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06-18-2008, 01:37 PM

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GULF OF THAILAND (June 15) The Royal Thai Navy frigate HTMS Phutta Loetla Naphalai (462) steams in formation with U.S. Navy and other Royal Thai Navy ships participating in tactical maneuvering exercises during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2008. CARAT is an annual series of bilateral maritime exercises between the U.S. and Southeast Asia nations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Daniel Meaney (Released)

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Two Lebanese policemen, stand guard next to a car one of the U.S. diplomat's motorcade, that was attacked by Hezbollah's Shiite supporters when the U.S. Charge d'Affaires Michele Sison was inspecting some social and educational projects financed by the U.S. government in the southern market town of Nabatiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold, south of Lebanon, Wednesday June 18, 2008. Sison was having lunch at the residence of Abdullah Bitar, the head of Nabatiyeh's business organization, when about 100 Hezbollah supporters gathered outside the house and began shouting anti-U.S. slogans, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Samer Wehbi)

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Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito receives military honors upon arrival to the presidential palace in Brasilia, Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Prince Naruhito is in Brazil for events marking the 100th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Brazil, Latin America's largest country. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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Policemen who escorted Movement for Democratic Change, secretary general Tendai BitI, to court, leave the court in Harare, Wednesday June 18, 2008. Biti was arrested on his return to Harare last week ahead of a runoff election next week. Biti was brought to court, but the hearing had to be abandoned because of a power failure. His lawyer said another hearing was set for Thursday at which Biti was expected to be charged with treason. (AP Photo)

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In this photo released by the United Nations Mission In Sudan (UNMIS) on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, Joint Integrated Units (JIU) soldiers prepare to board an UNMIS plane to fly from Juba to Wau enroute to Abyei, in Juba, Sudan, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Sudan's army and former southern rebels are deploying their forces under a joint command in the oil-rich Abyei region of Sudan, following an agreement last month to contain recent fighting. (AP Photo/UNMIS, Tim McKulka)

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An Afghan soldier mans a check point in Arghandab district which is partly controlled by Taliban militants, in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Afghan and Canadian forces moved into a series of villages outside of southern Afghanistan's largest city Wednesday to root out any Taliban militants there, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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A man is pushed by a policeman during a protest in Rabat, Morocco, June 17, 2008. More than 50 visually handicapped people tried to enter the Royal Palace in Rabat as they demanded for more public sector jobs.
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Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers walk on the tarmac at Kabul military airport on June 17, 2008, as they prepare to board aircraft for Kandahar. Taliban militants blew up bridges and thousands of residents fled villages near Kandahar ahead of a possible offensive by Afghan and NATO troops, officials and locals said. A Taliban commander said hundreds of fighters had massed in the villages in Arghandab district since late Monday, many of them having escaped from the southern city's main jail at the weekend in a brazen insurgent attack. AFP PHOTO/Massoud HOSSAINI (Photo credit should read MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/***** Images)

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Popular TV news anchor Ces Drilon, left, is accompanied by her sister Gretch as they pass an armed police officer Wednesday, June 18, 2008 in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines a day after she was released together with her cameramen and a university professor. Officials vowed to go after the al-Qaida-linked militants who kidnapped them in the volatile Jolo island. (AP Photo/Al Jacinto)

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06-18-2008, 01:53 PM

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A Palestinian militant fires into the air during the funeral of an Army of Islam militant Moataz Doghmosh in Gaza City, 18 June 2008. According to Muawiya Hassanein, the head of Gaza emergency services, five people were killed and several others were wounded in an air strike near Qarara village east of the southern town of Khan Yunis. One of those killed in the strike was Moataz Doghmosh, a senior fighter in the Army of Islam, an armed faction believed to be linked to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda group, Hassanein said
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Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at a road side checkpoint for the hunt of escaped Taliban inmates in Kandahar Afghanistan, 18 June 2008. Afghan authorities says that more than 500 Taliban have massed in two villages in Arghandab district on the outskirts of Kandahar city after a prison break in Kandahar. Some 892 prisoners including 389 jailed Taliban members escaped on 14 June 2008 when Taliban fighters including suicide bombers and other insurgents using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the Kandahar city Saposa prison
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Residents speak to an Iraqi solder near the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Hurriya district, Iraq, 18 June 2008. According to Iraqi police, 63 people were killed and wounded 75 others in a car bomb attack at crowded market area in Baghdad's Hurriya district
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Israeli soldiers atop a tank are briefed on 18 June 2008 at a staging area along the Gaza Strip near Nahal Oz. A ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic Hamas movement is supposed to go into effect tomorrow morning
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Iraqi soldiers stand at a checkpoint in central Basra, southern Iraq, 18 June 2008. Iraqi government imposed strict security measures in the cities of the south during a military operation by Iraqi army in the al-Amara to hunt down the Shiite militias and their weapons in the city
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A Nepalese student protestor burns tyres in front of riot police during a protest against the price hike in fuel and transportation in Kathmandu, Nepal.18 June 2008. Hundreds of students affiliated various political parties staged anti government protest across the country demanding 50 percent discount in public transportation fare. However transport entrepreneurs increased transportation fare by 30 to 40 percentages in response to the government recent decision to jack up the price of petroleum products
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A member of Colombian Riot Police Forces is seen throwing teargas during a riot against students of the National University in Bogota, Colombia, on 17 June 2008. The students protests against the approval of a new university statute and the recent elections of deans within the public institution
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A file picture dated 14 July 2007 shows French President Nicolas Sarkozy as he reviews a troop of the Garde Republicaine during Bastille Day military parade in Paris, France. France commemorates today the storming of La Bastille prison in 1789 that led to the end of Monarchy
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Spanish Crown Prince Felipe (C) observes an unmanned flight plane during his visit to the Campamento Arena, the military base of the Spanish forces in Herat, Afghanistan, 17 June 2008.

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06-18-2008, 02:17 PM

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An Israeli tank crosses a road as it takes up a position overlooking the Gaza Strip (behind) near Nahal Oz and relieves another tank on 18 June 2008. A ceasefire is due to go into effect tomorrow morning at 6 AM but some 20 Kassam rockets and mortars were fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Issrael today, one hitting an israeli home in Sderot.

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NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol for the hunt of escaped Taliban inmates in restive Arghandab district of Kandahar Afghanistan 18 June 2008. Afghan authorities says that more than 500 Taliban have massed in two villages in Arghandab district on the outskirts of Kandahar city after a prison break in Kandahar. Some 892 prisoners including 389 jailed Taliban members escaped on 14 June 2008 when Taliban fighters including suicide bombers and other insurgents using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the Kandahar city Saposa prison.

