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Arbaz, 10, stands with his decorated family horse as he waits to offer customers a ride at Karachi's Clifton Beach in the early morning, July 3.
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Arbaz, 10, stands with his decorated family horse as he waits to offer customers a ride at Karachi's Clifton Beach in the early morning, July 3.
Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final
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A quick hug before the match starts
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Alan Rickman and Jenson Button are among the guests
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If you're not sure who won the first set then check out this facial expression
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Nadal in meltdown as Novak also takes the second set in double quick time
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Rafael storms back in the 3rd. 2-1 now in sets
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The Serbs are willing their man on
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A wee bit of showboating from Nadal which goes adrift
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Novak flat out after a scintilating 4th set where he breaks Nadal and wins the championship
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His first Wimbeldon Championship and also he becomes the first Serb to win here. His dream accomplished
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An old Hindu pilgrim bent double slowly makes her way to the Amarnath holy cave at Ganeshtop about 138 km from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, July 1. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims trek through mountains in revolt-torn Kashmir, along icy streams, glacier-fed lakes and frozen passes, to reach the Amarnath cave, located at an altitude of about 12,729 feet, where a Shiva Lingam, a phallus-shaped ice stalagmite symbolising the Hindu God Shiva, stands for worship. Image received on July 3.
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Casey Anthony weeps during closing arguments of her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla., July 3.
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Yingluck Shinawatra, leader of the Puea Thai party, celebrates with supporters. Her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, was toppled as the country's leader by a coup in 2006
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The Thai prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, concedes defeat for his Democrat party
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Busy day at the office
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American civil war re-enactment in South Yorkshire
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Members of the American Civil War Society take part in a mock battle in the grounds of Cusworth Hall near Doncaster
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The society is split into two armies, Confederate and Federal, as well as a bipartisan force
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Chairman Denis Jarwick takes the role of general Robert E Lee
Madonna del Rosario procession in Manchester
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The annaul procession starts from Ancoats, known locally as Little Italy.
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The first procession took place over 120 years ago - some of the original cast :)
Mladic to boycott Hague tribunal hearing, says lawyer
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Ex-Bosnian Serb army head Ratko Mladic will boycott a hearing at The Hague war crimes tribunal where he is due to enter pleas, his lawyer said.
Milos Saljic said Gen Mladic would not take part in Monday's proceedings as his defence team has not been approved.
Gen Mladic appeared before the court on 3 June and declined to plead then on what he called 11 "obnoxious" charges.
He is charged with crimes including genocide in connection with the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
"Mladic has told the prison authorities that he does not want to appear in the courtroom (on Monday) and will not enter a plea," Mr Saljic told AFP news agency.
"He decided not to reappear as his defence team has not yet been approved."
The tribunal has asked for more time to vet the lawyers Gen Mladic, 69, has submitted. Mr Saljic said that his client wants him and a Russian lawyer.
India's middle class struggles with personal debt burden
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India's recent binge on credit cards and personal loans has ended badly for some - but there are ways to fight back against debt.
Mr Sayed remembers his lowest point in late 2008. The father of two in Mumbai was guarding a dark secret from neighbours, friends and even his wife.
After several years of signing up to all the credit cards and personal loans he could find, he had notched up Rs 3,000,000 ($66,000) in debt.
He bottled up his growing sense of shame. "I thought better you run away from Mumbai, or you commit suicide," he remembers.
Until recently, the Indian middle class were deeply conservative borrowers. With a strong cultural aversion to loans and with very little finance on the market, most people lived frugally all their lives.
But in the years before the global economic crunch, credit cards and loans flooded onto the markets of most Asian countries.
The amount of outstanding credit card debt in India tripled between 2004 and 2007, according to industry reports. Private and foreign banks marketed credit cards and loans to consumers who had little experience of borrowing.
"Getting credit cards in India two or three years back was very easy," recounts Mr Sayed. "They would fill out the forms for you." He got six cards and nine unsecured loans, with few questions asked.
Staffordshire Hoard 'to help rewrite history'
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A haul of Anglo-Saxon gold discovered beneath a Staffordshire farmer's field could help rewrite history, experts say.
Historians believe the Staffordshire Hoard could hold vital clues to explain the conversion of Mercia - England's last great Pagan kingdom - to Christianity in the 7th Century.
The hoard was found buried on a farm in Staffordshire in July 2009.
The 1,500 pieces of gold are thought to be the spoils of an Anglo-Saxon battle.
- The site was excavated by Birmingham Archaeology between July 24 and August 21, 2009
- The vast majority of items in the hoard are martial - war gear, especially sword fittings
- There is nothing feminine - no dress fittings, brooches or pendants, the gold objects most commonly found from the Anglo-Saxon era
- The objects display three kinds of decoration - cut and mounted garnets, gold filigree and animal patterns
- The hoard is thought to have been war bounty, seized from vanquished enemies by the victorious
Review of immigrants' 'right to family life'
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The Home Office is to review part of its immigration policy relating to the European Convention on Human Rights.
It will examine Article 8 which gives people the right to a family, but which critics say is being used by illegal immigrants to dodge deportation.
The review follows several recent court cases which ruled people could stay because their family life would be threatened if they were made to leave.
The government said the review was part of managing migration.
