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A member of the "Clown's Brigade" wearing a clown's nose, poses by French CRS riot police during a protest demonstration about an airport project in Nantes, March 24, 2012.
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A woman tries to stop riot policemen from arresting an anti-government protester during clashes in the district of Sitra in Bahrain March 24, 2012.
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A U.S. army soldier of Chosen Troop 1st Squadron 13th Cavalry Regiment rests on a chair next to a doorknob made out of remains of a rocket at Combat Outpost Bad Pach in Laghman province March 24, 2012.
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Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki breaks his bat hitting the ball against Hanshin Tigers' starter Minoru Iwata during the fourth inning of their exhibition baseball game in Tokyo March 25, 2012.
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U.S. President Barack Obama looks through a pair of binoculars as he visits U.S. military personnel stationed at Observation Post Ouellette along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which borders North and South Korea, outside Seoul, March 25, 2012.
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A bride (C) attends a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church as a portrait of her bridegroom, who could not attend the ceremony, is seen next to her on a chair in Gapyeong, about 60 km (37 miles) northeast of Seoul March 24, 2012.
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Balinese youths take part in a traditional kissing festival called "Omed-Omedan" in the village of Sesetan in Denpasar, Bali March 24, 2012
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Ironworkers work while balancing on support beams above the 93rd floor of One World Trade Center as the building nears 100 stories tall in New York March 23, 2012.
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Aretha Franklin attends her seventieth birthday party in New York, Saturday, March 24, 2012
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Aretha Franklin and boyfriend William Wilkerson arrive to her seventieth birthday party in New York, Saturday, March 24, 2012.
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Greece Panathinaikos fans attack police with fire extinguishers and seats. The Athens Superleague derby between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos was abandoned after home fans set fire to several parts of the stadium and threw missiles and flares at police in Athens, Greece
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Members of a SWAT team and the Border Guards participate in a drill at a military training ground outside of Zamosc, near the Ukrainian border. Various units of Poland's anti-terrorist police, together with a special section of the Border Guards and other emergency services, are participating in a series of joint exercises leading up to the Euro 2012
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In this photo, a wldfire sends up a huge wall of smoke, forcing authorities to temporarily close a section of U.S. Highway 34 east of Yuma, Ariz. when the fire filled the skies with so much smoke that firefighters couldn't see the flames. Evacuated residents of the small Colorado town of Eckley have been allowed to return home after firefighters contained most of the wildfire
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Sick Aung San Suu Kyi suspends Burmese poll campaign
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Aung San Suu Kyi is said to be exhausted
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has suspended her campaign because of ill-health a week before she is due to stand for a seat in parliament.
A spokesman said she was suffering from low blood pressure and had been vomiting, due to exhaustion, doctors say.
She addressed a crowd of tens of thousands in the port city of Myeik, but will now return home to Rangoon.
She is contesting one of 45 seats in contention in by-elections next week.
Aung San Suu Kyi also complained of sickness during an earlier campaign tour in the north of Burma. Doctors have now advised her to rest.
The opposition leader set herself a punishing schedule, travelling hours in the searing heat by car, and on this most recent trip, by boat, to support her party's bid for a clutch of parliamentary seats, says the BBC's Rachel Harvey.
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Two-time world darts champion Jocky Wilson died on Saturday night at the age of 62.
Wilson turned professional in 1979 and rose to fame after he claimed the 1982 and 1989 World Championships.
A Fife police spokeswoman told the BBC: "The death is non-suspicious and due to a medical matter."
Tommy Cox, who managed Wilson from 1988-1996, said: "In the 1980s there wasn't a person in the country who didn't know who Jocky Wilson was."
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Toulouse killings: Merah brother 'may face charges'
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The brother of the man who killed seven people in south-west France in recent weeks is being investigated for possible complicity.
Abdelkader Merah, 29, went before a judge on charges of criminal conspiracy and will be kept in custody while he is investigated, prosecutors said.
Abdelkader Merah denies the accusations but says he was there when his brother stole a scooter used in the attacks.
He reportedly said he was proud of his brother, who was killed on Thursday.
