American Patriot
10-25-2004, 07:26 AM
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U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) smiles while speaking at a campaign rally in Lakeland, Florida, October 23, 2004. *******/Kevin Lamarque
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George W. Bush (R) and Junichiro Koizumi (L) at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. When the Japanese prime minister publicly endorsed the US president for re-election, he gave credence to a widely held belief in Japan: a Republican administration is better for Japan(AFP/File/Stephen Jaffe)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A slightly injured man wearing an "Iraq Progress" T-shirt smokes a cigarette following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 25: A U.S soldier helps to secure the scene of a car bomb in the Karrada district on October 25, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomb exploded near a U.S and Australian military convoy in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and injuring several, according to the Iraqi police. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 25: A U.S soldier examines the wreakage at the scene of a car bomb in the Karrada district on October 25, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomb exploded near a U.S and Australian military convoy in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and injuring several, according to the Iraqi police. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)
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rofl
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 25: US soldiers detain an Iraqi policeman after he let bystanders to near the scene of a car bomb in the Karrada district on October 25, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomb exploded near a U.S and Australian military convoy in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and injuring several, according to the Iraqi police. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)
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Well, at least it's a good thing that the bombers are morons.
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 25: US soldiers inspect the scene of a car bomb in the Karrada district on October 25, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomb exploded near a U.S and Australian military convoy in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and injuring several, according to the Iraqi police. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)
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A wounded Iraqi boy looks on following a bomb attack in central Baghdad, October 25, 2004. A car bomb blew up near a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital near the Australian embassy, killing three civilians and wounding six according to the U.S. military and witnesses. *******/Thaier Al-Sudani
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An Iraqi schoolgirl reacts after a roadside bomb attack in central Baghdad, early October 25, 2004. A roadside bomb blew up near a coalition military patrol in central Baghdad on Monday, killing three Iraqi civilians and wounding nine others, Iraqi hospital officials said. *******/Ceerwan Aziz
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A man carries his slightly injured young son following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 25: Local Iraqis are seen outside a damaged house close to the scene of a car bomb in the Karrada district on October 25, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomb exploded near a U.S and Australian military convoy in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and injuring several, according to the Iraqi police. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier walks past as people speak to other soldiers following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Debris of a car bomb are seen on a street as US soldiers access the scene 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Iraqi police officer stands by as US soldiers access the scene and the remains of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: The general scene with US and Iraqi military following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: US military tows away an Australian armoured vehicle from the scene of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Australian soldiers speak to each other as others carry on securing the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A fire engine is seen in the background as a US soldier secures the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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Members of an Iraqi security force inspect the scene of a car bomb attack outside the office of Mosul city governor in northern Iraq (news - web sites), October 25, 2004. The chairman of the National Union of Iraqi Tribes in the north, and two tribal leaders were killed as they were walking out of the governor office in Mosul, following a meeting on Monday. *******/Namir Noor-Eldeen
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A wounded civilian is brought to a Baghdad hospital after a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Monday, Oct. 25, 2004. A car bomb targeting an Australian military convoy exploded near the Australian Embassy, killing three Iraqis and wounding eight others, including three Australian soldiers, according to Iraqi and Australian officials. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier secures the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi, US and Australians officers secure the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Australian armoured vehicles secure the area following a blast close to a picture of Imam Ali, 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Australian armoured vehicles secure the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Australian armoured vehicles secure the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier shakes hands with an Iraqi boy along a street of the poor Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, 24 October 2004. Iraqi and US forces launched operations today to verify the extent of disarmament in Sadr City, three days after the end of a 10-day weapons buyback police said. The government said that it had collected more than 18,000 weapons and other items, paying out an estimated five million dollars under the deal with radical cleric Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi boys look down a manhole that was disturbed following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Blood smears a wall after an injured man was taken out of his home caught in the blast of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A man picks-up books from the rubble of his partially destroyed home damaged in the blast of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Iraqi woman stands on the balcony of a partially destroyed home damaged in the blast of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Iraqi woman walks away from a destroyed home damaged in the blast of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A women stands outside her destroyed home damaged in the blast of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US armoured vehicle drives past the remains of a vehicle following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier walks past the crater left following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi children standing close to a covered body, watch US soldiers and Iraqi police at the scene of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMED FADAAM (Photo credit should read AHMED FADAAM/AFP/***** Images)
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Iraqi man walks with a wounded boy following a bomb attack in central Baghdad, October 25, 2004. A car bomb blew up near a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital near the Australian embassy, killing three civilians and wounding six according to the U.S. military and witnesses.
