Today's Pix - Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

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An Israeli soldier monitors the Lebanese-Israeli border as seen from Kfar Kila village, south Lebanon, October 17,2006.

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Riot police face a pro-Peron supporter who was involved in clashes while waiting for the arrival of former Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron's coffin for a reburial in the town of San Vicente, about 52 km (32 miles) south of Buenos Aires, October 17, 2006. Rock-throwing fights disrupted the planned burial of Peron as labour union groups clashed near a new mausoleum built to honor the former leader.

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Pro-Peron supporters clash among themselves as they wait for the arrival of the former president Juan Domingo Peron's coffin for a reburial in the town of San Vicente, about 52 km (32 miles) south of Buenos Aires, October 17, 2006. Rock-throwing fights disrupted the planned burial of former president Peron as labour union groups clashed near a new mausoleum built to honor the former leader.

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A coffin containing the body of Argentina's three-term president Juan Domingo Peron arrives a new mausoleum in the town of San Vicente, some 52 km (32 miles), south of Buenos Aires, October 17, 2006. Thousands of teary-eyed Argentines packed the streets of Buenos Aires to pay tribute to the former president as his coffin was driven to a new mausoleum for a third burial since his death in 1974.

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Pro-Peron supporters clash among themselves as they wait for the arrival of the former President's Juan Domingo Peron coffin for a reburial in the town of San Vicente, about 52 km (32 miles) south of Buenos Aires October 17, 2006. Rock-throwing fights disrupted the planned burial of former president Peron as labour union groups clashed near a new mausoleum built to honor the former leader.

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Members of the Ecuadorean military guard ballots from U.S. and Venezuela at the supreme electoral court, two days after elections in Quito October 17, 2006.

REUTERS/Namir Noor-eldeen
A policeman looks at the wreckage of vehicles after a car bomb attack which targeted a police patrol in Baghdad October 18, 2006. Five civilians were wounded in the attack, police said

REUTERS/Namir Noor-eldeen
A policeman stands guard near the debris of the vehicle used in a car bomb attack which targeted a police patrol in Baghdad, October 18, 2006. Five civilians were wounded in the attack, police said.

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Smoke rises as police secure the scene of a car bomb attack which targeted a police patrol in Baghdad October 18, 2006. Five civilians were wounded in the attack, police said.

REUTERS/Namir Noor-eldeen
Firemen hose down vehicles after a car bomb attack which targeted a police patrol in Baghdad October 18, 2006. Five civilians were wounded in the attack, police said.

REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi
Navy personnel guard an entrance to the Dakshina naval base after suspected Tamil Tiger rebels attacked in Galle, October18, 2006. Riots broke out in Sri Lanka's port city of Galle on Wednesday after suspected Tamil Tiger rebels attacked the naval base in an apparent suicide mission that killed four people, residents and police said.

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Navy personnel checks the identification of bus passengers after suspected Tamil Tiger rebels attacked a naval base in an apparent suicide mission that killed four people, in Galle October 18, 2006. The attack on the Dakshina naval base in Galle city came two days after nearly 100 people, mostly navy sailors, were killed in a suicide bombing on a convoy in a north-central district.

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Security forces patrol a streets in the Chinese border town of Dandong, October 18, 2006, which is near the North Korean town of Sinuiju. North Korea denounced U.N. sanctions over its nuclear test as a declaration of war on Tuesday and the United States and others suspected it might try a second bomb test despite international condemnation.

REUTERS/Nir Elias
A Chinese security official inspects vehicles arriving from the North Korean town of Sinuiju on the bank of the Yalu river in China's border town of Dandong October 18, 2006. North Korea denounced U.N. sanctions over its nuclear test as a declaration of war on Tuesday and the United States and others suspected it might try a second bomb test despite international condemnation. The words on the bridge read "China-North Korea Friendship Bridge".

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A car with anti-North Korean banner featuring the North's leader Kim Jong-il is parked next to policemen, during a rally against North's reported nuclear test and South Korean government policy on the North, in Seoul October 18, 2006. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying she does not want to see the North Korean nuclear crisis escalate, is seeking ways to implement U.N. sanctions against the reclusive state in talks with Asian powers beginning on Wednesday.

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North Korean youth march with torches to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Down With Imperialism Union in Pyongyang October 17, 2006.

REUTERS/Nir Elias
A North Korean soldier patrols the bank of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border town of Dandong, October 18, 2006.

REUTERS/Nir Elias
North Korean soldiers chat as they guard the bank of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border town of Dandong, October 18, 2006.

