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Artists dressed as Indian Gods pose next to the “Red Ribbon Express” train in Bangalore. The Red Ribbon Express III train is on a countrywide mission, spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS campaign on wheels. The train started its journey on the 12th January (World Youth Day) and so far travelled about 25,000 kilometers, coverings 162 districts and 40,000 villages.
Artists dressed as Indian Gods pose next to the “Red Ribbon Express” train in Bangalore. The Red Ribbon Express III train is on a countrywide mission, spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS campaign on wheels. The train started its journey on the 12th January (World Youth Day) and so far travelled about 25,000 kilometers, coverings 162 districts and 40,000 villages.
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Chinese young athletes practice Taekwondo techniques before the rehearsal of ceremony to mark 100-day countdown to London 2012 Olympic Games outside the Bird's Nest in Beijing, China.
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An environmental activist in an animal costume is detained by police during a protest outside a hotel hosting the "Russian Arctic Oil and Gas" business conference in Moscow.
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Models display creations by Belarusian designers during a lingerie fashion show in the city of Logoisk near Minsk.
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Kuwait City, Kuwait: Firefighters from the national guard, the army and the oil industry joined efforts to contain a huge fire in a dump for more than 5m used tyres
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Jalandhar, India: Rescuers work at the site of a three-storey blanket factory which collapsed with nightshift workers inside
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New York, US: Protesters dressed in baseball uniforms and cheerleading outfits, calling themselves The Tax Dodgers and Corporate Loopholes, perform a skit during a tax day demonstration in front of the the city's main post office building
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Moscow, Russia: An environmental activist wearing a polar bear costume is detained by police officers while protesting outside the venue hosting the Russian Arctic Oil and Gas business conference
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Boston, Massachusetts, US: The lights are on at Fenway Park for the MLB American League baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox. Fenway Park hosted its first major league baseball game on 20 April 1912 and is the first ever major league ballpark to reach its 100th anniversary
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San Francisco, California, US: Winnie Hook, 106, one of the four known survivors of San Francisco's great earthquake and fire of 1906, sits for a portrait
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Punjab, India: A farm worker drinks water while harvesting a wheat crop at a field in Jhanpur village. India's wheat harvest could touch 90m tonnes in 2012, a record output for the second straight year, after favourable weather conditions
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Castle Donington, England: Farmers wait for lots to come under the hammer at the UK's biggest ever construction plant sale at industrial auctioneers Ritchie Bros. Buyers from around the world bid for the 675 pieces of equipment
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Tax Day protests
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Dustin Grella, who is handicapped and does not have the use of his legs, holds his tax return in his teeth as he drags himself up the steps of the main post office to file them in New York, to draw attention to the limited wheelchair access in the building, April 17, 2012.
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A demonstrator holds a wanted sign for Mitt Romney during a protest against tax codes that allow banks and corporations to pay lower income taxes than most individuals in New York, April 17, 2012.
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An Al Ahly soccer fan lays down in front of riot police at the police academy where a trial is being held for those accused of involvement in a soccer stampede, on the outskirts of Cairo April 17, 2012. A trial of 61 men accused of involvement in an Egyptian soccer stampede that left 74 dead was suspended briefly on Tuesday after dozens of defendants began shouting as the prosecutor read out charges.
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A Palestinian protester throws a molotov cocktail towards Israeli security forces during clashes outside Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah April 17, 2012. The clashes broke out during a rally marking Palestinian Prisoners Day. At least 1,200 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails launched an open-ended hunger strike on Tuesday, upping the stakes in a protest movement that has put the Jewish state under pressure
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Anne Breust of Canberra, Australia, a passenger on the Titanic Memorial Cruise, views gravestones of Titanic victims interred at Fairview Lawn Cemetary in Halifax, Canada April 17, 2012. The cemetary holds 121 victims of the Titanic, which sank on April 15, 1912 after hitting an iceberg.
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A picture taken on April 13, 2012 and released by the Tsuji Lab Research Institute for Science and Technology of the Tokyo University of Science shows a hairless mouse with black hair on its back at the laboratory in Noda, Chiba Prefecture
Japanese researchers have sparked hopes of finding a cure for human baldness after successfully growing hair on hairless mice by implanting follicles created from stem cells, Agence France Presse reports.
According to The Wall Street Journal, a team of scientists led by professor Takashi Tsuji from Tokyo University of Science were also able to play around with the density and color of the hair.
