Window Washing
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Hong Kongers demand democracy
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A pro-democracy worker, right, scuffles with a lone pro-Beijing campaigner as tens of thousands of people march on a downtown Hong Kong street yesterday.
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Pan-blue unity crucial: analysts
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei County commissioner-elect Chou Hsi-wei thanks supporters during a parade yesterday in Banciao, Taipei County. Chou switched from the People First Party (PFP) to run as the KMT's candidate in the county, causing some bad feelings between the two parties. Analysts say mending divisions between the KMT and the PFP will be crucial for the KMT to build on its success in the weekend's elections.
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Nazarbayev likely to win again
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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, left, leaves a polling station with (from left to right) his wife Sara, granddaughter Venera and daughter Dariga after voting in Astana, Kazakhstan, yesterday.
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Best funeral unites Ireland
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The son of the late George Best, Calum, left, his former wife, Angie Best, center, and his agent and friend Phil Hughes, watch the thousands of mourners who came to pay tribute to the soccer player in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Saturday.
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Thousands demand action on global warming
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People carry signs during a protest against global warming in Montreal on Saturday. The demonstration coincided with the 10-day UN Climate Change Conference under way in Montreal, where officials are reviewing and updating the Kyoto protocol on lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
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Codelco thrives on tourism, high copper demand
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A group of tourists visits the Chuquicamata copper mine in the desert town of Calama, 1,000km north of Santiago, Chile, in October this year. Chuquicamata, the world's biggest open pit mine, is 4.3km long, 3km wide and 825m deep.
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Soaring gold price lures investors, central banks
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An Afghan salesman arranges gold jewelry at a jewelry shop in Kabul last Wednesday. Gold prices last week topped US$500 for the first time in 18 years.
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The party isn't over yet
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Berlin's legendary Paris Bar is facing tough times.
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Jr. Gong on roots, rock 'n' reggae
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Rita Marley, the wife of Jamaican singer Bob Marley, poses with her sons.
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Reggie Bush rips right through Bruins
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Reggie Bush, top, of USC, leaps over UCLA defender Marcus Cassel for a touchdown during the second quarter at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday.
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Navy's Reggie Campbell, center, runs 54 yards for a touchdown during the second quarter against Army at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday.
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Americans sweep men's giant slalom
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Bode Miller of Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, bends a gate on his way to winning the World Cup giant slalom event in Beaver Creek, Colorado, on Saturday.
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Lindsey Kildow of the US wears the leader's jersey after her first place finish in the World Cup downhill race at Lake Louise, Alberta, on Saturday.
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