REUTERS/Nir Elias
A North Korean soldier patrols the bank of the Yalu river near the North Korean town of Sinuiju October 18, 2006 which is opposite the Chinese border town of Dandong. North Korea denounced U.N. sanctions over its nuclear test as a declaration of war on Tuesday and the U.S. and others suspected it might try a second bomb test despite international condemnation.

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North Korean soldiers chat on the bank of the Yalu River in the North Korean town of Sinuiju, October 18, 2006. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying she does not want to see the North Korean nuclear crisis escalate, is seeking ways to implement U.N. sanctions against the reclusive state in talks with Asian powers beginning on Wednesday.

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoon
South Korean marines drive a military vehicle along a barbed-wire fence during a landing operation exercise in Kimpo, about 30 km (18 miles) northwest of Seoul October 1

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoon
South Korean marines take part in a landing operation exercise in Kimpo, about 30km (18 miles) northwest of Seoul October 18, 2006.

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoon
South Korean marines drive their armoured vehicle in the sea during a landing operation exercise in Kimpo, about 30km (18 miles) northwest of Seoul October 18, 2006.

REUTERS/Lee Jae-won
A South Korean student participates in a military drill during the round forces festival held by the defence ministry at the headquarters of the armed forces in Taejon, about 200 km (125 miles) south of Seoul October 18, 2006.

REUTERS/Lee Jae-won
A South Korean student wears a gas mask during the ground forces festival held by the defence ministry at the headquarters of the armed forces in Taejon, about 200 km (125 miles) south of Seoul October 18, 2006.

Israeli soldiers stand on top of a tank before moving into northern Gaza Strip near Kibbutz Mefalsim October 17, 2006. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen

U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police secure the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Kirkuk, October 15, 2006. REUTERS/Slahaldeen Rasheed

U.S. soldiers patrol in Dora district in Baghdad August 15, 2006 (released Oct. 18th). Four U.S. soldiers were killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb west of Baghdad on Tuesday, the U.S. military said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ross Colvin

Israeli soldiers drive a tank out of Beth Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip near Kibbutz Mefalsim October 17, 2006. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen

Israeli soldiers walk past the Tomb of the Patriarchs, a shrine holy to Jews and Muslims, in the West Bank city of Hebron October 8, 2006. Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian gunman on Tuesday in a gunbattle in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian security source said. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

[signatory]

jeez those north koreans look more pale and underfed than nicole richie...

[thscott83]

jeez those north koreans look more pale and underfed than nicole richie...

The "anemic" look is quite popular there, I hear.

[Korath]

Hey, it's a wrong finger!

[Switek]

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Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (2R) attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Russian Unknown soldier's tomb near the Kremlin in Moscow, 18 October 2006. Olmert is to meet President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today for talks focusing on Israeli concerns over Iran's Russian-backed nuclear programme and Russian weapons sales in the Middle East. AFP PHOTO / YURI KADOBNOV (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/***** Images)

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TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 18: Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and with his wife Dung arrive at Tokyo International Airport on October 18, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. Nguyen arrived in Japan for a five-day official visit and will hold official talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his stay. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/***** Images)

Paktika, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan National Army soldiers stand over 24 Taliban insurgents who were killed during a clash in the Barmal district of the southeastern Paktika province, 18 October 2006. The extremist Taliban have this year increased a range of attacks used to terrorise Afghanistan, from suicide bombings to the murders of government employees. AFP PHOTO/ STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/***** Images)

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Paktika, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan National Army soldiers detain three prisoners of war, two Pakistani Nationals and one Afghan (C) in the Barmal district of southeastern Paktika province, 18 October 2006, a day after they were arrested in a battle with the army. The arrested Pakistani Nationals said they came to Afghanistan to fight foreign invaders and carry out Jihad (holy war). AFP PHOTO/ STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/***** Images)

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Pocheon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA: South Korean soldiers receive a briefing from an officer before a mechanized military exercise at the Yeongpyeong River, in Pocheon near the DMZ, 18 October 2006, between the two Koreas. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a visit to Tokyo before heading to Seoul, called 18 October for all countries to ensure the "swift implementation" of sanctions on North Korea imposed by the UN Security Council. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/***** Images)

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Pocheon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA: South Korean soldiers, camouflage a truck during a mechanized military exercise at the Yeongpyeong River, in Pocheon near the DMZ, 18 October 2006, between the two Koreas. North Korea, 18 October told South Korea it was following a "treacherous" course towards war by complying with US-led international sanctions over the North's nuclear test. Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling communist party paper, accused the South's government of betraying Koreans by ignoring national interests. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/***** Images)