Critics have called Article 8 a legal loophole, used by some people with children abroad to fight deportation
BBC political correspondent Robin Brant said the review could lead to further restrictions being placed on immigrants who wish to stay or a tighter definition of the right to a family life being proposed.
In one recent case, a Burundi asylum seeker won permission to bring her children to the UK - a move not usually allowed.
The Sunday Telegraph said she was granted "indefinite leave to remain" in the UK after the Home Office lost her paperwork.
Her immigration status would not normally allow her to bring dependents, but she won that right under Article 8.
The newspaper said other similar cases include a drug dealer from the Caribbean who failed to pay child maintenance, and a Sri Lankan robber whose only claim to "family life" was having a girlfriend here.
The government announced in February that a commission, jointly chaired by Justice Secretary Ken Clarke and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, would look at whether a UK Bill of Rights could overrule the European Convention of Human Rights.
The Conservatives had wanted to replace the Human Rights Act 1998 with a UK Bill of Rights however that was opposed by their Lib Dem coalition partners.
The Conservatives have been strongly critical of the Human Rights Act - legislation which introduced into British law the principles of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights - of which Britain was one of the authors.
It was aimed at allowing people to claim the rights enshrined in the Convention without having to go to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. These include the right to life, the right to family, freedom from torture and the right to a fair trial.
But critics say the act makes it harder for British courts to extradite criminals and has also led the recent controversies over prisoners being able to vote and sex offenders having the right to appeal to get their name removed from the sex offenders register.
A Home Office spokesman said: "We don't think these cases set any precedent. Article 8 does not give an absolute right to remain here.
"We will continue to remove those who break the rules and try to play the system.
"We are going to consult on the family route shortly and look at what requirements we should place on foreign nationals who wish to establish a family life in the UK.
"This is part of a package of reforms we are putting in place to manage migration."
Why London is getting a statue of Ronald Reagan
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A statue of Ronald Reagan will be unveiled near the US embassy in London on Monday. How did this come about?
Once upon a time, 4 July in London was the occasion for a grand party at the American ambassador's vast residence in Regent's Park.
The diplomatic corps, leading MPs, titans of industry, and we sparrows of the press would feast on hamburgers, hot dogs and crumbs of gossip on the vast back lawn.But this is the Age of Austerity. The party is over. This year, the big 4 July event in London will be held in Grosvenor Square just across from the American embassy and it is a private affair not hosted by the US government. A statue of Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States, will be unveiled.
Baroness Thatcher, Reagan's soul-mate in power, is expected to attend. As will 2,000 other paying guests who will listen to remarks by British Foreign Secretary William Hague, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and the current ambassador, Louis Susman.
India's sharp-shooter granny fighting male domination
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At first glance there is nothing remarkable about Parkaso Tomar, a hardy 70-something woman who has spent most of her life working in the fields and tending to cattle in a small north Indian village.
Until of course she picks up a gun and fires a volley of shots, all bang on target.
She is the "shooter granny" of Johri village in Uttar Pradesh, a northern province infamous for honour killings and female foeticide. Not the best of places for girls to grow up.
This is where Parkaso Tomar has become an unlikely role model, inspiring a new generation of female shooters ever since she picked up a gun for the first time.
And that was well after she had turned 60.
I defeated an officer of the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police in Delhi. - Parkaso Tomar Sharp-shooting grannySince then she has silenced her opponents, both on the shooting range and in the local community, with unwavering commitment and zeal. On the way, she inspired her daughter Seema to become the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Rifle and Pistol World Cup.
Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb general, led from court
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Ex-Bosnian Serb army head Ratko Mladic has been removed from a hearing at The Hague war crimes tribunal after quarrelling with the judge.
Gen Mladic was ordered out after continually interrupting the proceedings.
The court entered a plea of not guilty on Mr Mladic's behalf, after Mr Mladic refused to do so.
Mr Mladic is charged with crimes including genocide in connection with the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
He attempted to speak several times at the beginning of the hearing, but Judge Alfons Orie asked him to remain silent until he was allowed to speak.
He was reprimanded by the judge for speaking out of turn and communicating with the public gallery.
Mr Mladic then refused to enter a plea after his request to change his lawyer to one of his choosing rather than a court-appointed one was denied, because he had not made his request in time, the judge said.
- Counts 1/2: Genocide of Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats in Bosnia-Hercegovina and Srebrenica
- Count 3: Persecutions
- Counts 4/5/6: Extermination and murder
- Counts 7/8: Deportation and inhumane acts
- Counts 9/10: Terror and unlawful attacks
- Count 11: Taking of UN hostages
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Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva reacts during a press conference in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, July 4, 2011. Thailand's ruling Democrat Party chief Abhisit Vejjajiva announced on Monday his resignation as the party leader after the result showed that the opposition Pheu Thai Party won the general election
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Yingluck Shinnawatra, prime minister candidate from the Phue Thai party and the youngest sister of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin, celebrates victory with her supporters with big thanks at Pheu Thai Party, Bangkok, Thailand, on July 3, 2011
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Estonia-Tallin-Parade
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Day four of the royals' visit to Canada
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Kate chatting to bandsmen of the Royal 22nd Regiment in Quebec
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Kate meets Konrad Sioui, the Chief of the Huron-Wendat nation
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The Royals visit a centre of homeless people in Quebec
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The pair were treated to a perfomance of box juggling by Pierre, a 24 year old homeless student