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The funeral of Mark Duggan

Crowds gather in north London to bid a final farewell to Mark Duggan, the man whose fatal shooting by police sparked riots that spread across England




The cortege makes its way from Mark Duggan's parents' house in Tottenham, north London, to the New Testament Church of God in Wood Green

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Photographers work behind a barrier. The Duggan family had requested the media stay outside the church to allow them to pay their respects in peace

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Blackout in Mexico and California

A massive blackout caused by 'human failure' left nearly 5 million people without power in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico

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The darkened skyline of San Diego. Only warning lights and emergency lights can be seen

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Traffic in San Diego is backed up after traffic lights went down

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Russian plane crash - a commemorative event to those who lost their lives

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A woman places a stalk of rose on the ground in the village of Tunoshna where a Yak-42 aircraft crashed outside Yaroslavl, September 8, 2011

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Students run away from tear gas released by riot policemen during a rally at Santiago city as they are protesting against the government's public state education system September 8, 2011.

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A photography student shows her document from a riot police vehicle after being arrested during a rally at Santiago city as students are protesting against the government's public state education system September 8, 2011















Students Johana Choapa (L) and Maura Roque rest as they hold a 50-day hunger strike at a secondary school in Santiago city, protesting against the government's public state education system

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Al Qaeda Planning Attack on 9/11 Anniversary?
The U.S. is investigating a possible terror plot aimed at New York City or Washington, D.C., timed to the anniversary of 9/11. Here: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks about the credible but unconfirmed threat Thursday.



Obama Presses Congress to Act on Jobs Bill
Speaking before a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, President Obama strongly urged lawmakers to pass his $447 billion job-creation plan. Here: The president greets lawmakers before the address on Capitol Hill.

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Are You Ready for Some Football?
The NFL season kicked off on Thursday night at Lambeau Field with the Green Bay Packers, current Super Bowl champs, defeating the New Orleans Saints, 42-34. Here: Packer Greg Jennings celebrates after scoring a touchdown



Explosions in the Sky
Anti-Gaddafi forces fire at the artillery line in Om El Khanfousa, Libya, on Thursday.

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Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook quits over email




Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook has resigned over claims he emailed defender Nedum Onuoha's cancer-suffering mother mocking her illness.

Cook offered his resignation after an investigation by City found "there is foundation" to the allegations.

He had denied sending the message, claiming his account was hacked.

The club issued a statement confirming the board had accepted Cook's resignation and that chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak had apologised to Dr Onuoha.

Defender Onuoha's mother, who acts as his agent, had previously sent a message to Marwood and Cook, explaining that while she was "ravaged with cancer" it would not prevent her negotiating on behalf of her son.

Dr Onuoha then received an email, allegedly from Cook and addressed "Brian", which apparently ridiculed her use of language in describing her illness.

The email is reported to have read: "Ravaged with it!!...I don't know how you sleep at night. You used to be such a nice man when I worked with you at Nike. G".

Dr Onuoha told the Sun the email had left her "humiliated and devastated".

The claims led City's board to launch an investigation and, following its findings, Cook offered his resignation and Khaldoon wrote to Dr Onuoha "to apologise for any distress caused".

In the statement, Khaldoon said: "Garry has made a remarkable contribution to Manchester City Football Club over the past three years. His judgement in this matter should in no way lead to his accomplishments being overlooked.

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Barclays Capital trader Mario Picone holds his head while working on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange on September 9 in New York City. The Dow Jones Industiral Average fell below 11,000 to a seven month low worries that Congress won't pass U.S. president Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan.



Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (yellow) arrives at a metro station to inaugurate the second metro rail network, after a two-year delay, in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on September 9, 2011.



Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (yellow) takes a ride through the second metro rail network during its inauguration, after a two-year delay, in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on September 9, 2011






UAE men are seen inside a wagon train during the opening ceremony of the Green Line of Dubai Metro at one of the Metro stations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 09 September 2011. The Green Line is one of the two lines on the Dubai Metro network in Dubai. The second line will add a further 18 stations and 23km to the existing rail network.

