Israel releases over 300 Palestinians
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A Palestinian prisoner kisses a fellow prisoner goodbye as he is released from the Israeli Ktziot prison near the village of Nitsana close to the Israeli-Egyptian border yesterday. Israel began freeing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners yesterday in what it viewed as a goodwill gesture to bolster a peace plan, but Palestinians dismissed the move as a sham.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Taiwan to try and try again at UN
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PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMESN
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US sees atom bomb as God, Hiroshima mayor says
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Doves fly over the cenotaph for victims of the atomic bomb and the A-bomb Dome during the 58th annual memorial service of the bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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US civilian killed in Iraqi capital
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A US Army military policeman stands guard as Iraqi firemen extinguish a blazing shop after an explosion in the center of the Iraqi capital Baghdad yesterday. A truck parked outside a Baghdad shop selling chemicals exploded, killing at least one Iraqi and setting the shop ablaze.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Public tours Prince Charles's home
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A hand-out photo shows the Morning Room of Clarence House in London.
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West African troops calm edgy Liberia
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Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel General Acapulco, right, reaches out to shake the hand of government fighter Colonel George Rollins in the middle of New Bridge in the Liberian capital Monrovia on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Heat wave suggests global warming is accelerating
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Two young girls try to cool off in a public fountain in Barcelona on Tuesday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Gene-bank idea marries genetics and healthcare
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Dingos eating farmers out of house and home
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An Australian native dingo, or wild dog, howls in its enclosure at Western Plains Zoo.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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A dingo in the wild.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Riefenstahl still fighting at age 101
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Leni Riefenstahl presents her book Five Lives at the Frankfurt book fair in this Oct. 19, 2000 file photo.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Matsui leads Yankees to victory
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New York Yankees' Jason Giambi greets teammate Hideki Matsui at the plate after Matsui's first inning two-run home run off Texas Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis on Tuesday at New York's Yankee Stadium.
PHOTO: AP
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Federer falters at Montreal Masters
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Roger Federer of Switzerland lunges to return to Gaston Claudio of Argentina at the Tennis Masters Canada on Tuesday in Montreal.
PHOTO: AP
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