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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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AFP - Fri Sep 9, 8:50 AM ET
Emergency personel use inflatable boats during search and rescue operations in Chalmette, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Authorities have braced for a showdown, with New Orleans residents refusing to leave the deluged city as Hurricane Katrina's political and economic impact deepened.(AFP/James Nielsen)

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AFP/Graphic - Fri Sep 9, 8:50 AM ET
Graphic illustrating the high risk of pollution to water supplies in the New Orleans region.(AFP/Graphic)

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AFP/Pool - Fri Sep 9, 8:50 AM ET
Officials in protective suits load a recovered body as a dog stands on a corner after floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina receeded revealing a layer of mud in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans. Authorities have braced for a showdown, with New Orleans residents refusing to leave the deluged city as Hurricane Katrina's political and economic impact deepened.(AFP/Pool/David J. Philip)

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AFP/File - Fri Sep 9, 8:53 AM ET
Picture dated May 2000 shows a Bonobo at a sanctuary in Kinshasa. Bonobos have been given a sanctuary near Kinshasa where they wait to return to their home in the forests of the vast Democratic Republic of Congo.(AFP/File/Desirey Minkoh)

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AFP/File - Fri Sep 9, 9:22 AM ET
A Taiwanese man looks at a road washed away after Typhoon Talim pounded Wulai. Taiwan's weather bureau warned residents to prepare for Typhoon Khanun which may hit the island over the weekend, bringing strong winds and torrential rains.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)

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AFP - Fri Sep 9,10:26 AM ET
An elderly resident sleeps outside her room in the 'Botawala Chawl' -- one of Mumbai's 'most dangerous' dilapidated structures. Heavy rains flooded streets and brought rail traffic to a standstill in parts of India's main financial city, Mumbai, still recovering from a deluge six weeks ago that killed more than 400 people.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)

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AFP/NOAA/HO - Fri Sep 9,12:02 PM ET
Ophelia was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm after losing steam off Florida's east coast, the National Hurricane Center said.(AFP/NOAA/HO)

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AFP/Lehtikuva/File - Fri Sep 9,12:16 PM ET
The Loviisa nuclear reactor in Finland. Greenpeace called on Finland to halt construction of a new nuclear reactor, arguing that neither the builders nor Finnish authorities could vouch for the reactor's safety.(AFP/Lehtikuva/File)

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AFP/File - Fri Sep 9,12:21 PM ET
A bear cub in a nature reserve in Croatia. Europe is not doing enough to protect wildlife or prepare for economic changes to agriculture and forestry as a result of climate change, European environmental experts said.(AFP/File/Hrvoje Polan)

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AFP/File - Fri Sep 9,12:36 PM ET
A gorilla in the Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). DRC called for more money from developed countries to save the animals from extinction.(AFP/File/Riccardo Gangale)

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Two statues of the Virgin Mary sit abandoned in the middle of Highway 90 in east New Orleans.

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A helicopter fights a forest fire that has been raging for two days on the Canary island of Las Palmas.

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An Iraqi boy looks at birds at an animal market in Baghdad.

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A Chinese policeman watches the sunrise over Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

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Kashmiri Muslim women pray at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, India.

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Clothes are hung to dry at the Dhobi Ghat, or washerman's area, on the riverbanks of Lucknow, India.

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Firefighters in China's Sichuan Province practise handling emergencies by tackling a simulated chemical explosion.

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Israeli troops carry out a controlled explosion on their liaison offices in Gaza as they prepare to pull out of the territory.

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Bavarian herdsmen in traditional dress drive cattle near the small town of Oberstaufen.

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The unseen Gaza

Schoolgirls walk home hand in hand in Deir al-Balah Gaza.

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