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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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Crossing out guns
Supporters in favour of a referendum to ban gun sales prepare polystyrene crosses to be put on the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday. The crosses symbolise 34,000 gun victims in 2004. Brazilians will vote in a referendum next Sunday to decide if they will prohibit firearm sales or not. -- AFP

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China's space age
Pedestrians in Hong Kong stopped to watch a large video screen on Monday which showed footage of the landing of China's two astronauts back on Earth. The pair returned safely after a five-day flight. -- AFP

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One life for every pair
These rows of boots represent the total number of American soldiers killed during the Iraq war. They have been arranged in rows at New York's Brooklyn's Prospect Park. As of Sunday, 1,975 American soldiers have been killed in the Iraqi conflict. -- AP

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Buffalo run
Thai farmers ride on their buffalos during the annual buffalo race in Chonburi, Thailand, on Monday. The buffalo races are an annual festivity to celebrate the end of the rainy season in Thailand. -- AFP

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Bloody unrest
Israeli rescue workers clean up the blood stains at the scene where Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a group of Israelis at a bus stop on Sunday. Three Israelis were killed and four others hurt in the attack near the Gush Etzion settlements in the West Bank. -- AFP

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On course to peace
A US marine from Eight Regiment Combat Team shows Iraqi boys their pictures on his digital camera in Fallujah on Sunday. Over 60 per cent of the 15.5 million Iraqi voters cast their votes on Iraq's new Constitution. -- AFP

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Seeking out the survivors
People look at photographs of earthquake victims, displayed for identification on a board in front of a hospital in Islamabad on Monday. The death toll from South Asia's earthquake soared past 53,000 in Pakistan and could still rise as relief workers struggle to reach survivors. -- AFP

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Grandmothers for peace
Grandmothers For Peace protest in Times Square, New York, just before a group of them were arrested on Monday for blocking the Times Square military recruiting station. The grandmothers participated in an act of disobedience by trying to enlist in the military to replace their grandchildren who are serving in Iraq. -- AFP

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Chasing fireballs
Players clad as ancient inhabitants of today's Mexico vie for a ball in fire during a demonstration of a Pre-Hispanic ball game held on Monday at the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. The game will be presented among the activities to be held at the start of the Fifa World Cup 2006. -- AFP

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Unjust massacre
Kurdish Peshmergas carry coffins holding the remains of some 500 Iraqi Kurds from the Barzani tribe during a ceremony in Arbil, northern Iraq, on Monday. Human remains were discovered in a mass grave in the al-Muthanna province, southern Iraq. Iraqi forces under Saddam Hussein are accused of the 1983 massacre. -- AFP

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Justice to be served
US soldiers walk past the last remaining statues depicting the ousted Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, at a US camp in Baghdad, on Monday. Saddam, who delivered a brutal brand of justice to Iraqis during his 24-year reign, faces trial on 20 Oct which could see him sentenced him to death if convicted. -- AFP

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Award winning work
Art critics inspect an installation by British artist Jim Lambie at the Turner Prize exhibition at the Tate Britain museum in London on Monday. Lambie is one of four British artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize, which will be announced on 5 Dec. -- AFP

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Perfect pumpkin
Kathryn Mims, two, blends in as she picks the perfect pumpkin in Alabama. Demand for pumpkins has increased due to the upcoming Halloween celebrations on Oct 31. -- AP

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Naked protest
Protesters demonstrate on Tuesday in London against the British government's planned identity card introduction over fears that civil liberties will be compromised. The government says the biometric cards, which will carry fingerprint, iris and face recognition technology, will help tackle terrorism and fraud. -- AFP

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Holy send-off
Pope Benedict XVI swings incense over the coffin of retired Vatican finance chief, Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio, during his funeral service inside Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Tuesday. Caprio retired 15 years ago as head of the Vatican's Prefecture for Economic Affairs. -- AP

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Urgent supplies
A United Nations helicopter loaded with relief food aid lands at the Batgram heliport on Tuesday. Kashmir's rural communities are seeing fights over the distribution of aid as the wealthy and the strong corner relief, more than one week after the magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck killing more than 54,000. -- AFP

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Prickly issue
Demonstrators disguised as sharks stage a protest on Tuesday, the eve of a World Trade Organisation meeting. European Union trade chief Peter Mandelson warned that world trade talks could be stopped 'in their tracks' if the EU goes ahead with a French proposal to review his proposals in WTO negotiations. -- AFP

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Sumo meal
Harrington Wa from Hauula, Hawaii, takes a break from his roast beef sandwich during lunch with other Sumo wrestlers at New York's famous Carnegie Deli on Tuesday. They are participating in the World Sumo Challenge held at New York's Madison Square Garden on Saturday. -- AP

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Fiery sabotage
Black smoke billows from the site where an Iraqi pipeline was set ablaze by saboteurs near the village of Tari al-Baghl in Kirkuk on Thursday. The sabotage halted oil shipments to a Turkish terminal at the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. -- AFP

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Topsy-turvy landing
A FedEx plane rests upside down on a house in Georgetown, Texas, on Wednesday, after losing power and crashing late on Tuesday. The pilot was taken to hospital with minor injuries. No one on the ground was hurt. -- AP

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