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ANDREWS AFB, MD - MAY 16: A F-22 flies during the Joint Services Open House and Air Show May 16, 2008 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Military families, their guests and students attended the show, which opens to the public this weekend, featuring demonstrations by the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and others.
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Actor Harrison Ford (R) is back as character Indiana Jones and is shown in a scene from the new film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" in this undated publicity photograph. Even decades past their prime, Hollywood's leading men just don't want to give up their image as strapping young action heroes, as Ford proves in his return as Indiana Jones.
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NEW ORLEANS - MAY 13: Tyson Chandler #6 of the New Orleans Hornets grabs a rebound against the San Antonio Spurs in Game Five of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs at The New Orleans Arena on May 13, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Hornets defeated the Spurs 101-79 to take a 3-2 lead in the series.
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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 14: Actress Eva Longoria (C) and Aishwarya Rai (R) arrive at the Blindness premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 61st International Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2008 in Cannes, France.
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South Korean protesters stage a candlelight vigil against U.S. beef imports in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 17, 2008. The letters on the cards read "Don't like mad cow disease."
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A boy showers as water leaks out from a public well at a village hit by Cyclone Nargis, outside Yangon May 17, 2008.
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A Chinese soldier carries a little girl as they evacuate Beichuan, southwest China's Sichuan province on May 17, 2008, after the order goes out to leave the area following landslides have clogged the Qingzhu river, creating a body of water that is already overflowing into a nearby village. China has started to evacuate more than 2,000 people on fears of floods stretching for 40 kilometres (25 miles) in the wake of a deadly earthquake.
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Actor Harrison Ford is back as character Indiana Jones and is shown in a scene from the new film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" in this undated publicity photograph. Even decades past their prime, Hollywood's leading men just don't want to give up their image as strapping young action heroes, as Ford proves in his return as Indiana Jones.
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ANDREWS AFB, MD - MAY 16: A F-22 flies during the Joint Services Open House and Air Show May 16, 2008 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Military families, their guests and students attended the show, which opens to the public this weekend, featuring demonstrations by the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and others.
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CLEVELAND - MAY 16: Head coach Doc Rivers of the Boston Celtics reacts as he coaches against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs on May 16, 2008 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers won 74-69.
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Soldiers guard a street as a woman walks past with a child during a police operation in the 'el Gallito' neigborhood in Guatemala City May 16, 2008. Hundreds of police and an equal number of soldiers stormed the notoriously dangerous district arresting 19 people for illegal weapons, drug charges and immigration violations.
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Myanmar's Junta leader Senior General Than Shwe (R) casts his vote in the country's constitutional referendum in the administrative capital Naypyidaw on May 10, 2008. Myanmar's junta pushed ahead with a vote on a new constitution, ignoring calls from the United Nations to focus on delivering aid to 1.5 million cyclone victims facing disease and hunger.
Myanmar's junta chief Than Shwe (L) waves as he leaves after attending the 63rd Armed Forces Day in administrative capital Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military. He reaffirmed that the military would hold a referendum in May on the constitution, but did not announce a date for the balloting.
Myanmar's junta chief Than Shwe (C) waves as he leaves after attending the 63rd Armed Forces Day in administrative capital Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military. He reaffirmed that the military would hold a referendum in May on the constitution, but did not announce a date for the balloting.
Myanmar's Junta Chief Senior General Than Shwe arrives at a dinner hosted to mark the 63rd Anniversary Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said on 27 March that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military.
Myanmar's Junta Chief Senior General Than Shwe (R) and Vice- Senior General Maung Aye (L) arrive to attend a dinner organised to mark the 63rd Anniversary Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said on 27 March that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military.
Myanmar's Junta Chief Senior General Than Shwe (C) and Vice- Senior General Maung Aye (L) arrive to attend a dinner organised to mark the 63rd Anniversary Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said on 27 March that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military.
