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10-14-2005, 05:57 AM
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An Iraqi girl gets her feet measured for a new pair of shoes by a U.S. Army soldier at the Al Nafees primary school in Al Kafajyeh, Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 8, 2005. Soldiers from B Company, 448th Civil Affairs Battalion measured the children's feet and distributed the shoes. DoD photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan, U.S. Army. (Released)
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U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter crewmen and Pakistani military members unload relief supplies in a remote town in Northern Pakistan on Oct. 12, 2005. The Department of Defense is supporting the State Department by providing disaster relief supplies and services following the massive earthquake that struck Pakistan and parts of India and Afghanistan. DoD photo by Spc. Christopher Admire, U.S. Army. (Released)
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Pfc. Christopher J. Anziano, a truck driver with CLC-115, leads the way as the company trudges through muddy waters during a hike Sept. 30. The hike was the last leg of the five-day rear area security training evolution.
Photo submitted 10/13/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis
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Corporal Rey Leal, a fire team leader with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, leads Marines out of the back of an armored vehicle during a field exercise.
Photo submitted 10/13/2005 Taken by Sgt. Kenneth G. Lewis
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Corporal Rey Leal, a fire team leader for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, recieved a Bronze Star with combat distinguishing device for his actions in the Battle of Fallujah.
Photo submitted 10/13/2005 Taken by Sgt. Kenneth G. Lewis
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Spc. Milton Gonzales, B Battery, 1-9th Field Artillery, smashes a gate open during a raid in Baghdad that netted several wanted insurgents Oct. 8.
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PLDC students at the NCO Academy, Fort Campbell, Ky., go over an inspection checklist.
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During Operation Balkan Hawk, a crowd riot control exercise conducted at Camp Vrelo, Kosovo, earlier this month, helicopters bring in reinforcements from the Portuguese army as the Kosovo Police Service and Belgian Soldiers attempt to keep a simulated riot in check.
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Staff Sgt. Kevin Hand of Hazelhurst, Georgia stands ready to have a "jersey barrier lifted off a low boy trailer. Hand is from Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 648th Engineer Battalion.
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U.S. soliders patrol in the area where a suicide bomber attack killed 33 and injured 50 Iraqis in the blast. Iraqi Army Security Forces with assistance from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and 82nd Airborne unit are providing security for the region of Tal Afar in order to disrupt insurgent safe havens and to clear weapons cache sites in the area of operation.U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle
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A U.S. solider gives first aid to a victim of a suicide bomber that killed 33 and injured 50 Iraqis in the blast. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle
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U.S. soliders give first aid to victims of a suicide bomber that killed 33 and injured 50 Iraqis in the blast. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle
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Iraqi civilians transport victims after a suicide bomber set off an explosion that killed 33 and injured 50 Iraqis in Tal Afar, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2005. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle
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U.S. Army Capt. Sean Foley of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Sabre Squadron, patrols the area where a suicide bomber set off an explosion that killed 33 and injured 50 Iraqis in Tal Afar, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2005. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle
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Russian special forces hide behind a specially designed Russian army APC as they approach a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the offensive in Nalchik. (AP Photo/ Misha Japaridze)
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A Russian special forces soldier uses a radio as he stands near a Russian army APC, during a storm of a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the offensive in Nalchik. (AP Photo/ Misha Japaridze)
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A Russian Interior Ministry sniper, center, and two soldiers control the perimeter, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the offensive in Nalchik. (AP Photo/ Misha Japaridze)
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Members of Russian special armed forces storm a shop in the southern city of Nalchik. Russian special forces stormed two buildings where pro-Chechen gunmen were holed up after a deadly rampage in the southern city of Nalchik, killing 10 militants and freeing at least five hostages(AFP/Maxim Marmur)
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A Russian special forces soldier aims a grenade launcher to throw a smoke grenade outside a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. (AP Photo/Maxim Novikov, RUSSIAN NEWSWEEK)
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Russian special forces hide while they throw a smoke grenade outside a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. (AP Photo/Maxim Novikov, RUSSIAN NEWSWEEK)
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Russian special forces officers help their wounded comrade outside a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. (AP Photo/Maxim Novikov, RUSSIAN NEWSWEEK)
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Russian Interior Ministry troops walk with their belongings in Nalchik, southern Russia Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the offensive in Nalchik. (AP Photo/ Misha Japaridze)
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Under cover of darkness, US soldiers lay concrete barriers at Iraqi polling sites in Baghdad ahead of the upcoming referendum. Checkpoints and concrete barriers sprouted near Iraqi polling stations ahead of a vote on the draft constitution that some Sunni Arab groups steadfastly opposed despite an eleventh-hour compromise aimed at soothing their fears.(AFP/David Furst)