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U.S. troops check a car for secondary explosive devices following a bomb attack in central Baghdad, October 25, 2004. A car bomb blew up near a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital near the Australian embassy, killing three civilians and wounding six according to the U.S. military and witnesses. *******/Thaier Al-Sudani
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A U.S. Army recovery vehicle tows a damaged Australian armored vehicle (L) following a bomb attack in central Baghdad, October 25, 2004. A car bomb blew up near a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital near the Australian embassy, killing three civilians and wounding six according to the U.S. military and witnesses. *******/Thaier Al-Sudani
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Iraqis peer from a window after a bomb exploded Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 near a U.S. military convoy in central Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), killing at least three people and injuring several, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The bomb was targeting the U.S. convoy when it detonated in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Doctors at a Baghdad hospital work to save the life of Hasna Alli suffering from shrapnel wounds after a bomb exploded Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 near a U.S. military convoy in central Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), killing at least three people and injuring several, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The bomb was targeting the US convoy when it detonated in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad.(AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)
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Iraqi women cry at the spot where a bomb exploded Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 near a U.S. military convoy in central Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), killing at least three people and injuring several, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The bomb was targeting the U.S. convoy when it detonated in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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A U.S. Bradley armoured vehicle patrols a street in Baghdad's Shi'ite suburb of al-Sadr city during a military search operation, October 24, 2004. Iraqi and U.S. forces carried out a weapons search operation throughout al-Sadr city two days after the cash-for-weapons exchange program instituted by the interim Iraqi government to pacify the slum of Sadr City.
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Original caption: Iraqi youths paint mediums of the main road in Baghdad's Shi'ite suburb of al-Sadr city, October 24, 2004. Iraqis started reconstruction work throughout al-Sadr city two days after the cash-for-weapons exchange program instituted by the interim Iraqi government to pacify the slum of Sadr City.
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Iraqi National Guardsmen secure the area after militants targeted National Guard forces near the central town of Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, wounding seven in bomb attacks that included an explosives-rigged flashlight, officials said Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004. Attackers detonated an explosive near a vehicle carrying guardsmen to work on Sunday, injuring three and a civilian driver, said an Iraqi National Guard official. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) listens to a question during a news conference in Beijing October 25, 2004. Powell urged China on Monday to exert its influence over North Korea (news - web sites) to resume six-party negotiations on scrapping its suspected nuclear weapons programs. Powell, on the second leg of a trip to revive the talks, wants to see North Korea's communist neighbor and biggest benefactor push harder to secure a breakthrough and crown relations with Washington that he says are the best in 30 years. *******/Claro Cortes IV
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Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, right, welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) during a meeting in Beijing Monday, Oct. 25, 2004. (AP Photo/Claro Cortes IV, POOL)
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) arrives to the weekly Cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office October 24, 2004. *******/POOL Jim Hollander
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Israeli soldiers fix a track of their tank as their unit deploys at the border between Gaza Strip (news - web sites) and Israel near the Kibbutz Mefalsim. Twelve Palestinians were killed and another 50 injured during a major Israeli incursion into the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security sources said.(AFP/Menahem Kahana)
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A wounded Palestinians man is rushed into Nassir hospital after he was shot during an Israeli raid at the Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), October 25,2004. Israeli tanks and troops backed by helicopter gun ships stormed Khan Younis refugee camp, a Gaza militant stronghold, on Monday, killing 10 Palestinians including an 11-year-old boy, medics and witnesses said. *******/Mohammed Salem
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A wounded Palestinians boy is rushed into Nassir hospital after he was shot during an Israeli raid at Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), October 25, 2004. Israeli tanks and troops backed by helicopter gun ships stormed Khan Younis refugee camp, a Gaza militant stronghold, on Monday, killing 10 Palestinians including an 11 year-old boy, medics and witnesses said. *******/Mohammed Salem