Myanmar's Junta Chief Senior General Than Shwe (R) and Vice-Senior General Maung Aye arrive to attend a dinner organised to mark the 63rd Anniversary Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said on 27 March that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military.
Myanmar's junta chief Than Shwe (L) delivers his speech during a ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day in the administrative capital Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military. He reaffirmed that the military would hold a referendum in May on the constitution, but did not announce a date for the balloting.
Myanmar's junta chief Than Shwe (L) waves as he arrive to review guard of honour on the armed forces day in administrative capital Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military. He reaffirmed that the military would hold a referendum in May on the constitution, but did not announce a date for the balloting.
In this photo released by the Thai Spokesman Office, Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, left, talks with Myanmar's Chairman of State Peace and Development Council Senior Gen. Than Shwe, right, during their meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Friday, March 14, 2008. Samak was in Myanmar for a one-day visit in a bid to shore up economic ties between the two countries as Thailand is one of the biggest foreign investors and trading partners of military-ruled Myanmar.
Activists wearing masks of a portrait of Myanmar supreme leader Senior General Than Shwe (L) and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo protest outside the Singapore embassy in Bangkok November 16, 2007. Activists in both Thailand and the Philippines staged protests in front of the Singaporean embassies on November 16, to urge leaders o the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to play a tougher role against Myanmar's junta.
In this Myanmar News Agency photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Senior-Gen. Than Shwe, center, greets an unidentified diplomat during a state funeral for late Prime Minister Gen. Soe Win in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007. Soe Win died on Friday at the age of 59 in a military hospital after a long illness, the state media said.
United Nations official Ibrahim Gambari (L) poses with Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe (2L), Vice-Senior General Maung Aye (3L) General Thura Shwe Mann (2R) and Acting Prime Minister Lieutenant General Thein Sein (R) after a meeting in Myammar's administrative capital Naypyidaw, 02 October 2007. UN special envoy Gambari met with Myanmar's top general Than Shwe and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, wrapping up a mission aimed at halting a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests
Protesters display portraits of Myanmar's junta chief General Than Shwe (R) and detained opposition leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in front of the Myanmar embassy in Makati's financial district of Manila, October 1, 2007, to denounce the crackdown against peaceful demonstrators in military-ruled Myanmar.
Activists belonging to the Free Burma Coalition display a picture of Myanmar's military ruler Than Shwe (L) alongside that of Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in front of the Myanmar embassy in the Makati financial district of Manila September 28, 2007 to denounced the crackdown against demonstrators in military-ruled Myanmar.
This combo of file photos shows Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (L) in Myanmar's former capital Yangon and Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) smiling at a question during a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest on 06 May 2002. Myanmar's junta chief Than Shwe has offered to meet detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi if she ends her support for sanctions against the regime, state media said 04 October 2007
This combo of file photos shows Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (L) in Myanmar's former capital Yangon and Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) smiling at a question during a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest on 06 May 2002. Than Shwe has kept Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for most of the past 18 years, confining her to a rambling, lakeside home. Her latest house arrest began in 2003 after a brutal attack on her convoy that the NLD says left nearly 100 dead
Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (L) walks with Vice-Senior General Maung Aye (R) during a dinner to mark the country's Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, 27 March 2007. Myanmar put on a show of might and defiance at its annual military parade 27 March, with junta chief Than Shwe displaying few signs of his reported ill health in his new capital city
Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (L) salutes as members of the Myanmar military parade during ceremonies marking Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, 27 March 2007. Myanmar put on a show of might and defiance at its annual military parade, with junta chief Than Shwe displaying few signs of his reported ill health in his new capital city
Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (R) reviews a guard of honour during ceremonies marking Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, 27 March 2007. Myanmar put on a show of might and defiance at its annual military parade, with junta chief Than Shwe displaying few signs of his reported ill health in his new capital city
Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (C) reviews a guard of honour during ceremonies marking Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, 27 March 2007. Myanmar put on a show of might and defiance at its annual military parade, with junta chief Than Shwe displaying few signs of his reported ill health in his new capital city
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