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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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Baghdad blasts

Rescuers looking for survivors were confronted by a high heap of rubble.

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Baghdad blasts

US army engineers brought in lifting equipment to help with the rescue effort.

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Baghdad blasts

Cars in the square were crushed by the force of the two vehicle bombs.

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Baghdad blasts

Survivors look on in shock, at the scene of destruction.

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Baghdad blasts

Injured civilians of all ages were brought to hospital.

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Baghdad blasts

The target of the bombs, which went off near a hotel and the interior ministry, is unclear.

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Here is a selection of the best photographs sent in to BBC news from 12 to 18 Nov. We start with a picture from Alejandro Mantecon of white tigers taken in Houston.

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Natalie Sturgeon: "This photo was taken in South Africa, on a farm."

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Marc Perlish: "Sandhill cranes in Indiana, along their migratory route."

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Jorge Sanz Garcia: "I took this picture in Almazán, a small town where many old people live it represents the loneliness of the old man."

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Fran Hallett: "Here's a picture of a lovely sunset taken from and through the office windows in Hammersmith, London."

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Dick Wickel: "A wee one puts the flowers in the shade!"

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David Sherman: "A kite boarder in the wind and surf off of the beach at Jupiter in Florida."

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Craig Tantrum: "This moonlit night outside the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, seemed almost magical. Pilgrims from all over the world come here. Some walk for months to see this sight."

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Caspar Beck: "A world record tandem bungee jump on Bondi Beach at 300 metres high."

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Bob Silverman: "A high school football championship game. Seaside 57, Monterey 0."

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AP - Fri Nov 18, 8:30 AM ET
A worker finishes a crib scene Friday Nov. 18, 2005, in Oberhausen, western Germany, at the Ice and Snowstatue Festival . The festival will open it's doors from Nov. 19, 2005 until Jan. 29,2006. The ice sculptures are designed by artists from different countries. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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AFP - Fri Nov 18, 4:26 PM ET
Sea urchin : Hundreds of colorful poisonous spines of a Sea Urchin are pictured in the depths of the Mediterranean sea near the town of Kas. (AFP/Tarik Tinazay)

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AFP - Fri Nov 18, 4:32 PM ET
Arakawa : Japanese Shizuka Arakawa performs during the Ladies short program of the Trophee Bompard at the Palais-Omnisports-Paris-Bercy in Paris. (AFP/Franck Fife)

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AFP - Fri Nov 18, 4:36 PM ET
Autumn day : A woman walks down an alley covered with fallen autumn leaves in Lammas park in West London. (AFP/Odd Andersen)

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