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An Iraqi soldier secures a street in Baghdad. Iraqis prepared for an historic referendum on their draft constitution as authorities imposed a security clampdown in a bid to thwart insurgents seeking to disrupt the vote(AFP)
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An Iraqi man looks at US soldiers securing the site of a road side bomb attack that targeted an US military convoy in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. In the last 18 days, at least 445 people have been killed in Iraq in militant violence as the insurgents try to scare voters away from the polls Saturday. US and Iraqi forces stepped up security across Iraq and prepared to impose an overnight curfew in an effort to reduce insurgent attacks aimed at wrecking this weekend's constitutional referendum. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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A US soldier from Bravo Company, TF 4-64, 3rd Infantry Division patrols the areas around Iraqi polling sites in advance of the upcoming referendum. The State Department said preparations for Saturday's constitutional referendum in Iraq were going 'very well' and suggested the level of violence was lower than before a previous vote(AFP/David Furst)
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Cuffed : An arrested suspect waits to be taken to custody after he was arrested by US soldiers from Charlie company during a patrol in the city of Tikrit in northern Iraq. (AFP/Tauseef Mustafa)
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Iraqi soldiers stand guard in Baghdad. Former CIA intelligence officers have concluded that the White House ignored a CIA assessment warning of major chaos in Iraq after the removal of Saddam Hussein, according to a recently published report(AFP/David Furst)
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Soldiers from the new 1st Battalion 506th Infantry Regiment parade their flag during their reactivation ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at Fort Campbell, Ky. Weeks from deploying in full to Iraq, the 101st Airborne Division on Thursday reactivated an historic unit whose actions during World War II and Vietnam were the subject of the book 'Band of Brothers.' The 506th Regimental Combat Team, also known as the 'Currahees,' a Cherokee Indian word meaning 'stands alone,' returned to the division as just as its soldiers are completing final preparations to return to Iraq. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey)
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Army Sgt. Maj. Michael Wagoner, left, and Col. Thomas Vail, right, uncase the colors of the reactivated 506th Infantry Regiment during a ceremony for the new 506th on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at Fort Campbell, Ky. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey)
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A U.S. Air Force member greets villagers from a U.S Chinook helicopter in a remote village near Ocos, San Marcos, 245 km (about 150 miles) outside Guatemala City, Thursday, Oct 13, 2005. U.S. soldiers from the 228th Aviation Battalion are currently deployed to Guatemala on a relief mission in the aftermath of Hurricane Stan, which has left over 600 dead and destroyed much of this seasons crops. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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U.S. army's 2nd Battalion 34th armor regiment specialist Colin Spates stands guard at a highway in Baquba, Iraq, October 13, 2005. Announcing the nationwide lockdown as the first Iraqis cast early ballots in hospitals and prisons, Interior Minister Bayan Jabor said frontiers would be closed from midnight (2100 GMT) until Sunday. Businesses were closed for a four-day public holiday and private vehicles will be banned from Friday night. *******/Jorge Silva
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U.S. army's 2nd Battalion 34th armor regiment tank stands guard at a highway in Baquba, Iraq, October 13, 2005. Announcing the nationwide lockdown as the first Iraqis cast early ballots in hospitals and prisons, Interior Minister Bayan Jabor said frontiers would be closed from midnight (2100 GMT) until Sunday. Businesses were closed for a four-day public holiday and private vehicles will be banned from Friday night. *******/Jorge Silva
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U.S army's 2nd Battalion 34th armor regiment Lieutenant Colonel Oscar J. Hall IV gives instructions to his batallion at their base in Baquba, Iraq, October 13, 2005. Iraq prepared to seal itself off from the outside world on Thursday and clamp down on movement around the country to ward off threats from insurgents bent on wrecking a referendum on a new constitution. The U.S. troops on Thursday told U.S. President George W. Bush the capability of Iraqi forces has been improving and that the U.S. military would take more of a supporting role in maintaining security during the referendum. *******/Jorge Silva
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A boxer getting punched in the face. The leading Catholic magazine 'Civilta Cattolica' has taken a swipe at professional boxing, describing the sport as 'a legalised form of attempted homicide,' driven by powerful interests which are often 'cruel and pitiless' in their pursuit of financial gain(AFP/DDP/File)
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The Andromeda galaxy is pictured in this image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and released October 13, 2005 in this infrared view of the famous galaxy, to reveal insights that were only hinted at in visible light. Spitzer's 24-micron mosaic image is the sharpest image ever taken of the dust in another spiral galaxy. The Spitzer multiband imaging photometer's 24-micron detector recorded 11,000 separate snapshots to create this new comprehensive picture
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An Iraqi girl gets her feet measured for a new pair of shoes by a U.S. Army soldier at the Al Nafees primary school in Al Kafajyeh, Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 8, 2005. Soldiers from B Company, 448th Civil Affairs Battalion measured the children's feet and distributed the shoes. DoD photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan, U.S. Army. (Released)
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U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter crewmen and Pakistani military members unload relief supplies in a remote town in Northern Pakistan on Oct. 12, 2005. The Department of Defense is supporting the State Department by providing disaster relief supplies and services following the massive earthquake that struck Pakistan and parts of India and Afghanistan. DoD photo by Spc. Christopher Admire, U.S. Army. (Released)
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Pfc. Christopher J. Anziano, a truck driver with CLC-115, leads the way as the company trudges through muddy waters during a hike Sept. 30. The hike was the last leg of the five-day rear area security training evolution.
