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People watch fireworks during the first edition of 'Golden Nights' International Pyrotechnic Festival in Bucharest July 5, 2008.
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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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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown with his wife Sarah Brown arrives at New Chitose Airport to participate in the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit on Monday, July 7, 2008 in Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan.
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French singer Camille performs during the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival July 6, 2008.
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WATKINS GLEN, NY - JULY 06: Ryan Hunter-Reay driver of the #17 Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol Dallara Honda celebrates winning the IRL IndyCar Series Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen on July 6, 2008 at the Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York.
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LONDON - JULY 06: Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates with the trophy winning the Championship during the men's singles Final match against Roger Federer of Switzerland on day thirteen of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 6, 2008 in London, England.
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A visitor places her hands on a "Tangible Earth", a digital globe which real time global metrological data is fed through the Internet from about 300 places in the world, is displayed at an exhibition pavillion inside the media centre for G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Rusustu town, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido July 6, 2008.
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People wait in the rain before the men's finals match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 6, 2008.
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Spectators hold umbrellas on centre court as rain stops play during the semi-final match between Zheng Jie of China and Serena Williams of the U.S. at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 3, 2008.
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China's Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with a member of a Russian aircrew that joined the local force during the rescue operation for the quake lake in Mianyang, Sichuan province, June 5, 2008. Wen arrived in Mianyang on Thursday afternoon to oversee the drainage of the Tangjiashan Lake by helicopter, Xinhua news agency reported. Picture taken June 5, 2008.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) points out a collapsed building to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) as they visit the earthquake-hit town of Yingxiu in Wenchuan county, in China's Sichuan Province on May 24, 2008. Ban met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Yingxiu, the epicentre of the earthquake that left more than 80,000 people dead or missing, and pledged support to China's earthquake survivors as he toured the devastated southwest region.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) points out a collapsed building to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as they visit the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town in Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province May 24, 2008. Ban arrived in quake-hit southwest China on Saturday to meet victims and witness the devastation first-hand, after visiting neighbouring Myanmar to see the aftermath of a massive cyclone.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) shake hands during a visit to the earthquake-hit town of Yingxiu in Wenchuan county, in China's Sichuan Province on May 24, 2008. Ban met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Yingxiu, the epicentre of the earthquake that left more than 80,000 people dead or missing, and pledged support to China's earthquake survivors as he toured the devastated southwest region.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) wave to soldiers in the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town of Wenchuan county, in China's Sichuan Province on May 24, 2008. Ban met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Yingxiu, the epicentre of the earthquake that left more than 80,000 people dead or missing, and pledged support to China's earthquake survivors as he toured the devastated southwest region.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shake hands as they visit the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town of Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province May 24, 2008. Ban arrived in quake-hit southwest China on Saturday to meet victims and witness the devastation first-hand, after visiting neighbouring Myanmar to see the aftermath of a massive cyclone.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shake hands as they visit the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town of Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province May 24, 2008. Ban arrived in quake-hit southwest China on Saturday to meet victims and witness the devastation first-hand, after visiting neighbouring Myanmar to see the aftermath of a massive cyclone.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wave to soldiers in the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town of Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province May 24, 2008. Ban arrived in quake-hit southwest China on Saturday to meet victims and witness the devastation first-hand, after visiting neighbouring Myanmar to see the aftermath of a massive cyclone.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao, center, waves to the peoples as he visits the earthquake devastated areas in Pengzhou, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 23, 2008. Rebuilding shattered buildings and cracked roads in central China will take three years, the government said Friday, as the death toll from the earthquake rose to more than 55,000.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao, center, waves to the villagers as he visiting earthquake devastated areas in Pengzhou, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 23, 2008. Rebuilding shattered buildings and cracked roads in central China will take three years, the government said Friday, as the death toll from the earthquake rose to more than 55,000.
YINGXIU, CHINA - MAY 24: China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) points out a collapsed building to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as they visit to2 the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town May 24, 2008 Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province, China. Ban arrived in quake-hit southwest China today to meet victims and witness the devastation first-hand, after visiting neighbouring Myanmar to see the aftermath of a massive cyclone.
YINGXIU, CHINA - MAY 24: China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shake hands as they visit the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town May 24, 2008 Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province, China. Ban arrived in quake-hit southwest China today to meet victims and witness the devastation first-hand, after visiting neighbouring Myanmar to see the aftermath of a massive cyclone.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, points out a collapsed building to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, as they visit the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town of Wenchuan county, in China's southwest Sichuan Province, Saturday, May 24, 2008. Ban arrived in the disaster area to meet victims after visiting neighboring Myanmar to see the aftermath of a massive cyclone.
YINGXIU, CHINA - MAY 24: China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wave to soldiers in the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town May 24, 2008 Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province, China. Ban arrived in quake-hit southwest China today to meet victims and witness the devastation first-hand, after visiting neighbouring Myanmar to see the aftermath of a massive cyclone.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) walks with President Hu Jintao (R) upon Hu's arrival in Mianyang, a city in quake-hit southwestern Sichuan province on May 16, 2008. Hu flew into one of the areas worst hit by the earthquake, vowing no let-up in rescue work from the country's worst disaster in a generation, which officials estimate has killed 50,000 people.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center, waves to the victims settled temporarily at the Jiuzhou Gymnasium in earthquake-hit Mianyang of southwest China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. The deadliest earthquake to hit China in decades has killed at least 19,509 people and the toll is likely to rise sharply as tens of thousands more remain buried under debris three days after the Monday tremor.