I'm in! :)
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Texas murder and baby abduction
A mother was killed and her newborn baby abducted Apr. 17 outside a children's clinic in The Woodlands area, Texas. The baby was later found safe by authorities and reunited with his father, Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon said.
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Law enforcement officers leave after entering an apartment near the scene where a mother was killed and her baby kidnapped Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Spring, Texas. Investigators say a mother was fatally shot and her newborn son abducted outside a suburban Houston pediatric center
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Secret Service prostitution scandal
The Secret Service prostitution scandal escalated Apr. 17 with the disclosure that at least 20 women had been in hotel rooms with U.S. agents and military personnel just before President Barack Obama arrived for a summit with Latin American leaders. The head of the Secret Service said he had referred the matter to an independent government investigator.
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks during a briefing in Cartagena, Colombia. Carney told reporters that President Barack Obama had full confidence in the Secret Service :rofl:
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A Colombian protester holds a paper with the words, "Obama, go with the hookers," in reference to an incident in which members of U.S. President Barack Obama's security team were sent home before the start of the Americas Summit he is attending in Cartagena April 14, 2012.
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Colombian police officers stop a fan of U.S. President Barack Obama who attempted to reach his hotel to present him with a portrait, soon after his arrival to attend the Americas Summit from the airport, in Cartagena April 13, 2012
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[I]"KATHMANDU - The Nepalese government's go-ahead early this month to construction of a US$1.8 billion dam by China Three Gorges Corp (CTGI), the country's first major hydropower project, may pave the way to other resource projects that will help create jobs and cut poverty in a region dominated by China and India. The snow-fed rivers cascading down the Himalayan range are Nepal's main natural resource.
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Anders Behring Breivik wants acquittal or death penalty
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Anders Behring Breivik has told his trial in Oslo he believes there can be only two "just" outcomes to his trial - acquittal or the death penalty.
Breivik, who killed 77 people last July, said he considered a lengthy jail sentence "a pathetic punishment". Norway does not have the death penalty.
He also said he had been "very surprised" to have survived the day of the attacks.
Prosecutors have been quizzing him on his links with militant nationalists.
On the third day of the trial they have been trying to disprove his claim of the existence of a far-right European network
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Weymouth puts out the Olympic message
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Central Sydney celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Lego brick in Australia
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A sculpture goes on display at the Temporary Museum for New Design in Milan
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David Gilroy jailed for murdering former lover Suzanne Pilley
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An Edinburgh man who murdered a colleague after she ended their affair has been sentenced to life in prison.
David Gilroy, 49, must serve a minimum of 18 years in jail for killing 38-year-old bookkeeper Suzanne Pilley.
Gilroy, a married man, was found guilty of his former lover's murder last month. He denied the charge.
Ms Pilley sparked a major hunt when she disappeared in May 2010. She set off for work in Edinburgh, but never made it to her desk.
Prosecutors believe Gilroy killed her in the basement of the building where they worked in Thistle Street and buried her the next day more than 100 miles away in the forests of Argyll.
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Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Europe
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Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is planning to travel abroad for the first time in 24 years, officials say.
The Norwegian foreign ministry said she was expected to visit Norway in June.
A spokesman from Aung San Suu Kyi's party also told the BBC that she would visit the UK - but this has yet not been confirmed by London.
The Nobel laureate spent years under house arrest while Burma was ruled by a military junta.