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Pocheon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Two US soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division rest after a mechanized military exercise at the Yeongpyeong River, in Pocheon near the DMZ, 18 October 2006, between the two Koreas. North Korea, 18 October told South Korea it was following a "treacherous" course towards war by complying with US-led international sanctions over the North's nuclear test. Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling communist party paper, accused the South's government of betraying Koreans by ignoring national interests. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/***** Images)

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Pocheon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Two South Korean soldiers, prepare barbed wire at a temporary base during a mechanized military exercise at the Yeongpyeong River, in Pocheon near the DMZ, 18 October 2006, between the two Koreas. North Korea, 18 October told South Korea it was following a "treacherous" course towards war by complying with US-led international sanctions over the North's nuclear test. Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling communist party paper, accused the South's government of betraying Koreans by ignoring national interests. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/***** Images)

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Pocheon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA: South Korean soldiers, unload a truck during a mechanized military exercise at the Yeongpyeong River, in Pocheon near the DMZ, 18 October 2006, between the two Koreas. North Korea, 18 October told South Korea it was following a "treacherous" course towards war by complying with US-led international sanctions over the North's nuclear test. Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling communist party paper, accused the South's government of betraying Koreans by ignoring national interests. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/***** Images)

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Pocheon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA: South Korean soldiers, camouflage a truck during a mechanized military exercise at the Yeongpyeong River, in Pocheon near the DMZ, 18 October 2006, between the two Koreas. North Korea, 18 October told South Korea it was following a "treacherous" course towards war by complying with US-led international sanctions over the North's nuclear test. Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling communist party paper, accused the South's government of betraying Koreans by ignoring national interests. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/***** Images)

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Pocheon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA: South Korean soldiers, receive a briefing from an officer during a mechanized military exercise at the Yeongpyeong River, in Pocheon near the DMZ, 18 October 2006, between the two Koreas. North Korea, 18 October told South Korea it was following a "treacherous" course towards war by complying with US-led international sanctions over the North's nuclear test. Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling communist party paper, accused the South's government of betraying Koreans by ignoring national interests. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/***** Images)

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SINUIJI, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF: A female North Korean customs personnel squats as two soldiers pull a cart past her on the bank of Yalu River in the North Korean town of Sinuiji, 18 October 2006 in this picture taken from the opposite side on the Chinese border city of Dandong. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on 18 October started a tour of Asia with a sweeping plan for inspections of North Korean cargo and a warning to Pyongyang not to carry out a second nuclear test. The plan, designed to ensure the erratic regime does not sell its nuclear arsenal to terrorists or rogue states, would involve inspection or monitoring of cargo leaving or entering North Korea by sea, land and air, US officials said. AFP PHOTO/ LIU Jin (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP/***** Images)

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SINUIJI, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF: North Korean soldiers march along the bank of the Yalu River in the North Korean town of Sinuiji, 18 October 2006, in this picture taken from the opposite side on the Chinese border city of Dandong. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on 18 October started a tour of Asia with a sweeping plan for inspections of North Korean cargo and a warning to Pyongyang not to carry out a second nuclear test. The plan, designed to ensure the erratic regime does not sell its nuclear arsenal to terrorists or rogue states, would involve inspection or monitoring of cargo leaving or entering North Korea by sea, land and air, US officials said. AFP PHOTO/ LIU Jin (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP/***** Images)

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HEBRON, -: A Palestinian man lies on the floor after he was beaten by Israeli soldiers during a military incursion in the southern West bank city of Hebron 17 October 2006. Israeli soldiers surrounded a Hamas office in Hebron an arrested one person while three Palestinians, including a militant from the radical Islamic Jihad group, were killed by the Israeli army in northern West Bank, security and medical officials said. AFP PHOTO/HAZEM BADER (Photo credit should read HAZEM BADER/AFP/***** Images)

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NABLUS, -: Israeli soldiers escort a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (C-bottom, blindfolded) after his arrest during a military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, 18 October 2006. Israel on 17 October ratcheted up threats of a massive ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, amid an ongoing war of words with the ruling Hamas movement which has vowed to teach the army a harsh lesson. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH (Photo credit should read JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/***** Images)

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Yala, THAILAND: Thai forensic experts collect evidence following an attack by suspected militants on a military-base house in Thailand's restive southern Yala province, 18 October 2006. One soldier was killed and four other received bullets injuries when a group of suspected militants opened fire on soldiers guarding a military base house in southern Thailand. AFP PHOTO/Mohammad SABRI (Photo credit should read MOHAMMAD SABRI/AFP/***** Images)

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Yala, THAILAND: A Thai soldier (L) stands next to his injured comrade following an attack by suspected militants on a military-base house in Thailand's restive southern Yala province, 18 October 2006. One soldier was killed and four others received bullets injuries when a group of suspected militants opened fire on soldiers guarding a military base house in southern Thailand. AFP PHOTO/Mohammad SABRI (Photo credit should read MOHAMMAD SABRI/AFP/***** Images)

[socom6]

Good and sad pics today.

