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A member of the Free Syria Army walks past a destroyed Syrian forces tank in the town Atareb in northern Aleppo province on Monday. The majority of residents in Atareb have fled the town due to heavy fighting between Syrian forces and rebels for the past few months. The last convoy of Syrian army has reportedly left the town few days ago and residents are slowly returning to claim their possessions and check their homes.
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A Syrian man burns the remains of his damaged belongings in the town of Atareb in northern Aleppo province
Human Rights Watch documented more than 20 torture methods that "clearly point to a state policy of torture and ill-treatment and therefore constitute a crime against humanity."It conducted more than 200 interviews with people who said they were tortured, including a 31-year-old man who was detained in the Idlib area in June and made to undress.
"Then they started squeezing my fingers with pliers. They put staples in my fingers, chest and ears. I was only allowed to take them out if I spoke. The staples in the ears were the most painful," the man told Human Rights Watch
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Smoke billows from a building after a gas explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 3. A gas explosion in a building left dozens of injured and two dead in Kabul, Afghan police officials said.
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Tobacco farmers smoke cigarettes during a protest against a bill on stricter tobacco control in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 3, 2012.
Thousands of farmers staged the protest claiming that the bill — which would ban cigarette advertising and sponsorship, prohibit smoking in public, and add graphic images to packaging — would lead to massive job losses, The Associated Press reports. Indonesia is the world's third-largest tobacco consumer.
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A supporter celebrates with the horse after jockey Luigi Bruschelli of the Onda contrada (Wave parish) won the Palio race in Siena, Italy on July 2, 2012.
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Jockey Luigi Bruschelli, right, looks back as he wins the race.
Il Palio, which dates back to the mid-1600s, takes place twice each summer in the Tuscan city of Siena. 10 jockeys ride bareback around a makeshift race course set up in the city's central square in a bid to win the Palio, a silk banner depicting the Madonna and child.
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Jockey Luigi Bruschelli, right, leads the runners and riders.
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The Yida refugee camp in South Sudan has swollen to nearly 60,000 as refugees flee from South Kordofan in North Sudan. Refugees are arriving at 300-600 a day, some walking five days and some walking two weeks or more to reach the camp.
The rainy season has increased the number of sick children suffering from diarrhea and severe malnutrition, as the international aid community struggles to provide basic assistance to the growing population. Most have arrived with only the clothes they were wearing.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney and wife Ann Romney ride a jet ski on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H. on July 2, 2012, where Romney has a vacation home.
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Spanish national football team players parade on an open bus in Madrid on July 2, a day after winning the Euro Cup for the second time 4-0 against Italy.
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Hundreds of thousands packed central Madrid to give a hero's welcome Monday to "La Roja" - the national soccer team that erased the country's gloomy mood by winning the Euro 2012 Championship
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WUK bicycle workshop, founded in Vienna, Austria in 1983, offers a public workshop, tools and instruction for the self-repair of bikes on a daily contribution of three Euros.
Bicycles have increased in popularity in Austria in recent years, with eleven percent of the population using bicycles as their main means of transport, according to the Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology.
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The Supertree Grove is illuminated during the Gardens by the Bay, Light and Sound show on July 2 in Singapore.
The free nightly light and sound display illuminates 18 150-foot-tall "supertrees" adorned with 163,000 plants of more than 200 species of bromeliads, orchids, ferns, and tropical climbing flowers. The vertical forest is part of a multimillion-dollar project called Gardens by the Bay and opened to the public on June 29.
The trees are constructed of concrete and steel, but are fitted with planting panels to generate solar power, collect rainwater and cool surrounding buildings.
Aerial walkways between some of the artificial trees provide tourists with spectacular views of Singapore's downtown district.
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Torchbearer Pennelope Allman passes the Olympic flame to Gary Lineker on the torch relay leg through Leicester. There's no place for walkers though; he'll have to break into a run!