She has previously refused to leave Burma for fear that she would not be allowed to return
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Despite rumours of ill health, Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, was very much in attendance at this year's celebrations marking the country's 32nd anniversary of independence. Members of Zimbabwean forces participated in the military review, checking their shoulders were at the regimental distance from each other
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A Pakistan army helicopter carrying President Asif Ali Zardari and other officials flies over the site of an avalanche at the Gayari camp near the Siachen glacier. Rescuers are still searching for nearly 140 soldiers buried by the mass of snow and rock that fell on top of their sleeping quarters
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Police officers patrol by boat past a home submerged in flood waters after heavy rains triggered the Chico River to overflow its banks in Cota, Colombia. Torrential rains, floods and landslides have killed over a dozen people nationwide this year
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Perhaps proving that women's rights are improving in Bahrain, female riot police are deployed on the streets of Manama during an anti-government rally demanding the release of human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
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It's a distinctive look but it might catch on … a model wears a design by Jade Davies and Gemma Landing as part of Alternative fashion week at Old Spitalfields Market in London
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The blast furnace at the Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) plant in Redcar is back in operation, marking the return of steel-making to Teesside. The plant employs 1,800 workers and hopes to produce 3.6m tonnes a year
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On the other side of the economic coin, anti-eviction activists demonstrate at the entrance of Luzmila Lopez's home as they try to stop her eviction in Madrid. Eviction due to mortgage arrears has brought the euro debt crisis home for many
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Members of Team GB practise their routine during previews at the FINA Olympic Games synchronised swimming qualification event at the Aquatics Centre in London
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With just 100 days to go until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on 27 July there have been all sorts of events to mark the occasion. At Kew gardens a large set of Olympic rings have been created from at least 20,000 flowers
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First Lady Michelle Obama gives such a warm greeting to members of the military and their families on her arrival at the 911th Air Base in Pennsylvania
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This new Hubble telescope image comprises one of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble photos. It shows several million young stars vying for attention in what is described as a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, a star-forming complex located in the heart of the Tarantula nebula. Truly spectacular
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Moving scenes as the Palestinian Khader Adnan, left, a senior member of Islamic Jihad, is greeted in the West Bank village of Arrabeh near Jenin following his release from an Israeli prison
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Champions League semi-final: Chelsea v Barcelona
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Barcelona create two fantastic opportunities early in the match. First, Alexis Sanchez (pictured) lobs the Chelsea goalkeeper but hits the crossbar, then Cesc Fabregas sees a dinked effort cleared off the line by Ashley Cole
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Seconds before the interval, Drogba gives Chelsea the lead when he sweeps the ball home with his left boot. And guess what, Messi was the man who gave possession away! The Argentinian was tackled in midfield before Ramires supplied Drogba with an inviting low cross
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Such is the tenacity of this Chelsea side that even Drogba is chasing the Argentinian around the park
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It's throwing it down now. Not sure how much Barcelona will like these conditions
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Messi is soaked through and growing increasingly frustrated
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Barca can't seem to beat Cech tonight. The goalkeeper athletically turns two shots to safety in the second half ...
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Then a late strike from Pedro hits the base of the far upright and Sergio Busquets somehow spoons the rebound over the bar
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Barcelona's players look forlorn at the final whistle, while Chelsea's fans are thoroughly enjoying themselves. 1-0 ... that's a mighty fine result for Chelsea to take to Camp Nou on Tuesday
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Images from Hubble
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The tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation Carina.
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A view of gas pillars in the M16 Eagle Nebula
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A view of the Whirlpool Galaxy's curving arms where newborn stars reside and its yellowish central core that serves as home for older stars
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Star V838 Monocerotis's (V838 Mon) light echo, which is about six light years in diameter
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An image of a small region within a hotbed of star formation M17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, located about 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius
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A pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147. The left-most galaxy is relatively undisturbed apart from a smooth ring of starlight. It appears nearly on edge to our line of sight. The right- most galaxy, resembling a "zero," exhibits a clumpy, blue ring of intense star formation.
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An image of the Eagle Nebula reveals a tall, dense tower of gas being sculpted by ultraviolet light from a group of massive, hot stars
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An image of the Antennae galaxies, as the two galaxies smash together, during which time billions of stars are born, mostly in groups and clusters. The brightest and most compact of these are called super star clusters.
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An image of the Pencil Nebula shows remnants from a star that exploded thousands of years ago
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The "Black Eye" galaxy, so named because an ancient cosmic smashup produced a dark ring and a roiling, conflicted interior. What looks like a black eye in the image is actually a dark band of dust that stands out vividly in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus
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An image of a nebula about 170,000 light-years away
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A pair of interacting galaxies consisting of NGC 5754, the large spiral on the right, and NGC 5752, the smaller companion in the bottom left. NGC 5754's internal structure has hardly been disturbed by the interaction. The outer structure does exhibit tidal features, as does the symmetry of the inner spiral pattern and the kinked arms just beyond its inner ring. In contrast, NGC 5752 has undergone a starburst episode, with a rich population of massive and luminous star clusters clumping around the core and intertwined with intricate dust lanes. The contrasting reactions of the two galaxies to their interaction are due to their differing masses and sizes.
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A massive star known as Eta Carinae in our Milky Way galaxy that experts believe might explode in a supernova in the astronomically near future
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The staggering aftermath of an encounter between two galaxies, resulting in a ring-shaped galaxy and a long-tailed companion. The collision between the two parent galaxies produced a shockwave effect that first drew matter into the center and then caused it to propagate outwards in a ring.
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