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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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Washington Nationals mascots representing presidents George Washington (L) and Thomas Jefferson are seen during the annual Easter Egg roll 09 April 2007 at the White House in Washingon, DC. The tradition dates back to 1878 when President Rutherford B. Hayes opened the White House grounds to local children for an Easter egg roll
With a portrait of Thomas Jefferson behind him, Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Muhammad Shalqam participates in a bill signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2007. Despite unresolved terrorism and human rights concerns, the United States took another step toward ending decades of hostility with the north African nation Thursday as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks with the Libyan foreign minister in the highest-level contact between the two countries in Washington in 35 years.
Frank Mellon, legal counsel for the Jefferson County School District, speaks during a news conference at the Van Hoose Education Center, Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Louisville, Ky., following the decision by the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected integration plans in two major public school districts but left the door open for using race to assign students in limited circumstances.
Pat Todd, Jefferson County Public School's Executive Director for Student Assignment, speaks Thursday, June 28, 2007 during a press conference at the Van Hoose Education Center in Louisville, Ky., following the decision by the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected integration plans in two major public school districts but left the door open for using race to assign students in limited circumstances.
Pat Todd, Jefferson County Public School's Executive Director for Student Assignment speaks Thursday, June 28, 2007 during a press conference at the Van Hoose Education Center in Louisville, Ky., following the decision by the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected integration plans in two major public school districts but left the door open for using race to assign students in limited circumstances.
Pat Todd, Jefferson County Public School's Executive Director for Student Assignment, speaks Thursday, June 28, 2007 during a press conference at the Van Hoose Education Center in Louisville, Ky., following the decision by the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected integration plans in two major public school districts but left the door open for using race to assign students in limited circumstances.
WASHINGTON - APRIL 02: The statue of Thomas Jefferson stands at the Jefferson Memorial as the Cherry Blossom Festival bring visitors to the nation's capital April 2, 2007 in Washington, DC. The annual two-week Cherry Blossom Festival is the first major event of the tourist season every year. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., visits the presidential carvings at the Mount Rushmore National Monument, near Keystone, S.D., Wednesday, May 28, 2008, as she campaigns in South Dakota. The presidents carved into the mountain are, left to right, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, shakes hands with Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, left, after a document signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. At center is a painting of President Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, who also served as secretary of state.
WASHINGTON - MAY 06: Philippe Sands (2nd L), Professor of Law and Director of the Centre of International Courts and Tribunals at University College London, testifies as Marjorie Cohn (L), Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, listens during a hearing on "From the Department Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part I" before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the House Committee on the Judiciary on Capitol Hill May 6, 2008 in Washington, DC. The Committee on the Judiciary has voted to authorize issuance of a subpoena to David Addington, Chief of Staff to the Vice President and Counsel and Assistant to the President, to secure his appearance and testimony before a hearing relating to the committee's investigation concerning Bush Administration attorneys and interrogation rules and practices and related matters.
WASHINGTON - MAY 06: (R-L) Philippe Sands, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre of International Courts and Tribunals at University College London, Marjorie Cohn, law professor of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, David Luban, law professor of Georgetown University Law Center, and David Rivkin, Jr., partner of BakerHostetler LLP, testify during a hearing on "From the Department Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part I" before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the House Committee on the Judiciary on Capitol Hill May 6, 2008 in Washington, DC. The Committee on the Judiciary has voted to authorize issuance of a subpoena to David Addington, Chief of Staff to the Vice President and Counsel and Assistant to the President, to secure his appearance and testimony before a hearing relating to the committee's investigation concerning Bush Administration attorneys and interrogation rules and practices and related matters.
US President George W. Bush leaves an event in honor of former US President Thomas Jefferson's 265th birthday after members of the Virginia Gentlemen (in back), a glee club from the University of Virginia, performed in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2008. Jefferson was the third US president from 1801-1809.
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