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Cashew fruit or "apples", which encircle the cashew nut, are displayed on a bush road lined with cashew trees west of the capital Bissau June 26, 2008. Cashew nuts are the main export of Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony wedged between French-speaking Senegal and Guinea. Its 1.6 million people are ranked among the third poorest in the world in development terms by the United Nations. Picture taken June 26, 2008.
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BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND - JULY 09: Rachel Laurent of USA in action during the women's pole vault qualification during day two of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships at the Zawisca Stadium on July 9, 2008 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
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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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Brig. Gen. Aung Thein Linn, right, mayor of Yangon, takes position as two soldiers prepare to lay a wreath during the official Martyr's Day ceremony at the Martyr's Mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar Saturday, July 19, 2008. Myanmar marked the 61st anniversary Martyr's Day with a small ceremony attended by small group of government officials. The ceremony is held annually in memory of the assassination of the country's national hero late Gen. Aung San and eight others, who were gunned down during a cabinet meeting in Yangon in July 19, 1947. Gen. Aung San is the father of the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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A pedestrian crosses the street as cars with even number plates stop at an intersection in Beijing July 20, 2008. Traffic restrictions and factory closures came into affect in Beijing on Sunday in a last ditch attempt to turn the often smokey and dusty Chinese capital into the promised pollution-free venue for next month's Olympics. Cars will be banned on alternate days depending on whether their license plates end in odd or even numbers, and almost all of Beijing's earth and cement works have been closed. Beijing hopes to take 45 percent of the city's 3.3 million cars off the roads and reduce emissions by 63 percent for a two-month period, which takes place in the Aug. 8-24 Olympics and Sept. 6-17 Paralympics.
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Pope Benedict XVI (top-C) kisses a baby as he arrives at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney for the start of the World Youth Day (WYD) final mass on July 20, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI led hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in an open-air mass in Sydney, ending a week of World Youth Day festivities marked by a historic papal apology for priestly sex abuse. The final service, at which the pope announced that the next World Youth Day would be held in the Spanish capital Madrid in 2011, came a day after he said he was "deeply sorry" for the "evil" of the sexual abuse of children.
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Handout picture shows South Korean fire fighters examining the wreckage of a crashed helicopter carrying founder of the Unification Church Sun-Myung Moon and his wife were among several people slightly injured when a helicopter made an emergency landing in Gapyeong, 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Seoul, July 19, 2008.
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OMAHA, NE - JULY 04: Ian Crocker swims en route to winning his semfinal heat of the 100 meter butterfly during the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials on July 4, 2008 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
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In this image released by AMC, Jon Hamm stars as Don Draper in "Mad Men," returning July 27 for a second season on cable's AMC channel.
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Hezbollah members in fatigues salute as Lebanese civilians carrying Hezbollah and national flags look on during a memorial service for three Hezbollah fighters killed in the 2006 war with Israel in the southern Lebanese town of Ainata on July 19, 2008, after their remains were returned to Lebanon three days ago. Hundreds of people gathered outside the mosque in the southern town of Ainata today for a military-style memorial for three Hezbollah fighters, Zeid Haidar, Mussa Khanafer and Marwan Samhat, whose remains were handed over to the Islamist group as part of a swap with Israel.
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center, gestures to Chen Jiazhen as he visits quake-affected people at the Helin Shanzhuang resettlement in Mianyang, a city of the quake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China on Friday, June 6, 2008. After he learned that Chen Jiazhen will spend the 100th birthday in eight days, Premier Wen congratulated on his birthday.
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center, shakes hands with a policewoman during the meeting with members of the hydropower unit of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force in his inspection tour of the Tangjiashan quake lake in Mianyang, a city of the quake-hit Sichuan Province, southwest China, Friday, June 6, 2008.
In this June 6, 2008 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Premier Wen Jiabao, center, goes to board a helicopter after his inspection at the Tangjiashan quake lake in Mianyang of southwest China's Sichuan province. Chinese media lavished coverage Thursday, July 10, 2008, on President Hu Jintao's attendance at the just-concluded G-8 summit in Japan, in what appears to be part of a drive to boost his profile before next month's Beijing Olympics. Hu's publicity boost also comes amid seemingly reduced coverage of Premier Wen Jiaobao, the leader in charge of day-to-day government affairs, who is widely popular for grasping the initiative in responding to recent crises and natural disasters, including May's earthquake in Sichuan province that killed nearly 70,000 people.
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.
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