World News in Pictures

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The ethnic minority dancers perform as a policeman guarding during the large party of the 9th National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities of the People's Republic of China on September 15 in Guiyang, China.

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Handout medical image released by the Brazilian Federal Police showing bags with cocaine inside the gastrointestinal tract of a 20-year-old Irish national arrested by police at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September 12. The man, identified only as P.B.B., was stopped whilst trying to board a flight outbound for Brussels with 72 bags containing almost a kilogramme of the drug inside his intestines.

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Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, dressed in police uniform, is seen carrying a pistol as he walks away from a car after placing a bomb in Oslo, in this July 22, 2011 surveillance camera still image seen on a monitor. Breivik admitted to killing 77 people on July 22 -- eight in a bombing in Oslo that badly damaged the Norwegian government quarter, and 69 gunned down on a nearby island.

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President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Marine Corps Cpl. Dakota Meyers, 23, from Greensburg, Ky., Sept. 15, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. Cpl. Meyers was in Afghanistan's Kunar province in Sept. 2009 when he repeatedly ran through enemy fire to recover the bodies of fellow American troops. He is the first living Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan.



Palestinians work to maintain "The Dome" mosque in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Sept. 15.

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In this photograph taken by AP Images for APMEX, Donald Trump, right, accepts Gold Bullion from APMEX CEO Michael Haynes as a deposit on a commercial lease for the 50th floor at 40 Wall St. on Thursday, Sept. 15, in New York.

"It's a sad day when a large property owner starts accepting gold instead of the dollar," Mr. Trump said in an interview. "The economy is bad, and Obama's not protecting the dollar at all....If I do this, other people are going to start doing it, and maybe we'll see some changes."

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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron greet Libyans in Benghazi on Thursday.



France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, National Transitional Council head Mustafa Abdul Jalil and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron join hands in Benghazi on Thursday, Sept. 15.

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Palestinians take part in an anti-US demonstration in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 15, 2011. Dozens of Palestinians chanted slogans against the pressure by the US government on the Palestinian Authority to convince them to step down from the UN bid for membership state.

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A USA fan and a Russia fan at the IRB 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool C match between Russia and the USA at Stadium Taramaki on September 15, 2011 in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

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Rome, Italy: People protect themselves as riot police clash with protesters in Piazza Montecitorio



London, UK: A large crowd of anti-arms trade activists gathered outside the Carlton Gardens HQ of BAE Systems and performed a mass die-in to a soundtrack of bombs falling, explosions, machine-gun fire and screaming

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Boston, US: Baseball fans in the Green Monster field wall seats reach for the ball on a home run by Boston Red Sox's Jacoby Ellsbury during the fourth inning of the game against the Toronto Blue Jays



Managua, Nicaragua: Students parade during an event marking the 190th anniversary of Nicaragua's independence

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Europa League matchday one



The start of the PAOK v Tottenham match is a pretty even, if uneventful, affair but things get interesting around the half hour mark when Spurs' Harry Kane goes down in the penalty area after getting in a tangle with Pablo Contreras. However the referee doesn't point to the spot, instead he books the young forward for simulation, aka: diving



Two minutes later the Serbian referee does point to the spot after Carlo Cudicini drags down Athanasiadis. PAOK's Lino sends the Spurs keeper the wrong way and strokes the ball into the net. However the ref makes him take the penalty again after deciding that at least one home player had entered the box. Lino has a change of mind and hits the retake the other way but it's a poor strike and goes wide, much to Cudicini's relief

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Penny for them Heurelho? Tottenham keeper Gomes cuts a lonely figure as he sits on the bench at half time






Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp looks a bit worried and he had need to towards the end of the match when Cudicini was called upon to make three crucial saves and Vladimir Ivic rattled Spurs' bar in stoppage time. However the Spurs' goal carried on living its charmed life and the game finished 0-0

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There's a beautiful night sky at the Valery Lobanovskiy Stadium in Kiev as the Dynamo Kiev and Stoke City teams warm up ahead of kick-off



Either it's very warm over there this time of the year or the Dynamo Kiev fans are as hard as nails



Dynamo Kiev's Artem Milevskiy tussles with Kenwyne Jones. The Potters put in a decent performance, taking the lead with a goal by debutant Cameron Jerome, but will be gutted to concede an injury-time equaliser which denied them a winning start to their Europa League group campaign

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Birmingham City's David Murphy blocks a shot from Braga's Nuno Gomes. There wasn't a good start for the Midlands side when a deft volley from Helder Barbosa opened the scoring after only six minutes



Murphy fires a free-kick over the Braga wall but, unfortunately for the Blues, it failed to find the target



Just before the hour mark Braga's Lima unleashes a thunderous shot into the net from 15 yards to double the lead for the visitors. Marlon King gave the home side some hope in the 71sth minute when he tapped the ball home at the back post



Birmingham City's keeper Boaz Myhill is a disconsolate figure after Helder Barbosa gets his second and Braga's third in the dying minutes to confirm a 3-1 victory for the visitors

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Over at Craven Cottage, Andrew Johnson outmuscles FC Twente captain Peter Wisgerhof before dinking a smart finish beyond the flailing Nikolay Mihaylov to give Fulham the lead in the 19th minute



Their lead lasted until just before half time when Roberto Rosales, above, bent in a cross which Luuk de Jong headed powerfully against Mark Schwarzer's left post before it pinballed off the Fulham keeper's head and in



Given Bobby Zamora's scowling face, if I were FC Twente's Douglas I'd stay down for a bit longer

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Atlético Madrid's Diego Godin, left, and Gabi conspire to rob Celtic's James Forrest. The Bhoys faced an uphill struggle after going behind to a Falcao goal after only three minutes



Despite that Celtic put in a good performance but unfortunately the shot count was Atlético 11, Celtic 0. One of those shots came from Diego Ribas Da Cunha in the 68th minute, when he finished smartly from a pullback. The game finished 2-0

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Kick Up Your Feet
Military cadets parade to mark the 190th anniversary of Honduran independence in Tegucigalpa on Thursday.



A New Life
Shweyga Mullah, an Ethiopian nanny who was tortured while in the service of Muammar Gaddafi's son, arrives in Malta for medical treatment. The Maltese government has offered Mullah asylum and medical treatment.

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And That's No Bull
Dancers perform during the National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities of the People's Republic of China, in Guiyang, China, on Thursday.



Trapped in Wales
Media gather at a police cordon as rescue workers try to save four Welsh miners trapped 300 feet underground in a collapsed and flooded coal mine near the village of Cilybebyll in Wales.

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New Poll Reveals GOP Split Over Tea Party
A CNN/ORC International Poll released Thursday shows that when it comes to supporting the Tea Party, the GOP is pretty much split 50-50. Here: Protesters outside the site of Monday's CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Florida.



Marching Band of Brothers
Greek students march toward Parliament in Athens during a protest against an education-reform bill approved last month. The measure aims to improve the operation of universities marred by chronic waste of state funds.

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Just Stopping by for a Visit
One of the world's biggest ocean liners, the Queen Mary 2 sails past Antony Gormley's "Another Place" statue as it approaches a port in Liverpool, England, Thursday. The QM2 is visiting Liverpool as part of the city's river festival.



Who Needs a Toothbrush?
A bird picks food from a statue of Kal Bhairav, the Hindu god of destruction, at Durbar Square in Katmandu, Nepal, on Thursday. The area is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.

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Henry Winkler, the Fonz in Happy Days, appointed OBE




Henry Winkler, who played the Fonz in the classic US sitcom Happy Days, has been appointed an honorary OBE for his educational work on dyslexia in the UK.

Winkler received the honour at the British embassy in Washington DC.

The actor-turned-children's author, who was diagnosed with dyslexia as an adult, said he was "overwhelmed" to have his work recognised.

In the past two years, he has toured schools in the UK, talking about the learning disability.

Winkler posted a photograph of himself sporting his medal on Twitter, accompanied by the message: "Here I am with my OBE pinned on Very honored very proud..."



Winkler shot to fame playing Arthur Fonzarelli - a leather-jacket clad, motorcycle-riding, ladies' man, who was the epitome of "cool" - in Happy Days, which ran over a decade from 1974.

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Eight charged with supplying prostitutes to Berlusconi




Prosecutors in Italy have charged eight people with supplying prostitutes for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The charges were made as investigators concluded an inquiry into a number of friends and associates of Mr Berlusconi in the southern city of Bari.

The suspects are alleged to have procured young women for Mr Berlusconi as well as several other of his business associates.

Mr Berlusconi has not been charged in connection with this investigation.
His lawyers said he was unaware of the activities of the eight people charged.

Prosecutors say they supplied the women in the hope of gaining jobs, contracts or favours.

Prosecutors in Bari have been investigating a high-level prostitution ring allegedly run by local businessman Giampaolo Tarantini for three years

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'Berlusconi's women'






His first wife (L) and daughter



Wife number 2



Alleged girlfriend aged 18

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A call girl named Nadia



His dental hygenist accused of procuring girls for him



TV star Sara



His trial is set for April when the judges will decide if he paid for sex with Ms Mahroug and abused his power to help her

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Swansea Valley mine rescue operation






1 man was rescued and 2 men came to the surface unaided