Photo submitted 10/13/2005 Taken by Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis
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Corporal Rey Leal, a fire team leader with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, leads Marines out of the back of an armored vehicle during a field exercise.
Photo submitted 10/13/2005 Taken by Sgt. Kenneth G. Lewis
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Corporal Rey Leal, a fire team leader for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, recieved a Bronze Star with combat distinguishing device for his actions in the Battle of Fallujah.
Photo submitted 10/13/2005 Taken by Sgt. Kenneth G. Lewis
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Spc. Milton Gonzales, B Battery, 1-9th Field Artillery, smashes a gate open during a raid in Baghdad that netted several wanted insurgents Oct. 8.
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PLDC students at the NCO Academy, Fort Campbell, Ky., go over an inspection checklist.
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During Operation Balkan Hawk, a crowd riot control exercise conducted at Camp Vrelo, Kosovo, earlier this month, helicopters bring in reinforcements from the Portuguese army as the Kosovo Police Service and Belgian Soldiers attempt to keep a simulated riot in check.
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Staff Sgt. Kevin Hand of Hazelhurst, Georgia stands ready to have a "jersey barrier lifted off a low boy trailer. Hand is from Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 648th Engineer Battalion.
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U.S. soliders patrol in the area where a suicide bomber attack killed 33 and injured 50 Iraqis in the blast. Iraqi Army Security Forces with assistance from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and 82nd Airborne unit are providing security for the region of Tal Afar in order to disrupt insurgent safe havens and to clear weapons cache sites in the area of operation.U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle
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A U.S. solider gives first aid to a victim of a suicide bomber that killed 33 and injured 50 Iraqis in the blast. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle
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U.S. soliders give first aid to victims of a suicide bomber that killed 33 and injured 50 Iraqis in the blast. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle
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Iraqi civilians transport victims after a suicide bomber set off an explosion that killed 33 and injured 50 Iraqis in Tal Afar, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2005. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle
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U.S. Army Capt. Sean Foley of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Sabre Squadron, patrols the area where a suicide bomber set off an explosion that killed 33 and injured 50 Iraqis in Tal Afar, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2005. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle
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Russian special forces hide behind a specially designed Russian army APC as they approach a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the offensive in Nalchik. (AP Photo/ Misha Japaridze)
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A Russian special forces soldier uses a radio as he stands near a Russian army APC, during a storm of a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the offensive in Nalchik. (AP Photo/ Misha Japaridze)
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A Russian Interior Ministry sniper, center, and two soldiers control the perimeter, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the offensive in Nalchik. (AP Photo/ Misha Japaridze)
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Members of Russian special armed forces storm a shop in the southern city of Nalchik. Russian special forces stormed two buildings where pro-Chechen gunmen were holed up after a deadly rampage in the southern city of Nalchik, killing 10 militants and freeing at least five hostages(AFP/Maxim Marmur)
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A Russian special forces soldier aims a grenade launcher to throw a smoke grenade outside a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. (AP Photo/Maxim Novikov, RUSSIAN NEWSWEEK)
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Russian special forces hide while they throw a smoke grenade outside a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. (AP Photo/Maxim Novikov, RUSSIAN NEWSWEEK)
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Russian special forces officers help their wounded comrade outside a store, where hostages are held, in Nalchik, southern Russia , Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. (AP Photo/Maxim Novikov, RUSSIAN NEWSWEEK)
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Russian Interior Ministry troops walk with their belongings in Nalchik, southern Russia Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Security forces on Friday freed seven hostages who had been held by alleged Islamic extremists in a police station and a store, trying to snuff out the last resistance by rebels who launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings across this turbulent southern Russian town a day earlier. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the offensive in Nalchik. (AP Photo/ Misha Japaridze)
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Under cover of darkness, US soldiers lay concrete barriers at Iraqi polling sites in Baghdad ahead of the upcoming referendum. Checkpoints and concrete barriers sprouted near Iraqi polling stations ahead of a vote on the draft constitution that some Sunni Arab groups steadfastly opposed despite an eleventh-hour compromise aimed at soothing their fears.(AFP/David Furst)
