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Bangladeshi firefighters and residents try to extinguish a fire at a slum area
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Columbian navy divers secure a home made submersible seized from a cocaine criminal gang
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Tbilisi, Georgia: A prison in the Ukrainian capital, where there have been protests after videos of the abuse of prisoners was shown on television
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Taguig city, Philippines: Members of a police swat team sweep an area of informal settlers ahead of the demolition of a shanty town
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Islamabad, Pakistan: Police stand guard as lawyers protest over an anti-Islam film
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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2012 winners
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The winner of the Earth and space category, taken in Nagano, Japan. Orion, Taurus and the Pleiades are the backdrop to an eerie frozen landscape
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Runner-up in the deep space category. Vast supernova remnant Simeis 147, which consists of the expanding debris of a massive star that exploded around 40,000 years ago. It is nicknamed the spaghetti nebula
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Highly commended entry in the Earth and space category. The Milky Way arches over a mirror-like lake on the island of Reunion. Luc Perrot waited two years before all the conditions were favourable for this photograph
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Overall competition winner and winner of the deep space category. This image of the Whirlpool galaxy combines fine detail in the spiral arms with the faint tails of light that show its small companion galaxy being slowly torn apart by the gravity of its neighbour
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Former British energy minister Chris Huhne is surrounded by press photographers as he leaves Southwark Crown Court. Huhne was is court for a hearing where he is accused of perverting the course of justice over allegations that he dodged a speeding penalty
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Firefighters try to put out the fire at El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. An electrical storm set fire to two naphtha storage tanks at the refinery
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And there's even more enthusiasm for the drummers. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall chats to musician Ayan Ayandosu and African drummers the Oduwa Talking Drummers in Croydon
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The anti-American protests are continuing around the world. Protesters use sticks to smash the windows of a car while marching towards the US embassy
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This is the stomach-churning moment when a group of people got stuck on the Windseeker ride at a park in California. The passengers were stuck a few hundred feet off the ground for several hours before maintenance crews were able to get them down
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Five unemployed men protest about the economy as they stand on a ledge beneath the clock of the Royal Palace's bell tower in Naples. One of the protestors reached on the phone by journalists said 'we are five desperate fathers, because we can not even bring the bread at home'
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Marina Litvinenko, the widow of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, leaves following a pre-inquest hearing in London, England. Sections of a Metropolitan Police report into Alexander Litvinenko's death will be redacted to omit alleged links to British intelligence, it was announced today. Litvinenko is believed to have been poisoned with polonium-210 after meeting with two Russians at a central London hotel in November 2006.
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An emotional moment for police officers pay their respects after laying flowers near to the scene of the shooting ofNicola Hughes and Fiona Bone in Manchester.
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Palestinians inspect a destroyed car after an Israeli air strike in Rafah City southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian officials said an Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinian border patrol unit members
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Children sitting on a makeshift raft play in a river full of rubbish in a slum area of Jakarta, Indonesia September 19, 2012.
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Protesters play music near cow models during a march for better food quality and fair conditions for small farmers in Brussels September 19, 2012
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Carmen Menendez (L), widow of historic Spanish Communist Party leader Santiago Carrillo, kisses his forehead during a wake in Madrid September 19, 2012. Carrillo, Spain's last surviving public figure to have taken an active part in the civil war, died at age 97 on September 18, 2012, at his home in Madrid.
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A woman holds a picture of her son, whom she says became an invalid from injuries sustained while in prison, during a protest rally in Tbilisi September 19, 2012. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili promised on Wednesday to punish those responsible for torturing and raping prisoners, after video of the abuse was shown on television and sparked protests in the capital Tbilisi.
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Thai Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong as they attend the 9th China-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Expo in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 20, 2012
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Retard alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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Apple Store employees applaud a customer after he bought a new iPhone 5 on the day of its release at Covent Garden in London on Sept. 21.
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Ralf Marth celebrates being the first customer at an Apple store to get an iPhone 5 in Munich Sept. 21.