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The body of a Palestinian boy lies in hospital after he was shot and killed during an Israeli raid at the Khan Younis refugee camp southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) October 25, 2004. Israeli tanks and troops backed by helicopter gun ships stormed Khan Younis refugee camp, a Gaza militant stronghold, on Monday, killing 10 Palestinians including an 11 year-old boy, medics and witnesses said. *******/Suhaib Salem
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A wounded Palestinian is taken into Khan Yunes hospital. Twelve Palestinians were killed and another 50 injured during a major Israeli incursion into the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), Palestinian medical and security sources said.(AFP/Said Khatib)
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 25: Israeli schoolchildren pass a protest by right-wing Israelis on the fence of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza Strip disengagement plan October 25, 2004 in Jerusalem. Thousands of demonstrators, from both the left and the right, are set to converge of the Knesset during its two-day debate over Sharon?s unilateral withdrawal plan. (Photo by David Silverman/***** Images)
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 25: Right-wing Israeli Ella Davis, who moved to Israel from Vancouver, Canada, protests on the fence of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza Strip disengagement plan October 25, 2004 in Jerusalem. Thousands of demonstrators, from both the left and the right, are set to converge of the Knesset during its two-day debate over Sharon?s unilateral withdrawal plan. (Photo by David Silverman/***** Images)
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 25: Right-wing Israeli Ella Davis, who moved to Israel from Vancouver, Canada protests on the fence of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza Strip disengagement plan October 25, 2004 in Jerusalem. Thousands of demonstrators, from both the left and the right, are set to converge of the Knesset during its two-day debate over Sharon?s unilateral withdrawal plan. (Photo by David Silverman/***** Images)
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 25: Right-wing Israeli brothers Avi (L) and Uri Ben Mordechai, both originally from San Francisco, California, blow the shofar, ritual rams' horns, during their protest outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza Strip disengagement plan on October 25, 2004 in Jerusalem. Thousands of demonstrators, from both the left and the right, are set to converge of the Knesset during its two-day debate over Sharon?s unilateral withdrawal plan. (Photo by David Silverman/***** Images)
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A ballot paper shows a vote for interim President Hamid Karzai and a sentence that reads 'Long life for Karzai' at a counting center in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Oct. 25, 2004. Hamid Karzai was assured Monday of a majority in Afghanistan's election to become its first democratically chosen president, as a top foreign envoy said the poll reflected the will of the people and the interim leader's rivals edged toward conceding defeat. With nearly 95 percent of votes counted, the interim leader already has more than half the estimated 8.1 million votes cast _ enough to avoid a runoff, even if all the remaining estimated votes go to his 17 opponents. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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An Afghan election worker counts ballot papers next to the name of presidential candidate Yunus Qanuni at a counting center in Kabul October 25, 2004. On Sunday, a spokesman for Qanuni told ******* the former education minister, with just over 16 percent of the vote, would accept the result rather than risk causing a crisis. *******/Ahmad Masood
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An Afghan election worker counts ballot papers at a counting center in Kabul October 25, 2004. President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday. *******/Ahmad Masood
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A formal announcement about president Hamid Karzai's election cannot be made until the last vote has been counted and an international fraud probe has concluded(AFP/Shah Marai)
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A U.N. worker reads the latest results of votes at a counting center in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Oct.25, 2004. Hamid Karzai was assured Monday of a majority in Afghanistan's election to become its first democratically chosen president, as a top foreign envoy said the poll reflected the will of the people and the interim leader's rivals edged toward conceding defeat. With nearly 95 percent of votes counted, the interim leader already has more than half the estimated 8.1 million votes cast _ enough to avoid a runoff, even if all the remaining estimated votes go to his 17 opponents. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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An elderly resident is evacuated by Japan Self-Defence Force (JSDF) members. Tens of thousands of people in the region spent a second night outdoors, in shelters or in their cars as hundreds of aftershocks have hit since Saturday's initial quake, which had a magnitude of 6.8 and killed at least 23 people.
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A Japanese soldier rides a motorcyle with supplies for babies past a house destroyed by an earthquake in Ojiya, northern Japan October 24, 2004. A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 and several big aftershocks rocked northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least 18 people.
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U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) smiles while speaking at a campaign rally in Lakeland, Florida, October 23, 2004. *******/Kevin Lamarque
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George W. Bush (R) and Junichiro Koizumi (L) at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. When the Japanese prime minister publicly endorsed the US president for re-election, he gave credence to a widely held belief in Japan: a Republican administration is better for Japan(AFP/File/Stephen Jaffe)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A slightly injured man wearing an "Iraq Progress" T-shirt smokes a cigarette following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 25: A U.S soldier helps to secure the scene of a car bomb in the Karrada district on October 25, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomb exploded near a U.S and Australian military convoy in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and injuring several, according to the Iraqi police. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 25: A U.S soldier examines the wreakage at the scene of a car bomb in the Karrada district on October 25, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomb exploded near a U.S and Australian military convoy in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and injuring several, according to the Iraqi police. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 25: US soldiers detain an Iraqi policeman after he let bystanders to near the scene of a car bomb in the Karrada district on October 25, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomb exploded near a U.S and Australian military convoy in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and injuring several, according to the Iraqi police. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)
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Well, at least it's a good thing that the bombers are morons.
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 25: US soldiers inspect the scene of a car bomb in the Karrada district on October 25, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomb exploded near a U.S and Australian military convoy in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and injuring several, according to the Iraqi police. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)
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A wounded Iraqi boy looks on following a bomb attack in central Baghdad, October 25, 2004. A car bomb blew up near a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital near the Australian embassy, killing three civilians and wounding six according to the U.S. military and witnesses. *******/Thaier Al-Sudani
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An Iraqi schoolgirl reacts after a roadside bomb attack in central Baghdad, early October 25, 2004. A roadside bomb blew up near a coalition military patrol in central Baghdad on Monday, killing three Iraqi civilians and wounding nine others, Iraqi hospital officials said. *******/Ceerwan Aziz
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A man carries his slightly injured young son following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 25: Local Iraqis are seen outside a damaged house close to the scene of a car bomb in the Karrada district on October 25, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomb exploded near a U.S and Australian military convoy in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and injuring several, according to the Iraqi police. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier walks past as people speak to other soldiers following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Debris of a car bomb are seen on a street as US soldiers access the scene 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Iraqi police officer stands by as US soldiers access the scene and the remains of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: The general scene with US and Iraqi military following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: US military tows away an Australian armoured vehicle from the scene of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Australian soldiers speak to each other as others carry on securing the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A fire engine is seen in the background as a US soldier secures the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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Members of an Iraqi security force inspect the scene of a car bomb attack outside the office of Mosul city governor in northern Iraq (news - web sites), October 25, 2004. The chairman of the National Union of Iraqi Tribes in the north, and two tribal leaders were killed as they were walking out of the governor office in Mosul, following a meeting on Monday. *******/Namir Noor-Eldeen
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A wounded civilian is brought to a Baghdad hospital after a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Monday, Oct. 25, 2004. A car bomb targeting an Australian military convoy exploded near the Australian Embassy, killing three Iraqis and wounding eight others, including three Australian soldiers, according to Iraqi and Australian officials. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier secures the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi, US and Australians officers secure the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Australian armoured vehicles secure the area following a blast close to a picture of Imam Ali, 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Australian armoured vehicles secure the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Australian armoured vehicles secure the area following a blast 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier shakes hands with an Iraqi boy along a street of the poor Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, 24 October 2004. Iraqi and US forces launched operations today to verify the extent of disarmament in Sadr City, three days after the end of a 10-day weapons buyback police said. The government said that it had collected more than 18,000 weapons and other items, paying out an estimated five million dollars under the deal with radical cleric Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr. AFP PHOTO/Ahmed AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi boys look down a manhole that was disturbed following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Blood smears a wall after an injured man was taken out of his home caught in the blast of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A man picks-up books from the rubble of his partially destroyed home damaged in the blast of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Iraqi woman stands on the balcony of a partially destroyed home damaged in the blast of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: An Iraqi woman walks away from a destroyed home damaged in the blast of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A women stands outside her destroyed home damaged in the blast of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US armoured vehicle drives past the remains of a vehicle following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A US soldier walks past the crater left following a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least three people were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi children standing close to a covered body, watch US soldiers and Iraqi police at the scene of a car bomb 25 October 2004, in the Karrada district of Baghdad. At least two Iraqis were killed and thirteen injured when a car bomb exploded ripped through central Baghdad, damaging a foreign military vehicle, police said. An Australian foreign office spokeswoman confirmed that a bomb had exploded close to the Australian embassy in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMED FADAAM (Photo credit should read AHMED FADAAM/AFP/***** Images)
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Iraqi man walks with a wounded boy following a bomb attack in central Baghdad, October 25, 2004. A car bomb blew up near a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital near the Australian embassy, killing three civilians and wounding six according to the U.S. military and witnesses.
