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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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Spain's Rafael Nadal holds his trophy aloft as he celebrates his defeat of Switzerland's Roger Federer in the men's singles final on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 6, 2008.
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Nicole Forrestor reacts after missing her last jump in the Women High Jump event at the Track and Field Canadian Trials in Windsor, Ontario, July 6, 2008. Forrestor won the event with a jump of 1.95m but missed her attempts at 2.0m.
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EUGENE, OR - JULY 06: Joanne Dow competes en route to winning the gold medal in the women's 20k race walk during day eight of the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials at Hayward Field on July 6, 2008 in Eugene, Oregon.
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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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A Kenyan food vendor selling tomatoes, waits for buyers 04 June 2008 at his shop in Kagemi 15 km from Nairobi. World leaders meeting in Rome were to focus Wednesday on the roles of biofuels, trade practices and global warming in the food price crisis that is threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide.
A Kenyan food vendor selling maize, waits for buyers 04 June 2008 at his shop in Kagemi 15 km from Nairobi. World leaders meeting in Rome were to focus Wednesday on the roles of biofuels, trade practices and global warming in the food price crisis that is threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide.
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) shakes hands with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon before their joint press conference at Villa Madama in Rome, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation dinner in Rome's Villa Madama on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner arrives for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation dinner in Rome's Villa Madama on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner arrives for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation dinner in Rome's Villa Madama on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner arrives for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation dinner in Rome's Villa Madama on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (R) arrives with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to attend a joint press conference in Rome's Villa Madama, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (R) arrives with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to attend a joint press conference in Rome's Villa Madama, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks during a joint press conference with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (unseen) at Rome's Villa Madama, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leave after attending a joint press conference in Rome's Villa Madama, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leave after attending a joint press conference in Rome's Villa Madama, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (unseen) in Rome's Villa Madama, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (unseen) in Rome's Villa Madama, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attend a joint press conference in Rome's Villa Madama, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) talks during a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) in Rome's Villa Madama, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (R) arrives with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to attend a press conference in Rome's Villa Madama, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (R) arrives with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to attend a press conference in Rome's Villa Madama, on June 3, 2008. World leaders kicked off debate on June 3, 2008 over the food price crisis threatening more hunger, poverty and conflict worldwide at a high-profile Rome summit, with differences emerging over the role of biofuels, trade practices and global warming.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero gives a speech during three-day summit on food security at UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome on June 3, 2008. Participants at the High-Level Conference on World Food Security will discuss short-term solutions as well as new strategies to deal with the effects of global warming, growing demand for biofuels and a crumbling agriculture sector in much of the developing world.
Argentina's president Cristina Kirchner gives a speech during three-day summit on food security at UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome on June 3, 2008. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday defended biofuels, saying they could be an "important tool" against food insecurity, at the start of the UN food summit on spiralling prices.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a speech during three-day summit on food security at UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome on June 3, 2008. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday defended biofuels, saying they could be an "important tool" against food insecurity, at the start of the UN food summit on spiralling prices.