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James and Tamsyn Vohradsky hold up their new phones after becoming the first buyers of Apple's new iPhone 5 from the flagship store in Sydney, on Sept. 21.
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Apple's iPhone 5 hit stores in a festive global roll out, with long queues of devotees undeterred by a lukewarm welcome from experts and complaints about the smartphone's new mapping system.
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A protester clashes with a riot policeman on Thursday in Islamabad, Pakistan near the diplomatic enclave where most of the foreign embassies are located, during a protest against "Innocence of Muslims," an anti-Islamic movie that sparked riots throughout the Muslim world.
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A man crosses a deserted road during a strike in Kolkata, India, on Sept. 20. Angry opposition supporters disrupted trains in India on Thursday but had only limited success in enforcing a national strike to protest a government decision to cut fuel subsidies and open the country's huge retail market to foreign companies.
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State-run passenger buses rest inside a depot after demonstrators attacked the vehicles during a nationwide strike in the northern Indian city of Lucknow on Sept. 20.
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Athens, Greece: A man cycles past closed shops during a 24-hour strike by metro, city train and tramway employees protesting against a new wave of austerity measures
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Lloyds Bank worker Jessica Harper jailed for £2.4m fraud
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A former Lloyds Bank worker in charge of online security has been jailed for five years over a £2.4m fraud.
Jessica Harper, 50, submitted false invoices to claim payments between 2007 and 2011.
At the time, she was working as head of fraud and security for digital banking at the company.
Harper, of South Croydon, south London, admitted fraud by abuse of position and transferring criminal property defrauded from her employers.
She submitted 93 false and doctored invoices to pay herself £2,463,750, giving large sums to friends and her three brothers to invest in property.
Harper had been earning £60,000-a-year at the time, and her role involved fighting fraudsters
Judge Deborah Taylor told her: "You were a senior employee in the bank in a position with a high degree of trust at a time when Lloyds was substantially supported by a lot of taxpayers' money following difficulties sustained by the bank in the financial crisis.
"You disregarded your duties out of a sense of entitlement to take other people's money for your own benefit and that of your family."
Judge Taylor said she thought Harper had personally benefited from the swindle, something Harper denies.
Harper had told investigating officers she deserved the money because she was rising at 5.30am and returning home at 8pm. :rofl:
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Police Federation calls for Andrew Mitchell to quit over outburst
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Conservative minister Andrew Mitchell has been urged to resign by Police Federation leaders over his outburst to an officer in Downing Street.
The body representing rank-and-file officers said Mr Mitchell's reported remarks were "outrageous".
The Tory Chief Whip has denied reports he swore at officers and called them "plebs" but has apologised for showing a lack of respect.
David Cameron said the minister's conduct was "not appropriate".
"He has obviously apologised to me, but more importantly he has apologised thoroughly to the police and that needed to be done," said the prime minister.
Mr Cameron also praised the police, saying they do an "outstanding job".
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The incident occurred after Mr Mitchell, MP for Sutton Coldfield, was told by officers to get off his bicycle as he left Downing Street and use the smaller pedestrian gate.
He is reported by the Sun to have used foul language and told the officer at the gates to "learn your place" and "you don't run this government". :rofl:
The officer concerned reported the incident to his superiors.
Downing Street denied reports the officer at the centre of the row had been told to come into Number 10 on his day off to meet Mr Mitchell for an apology, saying the minister had spoken to him on the telephone and "apologised profusely".
But his apology has not been accepted by police union leaders - and the comments have also sparked criticism from some of Mr Mitchell's Conservative colleagues.
Police Federation national chairman, Paul McKeever, said: "It is hard to fathom how someone who holds the police in such contempt could be allowed to hold a public office.
"Mr Mitchell's half-hearted apology for the comments made whilst leaving Downing Street will do little to build bridges with the police who feel they have once again been treated with a lack of respect and civility by members of this government.
"The lack of regard that some within government appear to hold police officers in is especially disappointing during this tragic week for the service and does nothing for the rock bottom morale of officers in this country."
