of July 7.
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An Iraqi child works on components for irrigation water pumps in a workshop at the Sultan Syed Ali Market in Baghdad on July 5, 2008. With Iraq in the grip of a severe drought, many farmers are now dependent on irrigation pumps to supply water from the receding Tigris and Euphrates rivers for their crops.
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Charles Clark looks at the scoreboard after running to a second place finish in his first round men's 200m heat at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon, July 4, 2008.
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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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A protester holds portraits of Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-Hee (R) and Lee Jae-Yong (L), a senior executive of Samsung Electronics and only son of the chairman Lee, upon Lee Kun-Hee's walks into the office of special prosecutors probing alleged corruption as police control protestors in Seou on April 4, 2008. The head of South Korea's biggest business group denied he was directly involved in the creation of Samsung's slush fund. The placards show the pictures of Lee's son saying "Father! it will be over today" and the Samsung chief saying "Yes, I've handed out a lot of money."
A protester holds portraits of Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee (R) and Lee Jae-yong, a senior executive of Samsung Electronics and only son of the chairman Lee, upon Lee Kun-hee's arrival at the office of a special counsel looking into allegations made by a former top legal Samsung executive in Seoul April 4, 2008. The chairman of the Samsung Group, one of South Korea's richest and most powerful men, on Friday reported to a special prosecutor to answer questions about possible corruption at the country's largest conglomerate.
Samsung Electronics' shareholders walk past a Samsung banner after the company's annual shareholders' meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 28, 2008. Samsung Electronics Co. trimmed its sales forecast for this year on global economic woes, but said profit will increase, helped by earnings growth in key areas such as memory chips, flat-panel displays and mobile handsets.
Shareholders of South Korea's Samsung Electronics leave after the company's annual shareholder meeting at its headquarters in Seoul March 28, 2008. Samsung, the world's biggest maker of memory chips and TVs, cut its target for 2008 sales and issued a modest forecast for earnings growth in what it called a difficult global environment.
A shareholder of South Korea's Samsung Electronics leaves after the company's annual shareholder meeting at its headquarters in Seoul March 28, 2008. Samsung, the world's biggest maker of memory chips and TVs, cut its target for 2008 sales and issued a modest forecast for earnings growth in what it called a difficult global environment.
A shareholder of South Korea's Samsung Electronics listens to its CEO Yun Jong-yong during the company's annual shareholder meeting at its headquarters in Seoul March 28, 2008. Samsung, the world's biggest maker of memory chips and TVs, cut its target for 2008 sales and issued a modest forecast for earnings growth in what it called a difficult global environment.
South Korean models display Samsung Electronics' new digital mobile phone, Anycall Haptic SCH-W420, during its unveiling ceremony in Seoul, South Korea Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Samsung Electronics on Tuesday announced the launch of the new Samsung Anycall Haptic SCH-W420, a powerful high speed multimedia phone with a touch sensitive 16:9 wide screen and intuitive user interface.
An aerial view of Samsung Electronics' flat screen plant in Giheung, about 50 kms (31 miles) south of Seoul shown in this picture released on March 4, 2008. Samsung Electronics and Sony are likely to invest about $1.9 billion jointly in a new flat screen production line, a source at Samsung said on Tuesday.
Lee Jae-Yong, executive director of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives at a special prosecutor's office in Seoul on February 28, 2008. A special prosecutor probing corruption allegations involving Samsung Group summoned the son of Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of the country's biggest conglomerate, on suspicion of illicitly transferring company ownership.
Lee Jae-Yong (C), executive director of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives at a special prosecutor's office in Seoul on February 28, 2008. A special prosecutor probing corruption allegations involving Samsung Group summoned the son of Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of the country's biggest conglomerate, on suspicion of illicitly transferring company ownership.
Lee Jae-Yong (C), executive director of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives at a special prosecutor's office in Seoul on February 28, 2008. A special prosecutor probing corruption allegations involving Samsung Group summoned the son of Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of the country's biggest conglomerate, on suspicion of illicitly transferring company ownership.
A visitor looks at Samsung Electronics' flat screens displayed at SEMICON Korea 2008, an exhibition dedicated to semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing in Korea, in Seoul January 30, 2008. Makers of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels are set to enjoy a booming flat-screen TV market in 2008 from continuing solid demand and tight supplies, after a strong earnings recovery last year, which was mainly due to investment cutbacks.
A large flat screen of Samsung Electronics is on display at the company headquarters in Seoul January 15, 2008. Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips, reported on Tuesday a smaller-than-expected 7 percent fall in quarterly profit as strong results from flat screens offset a dismal showing by chips.
Samsung Electronics' flat screens are on display at the company headquarters in Seoul January 15, 2008. Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips, reported on Tuesday a smaller-than-expected 7 percent fall in quarterly profit as strong results from flat screens offset a dismal showing by chips.
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