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06-19-2008, 03:43 PM

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An airman works in an airplane shed for South Korea's F-15K aircraft during the inaugural Max Thunder Air Exercise, a bilateral training exercise between the South Korean and U.S. Air Force. at a U.S. military air base in Gunsan, about 270 km (168 miles) south of Seoul, June 17, 2008.
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A U.S. airman checks a U.S. F-15E aircraft during the inaugural Max Thunder Air Exercise, a bilateral training exercise between South Korean and the U.S. Air Force, at a U.S. military air base in Gunsan, about 270 km (168 miles) south of Seoul, June 17, 2008.
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U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters prepare for take off during the inaugural Max Thunder Air Exercise, a bilateral training exercise between the South Korean and U.S. Air Force, at a U.S. military air base in Gunsan, about 270 km (168 miles) south of Seoul, June 17, 2008.
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A drone is exhibited at the entrance of an army training center in the town of Creil, north of Paris, on June 16, 2008. President Nicolas Sarkozy on June 17 presents a major overhaul of the military, cutting the size of the armed forces, beefing up intelligence and setting a course for France's return to NATO command.
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Iraqi security forces place mortar shells they recovered during a raid on the ground, in Amara, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad June 17, 2008. assorted weapons, munitions and explosives were found and others were surrendered by the militants during a two-day military operations in different parts of Amara, An Iraqi military officer said.
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Members of El Salvador's Army attend a ceremony at the Ilopango military base in San Salvador, Tuesday , June 17, 2008. A group of Salvadorian soldiers will travel soon to Zaragoza, Spain, for one month of military training before heading to Lebanon for an eight-month mission as U.N. Peace Keepers.
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An Israeli soldier gestures to direct a tank moving on top of a military vehicle, on the Israel Gaza border, Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Israel officially confirmed Wednesday that a cease-fire with the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip will begin this week in an effort to end a year of fighting that has killed more than 400 Palestinians and seven Israelis
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In this handout photo provided by Equatorial Guinea's state-run Ceiba News Magazine, weapons and equipment are displayed at the trial of eight people, including British ex-military officer Simon Mann, accused of participating in a failed coup plot, at a conference center in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Prosecutors sought a 30-year prison sentence Tuesday for Mann, accused of attempting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang, a longtime dictator who seized power in a 1979 coup.
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An Iraqi solider takes position on June 18, 2008 beside wall graffiti that reads "The Sons of Maysan Welcome the Heroes. ..", in reference to the upcoming military operation expected to commence June 19, in the southern city of Amara in Maysan province, 365 kilometers south of Baghdad. Dozens of Shiite militiamen surrendered to Iraqi forces today, hours before the expiry of a four-day deadline set by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for them to lay down their arms ahead of a new crackdown on militia in the south.
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A medic helicopter of the International Security Assistance Force lands in Arghandab district near the side of fighting believed to evacuate a casualty in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Helicopters and jets patrolled the skies and smoke rose from fields after exchanges of fire, an Associated Press reporter at the scene said. Large Canadian military vehicles and Afghan police trucks were moving through the region.
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An Israeli soldier shares a joke with a comrade as they sit on top of their tank at a military outpost near the Kisufim crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip on June 19, 2008. A fragile truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas came into force in the Gaza Strip today amid scepticism over how long the Egyptian-brokered deal would hold.
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Former Abu Ghraib detainee Ali Shallal al-Qaisi points to his photo during his 6 month detention in Abu Ghraib Prison, at his office in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Al-Qaisi accused his American captors of "traumatizing and humiliating" him and hundreds of other Iraqi prisoners. Physicians for Human Rights is releasing a report saying former detainees in American military jails in Iraq and Guantanamo are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and lingering injuries that can be traced to their imprisonment.
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Canadian soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) along with an Afghan soldier, center, patrol through Arghandab district, in Kandahar province south of Kabul , Afghanistan on Thursday June 19, 2008. Afghan officials say military operations have cleared Taliban militants from the villages they had infiltrated outside of southern Afghanistan's largest city.
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An Israeli soldier escorts a blindfolded arrested Palestinian man during an army operation on June 19, 2008 in the West Bank village of Qalqiliya. Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad today hailed the truce that came into effect in and around the Gaza Strip and said Israel should also halt military operations in the occupied West Bank
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Palestinian security force officers from Hamas policemen play table tennis at the police headquarters in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 19, 2008. Guns went quiet as a six-month truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants took effect early Thursday, but there was widespread skepticism about its ability to hold. The cease-fire, which Egypt labored for months to conclude, aims to bring an end to a year of fighting that has killed seven Israelis and more than 400 Palestinians - many of them civilians - since the Islamic militant group Hamas wrested control of Gaza a year ago.

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06-19-2008, 03:45 PM

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Israeli Troops arrest a Palestinian man during an Israeli Army operation in the West Bank City of Qalqilya, 19 June 2008. Palestinian sources said that six Palestinian were arrested during an Israeli Army operation in the West Bank. A truce between Israel and the radical Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip has come into effect, starting at 6 am on 19 June.

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Israeli soldiers take part in an Israeli Army operation in the West Bank City of Qalqilya, 19 June 2008. Palestinian sources said that six Palestinian were arrested during an Israeli Army operation in the West Bank. A truce between Israel and the radical Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip has come into effect, starting at 6 am on 19 June

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Hamas fighters return from their position on the border between Israel and Gaza Strip in eastern part of Gaza City, 19 June 2008. A truce between Israel and the radical Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip has come into effect, starting at 6 am on 19 June. The first stage of the Egyptian-mediated three-phase ceasefire entails a mutual end of hostilities
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Nepalese policemen clash a with agitating students of the All Nepal National Free Students Union during a protest against the price hike in fuel and transportation in Kathmandu, Nepal,19 June 2008. Hundreds of students’ activists of All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU), student wing of the CPN-UML, staged anti government protest across the country demanding 50 percent discount in public transportation fare

bd popeye

06-20-2008, 12:31 PM

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An Afghan soldier puts his heavy machine gun on his shoulder in Manara village of the Arghandab district after it was recapturing from the Taliban militants in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday June 20, 2008.
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This picture taken at the end of 2003 in Bagram shows French businessman Johan Freckhaus (L) talking to an unidentied man. The French foreign ministry announced on June 20, 2008 that Freckhaus, who was abducted in southern Afghanistan in May 2008 has been released safely along with two Afghan colleagues on June 19.