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An Iraqi soldier secures a street in Baghdad. Iraqis prepared for an historic referendum on their draft constitution as authorities imposed a security clampdown in a bid to thwart insurgents seeking to disrupt the vote(AFP)
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An Iraqi man looks at US soldiers securing the site of a road side bomb attack that targeted an US military convoy in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. In the last 18 days, at least 445 people have been killed in Iraq in militant violence as the insurgents try to scare voters away from the polls Saturday. US and Iraqi forces stepped up security across Iraq and prepared to impose an overnight curfew in an effort to reduce insurgent attacks aimed at wrecking this weekend's constitutional referendum. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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A US soldier from Bravo Company, TF 4-64, 3rd Infantry Division patrols the areas around Iraqi polling sites in advance of the upcoming referendum. The State Department said preparations for Saturday's constitutional referendum in Iraq were going 'very well' and suggested the level of violence was lower than before a previous vote(AFP/David Furst)
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Cuffed : An arrested suspect waits to be taken to custody after he was arrested by US soldiers from Charlie company during a patrol in the city of Tikrit in northern Iraq. (AFP/Tauseef Mustafa)
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Iraqi soldiers stand guard in Baghdad. Former CIA intelligence officers have concluded that the White House ignored a CIA assessment warning of major chaos in Iraq after the removal of Saddam Hussein, according to a recently published report(AFP/David Furst)
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Soldiers from the new 1st Battalion 506th Infantry Regiment parade their flag during their reactivation ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at Fort Campbell, Ky. Weeks from deploying in full to Iraq, the 101st Airborne Division on Thursday reactivated an historic unit whose actions during World War II and Vietnam were the subject of the book 'Band of Brothers.' The 506th Regimental Combat Team, also known as the 'Currahees,' a Cherokee Indian word meaning 'stands alone,' returned to the division as just as its soldiers are completing final preparations to return to Iraq. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey)
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Army Sgt. Maj. Michael Wagoner, left, and Col. Thomas Vail, right, uncase the colors of the reactivated 506th Infantry Regiment during a ceremony for the new 506th on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at Fort Campbell, Ky. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey)
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A U.S. Air Force member greets villagers from a U.S Chinook helicopter in a remote village near Ocos, San Marcos, 245 km (about 150 miles) outside Guatemala City, Thursday, Oct 13, 2005. U.S. soldiers from the 228th Aviation Battalion are currently deployed to Guatemala on a relief mission in the aftermath of Hurricane Stan, which has left over 600 dead and destroyed much of this seasons crops. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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U.S. army's 2nd Battalion 34th armor regiment specialist Colin Spates stands guard at a highway in Baquba, Iraq, October 13, 2005. Announcing the nationwide lockdown as the first Iraqis cast early ballots in hospitals and prisons, Interior Minister Bayan Jabor said frontiers would be closed from midnight (2100 GMT) until Sunday. Businesses were closed for a four-day public holiday and private vehicles will be banned from Friday night. *******/Jorge Silva
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U.S. army's 2nd Battalion 34th armor regiment tank stands guard at a highway in Baquba, Iraq, October 13, 2005. Announcing the nationwide lockdown as the first Iraqis cast early ballots in hospitals and prisons, Interior Minister Bayan Jabor said frontiers would be closed from midnight (2100 GMT) until Sunday. Businesses were closed for a four-day public holiday and private vehicles will be banned from Friday night. *******/Jorge Silva
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U.S army's 2nd Battalion 34th armor regiment Lieutenant Colonel Oscar J. Hall IV gives instructions to his batallion at their base in Baquba, Iraq, October 13, 2005. Iraq prepared to seal itself off from the outside world on Thursday and clamp down on movement around the country to ward off threats from insurgents bent on wrecking a referendum on a new constitution. The U.S. troops on Thursday told U.S. President George W. Bush the capability of Iraqi forces has been improving and that the U.S. military would take more of a supporting role in maintaining security during the referendum. *******/Jorge Silva
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A boxer getting punched in the face. The leading Catholic magazine 'Civilta Cattolica' has taken a swipe at professional boxing, describing the sport as 'a legalised form of attempted homicide,' driven by powerful interests which are often 'cruel and pitiless' in their pursuit of financial gain(AFP/DDP/File)
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The Andromeda galaxy is pictured in this image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and released October 13, 2005 in this infrared view of the famous galaxy, to reveal insights that were only hinted at in visible light. Spitzer's 24-micron mosaic image is the sharpest image ever taken of the dust in another spiral galaxy. The Spitzer multiband imaging photometer's 24-micron detector recorded 11,000 separate snapshots to create this new comprehensive picture