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A beautiful new picture of the Flame Nebula on the eastern hip of Orion has been taken by Nasa's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise
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Residents have begun to return to charred areas of Colorado Springs after the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and left the landscape a blackened wasteland. Firefighters are finally bringing the fire under control but full containment is expected to take two weeks
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Students paddle to school in weather best suited to ducks after a heavy downpour in Quezon City in the Philippines. Heavy rain has flooded some roads, causing classes to be suspended in parts of the country
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Great Britain's Andy Murray takes a rain check during his match against Croatia's Marin Cilic on day eight of Wimbledon
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Is the French president about to break into a version of Bring Me Sunshine during a military ceremony at the Hotel des Invalides?
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The Duchess of Cornwall seems a little taken aback by an overly familiar duck during a visit to the new veterinary surgery on the Scilly Isles
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This picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency shows President Bashar al-Assad during an interview with the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet in Damascus. The embattled leader said he regretted that his country's defence forces shot down a Turkish fighter jet last month, but insisted the plane was in Syrian airspace
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An exhausted firefighter wipes sweat from his face while while helping to battle the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs
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In this photo released by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard punch the air after launching a missile from an undisclosed location in Iran. The Revolutionary Guards test-fired several ballistic missiles, including a long-range variety capable of hitting US bases in the region as well as Israel, Iranian media reported
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Against the elaborate backdrop of St Paul's Cathedral, members of the English National Ballet perform a dress rehearsal for a production that will form part of the City of London festival's 50th anniversary celebrations
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The peloton blazes a colourful trail during the third stage of the Tour de France 2012 between Orchies and Boulogne-sur-mer
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London, England: A Christie's auction house employee looks at the painting The Lock by John Constable from the collection of Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza
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Malian Islamists attack world heritage site mosques in Timbuktu
Al-Qaida-linked rebels Ansar Dine and Tuareg separatist MNLA destroy sacred door of 'un-Islamic' 15th-century mosque
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Islamist rebels of Ansar Dine near Timbuktu, in rebel-held northern Mali. Ansar Dine have vowed to destroy mosques if they contain shrines to Sufi saints
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The Djinguereber mosque in Timbuktu. The UN cultural organisation UNESCO has listed Mali's legendary town of Timbuktu as an endangered world heritage site because of the deadly unrest hitting the west African nation
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A still from a video shows Islamist militants destroying an ancient shrine in Timbuktu on 1 July. Ecowas, the economic community of west African states, is considering presenting a military plan to the UN security council as militant Islamists, already thriving on a 'kidnap economy' operating out of the country's northern desert, have flourished
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A still from a video shows an Islamist militant after destroying an ancient shrine in Timbuktu. 'There is a door that absolutely cannot be opened at the entrance of the [Sidi Yahya] mosque,' said Haidrata, a resident who gave only his first name. 'We believe it is a profanity to open this door; it can only be opened on the day the world will end. The militants broke it down'
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The International Criminal Court's new chief prosecutor, Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda, gives an interview in Dakar. 'My message to those involved in these criminal acts is clear: stop the destruction of the religious buildings now,' she says.
I suspect that the Islamic militants are now quaking in their desert boots having heard those very fearsome remarks from the ICC Chief Prosecutor
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A riot police officer chases teacher trainee protesters as other protesters take cover behind chairs during clashes at the Parque de la Industria in Guatemala City July 2, 2012. Riot police and teacher trainees protesting against a proposed two year increment to the teacher training program clashed on Monday after the trainees briefly detained Guatemala's Education Minister Cynthia del Aguila during an event at the Parque de la Industria, according to the government. Del Aguila was later rescued by riot police and received treatment for exposure to tear gas.
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People lean out of the windows of an office building on fire in Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 2, 2012. Two people died in the fire, the cause of which has not as yet been officially determined, according to the Guayaquil Firefighters Department.
