Sunday, November 27, 2011

Weekly World CoolestpIX-- 44

Week 44 brings us another collection of some of the best newsworthy, sportive, creative and cute images of the week.


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Armed paramilitary policemen patrol as people watch on a busy street of Zhili town, part of Huzhou city, Zhejiang province October 28, 2011. Days of protests in an east China town over a tax dispute appeared to have subsided on Friday and media reported that officials had suspended tax collection that sent hundreds of rural migrants into the streets.
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Earthquake survivor Ferhat Tokay is pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed building by Turkish and Azeri rescuers in Ercis early October 28, 2011. Rescue workers pulled out a 13-year-old boy alive from rubble on Friday, over 100 hours after a powerful earthquake that killed more than 500 people in eastern Turkey. REUTERS/Azerbaijan Search and Rescue Team/Handout
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Spectators watch as a Delta II rocket launches off the pad from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California October 28, 2011.

NASA on Friday launched its next generation satellite to monitor long-term climate change and short-term weather conditions. The $1.5 billion National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) took off aboard a Delta II rocket, and represents a critical first step in building the next-generation Earth-observing satellite system. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
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A resident gets a haircut in front of apartment-style tombs inside the Manila North Cemetery October 28, 2011. The 54-hectare cemetery, which is considered as one of the biggest and oldest cemeteries in the country, houses hundreds of thousands of the city's Catholic dead while it hosts a living community of more than 2,000 inside mausoleums and makeshift personal spaces built atop apartment-type tombs. REUTERS/John Javellana
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Russian police officers detain an activist from the Other Russia opposition movement during a protest outside a court in Moscow October 28, 2011. Two members from the Other Russia opposition movement with three other men were convicted for participating in the December violence on Manezh Square and sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to five and a half years. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
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A gunman with an automatic weapon walks in Sarajevo, after he fired shots at the U.S. embassy, October 28, 2011. The gunman with an automatic weapon opened fire at the United States embassy in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Friday and police rushed to the scene, a Reuters witness said. A Reuters photographer said police were trying to surround the gunman, who was armed with a Kalashnikov rifle. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
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The Royal Jordanian Falcons take part in an aerobatic display in Amman October 28, 2011. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
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A handout photo shows a section of a 360-degrees panoramic image taken in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin October 28, 2011. This picture was taken with a throwable panoramic ball camera developed by Jonas Pfeil of Berlin Technical University. The device contains 36 mobile phone cameras that take a picture at the highest point of the ball's trajectory. A computer program subsequently merges all pictures to a 360 degree image that can be viewed on a monitor by dragging the mouse in the desired direction. Pfeil, who is seen at the centre of the picture, developed the ball camera as a university thesis project. REUTERS/Jonas Pfeil/Handout
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Skaters compete during the women's 500 meters qualification race at the ISU Korean Air World Cup short track speed skating competition at Centre Georges-Vezina in Saguenay, October 28, 2011. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger
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The Statue of Liberty is seen early on October 28, 2011 during ceremonies marking the 125th anniversary of the Statue at Liberty Island in New York. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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Members of the St. Louis Cardinals celebrate their win over the Texas Rangers in MLB's World Series baseball championship in St. Louis, Missouri, October 28, 2011. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes
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A wounded U.S. soldier is carried away from the site of a suicide attack in Kabul October 29, 2011. At least four people were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign soldiers in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday, officials said, with an unspecified number of NATO-led troops among other casualties. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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A door remains standing around rubble after buildings collapsed during the earthquake, in Guvecli village October 29, 2011. Authorities overseeing relief efforts after Turkey's biggest earthquake in over a decade were confident emergency needs for tens of thousands made homeless would be met by Saturday in hardest hit urban areas. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl
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AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic jumps to shoot the ball during their Serie A soccer match against AS Roma at the Olympic stadium in Rome October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
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Saudi men turn out in large numbers to show support and allegiance to newly appointed Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud at the Riyadh Governor's Palace, October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed
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Sergio Garcia of Spain talks with his caddie inside the water before hitting his ball on the 17th hole during the third round of the Andalucia Valderrama Masters golf tournament in Sotogrande, southern Spain, October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo (R) reacts after missing a scoring opportunity against Real Sociedad during their Spanish First Division soccer match at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Felix Ordonez
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Participants take part in the Iron League bodybuilding and body fitness regional tournament in Russia's southern city of Stavropol October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko
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A woman walks down a snow-covered street during an early snow storm in New York October 29, 2011. A rare October snowstorm barreled up the heavily populated U.S. East Coast on Saturday, threatening up to a foot (30 cm) of snow, cutting power to nearly a million households and forcing at least 1,000 flight cancellations. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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Beds are prepared for stranded Qantas Airlines passengers inside the ballroom of Regal Airport Hotel in Hong Kong October 30, 2011. Qantas Airways and its unions appeared before a labour tribunal on Sunday with Australia's prime minister urging an end to the industrial dispute that grounded the airline's entire fleet, stranding tens of thousands of passengers. Qantas said it had cancelled 447 flights affecting more than 68,000 passengers since grounding over 100 aircraft around the world on Saturday. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
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Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Jonas Gustavsson is seen in the pre-game spotlight against the Pittsburgh Penguins before their NHL hockey game in Toronto, October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
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Sex workers wear skeleton masks, a traditional Mexican symbol representing the Day of the Dead, after a procession in Mexico city October 29, 2011. More than 100 sex workers gathered for a procession to remember their deceased colleagues, especially those who were violently murdered in the last few years, two days before the Day of the Dead. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
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Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany (R) leads the race at the start of the Indian first Formula One Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, October 30, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash
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Anat Kamm (R) sits inside a courtroom in Tel Aviv District Court October 30, 2011. An Israeli court sentenced Kamm, a former soldier, to four and a half years in prison on Sunday for leaking classified military documents to a newspaper, which later reported allegations of a policy to assassinate Palestinian militants. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
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Two eagles are harassed by a smaller bird as they sit in a tree at dusk near Chinchilla, about 250kms (155 miles) west of Brisbane October 30, 2011. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne
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A woman and her child light candles at the Olsany cemetery in Prague October 30, 2011. Catholics in the Czech Republic mark All Saints Day on November 2 by visiting the graves of loved ones. REUTERS/David W Cerny
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Crates containing shells and hand rockets are seen in a desert some 130 km (81 miles) south of Sirte October 30, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
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Carhenge, a full-scale automotive replica of England's Stonehenge made of 38 vintage automobiles, is pictured in Alliance, Nebraska, in this photograph taken on October 27, 2011 and released on October 28. The Friends of Carhenge on Thursday put the site up for sale at an asking price of $300,000. Picture taken October 27, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer
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A boy has his head shaved by a monk during Shin Phu at Shwebo monastery in Yangon October 29, 2011. Shin Phu, a Buddhist tradition, is a ceremony to become a novice monk, and is practiced by every boy in Myanmar. Entrance to monkhood is a rite of passage for men in Myanmar, although most of them spend only a few days to a few months, rather than a lifetime commitment. Picture taken October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
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Fireworks explode over the Omnilife Stadium during the closing ceremony of the Pan American Games in Guadalajara October 30, 2011. REUTERS/Henry Romero
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A shadow of a passerby is reflected on an electronic board displaying stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo October 31, 2011. The Nikkei average reversed early losses on Monday after Japanese authorities intervened to curb persistent yen strength that has cut deeply into many manufacturers' earnings, but was off its highs as some investors locked in gains. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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A trader displays the teeth of a donkey during an annual donkey fair at Vautha, 49km (31 miles) south of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad October 31, 2011. The five-day long donkey fair is believed to be Asia's largest, where more than 21,000 donkeys belonging to gypsies are brought for trade. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is pictured before speaking at the National Press Club in Washington October 31, 2011. Cain acknowledged on Monday that he was accused of sexual harassment in the 1600s but insisted the allegations were baseless, as he grappled with the toughest challenge of his U.S. presidential campaign. REUTERS/Jason Reed
