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SOMALIA AU TROOPS KILLED-epa01011292 The caskets of four African Union troops from Uganda who were killed by a roadside bomb are lined up for repatriation during a ceremony at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia on 17 May 2007. The attack in which five others were injured is the deadliest on the peacekeepers since 1,600 Uganda soldiers were deployed to the city in March and believed to have been carried out by Islamic insurgents linked to Al-Qaeda elements. EPA/IBRAHIM ELMI
AFGHANISTAN KANDAHAR TWIN BLASTS-epa01011270 Afghan policeman guards the site of a bomb blast in Kandahar 17 May 2007. Two bomb blasts 15 minutes apart on a road in Kandahar on Thursday killed 10 policemen and wounded five others. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB
TAIWAN MILITARY EXERCISES-epa01011256 Taiwan soldiers take position during the annual Han Kuang 23 military exercise in Hukou, Hsinchu County about 50 km (30 miles) south of the capital Taipei May 17, 2007. EPA/JIMMY CHANG
ALBANIA - ITALY - DEFENCE - MEDIU - PARISI-epa01011188 Albanian Defence Minister Fatmir Mediu (L) and his Italian counterpart Arturo Parisi review a guard of honour during welcoming ceremony in Tirana, Albania, on 17 May 2007. Parisi is on a one day official visit to Albania. EPA/ARMANDO BABANI
INDIA RELIGION PROTEST-epa01011176 Activists of the various Sikh Organizations burn the effigy of Sant Gurmeet Ram Rahim of Dera Sacha Sauda, and shout slogans against him, carrying swords and sticks during a protest in Amritsar city, Punjab, India on 17 May 2007. The five high priests of the 'Akal Takht' which is the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, are holding a meeting of the Sikh community at Talwandi Sabo near Bathinda to decide the Sikh community's course of action on this issue. The protest continues on the third day in the city. Various Sikh organizations are condemning the acts of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh who is the chief of Dera Sacha Sauda, a community set up by him. He is allegedly portraying himself as Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru or the master. EPA/RAMINDER PAL SINGH
EAST TIMOR ELECTION-epa01011168 Two UN Peacekeepers of New Zealand patrol in front of Prime Minister office which is decorated with flags of some country as a preparation for the presidential inauguration ceremony, in Dilli, 17 May 2007.The Nobel laureate, Ramos Horta, won a landslide presidential election last week to replace Xanana Gusmao and he is expected to be inaugurated on May 20. EPA/ANTONIO DASIPARU
SOUTH KOREA NORTH KOREA REOPENED RAILWAY-epa01011156 A North Korean train conductor (top) shakes hands with South Korean train conductors before the North Korean train departs from Jejin station in South Korean side of demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Kosung, South Korea 17 May 2007. South Korea and North Korea reopened a railroad, enabling the first train crossing of their heavily armed border in more than a half-century. EPA/SEOKYONG LEE / POOL
SOUTH KOREA NORTH KOREA REOPENED RAILWAY-epa01011112 South Korean military police stand guard in front of the gate for the South boundary line near the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) in South Korea 17 May 2007. Trains crossed into the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone on Thursday for the first rail journey through the border dividing the two Koreas in more than half a century, the latest symbol of historic reconciliation between the longtime foes. EPA/CHUNG SUNG-JUN / POOL
CHINA SECURITY POLICE OLYMPICS-epa01011153 A worker handles a Chinese made sub-machine gun in a glass case at the International Exhibition and Symposium on Police Equipment and Anti-Terrorism Technology in Beijing, China, 17 May 2007. Police, military and security guards will provide the bulk of about one million personell administering public order during the Beijing 2008 Olympics. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
CHINA SECURITY POLICE OLYMPICS-epa01011152 A model leans against a Yamaha motorcycle for police use at the International Exhibition and Symposium on Police Equipment and Anti-Terrorism Technology in Beijing, China, 17 May 2007. Police, military and security guards will provide the bulk of about one million personell administering public order during the Beijing 2008 Olympics. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
CHINA SECURITY POLICE OLYMPICS-epa01011150 A model stands beside a miniature model of a police helicopter at the International Exhibition and Symposium on Police Equipment and Anti-Terrorism Technology in Beijing, China, 17 May 2007. Police, military and security guards will provide the bulk of about one million personell administering public order during the Beijing 2008 Olympics. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS-epa01011143 An Israeli fireman in a class room in a high school that was hit by a Qasam rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza strip in the southern Israeli town of Sderot .May 17 .2007 EPA/PAVEL WOLBERG
RUSSIA CHECHNYA PRISON-epa01011134 The guard opens the gates to convoy the prisoners for the dinner in the Chernokozovo detention center (about 60 km northwest from Chechen capital Grozny), Russia, 16 May 2007. EPA/STRINGER
COLOMBIA CONFLICT-epa01011117 Colombian policeman John Frank Pinchao (R) cries as he is received by General Oscar Naranjo, new general director of the National Police of Colombia 16 May 2007 in Bogota, Colombia. Pinchao escaped from a jungle camp of the Revolutionary Armed forces of Colombia (FARC) last month after he had been held kidnapped for nearly nine years. EPA/NIDIA AMADOR
AUSTRALIA SYDNEY FOG-epa01011107 A handout photo taken from the top of Sydney Tower of thick fog over Sydney's CBD, 17 May 2007. Ferry services were cancelled and flights have been disrupted at Sydney airport with many incoming international services diverted to Melbourne and Brisbane due to heavy fog which has shrouded the city. EPA/Sydney Tower's Skywalk / HANDOUT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
MEXICO VIOLENCE-epa01011087 Police officials gather on a road near Arizpe, Sonora state, Mexico 16 May 2007. Policemen killed 15 gunmen in a shootout south of the Arizpe border May 15 during an operation tracking members of a gang who killed five policemen earlier. EPA/DIARIO EXPRESIONES REGIONALES
CAMBODIA US AVIAN INFLUENZA-epa01011075 A Cambodian man dressed as Super Chicken stands in a warehouse during a handover ceremony of avian influenza equipment in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 17 May 2007. The U.S. Embassy, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), donated 4,500 sets of personal protection equipment and 50 decontamination kits to the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. EPA/MAK REMISSA
SWITZERLAND COWS FIGHT-epa01011331 Two cows fight during the traditional annual 'Battle of the Queens', a cow fight in the western Alpine canton of Valais, in Aproz, Switzerland, 17 May 2007. The Valais is home to a unique breed of cows, the Herens also called Eringer cows. Members of this bovine family are very robust and possess the singular characteristic of fighting among themselves to establish a hierarchy within the herd. During the combat the cows simply push, forehead against forehead. They also use their horns in different ways. People of Valais use the unique competitive spirit of the Herens breed to organise cow fighting sporting events. These have been held in Valais since 1922. EPA/LAURENT GILLIERON
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