[Heron]

Hey, it's a wrong finger!

the middle one looks nice

[Andrew116]

Are they holding hands?? Bow chicka bow wow

[Heron]

Are they holding hands?? Bow chicka bow wow

that's common in asia, dont need to be overexciting.

[Lancero]

BUSAN - BUSAN - REPUBLIC OF KOREA
epa00843177 South Koreans read at the names of U.N. soldiers killed in the 195053 Korean War that are inscribed on a newly built monument in Busan, South Korea, Wednesday 18 October 2006. The formal unveiling ceremony for the monument will be held on Tuesday 24 October 2006. EPA/STR
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KASSEL - HESSE - GERMANY
epa00843173 Hessens Minister of Science, Udo Corts (L), holds the demounted Hercules head with a rope in Kassel, Germany, Wednesday 18 October 2006. Monument conservationists detached the 1.55 meter high head in order to restore the 300yearold sculpture made of sheet copper. Hercules is eight meters high, but will not be complete until the end of 2007. EPA/UWE ZUCCHI
EPA / STF / UWE ZUCCHI



ISTANBUL - TRACIA - TURKEY
epa00843143 Turkish riot police guard the French Consulate during an anti French demonstration in Istanbul Turkey on Wednesday 18 October 2006. French lawmakers approved a bill that would criminalize denying the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I amounted to genocide. EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU
EPA / STF / TOLGA BOZOGLU



RIGA - RIGA - LATVIA
epa00843144 Britains Queen Elizabeth II and Latvian President Vaira VikeFreiberga (R) during flower laying ceremony at the Freedom Monument in Riga, Latvia Wednesday 18 October 2006. The British Queen is currntly in the middle of her historic tour of the three Baltic states. EPA/TOMS KALNINS
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RIGA - RIGA - LATVIA
epa00843057 Britains Queen Elizabeth II (L) and Latvian President Vaira VikeFreiberga inspects the guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at Riga palace, Latvia, Wednesday 18 October 2006. The British Queen is currntly in the middle of her historic tour of the three Baltic states. EPA/INGA KUNDZINA
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KARBALA - BAGHDAD - IRAQ
epa00843050 An Iraqi security member stand guard during the Iraqi tribal chiefs conference in Karbala, south of Baghdad. on Wednesday, 18 October 2006. The Shiite tribal chiefs condemned the tribal gathering that was held in Kirkuk last week to support ousted leader Saddam Hussein , during the conference in Karbala today . EPA/ALAA ALSHEMAREE
EPA / STR / ALAA AL-SHEMAREE



NEW DELHI - NEW DELHI - INDIA
epa00843040 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, greets officers of the armed forces prior to a meeting of the Combined Commanders Conference at the Ministry of Defence in New Delhi,India on Wednesday 18 October 2006.Singh formally inaugurated a daylong Combined Commanders Conference to discuss the on important strategic, operational and logistic matters concerning the Armed Forces. EPA/STR
EPA / STR / STR



SEOUL - SEOUL - REPUBLIC OF KOREA
epa00843036 South Korean spectator looks Multipurpose Robotic Vehicle for Rough Terrain during the Robo World 2006 in Seoul, South Korea. Wednesday 18 October 2006. EPA/CHA YOUNGJIN
EPA / STR / CHA YOUNG-JIN



SEOUL - SEOUL - REPUBLIC OF KOREA
epa00843035 South Korean spectator looks Autonomous Mobile Robot for FA(Factory Automation) during the Robo World 2006 in Seoul, South Korea. Wednesday 18 October 2006. EPA/CHA YOUNGJIN
EPA / STR / CHA YOUNG-JIN



SEOUL - SEOUL - REPUBLIC OF KOREA
epa00843034 South Korean spectators look at a Modular EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Robot during the Robo World 2006 in Seoul, South Korea. Wednesday 18 October 2006. EPA/CHA YOUNGJIN
EPA / STR / CHA YOUNG-JIN