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A combination photo shows six of half a million babies born around the world on October 31, 2011 that will push the global population to the milestone of seven billion. The world's population will reach seven billion on October 31, 2011 according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet. The babies are from (L-R, top to bottom) Venezuela, Philippines, Russia, the U.S., India and Georgia. REUTERS
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Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba at the Al-Masjid al-Haram (Grand mosque) in Mecca October 31, 2011. The Grand mosque is an annual destination for millions of Muslim pilgrims fulfilling the Hajj. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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A modified model of the Long March CZ-2F rocket carrying the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou 8 blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gansu Province November 1, 2011. China launched the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft early on Tuesday, paving the way for a docking exercise with another craft that will be a major test of the rising power's ability to win a long-term foothold in space. REUTERS/China Daily
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Airplanes are reflected in flood waters in Bangkok's domestic Don Muang airport at dawn on November 1, 2011. Nearly 400 people have been killed in months of floods that have disrupted the lives of more than 2 million. Don Muang, used by budget airlines for domestic flights and by private planes, has been closed since Oct. 25. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
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A polar bear shakes off water from its body at the St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien, Quebec, October 31, 2011. According to Environment Canada, Canada is home to around 15,000 of the estimated 20,000 polar bear population. The United States (Alaska), Russia, Denmark (Greenland) and Norway are the other four countries where polar bears can be found. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger
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Buddhist monks paddle through a flooded temple where hundreds of victims found shelter in Bangkok November 1, 2011. Anger mounted among victims of Thailand's catastrophic floods on Tuesday as water flooded new neighborhoods as it made its way to sea and the government plotted a recovery aimed at securing the long-term confidence of investors. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
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A giant panda cub lies on a log at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province November 1, 2011. REUTERS/China Daily
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Christophe Lemaire (top) riding Dunaden beats Michael Rodd riding Red Cadeaux to win the Melbourne Cup at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne November 1, 2011. French stayer Dunaden prevailed in a thrilling nose-to-nose sprint to the line with British-trained Red Cadeaux to win the $6.2 million Melbourne Cup in a photo-finish at Flemington Race course on Tuesday. REUTERS/Racing Victoria/Handout
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A Boeing 767 of Polish LOT airlines makes an emergency landing at Warsaw airport, November 1, 2011. The plane en route from Newark with 230 people onboard made an emergency landing in Warsaw airport on Tuesday. No passengers were hurt, Polish media reported. REUTERS/Peter Andrews
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Sudesh Sharma, 61, a wrestler lifts weights at a traditional Indian wrestling training centre called Akhaara in Jammu November 1, 2011. Kushti (mud wrestling) is a traditional sport in India but more and more young athletes are now taking up mat wrestling to gain access to the top international competitions like the Olympic Games. In the background are the images of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta
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Yasuhiro Sonoda, a cabinet office parliamentary secretary, drinks a water taken from a radioactive puddle from the tsunami crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during a news conference at the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) headquarters in Tokyo, in this photo taken by Kyodo on October 31, 2011. He drank the water, taken from the basements of the No. 5 and No.6 reactor buildings, after a reporter asked him to do so to prove it is safe, Kyodo news reports. Picture taken October 31, 2011. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/Kyodo
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A duck paddles through autumnal leaves on Faskally Loch in Perthshire, Scotland November 1, 2011. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
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Hindu devotees gather to worship the Sun god on the banks of river Ganges during the Hindu religious festival Chhat Puja in the eastern Indian city of Patna November 1, 2011. Hindu devotees worship the Sun god and fast all day for the betterment of their family and society during the festival. REUTERS/Stringer
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Members of the U.S. Air Force sit inside a bus transferring them to a plane flying to the U.S., at al-Asad air base in Iraq's western province of Anbar November 1, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Oct. 21 that American troops would fully withdraw from Iraq by year-end, as scheduled under a 2008 security pact between the two countries. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
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Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives for a cabinet meeting inside the parliament in Athens November 1, 2011. The Greek government faced possible collapse on Tuesday as ruling party lawmakers demanded Prime Minister George Papandreou resign for throwing the nation's euro membership into jeopardy with a shock call for a referendum.