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Spanish new low-cost airline Iberia Express launched
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Spain's Iberia has launched a new entry in Europe's competitive market for low-cost airlines.
The new airline, Iberia Express, begins on Sunday with prices starting at 25 euros (£21) for a one-way ticket.
Iberia Express will cover Spanish cities including Madrid and the islands such as Ibiza, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.
The launch comes after Spain's fourth-largest airline Spanair collapsed in January, stranding 20,000 passengers.
Iberia is owned by the same parent company as British Airways.
The low-cost Iberia Express has 500 staff and has a fleet of four Airbus A320 aircraft, according to Iberia chief executive Luis Gallego
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Ferrari's Fernando Alonso held off Sauber's Sergio Perez to take a sensational victory in a thrilling, rain-hit Malaysian Grand Prix.
The Ferrari is uncompetitive in the dry, but Alonso built a lead when the race resumed on a wet track after an early stoppage following heavy rain.
Perez caught him in the closing stages but ran wide and settled for second.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton took third ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber and Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen.
Alonso built a seven-second lead after the race resumed following a stoppage after just six laps caused by a torrential downpour
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Hot-air balloon hits power lines at Wellingborough trapping three
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A hot-air balloon crashed into power lines in Northamptonshire, trapping a girl and two men 15m in the air.
The balloon's canopy wrapped round live cables at Bozeat near Wellingborough.
A fire crew was sent to the scene but had to wait about four hours before receiving confirmation the power was off and beginning the rescue.
By 23:30 the three people had been brought safely back to the ground. They were treated by ambulance staff for minor injuries including burns.
Relatives of the three gathered at the site ahead of the rescue attempt which could not start until electricity workers had isolated the power supply.
As temperatures dropped, the trapped balloonists began to feel the effects of the cold.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch has begun an inquiry into the crash.
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Gas leak at Total platform in North Sea
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Efforts are continuing to control a gas leak from a platform in the Elgin field of the North Sea.
Operators Total E&P UK said "a well control problem" occurred on the wellhead platform in the Central Graben area, 240km off Aberdeen, at 12:15.
Total said all personnel had been accounted for and no injuries had been reported.
Aberdeen Coastguard co-ordinated the evacuation of 209 non-essential personnel to safety.
The non-essential Elgin PUQ staff were transferred to neighbouring installations and all personnel from the Rowan Viking drilling rig were also evacuated.
Coastguard watch manager Kevin Brown said: "Emergency procedures have been activated. We are working closely with Total E&P UK Limited."
Mr Brown said three rescue helicopters and four civilian helicopters had been involved in the evacuation process
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Formula One: the Malaysian Grand Prix
The best images from the Sepang International Circuit where Fernando Alonso won a rain-soaked race
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Hamilton holds firm through the opening corners
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The rain soon becomes torrential and two laps following the start of the race, Sergio Pérez, driving for Sauber, is the first to gamble by heading into the pits for wet tyres
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Conditions are so bad, however, that by lap six the safety car emerges to bring a temporary halt to the race for almost an hour
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Hamilton and Button wrestle their cars - Button looks the faster of the two but Hamilton retains the lead
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Button tags the back of Narain Karthikeyan's HRT car on lap 15, ruining his race. The Brit was to blame for a driving error - he failed to break sufficiently as they entered the corner
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Michael Schumacher, who qualified third - the highest position since his return to F1 two years ago - is slipping down the order
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Alonso, meanwhile, is flying. He sweeps to the front of the field on intermediate tyres and opens up a sizeable gap on his rivals
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Pérez is having the drive of his life for Sauber, and catches the leader in the closing stages
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But Pérez gets totally out of shape whilst cornering and loses a huge chunk of time, handing an unexpected win to Alonso
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Nonetheless, Pérez looks delighted with second place as they pull up in parc fermé. Lewis Hamilton's McLaren occupies third spot
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Alonso and Pérez celebrate jubilantly on the podim. Alonso now leads the driver's championship on 35 points, ahead of Hamilton on 30 and Button on 25
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Atheists unite at Reason Rally
Thousands of atheists, agnostics and other non-believers turned out in the US capital on Mar. 24 at the National Mall in Wash., D.C. to celebrate their rejection of the idea of God and to claim a bigger place in public life.