BAGHDAD - BAGHDAD - IRAQ
epa00843022 Supporters of young Shiite cleric Muqtda AlSadr chant slogans against US. forces during a demonstration in the alShulaa district of Baghdad on Wednesday, 18 October 2006. The protesters are demanding the release of Sheik Mazen alSaedi who was arrested by US. Forces last day EPA/ALI HAIDER
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BAGHDAD - BAGHDAD - IRAQ
epa00842978 An Iraqi man tries to douse the fire in damaged car at the site of a car bomb explosion at AlAnduls square, central Baghdad, on Wednesday 18 October 2006. A car bomb targeted an Iraqi police patrol in Baghdad, five civilians were injured in the attack. EPA/MOHAMMED JALIL
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BAGHDAD - BAGHDAD - IRAQ
epa00842971 Ali Hasan alMajid (C rear) addresses the court as, first row L to R, Farhan Saleh alJobori Mutlaq, Saddam Hussein, 2nd row L to R, Sabir Aba alAziz, Husain Rashid Mohammed alTikriti, Sultan Hashim Ahmad alJaburi alTai, 3rd row R, Taher Tawfiq alAni, look on during their trial held in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone, Wednesday 18 October 2006. The ousted Iraqi leader and six codefendants have been on trial since 21 August for the 19871988 Anfal campaign of bombings and gas attacks against Kurdish rebels which prosecutors say left about 180,000 people, mostly civilians, dead. If convicted Saddam and the others face death by hanging. EPA/DAVID FURST / POOL
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NEW DELHI - NEW DELHI - INDIA
epa00842954 Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt arrives at the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities court to register his attendance in Bombay, Maharashtra India, Wednesday 18 October 2006. Dutt is one of the accused in the 1993 serial bomb blast case in Bombay that left at least 1,000 people injured and 257 dead. Dutt is charged with possessing a rifle allegedly given to him by another suspect. EPA/STR
EPA / STR / STR



QUETTA - BALUCHISTAN - PAKISTAN
epa00842945 An official of National Database and Registration Authority takes a photograph of an Afghan refugee woman at a registration center in Quetta, Wednesday 18 October 2006. Hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have refused to get themselves registered as refugees because they do not want their female relatives to be photographed by male photographers. Pakistans government launched a campaign to register and issue identity cards to millions of Afghans, in the first program aimed at getting a profile of the Afghan population living in Pakistan, a U.N. refugee official said. EPA/FAYYAZ AHMED
EPA / STR / FAYYAZ AHMED



DILI - DILI - EAST TIMOR
epa00842940 Australian troops stand guard at a market in Dili, East Timor, Wednesday 18 October 2006. The United Nations called for the former East Timors prime minister Mari Alkatiri and security force members to be criminally investigated, in an eagerly report into the violence that rocked the country earlier this year. EPA/ANTONIO DASIPARU
EPA / STF / ANTONIO DASIPARU



SEOUL - SEOUL - REPUBLIC OF KOREA
epa00842905 A South Korean maritime police officer guides a navy helicoper to safely land on a ship during a military drill off South Koreas east coast Wednesday 18 October 2006. South Koreas military remained on hightened alert amid tension over North Koreas nuclear weapons program. EPA/STR BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE
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PYONGYANG - PYONGYANG - DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF
epa00842866 A torchlight demonstration and evening gala of students takes place to mark the 80th anniversary of the DownwithImperialism Union, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday 17 October 2006. Tensions continue on the Korean peninsula over the nuclear issue with UN Security Council sanctions in place against the isolated nation. EPA/KCNA
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MANILA - MANILA - PHILIPPINES
epa00842857 Philippine police stand guard at a checkpoint in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday 18 October 2006. Government security forces in the Philippine capital have been put on heightened alert following a series of bombing attacks in the southern Philippines and intelligence reports warning of more terrorist attacks from Islamic militants linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah. EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
EPA / STF / ROLEX DELA PENA



SEOUL - SEOUL - REPUBLIC OF KOREA
epa00842845 South Korean protesters shout slogans during an antiUS and antiJapan rally near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul South Korea. on Wednesday 18 October 2006. They demonstrate against the UN Security Council sanctions imposed on North Korea after they performeda nuclear test on 09 October 2006. EPA/JEON HEONKYUN
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WASHINGTON - WASHINGTON DC - UNITED STATES
epa00843247 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace (R) walks up the steps of the Pentagon with South Korean Chief of Defense General Sanghee Lee during a welcoming ceremony in Washington, DC Wednesday 18 October 2006. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
EPA / STF / MATTHEW CAVANAUGH