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U.S. troops check a car for secondary explosive devices following a bomb attack in central Baghdad, October 25, 2004. A car bomb blew up near a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital near the Australian embassy, killing three civilians and wounding six according to the U.S. military and witnesses. *******/Thaier Al-Sudani
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A U.S. Army recovery vehicle tows a damaged Australian armored vehicle (L) following a bomb attack in central Baghdad, October 25, 2004. A car bomb blew up near a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital near the Australian embassy, killing three civilians and wounding six according to the U.S. military and witnesses. *******/Thaier Al-Sudani
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Iraqis peer from a window after a bomb exploded Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 near a U.S. military convoy in central Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), killing at least three people and injuring several, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The bomb was targeting the U.S. convoy when it detonated in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Doctors at a Baghdad hospital work to save the life of Hasna Alli suffering from shrapnel wounds after a bomb exploded Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 near a U.S. military convoy in central Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), killing at least three people and injuring several, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The bomb was targeting the US convoy when it detonated in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad.(AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)
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Iraqi women cry at the spot where a bomb exploded Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 near a U.S. military convoy in central Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), killing at least three people and injuring several, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The bomb was targeting the U.S. convoy when it detonated in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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A U.S. Bradley armoured vehicle patrols a street in Baghdad's Shi'ite suburb of al-Sadr city during a military search operation, October 24, 2004. Iraqi and U.S. forces carried out a weapons search operation throughout al-Sadr city two days after the cash-for-weapons exchange program instituted by the interim Iraqi government to pacify the slum of Sadr City.
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Iraqi National Guardsmen secure the area after militants targeted National Guard forces near the central town of Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, wounding seven in bomb attacks that included an explosives-rigged flashlight, officials said Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004. Attackers detonated an explosive near a vehicle carrying guardsmen to work on Sunday, injuring three and a civilian driver, said an Iraqi National Guard official. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) listens to a question during a news conference in Beijing October 25, 2004. Powell urged China on Monday to exert its influence over North Korea (news - web sites) to resume six-party negotiations on scrapping its suspected nuclear weapons programs. Powell, on the second leg of a trip to revive the talks, wants to see North Korea's communist neighbor and biggest benefactor push harder to secure a breakthrough and crown relations with Washington that he says are the best in 30 years. *******/Claro Cortes IV
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Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, right, welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) during a meeting in Beijing Monday, Oct. 25, 2004. (AP Photo/Claro Cortes IV, POOL)
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) arrives to the weekly Cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office October 24, 2004. *******/POOL Jim Hollander
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Israeli soldiers fix a track of their tank as their unit deploys at the border between Gaza Strip (news - web sites) and Israel near the Kibbutz Mefalsim. Twelve Palestinians were killed and another 50 injured during a major Israeli incursion into the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security sources said.(AFP/Menahem Kahana)
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A wounded Palestinians man is rushed into Nassir hospital after he was shot during an Israeli raid at the Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), October 25,2004. Israeli tanks and troops backed by helicopter gun ships stormed Khan Younis refugee camp, a Gaza militant stronghold, on Monday, killing 10 Palestinians including an 11-year-old boy, medics and witnesses said. *******/Mohammed Salem
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A wounded Palestinians boy is rushed into Nassir hospital after he was shot during an Israeli raid at Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), October 25, 2004. Israeli tanks and troops backed by helicopter gun ships stormed Khan Younis refugee camp, a Gaza militant stronghold, on Monday, killing 10 Palestinians including an 11 year-old boy, medics and witnesses said. *******/Mohammed Salem