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06-22-2008, 05:55 PM

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Chadian soldiers parade with antiaircraft weapons on June 21, 2008 in N'djamena during a supporting meeting to President Idriiss Deby Itno, five days after the chadian army had beaten back rebel forces from Sudan in the East of the country.

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Recruits to a new U.S.-backed Neighbourhood Guard listen to an Iraqi trainer during a lesson on weapon handling at a U.S. military base in Baghdad's Adhamiya district June 21, 2008. The recruits are being trained to man checkpoints in Baghdad's Sadr City suburb as part of a new strategy to combat Shi'ite militias.

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Netherlands Defence Minister Eimert van Middelkoop (left) pins a promotional medal on a sailor aboard the HNLMS Evertsen naval ship soon after it docked a the port of Mombasa 0n 22 June 2008 The Dutch vessel has in the last three months been escorting WFP relief food from the port of Mombasa to Somalia to protect against attacks by pirates, however, the warship will take the last trip of relief food to Somalia this week - completing its escort mission

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An Iraqi policeman stands at a checkpoint in Baghdad's Kaarada district, Iraq on 22 June 2008. Iraqi security forces imposed strict security measures in Karrada district since the early morning hours before the start of the deciding match between the Iraqi national team and Qatar at the World Cup qualifying. The Iraqi soccer team members usually gather in Karrada district after winning a match

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06-22-2008, 05:59 PM

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Paramilitary troops guard the ancestral graveyard of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in Garhi Khuda Bukhsh near Larkana June 21, 2008. Pakistan's new government has renamed the international airport in the capital Islamabad after Bhutto as people commemorated the birthday of the slain former prime minister on Saturday.
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Chinese paramilitary officers arrest a "suspect" during a mock exercise in Xuchang, central China's Henan province, on Friday June 20, 2008. The officers were taking part in a drill to test the skills of security forces tasked to ensure the safety of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
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Bosnian policemen stand at the former front line as they separate Bosnian Muslim and Croat soccer fans in the southern town of Mostar June 20, 2008. At least 15 people were injured on Sunday when the police try to separate rioting Bosnian Muslim and Croat soccer fans in the southern town of Mostar after Turkey beat Croatia in the Euro 2008 quarter-finals.
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Police officers walk past the News Divine club, where 12 people died in a stampede, in Mexico City, Saturday, June 21, 2008. Mexico City's mayor Marcelo Ebrard expressed outrage that youths as young as 13 were among the dozen people killed Friday in the nightclub stampede and said the officials involved in the police raid that sparked the crush had been suspended.
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Police officer watch over Tacumbu prision en Asuncion June 20, 2008. Prisoners of the Esperanza wing of the jail took warden Mario Pairet and several guards hostage when they rioted against what they claim was ill-treatment, including torture, and bad food.
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Thai police officers look for evidence on rail tracks in Thailand's restive southern Narathiwat province on June 21, 2008. Four railway staff were killed when separatist militants opened fire on a passenger train in Thailand's restive south late Saturday, an official said.
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Spanish soccer team supporter Manolo entertains police officers as he beats his drum at the Stephansplatz in Vienna,in Vienna, Sunday, June 22, 2008, prior to the quarterfinal match between Spain and Italy at the Euro 2008 European Soccer Championships in Austria and Switzerland.

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The Indian Air Force dropped food packets from a helicopter onto the flooded village of Patashpur in Midnapore, more than 90 miles south of Kolkata, formerly Calcutta. Flash floods triggered by two days of heavy rain in eastern India have displaced more than two million, officials told Agence France Presse.
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Thousands of Thai protesters pushed past a police barricade to reach the gates of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's office, demanding that he resign. Members of the People's Alliance for Democracy scuffled with riot policemen during a protest in front of Government House in Bangkok.
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French gendarmerie officers disembark from a helicopter during an exercise at the checkpoint of Brnjak, on the border between Serbia and Kosovo, Saturday, June 21, 2008. Undeterred by Russian opposition, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged Friday to move ahead with a new plan for administering Kosovo that drew expressions of support from most other Security Council members. The U.N. chief also appointed Italian diplomat Lamberto Zannier to take over as U.N. governor in Kosovo on Friday.(AP Photo/Zveki)

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Bosnian riot police officers stand guard after a game between Croatian national team and Turkey at the Euro 2008 European Soccer Championships in Austria, in Mostar, Friday, June 2008. Turkey won the match which caused general euphoria in Eastern, mostly Muslim, part of Mostar. Antagonism lead to inter ethnic tension in divided city but situation was successfully contained by local police. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)

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Police officers stand outside the News Divine club in northeastern Mexico City. At least 10 people were trampled to death during a police raid on the nightclub

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A navy officer drinks champagne from a huge wine glass containing dirks presented to navy graduates as he celebrates graduation from a Navy Institute in St. Petersburg, Saturday, June 21, 2008. Graduation ceremonies are held all over Russia now as students of elementary and high schools and military academies finish their education. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Another KFOR multinational Crowd Riot Control exercise of the 12th Contingent of AČR , Kosovo Police Service and other members of MNTF-C, took place in Hungarian Camp Vrelo, Kosovo.

The Scenarion of the exercise was the same as the last time:
Serbs attacked peaceful Albanian demonstration and the Albanians set to fire Serbian cars with molotovs.
Serbs were played by Czech soldiers from mechanised battalion Delta and Irish troops played Albanians.

The tasks of KFOR and ROSU (special kosovo anti riot police unit) were to separate two angry crowds and stop them from any kind of ethnic violance.

The exercise was observed my the commander of MNTF-C, Irish brigade general Gerry Hegarty and chief staff officer of KFOR US general William Wolf.

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06-25-2008, 06:43 PM

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Ukrainian frigate U130 Hetman Sahaidachnyi participating in Operation Active Endeavour.

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06-25-2008, 06:47 PM

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Lebanese army soldiers stand on top their armoured vehicule as they guard a street seperating the neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, 25 June 2008. According to security sources, on 25 June, the death toll from two days of heavy clashes between rival clans has risen to nine

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Indian policemen shout at Kashmiri Muslim protesters ( not seen in the picture) during a demonstration in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 25 June 2008. Police said hundreds of Kashmiris held demonstrations for the third day on the raw, protesting the killing of one local resident in police firing and the allotment of forest land to a Hindu shrine in the Indian Kashmir

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06-26-2008, 01:48 PM

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Relatives waved to detainees who were to be released in the Dora district of southern Baghdad. More than 50 residents of Dora who had been imprisoned for less than a year in the American-run Bucca detention center were released.
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South Korea announced it would resume beef imports from the United States after negotiating extra safeguards against mad cow disease, as protesters were on the streets of the capital, Seoul, again. The protester's red placard reads "Mad-cow No."
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A view of a newly installed military airbase near the Olympic green on in Beijing, China. In preparation for the summer Olympic Games the Chinese military has installed surface-to-air missile launchers in close proximity to the major venues

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A female police officer participates in a house to house search operation with Iraqi soldiers in Karbala, Iraq during her first mission after she graduated the police Academy. Some 115 police woman graduated from Karbala's police academy.

