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Several vehichles pass next to a large granite block which fell from a truck which was carrying it through the AP-9 highway in Vigo, Galicia, northwestern Spain, 16 October 2012. There were no damage reported
Janis Sharp, mother of Gary McKinnon, arrives for a press conference at her solicitors in London today.
A brightly coloured seahorse is captured at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany,
A U.S. Marine CH-53 helicopter dislodges U.S. and Philippine marines during a live-fire exercise in the ongoing Philippines-US amphibious landing exercise dubbed Phiblex 2013 at Crow Valley, Tarlac province in northern Philippines, Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012. More than 2,800 U.S. Marines and sailors from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit based in Okinawa, Japan are nearing the end of their two-week air, ground and amphibious training with their Philippine counterpart
This image obtained October 16, 2012 from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows a small bright object on the ground beside the rover at the "Rocknest" site. The object is just below the center of this image. It is about half an inch (1.3 centimeters) long. The rover team has assessed this object as debris from the spacecraft, possibly from the events of landing on Mars. The image was taken during the mission's 65th Martian day.
A man pauses to look at the empty space where Henri Matisse' painting "La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune" was hanging, right, next to a painting by Maurice Denis, left, at Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012. Seven paintings by artists including Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet were stolen from a museum in Rotterdam in an early-hours heist, Dutch police said Tuesday.
A new born L'Hoest Monkey that has not been named yet at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo's monkey house is home to a troop of lively L'Hoest's monkeys and recently, visitors have been spotting mum Tumbili holding onto her new born baby
People watch a piece entitled 'Traffic' by French artist Theo Mercier displayed in a parking lot as part of Lille's Fantastic Festival in Lille.
Kelly Brook (centre) attends a photocall to announce her appearance in "Forever Crazy" at the Crazy Horse theatre in London
Striking images captured on camera by storm-chasing photographer Michael Bath. The Australian who is "obsessed" with weather and photography has been finding and picturing lightning storms for the past 25 years.
The coffin of Bernard Holden, founder of the Bluebell Railway, is carried in a brake van on the Bluebell Line steam railway at Sheffield Park Station near Lewes, East Sussex ahead of his funeral.
Actress Catherine Bach, the original Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard, opens The Motorhome and Caravan Show 2012 at Birmingham's NEC.
Mario Balotelli The Italian national football team arrive at Milan's Central Station ahead of their World Cup qualifier game against Denmark Milan, Italy.
Activists wait for being evacuated by French gendarmes during an important evacuation operation of houses squatted by opponents against a project to build an international airport, in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, western France on October 16, 2012.
A soldier from the Republican Forces of Ivory Coast (FRCI) stands guard in the neighborhood of Abobo in Abidjan on October 16, 2012. Ivory Coast police yesterday fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of young peddlers from a market area in Abidjan, sparking clashes where gunshots were fired and several people were hurt, witnesses said.
Newly-wedded Bollywood personalities Saif Ali Khan (L) and Kareena Kapoor pose for the media outside Khan's residence in Mumbai on October 16, 2012, after tying the knot at the most anticipated Indian celebrity wedding of the year.
Hindu devotees offer prayers while taking a holy dip in the Ganges River on the first day of Navratri festival, in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Feasting and fasting takes over normal life for millions of Hindus during Navratri, the festival of nine nights.
An Indian Hindu devotee has a slogan painted on his forehead with the words "nine and ratri" after taking a holy dip in the River Ganges in Allahabad on October 16, 2012, on the first day of The Navratri Festival.
Suspected war criminal and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic smiles as he takes his seat on the defense bench in a courtroom to start his defense at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012.
Hofstra University students Josh Ettinger (L) and Tevon Hyman (R) act as stand-ins for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and US President Barack Obama during a rehearsal for the second US presidential debate to be held at the David Mack Center at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, October 15, 2012. President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will face off October 16, 2012 in a town-hall style debate with undecided voters asking questions of the two candidates.
Actress Lea Michele arrives at ELLE's 19th Annual Women In Hollywood Celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel on October 15, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California.
A laborer looks out of a workshop that prepares idols of goddess Durga in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Durga Puja, the festival dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga begins on Oct. 20th and will continue until Oct 24th
Gwyneth Paltrow attends the God's Love We Deliver 2012 Golden Heart Awards Celebration at Cunard Building on October 15, 2012 in New York City.
Radical Islamic Abu Hamza al-Masri poses for his booking photo released by the United States Marshals Service following his extradition from Britain to the US, where he has been indicted on federal terrorism charges. The 54-year-old preacher will be tried under the name Mustafa Kamel Mustafa. He is being held in advance of his trial, scheduled for August 2013 in U.S. District Court in New York.
Cambodian students pray in front of the main gate of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to mourn the death of former King Norodom Sihanouk Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Sihanouk died Monday at age 89 of a heart attack in Beijing, where he had been receiving medical treatment since January for multiple ailments.
Workers crane a Edmontonia dinosaur model into its new home at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Dinosaurs in the wild exhibit will be open to public at the zoo next month until Feb. 3, 2013.
A Mapuche, Chile's largest indigenous group, participates in a protest rally in Santiago on October 15, 2012. Hundreds of indigenous Chileans and members of social organizations marched demanding the restitution of their ancestral lands.
Actors, Naomie Harris, Daniel Craig and Berenice Marlohe attend the "Skyfall" cast photo call at the Crosby Street Hotel on October 15, 2012 in New York City.







Posted: 15/10/2012 18:08 Updated: 16/10/2012 19:33