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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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Canadian singer Daniel Powter, left, and Taiwan's Executive Yuan Spokeswoman Vanessa Shih smile as they arrive at the 19th Golden Melody Awards, Saturday, July 5, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. Powter is a guest at this year's Golden Melody Awards-one of the Chinese-language pop music world's biggest annual events.
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KFOR soldiers repair a damaged bridge on the Ibar River in the northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica July 5, 2008.
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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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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono ride one bike during a campaign "Bike to Work" in Jakarta on June 20, 2008. Indonesian President, Ministers and about 500 hundreds others took part in the campaign to encourage office goers to use bike to work aimed at helping to stop air pollution and less traffic jam in the capital.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono ride one bike during a campaign "Bike to Work" in Jakarta on June 20, 2008. Indonesian President, Ministers and about 500 hundreds others took part in the campaign to encourage office goers to use bike to work aimed at helping to stop air pollution and less traffic jam in the capital.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) leads other bikers during a campaign "Bike to Work" in Jakarta on June 20, 2008. Indonesian President, Ministers and about 500 hundreds others took part in the campaign to encourage office goers to use bike to work aimed at helping to stop air pollution and less traffic jam in the capital.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) leads other bikers during a campaign "Bike to Work" in Jakarta on June 20, 2008. Indonesian President, Ministers and about 500 hundreds others took part in the campaign to encourage office goers to use bike to work aimed at helping to stop air pollution and less traffic jam in the capital.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono ride one bike during a campaign "Bike to Work" in Jakarta on June 20, 2008. Indonesian President, Ministers and about 500 hundreds others took part in the campaign to encourage office goers to use bike to work aimed at helping to stop air pollution and less traffic jam in the capital.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd walk together at the presidential palace in Jakarta on June 13, 2008. Rudd, whose centre-left Labor party supports close engagement with Asia, flew into Jakarta on the second leg of an Asian trip aimed to strengthen often brittle ties.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd give a joint press conference after a signing ceremony of the two countries cooperation agreement at the presidential palace in Jakarta on June 13, 2008. Rudd, whose centre-left Labor party supports close engagement with Asia, flew into Jakarta on the second leg of an Asian trip aimed to strengthen often brittle ties.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) escorts Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (C) at the presidential palace in Jakarta on June 13, 2008. Rudd, whose centre-left Labor party supports close engagement with Asia, flew into Jakarta on the second leg of an Asian trip aimed to strengthen often brittle ties.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) greets Iranian Minister for Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Solaimani before a meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta on June 12, 2008. Solaimani met Yudhoyono on the last day of his five-day official visit to the world's largest Muslim populated nation.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) speaks to Iranian Minister for Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Solaimani (L) during a meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta on June 12, 2008. Solaimani met Yudhoyono on the last day of his five-day official visit to the world's largest Muslim populated nation.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) greets Iranian Minister for Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Solaimani before a meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta on June 12, 2008. Solaimani met Yudhoyono on the last day of his five-day official visit to the world's largest Muslim populated nation.
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.
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