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The Governor General's Foot Guards Band marches past the National War Memorial as part of the 125th anniversary parade of the RCD and Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR) at Parliament Hill, June 7th, 2008. Photo by Sgt Marco Comisso, Army News. www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca Hires

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Colonel Thomas Harrison Smith stands to attention during the ceremonial handover of command of the U.S. airbase in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek June 13, 2008. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN)

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Colonel Thomas Harrison Smith (R) shakes hands with and receives a flag from Lieutenant General Gary L. North during the ceremonial handover of command of the U.S. airbase in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek June 13, 2008. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN)

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A trucker scuffles with policemen blocking a truckers' protest march during their general strike rally in Incheon, west of Seoul June 13, 2008. Another major protest is planned in South Korea on Friday that could further shake embattled President Lee Myung-bak and his economic reform agenda, as thousands of truckers added to his woes by walking off the job in a strike over high fuel costs. About 14,000 walked off the job on Friday after talks on higher pay and demands for cheaper diesel broke down. REUTERS/Kim Nam-kwon/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA). NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

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Soldiers and replacement trucks arrive at a terminal of an ICD (Inland Container Depot) after unionised truckers launched their general strike in Uiwang, south of Seoul June 13, 2008. Another major protest is planned in South Korea on Friday that could further shake embattled President Lee Myung-bak and his economic reform agenda, as thousands of truckers added to his woes by walking off the job in a strike over high fuel costs. About 14,000 walked off the job on Friday after talks on higher pay and demands for cheaper diesel broke down. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA)

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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (C) speaks at the start of the North Atlantic Council meeting on the second day of a NATO defence ministers' meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels June 13, 2008. The United Nations and NATO rush to iron out snags in the troubled international security presence for Kosovo just days before its constitution coming into force. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM)

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On night patrol, Leading Aircraftman Chris Hepworth, of No. 321 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron, with his Military Working Dog, Pitt. www.defence.gov.au Hires

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Security Police, Military Working Dog (MWD) Handler, Aircraftman Ian Moore of 321 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron, maintains a strong hold on MWD, Abra, whilst on night patrol during Exercise Pitch Black 2008. www.defence.gov.au Hires

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Fort P7, Danes and Swedes during training

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Soldiers out of Fort I1 on MOUT training in central Stockholm




Fort I19, divers on exercise

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Visitors attend on June 16, 2008 the Eurosatory fair, an International Land, Airland, Homeland Defence Exhibition in Villepinte, outside of Paris.

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Dutch Vikings and Landrovers during this weekends hostilities in Goz Beida, Chad.








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Sailors take up positions aboard HNLMS Evertsen as marines are deployed on WFP ships. HNLMS Evertsen is tasked with protecting ships of the UN World Food Program off the coast of Somalia where piracy is rampant these days.
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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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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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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.

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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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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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

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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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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.

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.

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

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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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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A Trabant car in Police-style rolls on the grounds of the "15th International Trabant drivers meeting" on June 21, 2008 in the eastern Germany town of Zwickau. The Trabant (nicknamed Trabi) is an uncomfortable East German built vehicle with an unreliable two-stroke engine which still has many fans. About 2000 cars are expected to be presented during the annual event.



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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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A policeman aims his weapon as he demonstrates his skills during a graduation ceremony at Camp Dublin in Baghdad June 21, 2008. More than 400 police recruits of the training course graduated in Baghdad on Saturday.



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Zimbabwean police watch members of Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party leave the venue where the country's main opposition was to hold its main pre-election rally on June 22, 2008 in Harare. Up to 1,000 people armed with sticks gathered at the venue but later moved on to the ruling party headquarters, AFP journalists and witnesses said. Several police officers and election observers had taken up positions near the site of the rally of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), whose leader is hoping to oust Robert Mugabe in the June 27 presidential run-off.





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Riot police pull a protester to apprehend him during a rally demanding a full-scale renegotiation of the beef deal with the U.S. and the resignation of President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul June 22, 2008. South Korea, which reworked an unpopular U.S. beef import deal that sparked mass street protests, could soon resume imports once a legal step has been completed, the trade minister said on Saturday.



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Iraqi police officers protecting oil installations secure an oil pipeline of Rumailah refinary, north of Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, June 22, 2008. A sharp drop in attacks on pipelines has enabled Iraq to increase oil exports from northern oil fields and profit from the rise in world energy prices. Iraq's oil exports, most of which come from southern oil fields around Basra, have risen above 2 million barrels a day for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, the Oil Ministry said this month.



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A Russian football fan celebrates Russia's victory over the Netherlands in their Euro 2008 quarter-final football match infront of riot police in Moscow on June 22, 2008. Hundreds of thousands poured out into the streets all over Russia to a cacophony of honking and shouting as news came in of Russia's historic win over the Netherlands on June 21. Russia won 3-1 in extra time.



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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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An Iraqi Army soldier guarded two suspected militiamen detained in a security crackdown in Maysan Province near the border with Iran, 200 miles southeast of Baghdad. American-backed Iraqi security forces are in their second day of military operations in the southern city of Amara.
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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)

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)

Nepalese police detain Tibetan exiles shouting slogans against Chinese government, the alleged rule in their home land, and Olympic torch passing through the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, in front of Chinese embassy in Katmandu, Nepal

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

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.