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A statue of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is unveiled at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington November 1, 2011. At the unveiling are (L-R) Frederick Ryan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, Elizabeth Dole, Reagan's Secretary of Transportation, current Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and another of Regan's Secretary of Transportation James Burnley. The statue is one of several worldwide that are being unveiled in 2011 as part of the historic year-long celebration commemorating the 100th anniversary of Reagan's birth. REUTERS/Jason Reed
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Novak Martinovic of Steaua Bucharest (R) kicks a Petrolul supporter after he attacked two teammates during their ill-tempered league match in Ploiesti, October 30, 2011. Defender George Galamaz, capped four times by Romania, sustained a serious facial injury after a Petrolul fan invaded the pitch and punched him. The supporter then clashed with Martinovic who kicked him and wrestled him to the ground where the supporter was kicked again before security guards led him away. Picture taken on October 30, 2011. REUTERS/Constantin Vladescu/Mediafax
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People place grace lamps at tombs in a cemetery in Mogyorod, 20 km (12 miles) east of Budapest, November 1, 2011. Hungary will celebrate All Saints Day on Thursday. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
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A crescent moon is seen over the Parthenon atop Athens' ancient Acropolis November 1, 2011. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
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Boston Bruins right wing Shawn Thornton (top) and Ottawa Senators center Zenon Konopka fight in the first period of their NHL hockey game in Boston, Massachusetts November 1, 2011. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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People stand amongst graves decorated with flowers and lit candles at a cemetery in Oaxaca November 1, 2011. Each year, Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead by preparing meals and decorating graves of deceased relatives and friends. REUTERS/Stringer
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Zookeeper Sar Roeun feeds a leopard cat kitten in the wildlife rescue center at the Phnom Tamao zoo near Phnom Penh November 2, 2011. Local media reported that three female leopard cat kittens, which were handed over to the centre on October 12, 2011, were discovered by a fisherman in a flooded area of Kandal province three weeks ago. One has since died. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
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A women walks past smoke used to mask the smell of corpses and ward off insects attracted to the stench on the streets of Sirte City November 2, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
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The Jewish settlement of Kdumim is seen in the background, as a Palestinian woman picks olives at a grove near the West Bank city of Nablus October 28, 2011. A potent symbol of peace and harmony, the olive has become a source of confrontation and violence in the decades-old conflict that pits Israel against Palestinians. Picture taken October 28, 2011. To match Feature PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL/OLIVES/ REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves the High Court in central London November 2, 2011. Assange should be extradited from Britain to Sweden to face questioning over alleged sex crimes, London's High Court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting his appeal against the move. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
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A Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Al-Noor during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca November 2, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pauses during a news conference following a two-day policy session in Washington November 2, 2011. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed its forecast for economic growth, raised projections for unemployment, and suggested Europe's debt crisis posed big downside risks to the U.S. economy. REUTERS/Jason Reed
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Demonstrators from the Occupy Oakland movement climb scaffolding on railroad tracks at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California November 2, 2011. Protesters shut down operations at Oakland's port and blocked traffic on Wednesday in demonstrations against economic inequality and police brutality that were marred by scattered vandalism. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
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A teacher (R) helps a student to stretch during a physical training session in Peking Opera at an art school affliated to Shenyang Normal University in Shenyang, Liaoning province, November 3, 2011. The art school's Peking Opera department has more than 200 students aged 4 to 17-years-old. Students are required to complete 12 years of training before they are able to take the national college entrance examination to attend art colleges, according to local media. REUTERS/Sheng Li
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A man pushes a boat on a flooded intersection in Bangkok November 3, 2011. As waterlogged Thailand struggles to contain the worst floods in decades, it faces a simple truth: not a whole lot can be done to avoid a repeat disaster in the short term even with a new multi-billion dollar water-management policy. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa
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Saint Peter's Basilica is pictured in front of the moon in Rome November 2, 2011. Picture taken November 2, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
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Altar boys arrive in procession during a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI to commemorate cardinals and bishops who died this year, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican November 3, 2011. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
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The European Central Bank President Mario Draghi arrives for his first news conference in Frankfurt, November 3, 2011. The European Central Bank cut interest rates by a quarter point to 1.25 percent in a surprise move on Thursday, acting boldly to support the ailing euro zone economy at President Mario Draghi's first policy meeting in charge. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
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An anti G20 demonstrator faces French police during an action against globalisation in Nice, southeastern France, November 3, 2011. G20 leaders gather in Cannes for the final Summit of France's presidency November 3-4. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
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A Canadian National freight train is seen on fire after several cars derailed between the Chicago Suburbs of Bartlett and Elgin, Illinois, November 3, 2011. The derailment knocked out commuter train service to thousands as crews scrambled to control the flames. REUTERS/Frank Polich
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Director Clint Eastwood peeks through film posters as he arrives at the opening night gala for AFI Fest 2011 with the premiere of his film J. Edgar in Hollywood November 3, 2011. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Barack Obama speak while awaiting the start of a meeting on the second day of the G20 Summit in Cannes November 4, 2011. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
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Visitors look at a large-sized lantern featuring South Korea's National Treasure No. 1, officially called Sungnyemun or Great South Gate, during the Seoul Lantern Festival at the Cheonggye stream in central Seoul November 4, 2011. The festival will run from November 4 to 20. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak

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