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06-26-2008, 05:24 PM

There are a number of countries that would love to have a fleet of these aircraft

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A handout photo provided by EADS CASA showing from L-R Louis Galois, CEO of EADS, Carlos Suarez, Head of the Military Transport Aircraft Division of EADS, His Majesty Juan Carlos 1, King of Spain, between the employees with the first complete A400M military transport aircraft (on background) from the final assembly line of Airbus Military after its roll-out in Seville, Spain, 26 June 2008. The turboprop plane that will have its maiden flight in September 2008 is built by EADS CASA for seven NATO countries; Luxembourg, Spain, Britain, Belgium, France, Germany, and Turkey

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06-27-2008, 09:13 PM

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 26, 2008) Japanese maritime self-defense ship JS Kirishima (DD 174) arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for this year's Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise . RIMPAC is the world's largest multinational exercise and is scheduled biennially by the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Participants include Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Republic of Korea, Singapore, United Kingdom and the U.S. India, Colombia, Mexico, and Russia are scheduled to send observers. U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Walter Pels (Released)

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Nepalese police detain Tibetan exiles as they demonstrate against the Olympic torch relay which passed through the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, outside the Chinese Embassy in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, June 27, 2008, (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)

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Israeli police and soldiers scuffle with a foreign activist during a demonstration against the construction of Israel's separation barrier near the West Bank village of Maasarah near Bethlehem, Friday, June 27, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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The attack in Garma, 20 miles west of Baghdad, was clearly aimed at participants at a weekly meeting of the leaders of the local Awakening Council, the Iraqi police said. Initial reports from the police were that the bomb killed 12 people and wounded 27. An Iraqi policeman at the hospital in Falluja helped a man who was wounded in the attack.
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Pakistani Taliban get ready to execute two Afghans for their alleged spying for U.S. forces and helping orchestrate a suspected American missile strike that killed 14 people in a border village last month.

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06-28-2008, 03:31 PM

Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force Ships arrive at Pearl Harbor HI....All photos have been released to the public by the US Navy.

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 26, 2008) Japanese Maritime Self Defense Ship JS Kirishima (DD 174) arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor to participate in this year's Rim of the Pacific Exercise. RIMPAC, the world's largest multinational exercise, is scheduled biennially by U.S. Pacific Fleet and takes place in the Hawaiian operating area during June 29 - July 31. Participants include Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Republic of Korea, Singapore, United Kingdom and the U.S. India, Colombia, Mexico, and Russia are scheduled to send observers. (RIMPAC).

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 26, 2008) Japanese sailors aboard the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force ship JS Setogori (DD 156) arrive in Pearl Harbor for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008 exercise. RIMPAC

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 26, 2008) Japanese Maritime Self Defense Ship JS Haruna (DD 141) arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for this year's Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC).

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 26, 2008) The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force ship JS Makinami (DD 112) pulls into Pearl harbor for a scheduled port call before starting Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008.

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 26, 2008) The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force submarine JS Narushio (SS 595) pulls into Pearl harbor for a scheduled port call before starting Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. RIMPAC

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 26, 2008) An officer aboard the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Ship JS Kirishima (DD 174) stands watch after arriving in Pearl Harbor for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. RIMPAC,

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 26, 2008) Sailors aboard the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Ship JS Kirishima (DD 174), secure mooring lines after arriving in Pearl Harbor for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC ) 2008.

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06-28-2008, 06:40 PM

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 25, 2008) The Australian navy submarine HMAS Waller (SSG 75) pulls into Pearl harbor for a scheduled port call before starting Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. RIMPAC, the world's largest multinational exercise, is scheduled biennially by U.S. Pacific Fleet and takes place in the Hawaiian operating area during June 29 - July 31. Participants include Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Republic of Korea, Singapore, United Kingdom and the U.S. India, Colombia, Mexico, and Russia are scheduled to send observers. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael R. McCormick (Released)

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 24, 2008) The Republic of Korea Ship (ROKS) Yang Monchoon (DDH 973) is escorted by a U.S. Navy tugboat as it enters Pearl Harbor prior to the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008 Exercise.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 28: A young girl displays a sign welcoming home her father from miltary service in Iraq at the Queensland Welcome Home Parade on June 28, 2008 in Brisbane, Australia. Over 500 Australian defence force service men and women, including those from the Al Muthanna Task Group, Overwatch Battle Group (West) and Australian Army Training Team were welcomed home from Iraq to mark the end of Australia's five-year deployment in the Middle Eastern country. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/***** Images)

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 28:Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd applauds Australian soldiers who served in Iraq over the last five years march through the streets of Brisbane at the Queensland Welcome Home Parade on June 28, 2008 in Brisbane, Australia.

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Private Tim Hughes, 19, from Rockhampton enjoys the Forces Entertainment concert at Gleno, Timor-Leste, while maintaining security at Gleno Forward Operating Base.

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06-29-2008, 04:45 PM

Polish and German forces in joint training.

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2008-06-26: Five officer cadets from Germany who are taking a practice in 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade in Świętoszów(Poland) on 1st of July will be commissioned on second lieutenant.

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2008-06-27: Polish troops in Exercises Żbik 08

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07-01-2008, 06:32 PM

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A boy looks on as Palestinians wait at the gate of the Rafah border crossing to Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip. Egypt opened the border crossing with Rafah on Tuesday for three days for the limited passage

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Nepalese police detain a Tibetan activist during a peace march to enter Tibet along the Nepal-Tibet border at Chaku, northeast of Kathmandu as part of the protest on the Chinese crack down on Tibetan people in Tibet

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Policemen baton charge a protestor demonstrating against a government decision to revoke a transfer of land to a revered Hindu shrine, on the outskirts of Jammu, India

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An injured man is seen after clashes in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia. Police fired rubber bullets and teargas to disperse angry protesters who mobbed the headquarters of the ruling political party, alleging fraud in a weekend election.