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Members of the "Yosoy132" (I am 132) movement shout slogans and gesture during a demonstration demanding transparency in election results, in Mexico City July 2, 2012. Mexican leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would challenge the outcome of Sunday's election if results that he said were "plagued by irregularities" were confirmed. Obrador, opponent of Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto in the presidential race, has accused the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of buying votes, and said his camp would formally contest the results if they were confirmed. Alleging fraud, Lopez Obrador challenged the results six years ago when he narrowly lost to Felipe Calderon and launched protests that shut down the capital's main boulevard for weeks. His defiant posture has raised concerns he might again call his supporters onto the streets.
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Queen Elizabeth walks past soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland, during the Ceremony Of The Keys at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland July 2, 2012. The ceremony marks the start of Holyrood Week in Scotland with the Queen and her husband Prince Phillip attending Diamond Jubilee events accross the country.
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A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giambattista Valli as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012-2013 fashion show in Paris July 2, 2012.
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A member of rebel group Khaled ibin al Walid Fighters stands with his weapon in a damaged house at Hamidiyeh district in the central city of Homs July 1, 2012. The sign reads, "God and Prophet Mohammed".
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Sabine Lisicki of Germany celebrates after defeating Maria Sharapova of Russia in their women's singles match at the Wimbledon championships in London July 2, 2012.
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Deadly floods in Bangladesh
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A woman sits with her child in a boat during heavy rains at a flooded village in Kurigram July 3, 2012. At least 100 people have died and hundreds of thousands of people are marooned as floods triggered by heavy rains spread across Bangladesh.
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French police search Nicolas Sarkozy home and office
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Police have carried out searches of the home and offices of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy as part of a campaign financing probe.
A law firm in which Mr Sarkozy owns shares was also searched, reports say.
The investigation is related to allegations that Mr Sarkozy's 2007 presidential election campaign received illegal donations from France's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt.
Mr Sarkozy has previously denied all wrongdoing.
He is currently in Canada with his family, his lawyer, Thierry Herzog, told the AFP news agency.
In presidential elections in May, Mr Sarkozy lost to Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, and his presidential immunity from prosecution ended on 16 June.
Tens of thousands of euros were allegedly funnelled to Mr Sarkozy's campaign by Ms Bettencourt's office.
Individual campaign contributions in France are limited to 4,600 euros ($5,800).
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Colombia Gen Santoyo turns himself in over drug charges
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Retired Colombian police Gen Mauricio Santoyo, who is accused of drugs offences in the United States, has turned himself in.
Gen Santoyo is accused of helping drug gangs and right-wing paramilitaries smuggle cocaine to Mexico and the US.
He allegedly committed the crimes while serving as the head of security for the president at the time, Alvaro Uribe.
Gen Santoyo turned himself in to US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents in Colombia's capital, Bogota.
Local media said Gen Santoyo was taken in a DEA plane to the US state of Virginia, where he has been indicted on conspiracy to distribute cocaine "knowing and intending that it would be unlawfully imported to the United States".
He is the highest-ranking Colombian officer to face charges of drug trafficking in the US.
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Ukrainian opposition activists clash with riot police on July 4, 2012 during a protest in Kiev against a new language law. Several people were left covered in blood and broken glass littered the street. The police used tear gas in an apparent bid to bring the situation under control.
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Protesters, led by opposition members of parliament defending the role of Ukrainian as the only state language, had massed in front of a building where President Viktor Yanukovich was due to hold a press briefing.
The chamber approved the language bill on Tuesday, minutes after a surprise proposal by a pro-Yanukovich deputy, giving opponents little time to cast their vote and prompting scuffles both in parliament and on the streets
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Smoke is emitted from an oil refinery after a fire broke out, in Bangkok July 4, 2012. Thailand's Bangchak Petroleum Pcl shut its 120,000 barrels-per-day refinery in Bangkok after a fire on Wednesday, a company official said.
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A house is surrounded by a burnt landscape, as a helicopter flies above after dropping water on the Quail Fire in Alpine, Utah, July 3, 2012. The fire started on Tuesday afternoon and spread quickly through the eastern end of Alpine and then up the mountain side. It is still out of control.
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