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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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AFP/Pool - Wed Oct 19, 4:06 AM ET
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (R) shares a laugh with Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L). Rumsfeld has warned China it is sending 'mixed signals' with a military buildup whose pace, scope and secretiveness has led other nations to question its intentions(AFP/Pool)

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AFP/File - Tue Oct 18, 3:25 PM ET
Thousands of Albanians take part in a anti-corruption demonstration in Tirana, in 2004. Sleaze watchdog Transparency International reported that Chad, Bangladesh, Turkmenistan and Myanmar were perceived as the most corrupt countries in the world, while Iceland was the cleanest.(AFP/File/Gent Shkulaku)

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Reuters - Tue Oct 18, 5:40 PM ET
Iraqis accomplish ritual prayers on the bodies of their relatives, killed after a U.S. air strike, in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, October 17, 2005. The U.S. military will look into whether American warplanes and helicopter gunships killed civilians during a raid on suspected militants near the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, the White House said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer

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Reuters - Tue Oct 18, 5:35 PM ET
Iraqi children walk by houses destroyed under the rule of Iraq's former president Saddam Hussein in Dujail, some 50 km (31 miles) north of Baghdad, October 18, 2005. Many rebuilding projects for Iraq will be dropped as security costs drain resources and with the growing awareness that more money must be spent to sustain Iraq's existing infrastructure, the top U.S. auditor for Iraq's reconstruction said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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At the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem ultra-orthodox Jews are celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles.

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On the day former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein went on trial, supporters took to the streets in his home town, Tikrit.

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In India it is the eve of Karvachauth, Husband's Day. As well as painting their hands with henna, married women fast and offer prayers for their husbands.

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In the quake-hit Kashmiri town of Balakot people try to get on with their lives as best they can.

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An Air France Concorde plane is lifted at Roissy-en-France airport outside Paris. The plane is being moved to take up residence outside a Hilton Hotel, where it will be displayed.

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The latest tapir to be born in Zurich Zoo meets the press for the first time. Florales, a 14-day-old girl, is the 22nd South American tapir to be born at the Swiss zoo.

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In Hong Kong Halloween celebrations to mark this year's Halloween festival have already begun.

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Reuters - Wed Oct 19, 7:42 AM ET
Toyota Motor Corp's one-seater 'mobility machine' called the i-swing are demonstrated at Tokyo Motor Show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, October 19, 2005. The vehicle, which runs on three wheels at high speeds and upright on two wheels in slow mode, will be displayed to the general public at the show which opens on Saturday. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

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AP - Tue Oct 18, 8:10 PM ET
An F-16 takes on fuel from a KC-135 refueling plane during the international war games Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005, at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Mountain Home, Idaho. American, German and Canadian fighter planes from eight bases across the continent compete as part of an effort to boost cooperation and standardize training among U.S. allies. (AP Photo/

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AFP - Wed Oct 19, 7:14 PM ET
Swans and the city : A flock of city swans, backgrounded by a sunset sky, sit on Vltava river in central Prague. (AFP/Joe Klamar)

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AFP - Tue Oct 18, 6:40 PM ET
Prayers for Ramadan : An Indian Muslim offers evening prayers during the holy month of Ramadan, at the Nizamuddin Dargah in New Delhi. (AFP/Manpreet Romana)

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AFP - Wed Oct 19, 7:25 PM ET
Waiting for treatment : A Pakistani woman holds severly injured Sana Bibi, 11 months old, as she waits for further treatment at a medical center in Muzaffarabad. (AFP/Saeed Khan)

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AFP - Wed Oct 19, 7:27 PM ET
Feast of the Tabernacles : Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during the celebration of the feast of the Tabernacles, known as Sukkot in Hebrew. (AFP/Pedro Ugarte)

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AFP - Wed Oct 19, 7:30 PM ET
Waiting at camp : An elderly woman wait to get relief goods at a refugee camp in Muzaffarabad. (AFP/Arif Ali)

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AFP - Wed Oct 19, 9:56 PM ET
Greeting pilgrims : Pope Benedict XVI greets pilgrim's gathered in St-Peter's square at the Vatican during his weekly general audience. (AFP/Patrick Hertzog)

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AFP - Wed Oct 19, 7:32 PM ET
Greeting the bishops : Pope Benedict XVI greets bishops of the Coptic Orthodox Church during his weekly general audience in St-Peter's square at the Vatican. (AFP/Patrick Hertzog)

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