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A Pakistani ranger stands guard during a drug burning ceremony on the outskirts of Karachi. Pakistan's rangers burned hundreds of kilograms of hashish.

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Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) officers carry one of two caskets containing the bodies of slain officers Cornel Grant and Delano Lawrence during their funeral at the Hagley Park Road Seventh Day Adventist Church in Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday, June 15, 2008. Delano and Grant were gunned down in an ambush in the inner city Trench Town area of Kingston while on patrol May 23, 2008. Jamaica is struggling with one of the highest levels of homicide per capita in the world, with more than 700 people killed there already this year.

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The president of Mongolia declared a four-day state of emergency in the capital, Ulan Bator, early Wednesday after protesters stormed the headquarters of the governing party, saying there was fraud in weekend parliamentary elections.

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An injured Israeli child is carried by a medic from a bus after it was rammed by a bulldozer in an attack in Jerusalem. A Palestinian bulldozer driver went on a deadly rampage on a busy Jerusalem street.

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People gather around a bus after it was overturned by a bulldozer(2nd photo). A bulldozer driver went on a deadly rampage on a busy Jerusalem street killing at least two people and wounding dozens of others before he was shot dead by police.

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Israeli Zaka rescue workers and security forces carry a wounded man after a bulldozer driven by a Palestinian man rammed into cars and buses on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem.

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Members of the Austrian special police Cobra arrive in Strasshof, Austria, on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Police are searching for a man suspected of shooting two married couples found dead in this Vienna suburb. The crime came to light after a relative alerted police when she discovered a letter from the man announcing a suicide and possible acts of violence. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

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In this March 2, 2006 file photo, commandos of the elite GIGN police force evacuate a hostage during an exercise at the Beynes camp, outside Paris. A Human Rights Watch report released Wednesday July 2, 2008 said France's legal framework for prosecuting terror suspects is too broad, resulting in too many arrests based on minimal evidence and too many convictions based on circumstantial evidence. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

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07-02-2008, 02:49 PM

German Forces in Afghanistan..
All photo credit goes to Rueters.

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A German Tornado fighter is seen next to a German soldier on the tarmac in the German ISAF headquarters in Masar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, July 1, 2008. Reuters

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British Paratroopers from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, Soldiers from the U.S.-led Task Force Paladin and an unidentify U.S citizen from Dallas, TX., (C) working as a civilian contractor to advise the U.S.-led Task Force Paladin take part in an operation to search three compounds and look for weapons on July 1, 2008 in Salavat, Panjawi Province, Afghanistan. The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment conducted a joint operation with Canadian-led Task Force Kandahar, U.S.-led Task Force Paladin, Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police ANP) in the village of Salavat in the Province of Panjawi to search three compounds, of which one was a mosque, to seize weapons and fight against the Taliban. According to the military, during the operation about 10 Taliban were killed and 200lbs of explosives confiscated.
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07-02-2008, 02:58 PM

I'd like to thank all of those that view these photo threads daily. For a forum our size we get a lot of hits on these pix threads! Thanks again!

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07-04-2008, 12:06 PM

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A protestor scuffles with Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against the construction of the controversial separation barrier in the village of Maasarah near the West Bank town of Bethlehem.

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Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, right, inspects an automatic rifle, during a visit to an army base in the Odessa region, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool)

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Jammu and Kashmir police officers extinguish fire during a protest on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, July 4, 2008. A curfew was imposed in the region to prevent protests by Hindus angered due to Amarnath land revocation. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

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07-06-2008, 12:39 PM

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A Canadian soldier with the NATO-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) takes a position during a patrol in Arghandab, district of Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 6, 2008. About 2, 500 Canadian soldiers are part of the around 53, 000 NATO-forces serving in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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A Pakistani paramilitary force enters one of the troubled areas on June 29 as part of an effort to halt the advance of a militant group commanded by fighter Mangal Bagh.

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The Pakistani paramilitaries used heavy artillery to bombard hideouts belonging to suspected militants.

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Pakistani troops patrol in Khyber Agency. About 1500 troops have deployed in the troubled regions in order to stem the advance of the militant groups.

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Israeli border police scuffle with Palestinian and international activists during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier and the curfew on the West Bank village of Nilin.

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07-07-2008, 03:05 PM

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A government soldier moves in on Palampeddi village, which was recently recaptured from Tamil rebels, in north western Mannar, July 4, 2008. Sri Lanka beefed up security on Monday and warned of possible rebel attacks around the capital Colombo as the island's Tamil Tiger rebels marked the 21st anniversary of their first rebel suicide attack. Picture taken July 4, 2008.

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East Timor police stand outside the National University of Timor Leste before breaking up a demonstration with the use of tear gas and arresting 21 students in Dili on July 7, 2008. Around 200 students took part in a demonstration against imported cars for lawmakers, saying the money would be better spent on the poor. About 500 students staged a similar demonstration last month, claiming the government had ordered 65 Toyota Landcruisers from Japan for more than two million USD in what is one of the world's poorest nations.

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Policemen inspect the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad July 7, 2008. A female suicide bomber killed nine people and wounded 12 when she blew herself up at a market in the northern Iraqi city of Baquba on Monday, police said.

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Afghan police secure the site of a suicide car bomb blast in Kabul July 7, 2008. The bomb struck the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital on Monday killing or wounding at least 15 people, officials and Afghan media said.

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A worker of Islamabad municipality cleans the area of Sunday's suicide attack in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, July 7, 2008. Investigators examined the site of a suicide blast that targeted police and left at least 15 people dead, while officials sorted out clues about the alleged attacker.

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Protesters display placards as security personnel block the gates of the Pandacan Oil depot during a demonstration on the recent hike in oil prices in Manila on July 5, 2008. Rising food and fuel prices in the Philippines pushed the country's June inflation rate to 11.4 percent, the highest level in 14 years, the government said on July 4. The upturn exceeded the forecasts of both the central bank and many private analysts who had expected inflation to range from 10.4 to 11.2 percent.

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Iraqi soldiers march in a mini-park beside a highway leading to the airport during a ceremony to launch the rehabilitation of the airport road in Baghdad July 5, 2008. If Baghdad Mayor Sabir al-Isawi gets his way, visitors driving out of the city's international airport will notice more than just concrete blast walls, razor wire and checkpoints. He wants to resurface the multi-lane highway, install street lights and plant trees to spruce up a road that used to be on of Iraq's most dangerous. Picture taken July 5, 2008.

