World News in Pictures

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Police officers are seen through a damaged three-wheeler, which they are guarding, after clashes between the Special Task Force (STF) and prisoners at Welikada prison in Colombo November 10, 2012. At least 27 people were killed and a senior police officer seriously wounded in a gunfight in Sri Lanka's biggest prison that began when police came under fire from inmates, officials and police said on Saturday. Light is seen through the bullet holes in the damaged vehicle



A general view of damaged buildings in the Al-khalidiya neighbourhood of Homs.



The fleet of the Vendee Globe Challenge crosses the starting line at Les Sables d'Olonne on France's Atlantic coast, November 10, 2012. Twenty sailors are competing in the seventh edition of the Vendee Globe, a single handed, non-stop, around the world sailing race.

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African would-be immigrants look on as they sit in a police bus after disembarking from a patrol boat at the Armed Forces of Malta Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf, in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour late November 9, 2012. A group of 246 immigrants, mostly from Eritrea, landed in Malta late on Friday after having been rescued from a drifting boat some 75 nautical miles (139 kilometres) south-east of the island, the Maltese armed forces said.



University of Calgary Dinos' Steven Lumbala (R) celebrates with his team after they defeated the University of Regina Rams during the 76th annual Hardy Cup Canada West university football Championship game in Calgary, Alberta November 10, 2012.



A wounded Palestinian is wheeled on a stretcher at a hospital in Gaza City following Israeli shelling November 10, 2012. Israeli tank shells killed at least two Palestinians and wounded 20 in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after an apparent attack on an Israeli army patrol along the Israel-Gaza border, Palestinian medics and local eyewitnesses said.

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A volunteer holds a shovel while surveying the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York, November 10, 2012. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the day would be a day of service, with volunteers being bused to various neighborhoods affected by Hurricane Sandy to help continue the clean up process.



Manchester United's Javier Hernandez celebrates his goal against Aston Villa during their English Premier League soccer match at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England, November 10, 2012.

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Ukrainian WBO, IBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight boxing world champion Vladimir Klitschko gestures as he celebrates his victory over Polish challenger Mariusz Wach after their title bout in Hamburg November 10, 2012. World heavyweight champion Klitschko was made to go the distance against Wach but earned a unanimous points decision on Saturday to retain his four title belts.



Youths try to lower a Syrian flag in the northern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain as seen from the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar November 10, 2012. Syrian rebels and opposition sources said late on Thursday Free Syrian Army fighters had captured Ras al-Ain, an Arab and Kurdish town in the northeastern oil-producing province of Hasaka, but continuing clashes have been reported there.



France's Wesley Fofana (L) escapes from Australia's Kurtley Beale and Nick Cummins to score the second try during their team's rugby test match at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, near Paris, November 10, 2012.

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Britain's Prince Charles meets an enthusiastic crowd after visiting the Australian War Memorial Canberra November 10, 2012. Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are on the last day of a six day visit to Australia to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth



Atlanta Hawks guard Kyle Korver falls onto the Miami Heat bench during play in the second half of their NBA basketball game in Atlanta, Georgia November 9, 2012.




A young Somali woman looks on as a Ugandan police officer serving as part of a Formed Police Unit (FPU) with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), patrols in the Kaa'ran district of the capital Mogadishu in this November 9, 2012 handout photograph taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team.

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Rory McIlroy wins Race To Dubai in money list double


Singapore Open, final leaderboard

• -13: M Manassero (Ita), L Oosthuizen (SA) (Manassero won at third extra hole)
• -10: R McIlroy (NI)
• -9: T Bjorn (Den)
• -8: A Scott (Aus), F Molinari (Ita)
• Selected others -6: P Casey (Eng)
• -5: P Mickelson (US)
• +5: C Montgomerie (Sco)

World number one Rory McIlroy secured the European Tour money list after finishing third at the Singapore Open.

The 23-year-old USPGA champion emulated Luke Donald's achievement last year of finishing top of the list in Europe and the United States in the same season.

He closed with a 30-foot eagle putt for a 65 to edge one shot ahead of Thomas Bjorn at 10 under at the Sentosa Club.

Louis Oosthuizen and Matteo Manassero were both 13 under, Manassero winning the event at the third play-off hole.
Race to Dubai standings

R McIlroy (NI) £2.8m
P Hanson (Swe) £2.11m
J Rose (Eng) £2.05m
L Oosthuizen (SA) £2.03m
I Poulter (Eng) £1.82m



McIlroy has now won in excess of £2.8m in the Race to Dubai, which replaced the European Tour's Order of Merit in 2009, and cannot be overhauled, despite two tournaments still remaining in this year's calendar.

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People dance on the 'Gangnam Style' song during a flashmob organized at Piazza del Popolo on Nov. 10, in Rome. Some 5,000 people, most of them teenagers, took part in the event which started at exactly 4:45PM and lasted the the length of the song of the South Korean DJ PSY

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Australian cricketers stand for a minute-long silence during the 3rd days play against South Africa

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Nathan Cleverly defends WBO title beating Shawn Hawk in US


Britain's Nathan Cleverly retained his WBO light-heavyweight title with an eighth-round stoppage win over American Shawn Hawk in Los Angeles.

The 25-year-old displayed superior skills and hand speed to record his fourth successful defence of the belt, his first in the United States.

He took some heavy shots but knocked Hawk down twice in round seven, with a left hook in the next ending the fight.

Cleverly's 12th win inside the distance extends his unbeaten record to 25.

It was the first time that 28-year-old Hawk had failed to go the distance in his 26 professional bouts.

He was only confirmed as Cleverly's challenger on Monday after original opponent Ryan Coyne was forced out due a legal dispute with promoter Don King.

