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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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American singer and songwriter Erykah Badu performs on stage, on the opening day of the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival, at the Stravinski hall in Montreux, Switzerland, Friday, July 4, 2008.
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Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek is decorated for the Fourth of July as he walks back from a mound meeting against the New York Yankees in the fourth inning of their MLB American League baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York July 4, 2008.
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Montenegrian Boris Zlotkovic(C) figths for the ball in the Spaniards Ivan Gallego (L) Sergi Mora (2nd R) and Ricardo Perroni (R) in the aquatic center swimming pool of the Spanish coastal city of Malaga on July 4, 2008 during their group match of the European Water Polo Championships.
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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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LONDON - FEBRUARY 08: Richard Branson and 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;Richard Branson
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Protesters display placards depicting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) during a demonstration against the government over the increase of fuel prices in Jakarta on May 24, 2008. Angry students hurled molotov cocktails at police after Indonesia hiked the cost of fuel by nearly 30 percent on May 24 to rein in subsidies that are exploding along with world oil prices. More than 100 protesters were arrested as students burned tyres in the streets and threw homemade fire-bombs outside the National University in Jakarta in response to the midnight price hike, police said.
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) speaks to reporters at the presidential palace in Jakarta May 21, 2008. Yudhoyono appealed for calm on Wednesday as thousands marched over rising prices on the 10th anniversary of the downfall of former President Suharto, and some protesters threw rocks and bottles at police.
Students shout slogans as they display placards depicting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) during an anti-government demonstration in Jakarta on May 19, 2008. Students took to the streets near their university in the capital in the latest in a string of protests against a government plan to raise the price of fuel. Indonesia has experienced a rash of protests since the government announced plans to hike the pump price of fuel, with high global oil prices causing the cost of the government's generous subsidy scheme to balloon.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) gestures as Microsoft chairman Bill Gates answers a question during the Government Leaders Forum Asia conference in Jakarta on May 9, 2008. Gates started his keynote speech announcing to donate three million USD from his foundation for the Myanmar cyclone victims.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) gestures as Microsoft chairman Bill Gates looks on during the Government Leaders Forum Asia conference in Jakarta on May 9, 2008. Gates started his keynote speech announcing to donate three million USD from his foundation for the Myanmar cyclone victims.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates (R) looks on as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) answers a question during the Government Leaders Forum Asia conference in Jakarta on May 9, 2008. Gates started his keynote speech announcing to donate three million USD from his foundation for the Myanmar cyclone victims. Man at left is unidentified.
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) speaks with East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao during a meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta on April 29, 2008. Gusmao, who escaped an assassination attempt on February in Dili, arrived in Indonesia on April 28 for a five-day long visit to boost up ties between the two countries.
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) listens to East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (L) before a meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta on April 29, 2008. Gusmao, who escaped an assassination attempt on February in Dili, arrived in Indonesia on April 28 for a five-day long visit to boost up ties between the two countries.
Security personnel look on as Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) greets East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (2nd-R-front) before a meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta on April 29, 2008. Gusmao, who escaped an assassination attempt on February in Dili, arrived in Indonesia on April 28 for a five-day long visit to boost up ties between the two countries. East Timor, a former Indonesia's province, won its independence in 2002.
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) shakes hand with East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao before a meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta on April 29, 2008. Gusmao, who escaped an assassination attempt on February in Dili, arrived in Indonesia on April 28 for a five-day long visit to boost up ties between the two countries.
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