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07-08-2008, 03:07 PM

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Chechen security forces sit on an armed vehicle after a shootout with a gunman in the captial Grozny July 8, 2008. One gunman died when authorities tried to detain the armed man in a five-story apartment building, the RIA Novosti news agency reported, quoting local security forces. One police officer also died from wounds he received during the shootout, the agency said.

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Pakistani policemen stand guard outside the police headquarters in Lahore July 8, 2008. Authorities in Karachi on Tuesday blamed "undemocratic forces" for trying to stir ethnic unrest after seven small bombs the previous day wounded 43 people.

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Police officers guard the entrance to the building of the TV station Gamavision in Quito, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Government officials, backed by dozens of police, also took over the offices of TC Television in Quito and Guayaquil,in early morning raids Tuesday, and they indicated the government will run them at least temporarily.

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Japanese roit police escort an anti-G8 activists from left-wing student and labour groups during a demonstration in Sapporo on July 8, 2008 on Hokkaido island. The Group of Eight industrialised economies called for an increase in oil production and refining capacity to help stem soaring prices, their leaders said in a statement.

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Paramilitary policemen attend an anti-terrorism drill in Hami, Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, July 8, 2008. China will have nearly 100,000 commandos, police and members of the military on standby up to and during the Beijing Olympics to handle potential terrorist attacks, state media reported.

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An Afghan police officer carried a wounded man after the suicide bombing. The attack comes amid the worst summer fighting Afghanistan has seen since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, and as concerns mount about the weakness of the Karzai government.
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07-09-2008, 05:33 PM

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An Israeli soldiers confront & detain Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against the construction of the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin July 9, 2008. Wednesday is the fourth anniversary of a ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague that termed illegal Israel's construction of the 720-km (430-mile) barrier in the occupied West Bank.

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Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard on the street of Karachi July 8, 2008. Authorities in Karachi on Tuesday blamed "undemocratic forces" for trying to stir ethnic unrest after seven small bombs the previous day wounded 43 people.

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Sri Lankan Air force personnel keep watch on the grounds of the international airport in Katunayeka, a suburb in Colombo, July 9, 2008. Sri Lankan fighter jets destroyed a Tamil Tiger boat and damaged several others on Wednesday, the military said, while ground troops killed 19 rebels a day earlier in fighting in the north.

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Two unidentified men mourn next to Turkish policemen near the U.S. Consulate after an attack in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, July 9, 2008. Armed men attacked a police guardpost outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday. Turkish and U.S. officials called it "a terrorist attack" and said three attackers and three policemen were killed.

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Riot police arrested a student during a protest in Santiago, Chile. Thousands of teachers and students demostrated against a new education law under discussion by the Chilean Congress. The protesters complained the education reforms do not give the central government enough control. The bill was approved by the lower house of Congress last month and now awaits Senate approval.
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An Indian soldier saluted a casket bearing the body of Brig. Ravi Datt Mehta, India's defense attache in Afghanistan. He was killed in the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul on Monday. A suicide car bomb at the gates of the embassy killed 41 people and wounded more than 130.
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07-10-2008, 06:05 PM

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Relatives of the slain police officers are comforted by policewomen, during a ceremony at the police headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey,today. An attack against the U.S. Consulate left three policemen and three assailants dead

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Police officers carry the portraits of Onder Sacmalioglu and Erdal Oztas, two of three slain Turkish police officers killed during an attack on the U.S. consulate, while their flag-draped coffins on shoulders of his colleagues arrive for their funeral ceremony at the police headquarters in Istanbul July 10, 2008. Police detained four suspects and patrolled the high-walled perimeter of the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Thursday, after a terror attack which in which 3 policemen and 3 gunmen were killed.

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A Turkish police officer stands guard near a U.S. flag fluttering at half mast at the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul July 10, 2008. Police detained four suspects and patrolled the high-walled perimeter of the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Thursday, after a terror attack which in which 3 policemen and 3 gunmen were killed.

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07-10-2008, 11:13 PM

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CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 10: A policeman tries to control a burst water pipe during an anti-flood drill on July 10, 2008 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. According to the Ministry of Water Resources, areas struck by the May 12 earthquake, which has damaged many reservoirs and dams, are facing a critical situation as the annual flood approaches.

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Iraqi army soldiers secure a convoy of vehicles containing displaced persons in south Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, Iraq, Thursday, July 10, 2008. Close to 150 Shiite families that had fled Dora because the neighborhood had often been a scene of fierce clashes, have decided to return back to their homes.

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Riot policemen escort protesters as they march against the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Sapporo, July 8, 2008. G8 rich country leaders approved a communique which said they would work with nearly 200 states in United Nations climate change talks to adopt a goal of at least halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The slogan in the helmets read, 'Anti-War'.

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SOBETSU, JAPAN - JULY 09: Riot police stand guard as the anti-G8 activists march near the G8 Summit site on July 9, 2008 near Sobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. The G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit is taking place at Lake Toya from July 7. Protesters from all over the world are expected to demonstrate near the area.

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Iraqi army soldiers help a displaced family unload their belongings at their home in south Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, Iraq, Thursday, July 10, 2008. Close to 150 Shiite families that had fled Dora because the neighborhood had often been a scene of fierce clashes have decided to return back to their homes.

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An Iraqi policeman keeps watch as his comrade searches a scooter at a vehicle checkpoint on Palestine street a vehicle checkpoint on Palestine street in Baghdad on July 9, 2008. At least 13 people were killed and dozens wounded in Iraq today in bombings in the Sunni city of Fallujah and the main northern city of Mosul.

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An Iraqi policeman stands guard at a checkpoint decorated with plastic flowers on Palestine street in Baghdad on July 9, 2008. Security continued to improve in Iraq from March to May 2008, with violence at its lowest level in four years, but the gains are "fragile, reversible and uneven," a quarterly Pentagon report said last month.

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Turkish policeman stands guard near the U.S. Consulate after an attack in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, July 9, 2008. Armed men attacked a police guardpost outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday. Turkish and U.S. officials called it "a terrorist attack" and said three attackers and three policemen were killed.

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Smoke from a tear gas grenade billows near and Israeli border policeman (C) and Palestinian and foreign demonstrators during a protest marking the fourth anniversary since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) called for partial demolition of Israel's controversial separation barrier, in the West Bank village of Nilin on July 09, 2008. Brief clashes broke out during a protest in the occupied West Bank today, one of several planned to mark four years since the world court called for partial demolition of Israel's separation barrier.

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Riot police officers detain a high school student during a protest in Santiago, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. The protest was organized against a government-sponsored education bill. (.

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A riot police armored car throws tear gas at protesters in Santiago on July 8, 2008. Thousands of teachers and students demonstrated against a new education law under discussion by the Chilean Congress

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A paramedic treats a wounded police officer as another stands guard after a shooting outside the local police station in the northeastern city of Culiacan in Mexico's state of Sinaloa July 10, 2008. A heavily-armed group of suspected drug hitmen killed nine people in a mechanic's shop in broad light on Thursday, including bystanders getting their cars fixed, local police in the Mexican state of Sinaloa said. In an almost simultaneous attack in another part of the state capital Culiacan, a police officer was gunned down at the wheel of his pickup truck outside the local police station. Police chased after the fleeing gunman but were shot at with automatic weapons and injured.

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Italian soldiers stand guard at Chiaiano cave a quarter of Naples on 10 July 2008. The cave was declared by the Italian government a military zone and is to become the site for a new rubbish dump. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, elected in April, promised to resolve the overall rubbish crisis in three years, and his conservative government has begun opening 10 new dumps under military guard in the region.

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07-14-2008, 11:52 AM

Bastille Day 2008..Paris France.

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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) is accompanied by Chief of the Defence Staff General Jean-Louis Georgelin as he rides in his military command car down the Champs Elysees at the start of the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris July 14, 2008.

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Soldiers march along the Champs Elysees during Bastille day ceremonies in Paris, Monday July 14, 2008. Leaders from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa and the head of the United Nations gather in Paris for France's Bastille Day military parade, one day after their Mediterranean Summit in the city.

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An army vehicle, carrying one of two coffins of soldiers returned in a prisoner swap, leaves Rosh Hanikra border crossing with Lebanon, in northern Israel July 16, 2008. Israel handed over five Lebanese prisoners to Hezbollah via the Red Cross on Wednesday after the Shi'ite guerrilla group returned the bodies of two Israeli soldiers, seized in a cross-border raid in 2006.

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An Israeli soldier secures the area as Officers of the Israeli Army's Chief Rabinate Unit move a black coffin containing the remains of an Israeli soldier killed in 2006 from a Red Cross truck during a prisoner swap with Lebanon at the Lebanon-Israeli border July 16, 2008.

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An Indian army soldier takes position during a gun battle between militants and security forces in Warpora, 60 km (25 miles) north of Srinagar, July 16, 2008. A policeman and two separatist militants were killed in a 20-hour gun battle in Indian Kashmir, police said. Another 15 security personnel were wounded in the firefight when soldiers stormed a militant hideout late on Tuesday near Sopore town, north of Srinagar, Kashmir's summer capital.

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Cambodian Army soldiers patrol near the Preah Vihear temple, in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Cambodian officials said more Thai troops crossed into their country's territory Wednesday in the second day of alleged incursions amid tensions over disputed border land near the historic temple.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, anti-terrorism personnel in protective gears attend to mock injured persons during an anti-terrorist attack exercise in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, Wednesday, July 16, 2008. The local police, armed police and reserved army soldiers conducted the joint anti-terrorist attack drill in Qinhuangdao, one of the soccer venues of Beijing Olympic Games.

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Indian policemen carry an injured protester after he was beaten by Indian police in Warpora, 60 km (25 miles) north of Srinagar, July 16, 2008. A policeman and two separatist militants were killed in a 20-hour gun battle in Indian Kashmir, police said. Another 15 security personnel were wounded in the firefight when soldiers stormed a militant hideout late on Tuesday near Sopore town, north of Srinagar, Kashmir's summer capital

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A French gendarme uses his cap to cover the face of Moises Duenas Nevado of Spain in a police vehicle after he was arrested following a search of the Barloworld cycling team hotel in Tarbes, southern France, Wednesday July 16, 2008. Duenas Nevado is the second cyclist who tested positive for the use of EPO, and was excluded from the Tour de France cycling race.

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Vietnam War victims of the Korean Disabled Veteran's Association for Agent Orange scuffle with riot police officers during a rally against Japan's announcement of its decision to include in school textbooks its claims to islands controlled by South Korea, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 16, 2008. The banner reads "Punish, Japanese Emperor Akihito and Punish, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda."

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07-16-2008, 11:04 PM

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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 14, 2008) The Chilean frigate CS Riveros (FF 18) steams in the in the operating area of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. RIMPAC is the world's largest multinational exercise scheduled biennially by the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Participants include the United States, Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel N. Woods (Released)

bd popeye

07-17-2008, 11:13 AM

Thanks to all who view this thread daily!

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Government officials and police officers await to cut the ribbon before the closing ceremony of a road show arranged by the interim goverment in Dhaka, July 17, 2008. The road show which toured the country sought to discourage corruption, drugs, crime and to promote national improvement.

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Police hold back the massive crowd gathered to see Pope Benedict XVI at World Youth Day (WYD) festivities in Sydney on July 17, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI warned hundreds of thousands of young Catholics of the perils of pop culture and pillaging the earth's resources after a rapturous welcome at the world's biggest Christian festival.

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Security and Australian police guide the papal 'boat-a-cade' as it makes its way past pilgrims lining the foreshores of Sydney Harbour on July 17, 2008. Ecstatic Catholics mingled with curious office workers as hundreds of thousands of people lined Sydney's famous harbour on July 17 to watch Pope Benedict XVI sail into an adoring welcome by pilgrims.

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Philippine national police chief, Gen. Avelino Razon, eyes a 22 cal. German Sports Gun GSG-5 during the opening of an annual defense and sporting arms show in a commercial center in Manila on July 17, 2008. The gun show aims to promote local and imported sporting arms and ammunitions and other safety gear.

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Anti-riot police officers arrest a protestor after a rally outside the presidential palace in Manila July 17, 2008. The protesters on Thursday demanded from the government to scrap the 12 percent value added tax on oil and petroleum products and abolish the oil deregulation law.

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Anti-riot police guard the entrance of the Congress as pro-government demonstrators protest in Buenos Aires early July 17, 2008. President Cristina Fernandez suffered a sharp political blow on Thursday after Vice President Julio Cobos cast the deciding vote against a controversial government-proposed tax hike on soy exports that set off months of anti-government protests by farmers.

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An Iraqi police commando, holding his national flag, stands at attention with his comrades during a graduation ceremony in Najaf, 160 kms south of Baghdad, on July 17, 2008. About 431 police commandos graduated from their training program in Najaf today.

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Newly-graduated Iraqi police commandos perform a drill during their graduation ceremony in Najaf, 160 kms south of Baghdad, on July 17, 2008. About 431 police commandos graduated from their training program in Najaf today.