TAIPEI - TAIPEI - TAIWAN
epa00842828 Taiwanese President Chen Shuibian (C) walks with El Slavadors President Elias Antonio Saca (2L) during the welcome ceremony in Taipei, Wednesday, 18 October 2006. EPA/Eddie Cheng
EPA / STF / Eddie Cheng



STAR CITY - MOSCOW REGION - RUSSIAN FEDERATION
epa00843243 US entrepreneur and the worlds first female space tourist Anousheh Ansari (L), US NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams (R) and Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (C) wave as they are greeted by residents of Star city outside Moscow, Wednesday 18 October 2006. The astronauts, recently returned from the International Space Station, attended official welcoming ceremony after a course of rehabilitation. EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV
EPA / STF / SERGEI CHIRIKOV



San Vicente - Buenos Aires - ARGENTINA
epa00842776 Members of different branches of Argentinas Justicialista Party, founded by three times Argentinean President Juan Domingo Peron, clash Tuesday, 17 October 2006, in San Vicente, Buenos Aires, Argentina, while waiting for the burial of his remains at his homes mausoleum. The remains were transferred today from Buenos Aires to the familys mausoleum in the San Vicente village, south of Buenos Aires. The incidents left an unknown number of people wounded by fire arms and other weapons. The reason of the dispute is still unknown. EPA/Leo La Valle
EPA / STF / Leo La Valle



ROME - LACIO - ITALY
epa00842805 A handout photo released on Tuesday 17 October 2006 showing the sleeve of the cd The Beatles Love. A new album of Beatles music mixed by their legendary producer George Martin and described as a new way of reliving the whole Beatles musical lifespan will be released on 17 November. EMI Music and Apple Corps Ltd said that Martin and his son Giles began work on the album, called Love, after getting permission from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison representing John Lennon and George Harrison. The music has already been used as the soundtrack to the theatrical Cirque du Soleil show called Love. The Martins worked from the original master tapes from the Abbey Road studios to produce a medley of Beatles music by remixing favourite songs, such as Harrisons Within You Without You being played to the drumtrack of Tomorrow Never Knows. EPA/HO
EPA / HO / HO



THESSALONIKI - - GREECE
epa00843233 Handout photograph of the Derveni papyrus, Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Wednesday 18 October 2006. The ancient Greek scroll, which is a philosophical treatise on an Orphic poem, was found in 1962 inside a nobleman’s grave in a necropolis at the site in Derveni, Macedonia northern Greece. The first full edition of Europe’s oldest surviving manuscript (dates to around 340 BC) will be launched on Thursday, 19 October 2006, at the Archaeological Museum in Thessaloniki. EPA/INSTITUTE FOR PHILOSOPHICAL RESE
EPA / STR / INSTITUTE FOR PHILOSOPHICAL RE





CAPE TOWN - CAPE PROVINCE - SOUTH AFRICA
epa00843130 An infant African Penguin is picked up to be hand fed by South African staff member Pricilla Diniso at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) in Cape Town South Africa, Wednesday 18 October 2006. 400 African penguin chicks were rescued from Dire Island outside Cape Town and brought to the centre due to their parents going into early malting which means they have no waterproofing and thus cannot fish to feed their young. The young chicks normally die in such situations but since the African penguin population is declining SANCCOB rescues and rears the young over a two month period. SANCCOB relies on donations for its survival and needs to raise 60,000 Euros to rehabilitate these 400. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
EPA / STF / NIC BOTHMA

[Lancero]

Nice school sistem in Oaxaca







OAXACA - OAXACA - MEXICO
epa00843262 Members of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca tie an unidentified person to a pole Wednesday 18 October, 2006 in the main square of Oaxaca city, Mexico. The streets around the center of the tourist city of Oaxaca have been occupied for months by thousands of striking teachers and leftwing activists who are trying to bring down the state government, headed by state governor Ulises Ruiz, and who have taken law and order into their own hands EPA/PATRICIA DOMINGUEZ
EPA / STF / PATRICIA DOMINGUEZ

[Heron]

[Korath]

wtf? it's a medieval justice! where is the police or smth?

[Heron]

[JVeld]

jeez those north koreans look more pale and underfed than nicole richie...

You're right, but guess what ? ....They still got guns (AK's)!!! LOL



This Dragunov looks so sweet.......I want one so bad, but they are pretty hard to come across here in the US .....