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Electronic Arts has announced that it will showcase five Xbox 360 launch titles at Microsoft's X05 event in Amsterdam today and tomorrow, and has named thre...

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Members of the Komo Vosavi tribe in Papua New Guinea wait to perform in dances being held as part of Independence Day celebrations in Port Moresby.

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In New York, a 9/11 memorial ceremony is held under a brilliant blue sky reminiscent of the day of the attacks four years ago.

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A Disneyland theme park, built at a cost of $1.8bn (£1bn) opens in Hong Kong, with lavish celebrations.

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Kevin Pietersen shouts with joy as the England cricket team celebrate beating Australia in the Ashes series, with a victory parade through the streets of London.

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England cricketer Andrew Flintoff celebrates on the team bus during the parade.

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A soldier in Belarus helps with the potato harvest.

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A massive car bomb explodes in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district, followed by a number of other blasts around the city.

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More than 100 people were killed in the attack, one of the deadliest in Iraq for weeks.

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Reuters - Sun Sep 18, 5:51 PM ET
A female Pashtun in burqa, or veil, shows her inked finger after casting her vote in the country's first parliamentary elections in more then 30 years, in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar September 18, 2005. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

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AFP - Sun Sep 18, 7:24 PM ET
Ninth Ward : A thick layer of mud covers the streets of the Ninth Ward of New Orleans after the water receded. (AFP/Omar Torres)

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AFP - Sun Sep 18, 7:16 PM ET
Finally her turn : An Afghan woman waits to vote next to a blackboard at a polling station in Herat. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

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AFP - Sun Sep 18, 7:15 PM ET
Blazing well : An Indian firefighter carries a water pipe in an attempt to extinguish the fire at an oil well operated by Oil India Limited at Dikom, some 520 km east of Guwahati. (AFP/Stringer )

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AFP/DDP - Sun Sep 18, 7:11 PM ET
Pugs at polls : Two voters with pug dogs stand in a voting booth before casting their ballots at a polling station in Wolfratshausen, southern Germany. (AFP/DDP/Stefan Kiefer)

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AFP - Sun Sep 18, 7:33 PM ET
Arora on the catwalk : A model shows clothes by Indian designer Manish Arora at the Natural History Museum in London, on the first day of London Fashion Week. (AFP/John D McHugh)

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AFP - Sun Sep 18, 7:35 PM ET
Puma Crossing : Greek army's Super Puma helicopters cross in air while performing their show during the first International military air show in Greece at the military air base in Tanagra, some 65 km north of Athens. (AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)

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AFP - Sun Sep 18, 7:27 PM ET
Peking masks : Balloons depicting the masks of Peking Opera float above the Seventeen-Arch bridge over Kunming Lake at the Summer Palace during festivities marking the close of the Year of France in China, in Beijing. (AFP/Frederic J. Brown)

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AFP - Sun Sep 18, 7:33 PM ET
Packham creation : A model shows clothes by British designer Jenny Packham at the Natural History Museum in London, on the first day of London Fashion Week. (AFP/John D McHugh)

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AFP - Sun Sep 18, 7:14 PM ET
Showing her card : An Afghan woman displays her voter registration card in a polling station in Mazar-i-Sharif. (AFP/Farzana Wahidy)

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AFP - Sun Sep 18, 7:29 PM ET
Balloon installation : A spectator enjoys British contemporary artist Martin Creed's installation made of balloons during the 8th edition of the Biennale d'Art of Lyon. (AFP/Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)

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AFP - Sun Sep 18, 7:22 PM ET
Sampdoria vs Milan : Sampdoria's forward Emiliano Bonazzoli (L) fights for the ball with AC Milan's defender Jaap Stam during their serie A football match Sampdoria-AC Milan at Marassi stadium in Genoa. Sampdoria won 2-1. (AFP/Paco Serinelli)