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Police and villagers block a convoy of nationalist protesters from reaching a disputed ancient temple on the country's border with Cambodia, 700 km (435 miles) northeast of Bangkok July 17, 2008. A political uproar in Thailand over Cambodia's listing of the Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage site has been stoked by anti-government groups seeking to oust Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's shaky ruling coalition.

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Soldiers from Thailand guard at Cekakiri Svarak pagoda in the compounds of Preah Vihaer temple, 245 km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, July 17, 2008. Thai police and angry local villagers blocked a convoy of nationalist Thai protesters on Thursday from reaching a disputed ancient temple on the country's border with Cambodia. The latest flare-up -- which has seen a buildup of troops on both sides of the border -- was triggered by Bangkok's support for the UNESCO listing, which government critics said was tantamount to selling out Thailand's heritage.

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Cambodian (L) and Thai (R) soldiers stand face-to-face to each other as they guard Cekakiri Svarak pagoda in the compounds of Preah Vihaer temple, 245 km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, July 17, 2008.

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Reinforcement Afghan police officers pose together as they are expected to go for recapturing the village of Wanat in Nuristan province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday July 17, 2008. U.S. and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine American soldiers earlier this week, officials said Wednesday.

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07-17-2008, 11:15 AM

Thanks to all who view this thread daily!

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Thai riot police try to stop Thai nationalist protesters who are trying to break through a blockade on a highway to the disputed Hindu temple on the Cambodian border July 17, 2008. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday a border row with Thailand was "worsening" and urged the immediate withdrawal of Thai troops from a disputed ancient temple.

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Villagers and nationalist protesters fight with rods as the protesters try to break through a police blockade on a highway to the disputed Hindu temple on the Cambodian border July 17, 2008. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday a border row with Thailand was "worsening" and urged the immediate withdrawal of Thai troops from a disputed ancient temple.

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Police remove barricades that residents of Abobo, a poor neighbourhood of suburban Abidjan, had set up on July 17, 2008 to stop the traffic on the first day of a 48-hour strike. The strike, called by the General Union of Ivory Coast Workers (UGTCI) which represents 80 percent of the 400,000 public and public sector workers, is to protest against "a constant and dramatic erosion of workers' buying power. " and the petrol price rise in Ivory Coast which according to the union constitutes a "drastic and untenable reduction in their (workers) revenue".

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Former South Korean intelligent agents who penetrated into North Korea scuffle with riot police officers as they try to enter Japanese embassy during a rally against Japan's announcement of its decision to include in school textbooks its claims to islands controlled by South Korea in front of Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 17, 2008.

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South Korean army veteran (L) holds up a national flag after scaling the wall of the Japanese embassy in Seoul on July 17, 2008. Some 40 veterans scuffled with police after cutting off the necks of live pheasants outside the embassy in a protest sparked by Tokyo's claim to a group of disputed islets controlled by Seoul. The disputed islands in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) are known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in Korea.

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A riot policeman prepares to fire tear gas during a transport strike in Abobo, Abidjan,. July 17, 2008. The transport strike in Ivory Coast's commercial capital this week slightly reduced volumes of cocoa arriving at the port but the impact has been limited by a quiet end of season, exporters said on Thursday. Several unions called a strike this week in Abidjan to protest against the high cost of living and transport, exacerbated by mounting petrol and diesel prices which rose by 29 and 44 percent respectively earlier this month.

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A policeman stands guard near trucks loaded with belongings of returning displaced residents in Doura district, southern Baghdad July 17, 2008. About 177 Shi'ite families who were displaced by violence during the past three years returned to their homes in Doura district, an Iraqi military officer said

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A Iraqi policeman (L) stands guard as returning internally displaced Shiite family members carry household belongings into their residence in the majority-Sunni neighbourhood of Dora in southwestern Baghdad on July 17, 2008. At least 177 families, displaced from sectarian violence, will be returning to the Baghdad neighbourhood of Dora in the next three days.

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A Colombian policeman guards packages of marijuana seized near Cali city July 15, 2008. At least 3.2 tons of marijuana were confiscated by police during a raid named "Media Luna II", authorities said.

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A Sudanese policeman (R) stands guard outside the French embassy in Khartoum on July 15, 2008 during a demonstration by Sudanese lawyers against the International Criminal Court's decision to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir on war crime charges. The UN started pulling non-essential staff from Darfur as protesters rallied behind Beshir today over allegations he masterminded a campaign of genocide in the region. Fears of a violent backlash have mounted since yesterday when the ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo sought an arrest warrant against Beshir on 10 counts including war crimes and the use of rape to commit genocide in Darfur.

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An Iraqi policeman (L), together with a comrade (R), grieve over the body of his brother, killed by a suicide bomber, outside a mortuary at a hospital in Baquba, 45 kms northeast of Baghdad, on July 15, 2008.

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An Iraqi policeman (bottom) is comforted by his comrades as he grieves over the body of his brother, killed by a suicide bomber, outside a mortuary at a hospital in Baquba, 45 kms northeast of Baghdad, on July 15, 2008. At least 28 people were killed today when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of recruits at an Iraqi army base in an area known to be a stronghold of Al-Qaeda fighters.

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Police carry the body of a person who was killed in a landslide in Medellin, Colombia, Thursday, July 17, 2008. Heavy rains triggered the landslide that destroyed one home and killed at least four people, according to authorities.

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Police disperse supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) gathered to welcome Arafat Rahman, the younger son of detained former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, in front of a hospital in Dhaka July 17, 2008. Rahman was granted eight weeks parole to go abroad for medical treatment and left a prison cell in the Dhaka hospital in the late afternoon under tight security, home ministry officials said.

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An Israeli soldier mourns during the funeral of Eldad Regev in the northern city of Haifa July 17, 2008. Thousands attended Israeli funerals on Thursday for two slain soldiers, one of them Regev, returned in a prisoner swap with Hezbollah and their grief contrasted with Lebanon's joy over guerrillas freed in the deal.

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A Cambodian soldier stands guard as Thai soldiers (R) rest at a pagoda near Preah Vihear temple near Thai border in Preah Vihear province, some 543 kilometers north of Phnom Penh on July 17, 2008. Cambodian and Thai officials will meet next week to resolve a standoff over their disputed border close to an ancient temple, officials from both countries said July 17.

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A Cambodian soldier holds a B40 rocket as he guards at Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, Thursday, July 17, 2008. Cambodia and Thailand escalated their troop buildup Thursday at disputed territory near the historic border temple despite their agreement to hold talks next week to defuse the tensions, a Cambodian general said.