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A combination picture shows Wang Gengxiang after he was severely burned in an accident (left) in a picture taken on Sept. 9, and in another photo taken before the accident, on June 1, 2010 (right).




Gengxiang was hurt in an accident involving a pile of burning straw last winter. Most of the skin on his head was burned off, requiring him to wear a full surgical mask to prevent the scars from becoming infected. He has since become known as "Masked Boy". Doctors say that they cannot continue his skin-graft surgery until his damaged trachea, or windpipe, is strong enough

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Mohammad Azam, 56, sits injured in front of a dead child, at the site of a double suicide bombing in Quetta September 7, 2011. Two suicide bombers targeting a senior security official struck near government offices in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 15 people, a police official said



A view of a house shelled by pro-Gaddafi forces in Om El Khanfousa September 7, 2011. The house was liberated by National Transitional Council fighters on Tuesday.



Relatives cry over the killing of a bus driver by unknown assailants in Guatemala city September 8, 2011

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Miss Sweden 2011 Ronnia Fornstedt (L), Miss Germany 2011 Valeria Bystritskaia and Miss Argentina 2011 Natalie Rodriguez (3rd L) attend a samba dance class at Vila Maria samba school in Sao Paulo September 4, 2011. The contestants are in Sao Paulo for the 2011 Miss Universe pageant which will be held on September 12.



A Jewish settler boy watches as people sort their belongings after Israeli authorities demolished three buildings in the unauthorized Jewish hilltop outpost of Migron, near the West Bank city of Ramallah September 5, 2011. Jewish settlers set fire to part of a mosque in the occupied West Bank, Palestinians said, an attack that looked like a reprisal for Israel's dismantling of three buildings in the unauthorized settlement outpost hours earlier

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North Korea turns 63




North Korean citizen's militia take part in a military parade in Pyongyang's central square marking the 63rd anniversary of the state's founding, September 9, 2011.

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The latest in overland military transport

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The most dangerous job



A relative cries over the body of a bus driver killed by unknown assailants in Guatemala City, September 8, 2011



The driver of a passing bus looks at the crime scene,



An armed villager checks a public bus entering their village of Castanas for weapons, on the outskirts of Guatemala City,

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A driver's assistant covers his face during a protest aimed at calling attention to the almost daily bus attacks in Guatemala City



A bed sheet covers the body of driver Victor Avendana inside his bus in Guatemala City

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A driver lies dead behind the wheel of his bus in Guatemala City

























Relatives cry next to the body of a bus driver killed by unknown assailants in Guatemala City, September 8, 2011.

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A driver of a minivan braves the flood damaged roads in the City of Binghamton, N.Y., Friday, Sept. 9. Northern stretches of the swollen Susquehanna River began receding Friday after days of rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee flooded communities from Virginia to New York, leading to evacuation orders for nearly 100,000 people. Some evacuees were allowed back home.



This aerial photo shows flood damaged areas in City of Binghamton and the Southern Tier in Binghamton, N.Y. on Friday, Sept. 9. Northern stretches of the swollen Susquehanna River began receding Friday after days of rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee flooded communities from Virginia to New York, leading to evacuation orders for nearly 100,000 people. Some evacuees were allowed back home

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A group of about 30 protesters broke into the Israeli Embassy in Cairo Friday and dumped hundreds of documents out of the windows after a day of demonstrations outside the building in which crowds swinging sledge hammers and using their bare hands tore apart the embassy's security wall.

Egyptian security forces made no attempt for hours to intervene.






Egyptian protesters wave Egyptian flags after climbing up to an apartment affiliated with the Israeli Embassy and taking the Israeli flag down, in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 9. Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the building housing the embassy, breaking down a concrete wall meant to protect the building.The protesters were angered over the killing of five Egyptian policemen on the border with Israel.

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Protesters tear down a concrete wall built in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo