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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 man sleeps in front of posters advertising Olympic sponsors in Beijing July 20, 2008. The International Olympic Committee recently praised Beijing for setting a "gold standard for the future" in its preparations for the Games, which begin in less than a month. China has transformed its capital for the August 8-24 Olympic Games, spending 140 billion yuan (US$20.34 billion) to combat chronic pollution and create a clean, green Beijing which it hopes will promote domestic stability and showcase a newly confident nation to the rest of the world.
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In this handout picture taken on July 17, 2008, A group of Afghan hostages rescued during a Afghan National Army (ANA) Commando-led raid of a Taliban compound associated with Nangialai Khan pose at an ANA Commando base near the Zer-e-Koh Valley, Shindand District of Herat Province. The commandos assisted by U.S. Special Operations Forces freed 16 men who were kidnapped by Khan and his men over a four-month period. The Commandos, with assistance from the SOF troops, were searching a compound where Taliban commander Nangialai Khan was known to have been when they discovered a building the Taliban had been using as a jail.
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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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A member of the Palestinian security forces stands guard as members of the 'Follow the Women' (FTW) organisation cycle through the West Bank city of Jenin May 14, 2008, as part of the 2008 Pedal For Peace in the Middle East bike ride. The ride, which winds through Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the West Bank, is aimed at promoting peace and empowering women in the region.
Women ride their bicycles in the West Bank city of Jenin on May 14, 2008 as they take part in the 'Follow the Women' peace cycling tour. Over 300 women from 28 countries are participating in the bicycle peace tour which began in Lebanon, went through Syria and currently is in the Palestinian territories.
A member of the "Follow the Women" (FTW) organisation lights a candle at the grave of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah May 12, 2008. FTW members are visiting Ramallah as part of the 2008 Pedal For Peace in the Middle East bike ride, which winds through Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the occupied West Bank. The ride is aimed at promoting peace and empowering women in the region.
Members of the "Follow the Women" (FTW) organisation ride bicycles through the West Bank city of Ramallah May 12, 2008, as part of the 2008 Pedal For Peace in the Middle East bike ride, which winds through Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the occupied West Bank. The ride is aimed at promoting peace and empowering women in the region.
A Palestinian policeman stands guard as women ride their bicycles along a street in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 12, 2008 as they take part in the "Follow the Women" peace cycling tour. Over 300 women from 28 countries are participating in the bicycle peace tour which began in Lebanon, went through Syria and currently is in the Palestinian territories.
Women ride their bicycles along a street in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 12, 2008 as they take part in the "Follow the Women" peace cycling tour. Over 300 women from 28 countries are participating in the bicycle peace tour which began in Lebanon, went through Syria and currently is in the Palestinian territories.
Woman ride their bicycles along a street in in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 12, 2008 as they take part in the "Follow the Women" peace cycling tour. Over 300 women from 28 countries are participating in the bicycle peace tour which began in Lebanon, went through Syria and currently is in the Palestinian territories.
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NEW YORK, July 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., hits the road next week with a five-country European and Middle East tour that should have plenty of up-front media coverage. The presumptive Democratic candidate for president will be
...be a good idea to follow the money and ascertain who actually owns The Telegraph? And on to the story itself: Seventeen women have been taken by police from a luxury hotel in Brussels amid allegations that they had been enslaved by an Arab royal family. Police...
...son or being affectionate to his wife. There is no taboo about men and women touching in public if they are married, as in Syria. The couple walked around hand in hand. They took us to lunch at this underground restaurant... this is normal as many Iranian...
...their country and half in the UK. Cost: £600, all other costs covered Stay in satellite camps monitoring Andean condors followed by a trek to the northern ice cap of Chilean Patagonia or research bottlenose dolphins and humpback whales off the Kenyan coast....
...The unprovoked, savage invasions by the Bedouin Arabs, to subjugate, at the point of swords, the people of Iraq, Persia, Syria, Egypt, Asia Minor, Armenia, Cyprus, Sicily, Crete, Spain, Afriqiya (north Tunisia), India to their fascistic/Arab imperialism (peddled...
...light beneath your pick as you strike?” Muhammad replied: “The first means that God has opened up to me the Yemen; the second Syria and the west; and the third the east.” As the Quraysh, along with another tribe, the Ghatafan (known collectively in Islamic...
...Wiesenthal Center, International Council of Jewish Women.] One of the problems is the attitude of Egypt, with OIC backing. Following the scandalous “Sharia Affair” late on June 16 at the 8th Session of the Human Rights Council, this is a follow-up by David...
...lance corporal; an Iraqi driver who didn’t understand the warning shots fired from a Marine checkpoint; a hamlet of women and children obliterated by a bomb. Avoidable civilian casualties are unavoidable in any war. “Generation Kill” also highlights the collateral...
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The apostle went out to the market of Medina (which is still its market today) and dug trenches in it. Then he sent for [the men of the Qurayzah] and struck off their heads in those trenches as they were brought out to him in batches.
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I give the judgment that their warriors should be killed and their children and women should be taken as captives.
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You brothers of monkeys, has God disgraced you and brought His vengeance upon you?
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