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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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Displaced Bangladeshi men, who lost their homes to erosion on the Jamuna River bed, work at an embankment protection project, in Sirajgonj, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, July 5, 2008. Thousands of Bangladeshis living near river banks are displaced every year because of river erosion during the monsoons.
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Protesters hold up candles during a rally to demand the full-scale renegotiation of a U.S. beef import deal and the resignation of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in front of the Seoul City Hall July 5, 2008. Polls show that most South Koreans oppose a U.S. beef import deal Lee struck in April to open the market to U.S. beef but about two-thirds of respondents say it is also time to halt the rallies that have grown more violent in recent weeks.
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Rafael Nadal of Spain trains July 5, 2008, during the 2008 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Tennis Club in south-west London, ahead of his match against Roger Federer of Switzerland in the Men's Single's Final.
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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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Israelis, mostly right-wing religious students, march during the traditional flags' parade in the centre of Jerusalem towards the Western Wall in the old city as the Jewish state celebrates Jerusalem Day on June 2, 2008. Israel today marked the 41st anniversary of the "reunification" of Jerusalem after the 1967 war, in which the Jewish state occupied and annexed Arab east Jerusalem in a move not recognised internationally.
Israelis, mostly right-wing religious students, march during the traditional flags' parade in the centre of Jerusalem towards the Western Wall in the old city as the Jewish state celebrates Jerusalem Day on June 2, 2008. Israel today marked the 41st anniversary of the "reunification" of Jerusalem after the 1967 war, in which the Jewish state occupied and annexed Arab east Jerusalem in a move not recognised internationally.
Israelis, mostly right-wing religious students, march towards the Western Wall during the traditional flags' parade in the centre of the old city of Jerusalem as the Jewish state celebrates Jerusalem Day on June 2, 2008. Israel today marked the 41st anniversary of the "reunification" of Jerusalem after the 1967 war, in which the Jewish state occupied and annexed Arab east Jerusalem in a move not recognised internationally.
Israelis, mostly right-wing religious students, march towards the Western Wall during the traditional flags' parade in the centre of the old city of Jerusalem as the Jewish state celebrates Jerusalem Day on June 2, 2008. Israel today marked the 41st anniversary of the "reunification" of Jerusalem after the 1967 war, in which the Jewish state occupied and annexed Arab east Jerusalem in a move not recognised internationally.
An Israeli police officer argues with a bleeding Israeli Arab protester during a demonstration marking the Nakba, or the catastrophe, the Arabic term used to describe the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, in the northern Israeli village of Saffouri, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Israeli police clashed with Arab protesters after a march marking the Palestinian displacement of 1948, referred to in Arabic as "nakba," or catastrophe. The clash took place after thousands were leaving the march. Police said protesters hurled rocks at them, and at cars on a nearby highway. Protesters say they were provoked by right-wing Israelis yelling "death to the Arabs."
Israeli police officers clash with Israeli Arabs during a protest marking the Nakba, or the catastrophe, the Arabic term used to describe the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, in the northern Israeli village of Saffouri, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Israeli police clashed with Arab protesters after a march marking the Palestinian displacement of 1948, referred to in Arabic as "nakba," or catastrophe. The clash took place after thousands were leaving the march. Police said protesters hurled rocks at them, and at cars on a nearby highway. Protesters say they were provoked by right-wing Israelis yelling `'death to the Arabs."
A Palestinian displays a sign reading in Hebrew, �the Arab enemies should be expelled� near his damaged car after Jewish right wing demonstrators attacked Arab houses in Abu Tur neighborhood to avenge the killing of a eight Jewish students by a Palestinian gunman in a Jerusalem religious school, on March 17, 2008. Police yesterday clashed with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of the Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, an.
A Palestinian checks the damage inflicted to his car after Jewish right wing demonstrators attacked Arab houses in Abu Tur neighborhood to avenge the killing of a eight Jewish students by a Palestinian gunman in a Jerusalem religious school, on March 17, 2008. Police yesterday clashed with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of the Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, an.
A right-wing Jewish activist is detained by Israeli border police officers during a protest near Jabal Mukaber in East Jerusalem March 16, 2008. Dozens of right-wing Jewish activists broke through an Israeli police barrier near an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Sunday and hurled stones at houses and cars, police and witnesses said. The activists entered the neighborhood of Jabal Mukaber, which was home to Palestinian gunmen who earlier this month killed eight students at a Jewish seminary, the deadliest Palestinian attack on Israelis in two years.
Israeli right-wing protesters scuffle with police near the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested near the house of a Palestinian gunman in Jabel Mukaber who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
Israeli security forces arrest a right-wing activist as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
A right-wing activist shouts as Israeli police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
Israeli security forces arrest right-wing activists as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
Israeli right-wing youths shout slogans as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
Israeli security forces arrest right-wing activists as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
Israeli security forces arrest a right-wing activist as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
Israeli security forces arrest a right-wing activist as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
An Israeli right-wing protester shouts at police during a protest near the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested near the house of a Palestinian gunman in Jabel Mukaber who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
An Israeli right-wing protester is arrested by police during a demonstration near the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested near the house of a Palestinian gunman in Jabel Mukaber who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
Israeli right-wing protesters react as they scuffle with police during a protest in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested in Jabel Mukaber near the house of a Palestinian gunman who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
Israeli police stand guard as Israeli right-wing protesters gather near the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested near the house of a Palestinian gunman in Jabel Mukaber who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
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