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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MAY 11: Giancarlo Fisichella (top) of Italy and Force India and Kazuki Nakajima (bottom) of Japan and Williams collide at the first corner at the start of the Turkish Formula One Grand Prix at Istanbul Park on May 11, 2008, in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanoes are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. Picture taken May 2, 2008.
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Myanmar officers wait to carry relief supplies for cyclone victims in Myanmar at the airport in Yangon on May 10, 2008. United Nations officials have said they fear the death toll could climb even higher if the 1.5 million people in need of emergency food, drinking water and medicine are not reached soon. State media in isolated Myanmar report that more than 23,000 people were killed when Nargis ripped its deadly path through the country's southwest last weekend, while foreign officials estimate the death toll at closer to 100,000.
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In this picture provided on May 6, 2008 by the Peruvian Marine Forces, workers try to control an oil spill in Pisco, Peru, 300 km south of Lima. The US ship Cape Knox was damaged and dumped an estimated of 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel while docking at the San Martin port, some 40 km from the Paracas National Reserve.
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A Thai woman holds bags of rice as she walks past line of others queuing up to buy rice at the Department of Internal Trade in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, May 12, 2008. To help relief local consumers as the market rice price soaring, Thai commerce ministry on Monday sold 100,000 bags of packaged rice at the price of 120 baht (about US$4 ) per 5 kg (11 pounds) across the country.
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U.S. military personnel loads supplies of water, mosquito nets and blankets into a military transport plane bound for Myanmar, which was hit by Cyclone Nargis, at U-Tapao Air Force base in Chanthaburi province, 210 km (130 miles) southeast of Bangkok, May 12, 2008.
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Sumarsih (C), the mother of a student victim of a shooting during riots in 1998, holds up her son's photo as she gestures during a protest at the attorney general's office in Jakarta on May 12, 2008. To mark the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Suharto regime, some 50 students and human rights activists staged a protest in front of the prosecutor general office in South Jakarta urging the government to probe human rights violations during the 1998 riots.
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Policemen march during their graduation ceremony in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad September 25, 2007. About 800 policemen graduated from the police academy in Abu Ghraib on Tuesday.
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A visitor looks at a painting by Colombian artist Fernando Botero from his Abu Ghraib collection at the Arts Center in the northern city of Monterrey February 7, 2008. Botero's exhibit shows off dozens of paintings and drawings inspired by reports of torture in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Monterrey is the only city in Latin America that will hold this exhibit.
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A security guard walks past paintings by Colombian artist Fernando Botero from his Abu Ghraib collection at the Arts Center in the northern city of Monterrey February 7, 2008. Botero's exhibit shows off dozens of paintings and drawings inspired by reports of torture in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Monterrey is the only city in Latin America that will hold this exhibit.
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Paintings by Colombian artist Fernando Botero from his Abu Ghraib collection are displayed at the Arts Center in the northern city of Monterrey February 7, 2008. Botero's exhibit shows off dozens of paintings and drawings inspired by reports of torture in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Monterrey is the only city in Latin America that will hold this exhibit.
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