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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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People listen to Jason Kay, of the British band Jamiroquai, during the Rock in Rio music festival in Arganda del Rey, on the outskirts of Madrid, Friday, July 4, 2008.
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Stewart Copeland, drummer with British group The Police, performs on the opening night of the three day Bilbao Live music festival, July 4 , 2008.
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WATKINS GLEN, NY - JULY 04: Hideki Mutoh drives the #27 Formula Dream Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda during practice for the IRL IndyCar Series Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen on July 4, 2008 at the Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York.
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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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LONDON - FEBRUARY 08: Richard Branson and 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;Richard Branson
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gestures as he speaks during a meeting with the CEOs of major foreign corporations at the 12th International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Medvedev blamed "aggressive" US policies for the world's current economic woes and put forward Russia's growing energy power as a possible solution, saying the United States were behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attends the Global Energy Awards Ceremony at the 12th International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Speaking to business executives, Medvedev blamed "aggressive" US policies for the world's current economic woes and put forward Russia's growing energy power as a possible solution, saying the United States were behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Gazprom CEO Alexei Milller (R) attend the �Global Energy� Awards Ceremony at the 12th International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Speaking to business executives, Medvedev blamed "aggressive" US policies for the world's current economic woes and put forward Russia's growing energy power as a possible solution, saying the United States were behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks to business executives during the �Global Energy� Awards Ceremony at the 12th International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. The Russian President blamed "aggressive" US policies for the world's current economic woes and put forward Russia's growing energy power as a possible solution, saying the United States were behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with President of Macedonia Branko Crvenkovski (L) at the International Economic Fourm in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Speaking at a meeting of high-powered business executives in Saint Petersburg, Medvedev said the United States was behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon (L) at the International Economic Fourm in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Speaking at a meeting of high-powered business executives in Saint Petersburg, Medvedev said the United States was behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) talks with President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev (L) at the International Economic Fourm in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Speaking at a meeting of high-powered business executives in Saint Petersburg, Medvedev said the United States was behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorin (L) shakes hand with his Slovenian counterpart Dimitrij Rupel after a meeting with the European Union Troika on June 6, 2008 in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia. Amorin met the European Union Troika for talks on biofuels and strategic ties between his country and the 27-member bloc.
Vendor Ousmane Cisse, center right, waits for customers in a market on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal Thursday, June 5, 2008. Cisse says he has had to increase the price of a kilo of rice, a staple of the Senegalese diet, by 30 percent since last year. Delegates to a Rome U.N. summit on rising food prices worked late into the night Wednesday to try to forge a compromise on a strategy to combat the crisis that is increasing hunger worldwide. The proposed final declaration calls for stepped up food production, reduced trade restrictions and more research on the contentious issue of biofuels.
Dried goods vendor Omar Diop, right, adjusts his wares as he waits for customers in a market on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal Thursday, June 5, 2008. Delegates to a Rome U.N. summit on rising food prices worked late into the night Wednesday to try to forge a compromise on a strategy to combat the crisis that is increasing hunger worldwide. The proposed final declaration calls for stepped up food production, reduced trade restrictions and more research on the contentious issue of biofuels.
Samba Ka, 40, fetches water as he tends to his tomato plot in one of the few patches of agricultural land located within Senegal's capital, Dakar, on Thursday, June 5, 2008. Delegates to a Rome U.N. summit on rising food prices worked late into the night Wednesday to try to forge a compromise on a strategy to combat the crisis that is increasing hunger worldwide. The proposed final declaration calls for stepped up food production, reduced trade restrictions and more research on the contentious issue of biofuels.
Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo waters a crop of lettuce for a Senegalese employer in one of the few patches of agricultural land located within Senegal's capital, Dakar, Thursday, June 5, 2008. Delegates to a Rome U.N. summit on rising food prices worked late into the night Wednesday to try to forge a compromise on a strategy to combat the crisis that is increasing hunger worldwide. The proposed final declaration calls for stepped up food production, reduced trade restrictions and more research on the contentious issue of biofuels.
Ban Ki-moon's predecessor at the helm of the United Nations, Kofi Annan answers journalists' questions during a press conference at three-day summit on food security in UN Food and Agriculture Organisation headquarters (FAO) in Rome on June 4, 2008. World leaders meeting in Rome were to focus 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 waits for buyers on June 4, 2008 at at an open air market 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.
Kenyan food vendors wait for buyers 04 June 2008 at at an open air market 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 green peppers, waits for buyers on June 4, 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.
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