John Tully, the Metropolitan Police Federation chairman, told BBC News: "If that was one of my members speaking to a member of the government they'd be on the carpet now and would be gone within days."
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Shaanxi bus crash: China sacks 'smiling official'
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A safety official in China who sparked a public outcry after images showed him grinning at the scene of a fatal bus crash has been sacked, officials say.
Yang Dacai has been stripped of all his official duties for "serious wrongdoing", Shaanxi province officials said in a statement.
Pictures of Mr Yang smiling while visiting the site where 36 people died on 26 August were posted online.
Outrage grew when netizens found images of him wearing luxury watches.
An investigation into Mr Yang's "inappropriate behaviour of 'grinning' as well as wearing luxurious watches" found him guilty of "serious wrongdoing", the Communist Party's discipline commission in Shaanxi said.
Officials are still further investigating "trails of [Mr Yang's] other wrongdoing", according to the online statement.
Mr Yang, head of Shaanxi's Provincial Bureau of Work Safety, fielded questions on his Twitter-like weibo microblog after netizens posted images of him wearing expensive watches on various occasions.
Responding to criticism that he grinned at the scene of the crash he said: "My heart was heavy when I reached the scene... Junior officials appeared nervous when they were updating me on the situation.
"I was trying to get them to relax a little, so maybe, in an unguarded moment, I got a little too relaxed myself."
He also explained that he "used legal income" to buy a number of watches, saying that the most expensive one he owned was worth 35,000 yuan ($5,550, £3,420).
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Muslim protests around the world
Protests are taking place around the world against the anti-Islamic film Innocence of Muslims and the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad by the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. Western missions across the Islamic world are on high alert, with France closing it's embassies, schools, cultural associations and consulates in around 20 countries, fearing further escalation
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Dhaka, Bangladesh: Protesters shout slogans after burning a mock coffin of the US president, Barack Obama. About 10,000 Muslims participated in demonstrations after Friday prayers
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Manila, Philippines: Protesters tie black ribbons with attached messages to barbed wire near the presidential palace
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Kalimantan, Indonesia: A Greenpeace activist in a tiger costume visits a palm oil plantation
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Aleppo, Syria: A Syrian rebel sleeps at a headquarters in Marea after returning from fighting
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Washington, USA: People gather at the Capitol for the Rally for a Nuclear-Free Future
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An employee of Maariv, one of Israel's largest tabloid newspapers, holds a placard as she takes part in a protest near the offices of conglomerate IDB Group in Tel Aviv September 20, 2012. Debt-strapped conglomerate IDB Group has signed an agreement to sell Maariv for up to 74 million shekels ($19 million) to businessman Shlomo Ben-Zvi. The placard reads: "They stole our money, call the police".
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A police officer clashes with a protester, as police attempt to disperse anti-government protesters and young unemployed graduates, during a demonstration in Rabat September 20, 2012.
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Olympique Lyon's Bafetimbi Gomis (L) sucks on a pacifier as he and Alexandre Lacazette celebrate after scoring against Sparta Prague during their Europa League soccer match at the Gerland stadium in Lyon September 20, 2012
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Cindy Lee Garcia (L), an actress in the "Innocence of Muslims", an anti-Islam movie that has spawned violent protests across the Muslim world, and her lawyer M. Cris Armenta hold a news conference after a court hearing in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2012. A California judge denied on Thursday a request by Garcia to remove the film from YouTube. Garcia had sought to have the film removed in a suit against YouTube parent company Google Inc and a California man linked to the film, saying she was duped into taking part and had since received death threats
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Palestinians pray next to the body of Palestinian security official Anis Abu Al-Enin during his funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip September 20, 2012. Israel killed two Palestinian security officials, inculding Abu Al-Enin, in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday, accusing both of involvement in attacks on Israel and weapons smuggling from Egypt.
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Russia's new Sukhoi SU-30CM jet fighter has completed its maiden flight, the aircraft's Designer Irkut Corporation said Friday.