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The body of a Palestinian boy lies in hospital after he was shot and killed during an Israeli raid at the Khan Younis refugee camp southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) October 25, 2004. Israeli tanks and troops backed by helicopter gun ships stormed Khan Younis refugee camp, a Gaza militant stronghold, on Monday, killing 10 Palestinians including an 11 year-old boy, medics and witnesses said. *******/Suhaib Salem
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A wounded Palestinian is taken into Khan Yunes hospital. Twelve Palestinians were killed and another 50 injured during a major Israeli incursion into the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), Palestinian medical and security sources said.(AFP/Said Khatib)
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 25: Israeli schoolchildren pass a protest by right-wing Israelis on the fence of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza Strip disengagement plan October 25, 2004 in Jerusalem. Thousands of demonstrators, from both the left and the right, are set to converge of the Knesset during its two-day debate over Sharon?s unilateral withdrawal plan. (Photo by David Silverman/***** Images)
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 25: Right-wing Israeli Ella Davis, who moved to Israel from Vancouver, Canada, protests on the fence of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza Strip disengagement plan October 25, 2004 in Jerusalem. Thousands of demonstrators, from both the left and the right, are set to converge of the Knesset during its two-day debate over Sharon?s unilateral withdrawal plan. (Photo by David Silverman/***** Images)
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 25: Right-wing Israeli Ella Davis, who moved to Israel from Vancouver, Canada protests on the fence of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza Strip disengagement plan October 25, 2004 in Jerusalem. Thousands of demonstrators, from both the left and the right, are set to converge of the Knesset during its two-day debate over Sharon?s unilateral withdrawal plan. (Photo by David Silverman/***** Images)
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 25: Right-wing Israeli brothers Avi (L) and Uri Ben Mordechai, both originally from San Francisco, California, blow the shofar, ritual rams' horns, during their protest outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza Strip disengagement plan on October 25, 2004 in Jerusalem. Thousands of demonstrators, from both the left and the right, are set to converge of the Knesset during its two-day debate over Sharon?s unilateral withdrawal plan. (Photo by David Silverman/***** Images)
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A ballot paper shows a vote for interim President Hamid Karzai and a sentence that reads 'Long life for Karzai' at a counting center in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Oct. 25, 2004. Hamid Karzai was assured Monday of a majority in Afghanistan's election to become its first democratically chosen president, as a top foreign envoy said the poll reflected the will of the people and the interim leader's rivals edged toward conceding defeat. With nearly 95 percent of votes counted, the interim leader already has more than half the estimated 8.1 million votes cast _ enough to avoid a runoff, even if all the remaining estimated votes go to his 17 opponents. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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An Afghan election worker counts ballot papers next to the name of presidential candidate Yunus Qanuni at a counting center in Kabul October 25, 2004. On Sunday, a spokesman for Qanuni told ******* the former education minister, with just over 16 percent of the vote, would accept the result rather than risk causing a crisis. *******/Ahmad Masood
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An Afghan election worker counts ballot papers at a counting center in Kabul October 25, 2004. President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday. *******/Ahmad Masood
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A formal announcement about president Hamid Karzai's election cannot be made until the last vote has been counted and an international fraud probe has concluded(AFP/Shah Marai)
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A U.N. worker reads the latest results of votes at a counting center in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Oct.25, 2004. Hamid Karzai was assured Monday of a majority in Afghanistan's election to become its first democratically chosen president, as a top foreign envoy said the poll reflected the will of the people and the interim leader's rivals edged toward conceding defeat. With nearly 95 percent of votes counted, the interim leader already has more than half the estimated 8.1 million votes cast _ enough to avoid a runoff, even if all the remaining estimated votes go to his 17 opponents. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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An elderly resident is evacuated by Japan Self-Defence Force (JSDF) members. Tens of thousands of people in the region spent a second night outdoors, in shelters or in their cars as hundreds of aftershocks have hit since Saturday's initial quake, which had a magnitude of 6.8 and killed at least 23 people.
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A Japanese soldier rides a motorcyle with supplies for babies past a house destroyed by an earthquake in Ojiya, northern Japan October 24, 2004. A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 and several big aftershocks rocked northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least 18 people.
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