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last SG · 2005-07-13T23:59:44+00:00

i like these, they look so ben ben and cute cute

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Buddha and the Beach

This 'Do Not Trespass' sign belongs to developers who claim the land and want it for a tourist resort.

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Buddha and the Beach

Deang Kongwatmai has led the village's efforts to rebuild.
She lost her father, sister and eight-year-old daughter to the tsunami.

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Jet down
An Air France jetliner carrying 309 people skidded off a runway and slid into a ravine during a thunderstorm at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Tuesday. Everyone on board managed to jump to safety moments before the plane burst into flames. -- AP

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Buddha and the Beach

Weeks of working together and fending off the land developers is bringing the villagers closer.

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Buddha and the Beach

They are determined to give the surviving children a future in Laem Pom and win the legal battle.

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CARNAGE: An Air France jetliner burst into flames yesterday after skidding off the runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. -- AP

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Buddha and the Beach

Although new houses are beginning to take shape, everyone is surviving solely on donations.

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Buddha and the Beach

Buddha and the Beach was broadcast on Tuesday, 2 August, 2005 at 1900 BST on BBC Two.

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Under water
Residents wade through a waterlogged street after a torrential downpour in China's Anhui province on Tuesday. China was told on Wednesday to expect two to three typhoons and heavy rains in August. -- AP

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Shuttle Discovery in orbit

On 26 July space shuttle Discovery blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on its way to dock with the International Space Station. Here are a few of the spectacular images sent back by the astronauts.

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Shuttle Discovery in orbit

A photograph of the shuttle as it prepares to dock with the space station clearly shows the open cargo bay.

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Shuttle Discovery in orbit

Seen from a different angle, the shuttle hangs in space in front of the Earths horizon.

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Shuttle Discovery in orbit

This is the robotic arm which is used to manipulate the shuttle cargo. On this mission it is also being used to help check for damage to the heatshield tiles.

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Shuttle Discovery in orbit

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Steve Robinson, left, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Soichi Noguchi prepare for the first of three STS-114 spacewalks in the space shuttle Discovery's airlock.

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Shuttle Discovery in orbit

Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves at his space-walking crewmate, astronaut Stephen Robinson during a space walk. Robinson can be seen in Noguchi's helmet visor using the new digital still camera outfitted for EVA exposure.

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Shuttle Discovery in orbit

The cargo bay is now empty as the module transported by the shuttle is temporarily docked with the space station.

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Shuttle Discovery in orbit

Another spectacular photograph shows most of the Earth approximately 363km (225 miles) below.

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Indian firefighters attempt to retrieve a scooter from a hole in an Ahmedabad road caused by heavy rainfalls.

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60 years on: Hiroshima then and now

The first atomic bomb used in war was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August, 1945. The A Bomb Dome, the former Trade Promotion Hall, near the epicentre of the blast, is the only building still standing from that time. Contemporary pictures by Mike Coles.

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60 years on: Hiroshima then and now

In 1945 Hiroshima was a Japanese army base and an important port, with a population of about 350,000. The atomic bomb, which generated a powerful wind, destroyed buildings within a 1.5-mile radius.

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