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Atheists and non-atheists talk during the Reason Rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Atheists and those who oppose religion in government gathered for a rally where they celebrated not having religious affiliations
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Deadly UK motorway crash
A lorry and a bus collided on the M5 motorway in Frankley, England on Saturday, March 24, 2012. According to reports at least one person has been killed and over thirty injured
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The scene of a fatal crash on the M5 motorway involving a bus and a lorry on March 24, 2012 in Frankley, England. One person is reported to have died and 39 others sustained injuries from the crash. The collision occurred on the southbound carriageway near to Frankley Services between junctions 3 and 4 at 6:24am. It is understood the bus was travelling from Birmingham to Evesham when it broke down and was struck from behind by the lorry whilst stationary on the hard shoulder in thick fog
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Cairo, Egypt: A woman carries a picture of a slain relative during a protest at the Egyptian People's Council a day after deadly clashes at a football match
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Barcelona, Spain: Sikhs gather for a protest, begging for mercy and claiming a violation of human rights against the Sikh people in Punjab
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New Delhi, India: A Tibetan exile runs through a street after setting himself on fire during a protest against the upcoming visit of the Chinese president, Hu Jintao
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Dakar, Senegal: Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Macky Sall show defaced ballots of incumbent president, Abdoulaye Wade
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London, UK: Artists arrive at the Royal Academy of Arts to hand in works completed for the 244th Summer Exhibition
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A supporter of Senegalese opposition presidential candidate Macky Sall celebrates in the capital Dakar March 25, 2012. Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade admitted defeat in Sunday's election, state television reported, ending his bid for a third term that had sparked deadly clashes in the normally peaceful country. The octogenarian leader phoned rival Macky Sall to congratulate him, state broadcaster RPS reported late on Sunday, an announcement greeted by celebrations across the capital Dakar
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Marine Le Pen, France's National Front head and far right candidate for 2012 French presidential election, holds a young girl in her arms at the end of a campaign rally in Bouguenais near Nantes, March 25, 2012.
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Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare reacts during his day-long hunger strike against corruption in New Delhi March 25, 2012.
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A parishioner holds her dogs during a mass in honor of Saint Lazaro in the indigenous community in Masaya city, about 15 miles (24 km) south from Managua, Nicaragua, March 25, 2012. Hundreds of devotees presented their sick animals to the Saint Lazaro, considered the saint patron of dogs.
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Mexican brothers Luis Alfonso Gonzalez Villareal (L), Simon Gonzalez Villareal (C) and Jose Regino Gonzalez Villareal arrive at a courtroom in Kuala Lumpur March 26, 2012. The brothers, together with a Malaysian and a Singaporean, are charged with drug trafficking which carries a mandatory death sentence if found guilty
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Policemen scuffle with demonstrators during a rally opposing the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul March 25, 2012
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(From L to R) Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tajikistan's President Imomali Rakhmon and Afghan President Hamid Karzai pose for pictures during a meeting in Dushanbe, March 25, 2012.
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The Amway Arena implodes with a series of controlled explosions over 10 to 15 seconds starting 7:30 a.m. in Orlando, Florida March 25, 2012. The demolished building has been vacant since the new Amway Center opened in 2010.
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James Cameron dives into the Mariana Trench – in pictures
Film-maker James Cameron completes a record dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, which is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands.
The dive was part of Deepsea Challenge, a scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research.
Cameron has visited underwater and ocean themes in his directorial work
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The Deepsea Challenger submmarine begins its first 2.5-mile test dive off the coast of Papua New Guinea
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A picture of a deep-chimaera – a boneless fish that is a distant evolutionary relative to modern day sharks – taken by an unmanned submersible in deep water off Indonesia. These are the type of fish that are seen at great depths in the world's oceans and might be the type Cameron could see on the way to the Mariana Trench
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Cameron emerges from the Deepsea Challenger after his successful solo dive
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