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Remembrance Day around the world




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Venice hit by floods

More than 70% of Venice has flooded after the city was hit by high tides, a strong southerly wind and heavy rain

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Singapore: workers prepare the golf course before the start of the Singapore Open golf tournament at the Sentosa golf club



Gaza City, Gaza Strip: a Palestinian relative cries in a hospital morgue upon learning of the death of his relative in an Israeli strike



Seoul, South Korea: a worker from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, with his face painted with tears of blood, takes part in a rally in front of a railway station

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Yokosuka, Japan: cadets from Japan's Military Defence Academy compete in their traditional Botaoshi game, in which players try to pull down the opposing team's pole



Lisbon, Portugal: a man holds a rabbit with a rope around its neck during a protest by military personnel and their families against the government's austerity measures. The rabbit refers to the Portuguese prime minster, Pedro Passos Coelho, whose name, Coelho, means rabbit in Portuguese



Cologne, Germany: carnival revellers dressed as pigs pose in front of the Cologne Cathedral



Gretna, Scotland: a murmuration of starlings over the town

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United States Army Sgt. Zach Ames, center, who has been on a one-year deployment to Afghanistan, surprises his wife, Bri Ames, left, and their daughter Emersyn, right, with a reunion prior to an NFL football game between the New York Jets and the Seattle Seahawks on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, in Seattle, Wash.



A man adorned with American Flags marches up Fifth Avenue during the Veterans Day Parade in New York.

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"Multiple houses engulfed in flames. Even the police officers that got to the scene before I did were not sure what happened. Kind of a surreal scene, even for police officers," Marion County Sheriff John Layton told the station.
The cause of the explosion and fires wasn't immediately clear, but Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard dismissed reports of a possible plane crash as he arrived at the scene. Fire officials said separately that investigators would be checking whether natural gas was possibly involved but they had no further details on what was behind the blast that sent tall flames skyward.

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Remembrance Day in the UK



The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh attend the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph in London












The National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. The shaft of light from the monument is designed to fall on the wreath at the centre of the Cenotaph on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month















Manchester City players observed a minute's silence before the match against Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad stadium in Manchester

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The Associated Press reports from Yangon, Myanmar — A strong earthquake collapsed a bridge and damaged ancient Buddhist pagodas in northern Myanmar, and piecemeal reports from the underdeveloped mining region said mines collapsed and as many as 12 people were feared dead.

Myanmar's Vice President Sai Mauk Hkam visited the damaged sites Monday, while authorities resumed their search for four missing workers near the collapsed bridge over the Irrawaddy River in Kyaukmyaung.



The collapsed Yadanatheinkha bridge, which had been under construction in Kyauk Myaung, Sagaing Division

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A baby is seen at a broken window after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza hit a house in the southern Israeli town of Netivot on November 12, 2012, causing damage but no injuries.






Relatives of Palestinian Matter Abu al-Atta, who was killed in Israeli shelling on Saturday, mourn during his funeral in Gaza City on November 11, 2012. Israel said it was poised to escalate attacks on the Gaza Strip on Sunday following a surge of rocket and mortar salvoes by Hamas and other factions in the Palestinian enclave.

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An Akha Hilltribe woman picks Oolong #17 tea leaves during a harvest at the Suwirun Tea farm in the hills outside of Chaing Rai, Thailand, Nov. 11. There are around 40 Akha hill tribe workers and 120 Burmese who make 300 Bhat a day working on the family-run Suwirun Organic tea farm, which has been in business nearly 38 years.

The Tea is harvested every 45 days and about 1.5 tons is collected per harvest.

On special occasions the Akha wear their traditional dress while picking tea. These days it is most commonly worn for tour groups and ceremonies.

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Rabbis from the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Judaism pose for a group photograph as part of a convention of nearly 3,000 rabbis from around the world in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, November 11, 2012.

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A team of Libyan experts and military engineers dump fuel from expired SA-2 missiles under the supervision of the United Nations in Tripoli, Nov. 11. Experts were assigned to dump the toxic chemicals found in the air defense missiles left over from the former Gadhafi regime

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A general view toward St. Mark's Basin is seen during the high water on Nov. 11, in Venice, Italy. More than 70% of Venice has been been left flooded after the historic town was hit by an unexpected and exceptionally high tide. The sea level rose very quickly to 150 centimeters due to strong southerly winds and heavy rain.

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Beard and Moustache Championships in Las Vegas

The annual Beard and Moustache Championships took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday. Open to everyone, regardless of nationality, the 17 categories ranged from the delicate Dali moustache to the anything-goes full beard freestyle


















Daniel Lawlor, from Los Angeles, won first place in the freestyle moustache category



Gerhard Knapp, from Germany, a former world beard champion



Guy Thompson, from Port Angeles, Washington, won first place in the natural goatee category



Adam Orcutt, from Michigan City, Indiana, won first place in the natural moustache category



Fritz Sendlhofer, of Austria, won a gold medal in the full beard garibaldi competition



Patrick Fette, from Louisville, Kentucky, won first place in the English moustache category



Wojo Wrzesniewski, from Toronto, won first place in the Fu Manchu moustache category

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Aleppo, Syria: People carry bags to a mountain of rubbish at a roundabout. The city's refuse collection system collapsed weeks ago



San Antonio de Areco, Argentina: A man rides a horse at a rodeo exhibition



Indianapolis, Indiana: The scene of an explosion that levelled two homes and damaged others

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Ortley Beach, New Jersey: Houses damaged by hurricane Sandy



Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan: A five-year-old girl who was allegedly raped lies in a hospital bed with her family nearby



Allahabad, India: A man dressed as the monkey god Hanuman takes part in a procession ahead of Diwali



Nice, France: A jogger passes men wearing first world war infantry uniforms for an Armistice Day ceremony



A model with a painted face waits backstage during a carnival in Woodbrook, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago