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jorgeanna · « **Reply #300 on:** April 30, 2013, 06:27:51 PM »

2013 Cross-Strait Dragon Boat Race to be held on May 25th-26th in Xiamen

Xiamen is now gearing up to stage the 2013 Cross-Strait Dragon Boat Race on 25th May, which is scheduled to be held in Jimei Dragon Pool in the city to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the school and promote friendly relationships across the Straits.

According to the organizing committee, a total of 80 teams, which includes 37 teams from Xiamen, 15 teams from Taiwan, 2 teams from Hong Kong, and 1 teams from Macao, will compete in the dragon boat race this year.

The participants will be divided into 8 groups: Social Menâ€™s Group, Social Womenâ€™s Group, University Menâ€™s Group, University Womenâ€™s Group, Menâ€™s Group of Middle School & Technical High School Students, Womenâ€™s Group of Middle School & Technical High School Students, Female Teachersâ€™ Group, and Male Teachersâ€™ Group.
The dragon boat race in Jimei dates back to half a century ago. It is an important sports event organized by the General Administration of Sports of China.

Jimei is also the hometown of Mr. Tan Kah-Kee, the late Chinese philanthropist and a celebrated leader of overseas Chinese, who devoted himself entirely to the cause of education. A lot of educational institutions started by Mr. Tan Kah-Kee, including Jimei Kindergarten, Jimei Primary School and Jimei Middle School, are located here.

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islander · « **Reply #301 on:** April 30, 2013, 06:53:48 PM »

26 April 2013

Guards of honor march with a wreath during a memorial ceremony for Chernobyl victims in Minsk, Belarus. Belarus, Ukraine and Russia marked the 27th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the world's worst civil nuclear accident.

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islander · « **Reply #302 on:** April 30, 2013, 06:54:49 PM »

A Palestinian demonstrator from the West Bank village of Deir Jarir, northeast of Ramallah, rolls a tyre near rising smoke during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a march against construction on their land by members of the Jewish settlement of Ofra on April 26, 2013. ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images

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islander · « **Reply #303 on:** April 30, 2013, 07:01:31 PM »

Children and their parents play giant chess in central Yerevan on April 26, 2013. KAREN MINASYAN/AFP/Getty Images

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islander · « **Reply #304 on:** April 30, 2013, 08:16:37 PM »

27 April 2013

A zoo keeper shows a baby Komodo dragon to photographers at Surabaya Zoo in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.

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islander · « **Reply #305 on:** April 30, 2013, 08:18:42 PM »

A streaker followed by security runs over the pitch during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and FC Freiburg in Munich, Germany.

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islander · « **Reply #306 on:** April 30, 2013, 08:19:18 PM »

His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, speaks to sniper team members of 3rd Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment at Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario.

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islander · « **Reply #307 on:** April 30, 2013, 08:31:52 PM »

28 April 2013

French D.J "Vitalic vtlzr", performs during the 37th edition of 'Le Printemps de Bourges' rock and pop festival in the French city of Bourges.

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islander · « **Reply #308 on:** April 30, 2013, 08:33:00 PM »

Crowds dealing with the rain at New Orleans Jazz Fest 2013

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islander · « **Reply #309 on:** April 30, 2013, 08:34:10 PM »

PEEKABOO: Palestinian refugee children played in a poverty-stricken area of Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, Sunday. (Ali Ali/European Pressphoto Agency)

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islander · « **Reply #310 on:** April 30, 2013, 08:36:55 PM »

29 April 2013

A boy plays with an installation made of painted wooden eggs, attributes of the Orthodox Easter, in central Kiev, Ukraine. Orthodox believers will celebrate Easter on May 5.

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islander · « **Reply #311 on:** April 30, 2013, 08:37:59 PM »

French performance group Compagnie Off members gather before performing 'Les Girafes', a stilt-walking show, at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo.

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islander · « **Reply #312 on:** April 30, 2013, 08:55:16 PM »

Held by college students and sumo wrestlers, a couple of babies cry in their competition during Naki Sumo, or Crying Baby Contest, at Sensoji temple in Tokyo. The babies, born in 2012, participated in the annual traditional ritual performed as a prayer for healthy growth.

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islander · « **Reply #313 on:** April 30, 2013, 08:56:52 PM »

Firefighters and police officers search an area after an explosion in Prague April 29, 2013.

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islander · « **Reply #314 on:** April 30, 2013, 09:20:20 PM »

30 April 2013

Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima appear on the balcony of the Royal Palace with their children, from left: Catharina-Amalia, Ariane, and Alexia in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 30, 2013.

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islander · « **Reply #315 on:** April 30, 2013, 09:26:15 PM »

Hospital doctors in Ireland have discovered a surefire, low-cost way to distract a child admitted to emergency care: inflate a rubber glove, pop out its fingers in a spiky hairdo and draw a smiley face on it. Dr Eoin Fogarty of Dublin's Tallaght hospital created these two rubber glove puppets named Jedward (R) and Mohawk.
Picture: AFP

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islander · « **Reply #316 on:** April 30, 2013, 09:30:55 PM »

A man with his child stands next to Greenpeace environmental activists dressed up as a polar bear on the medieval Charles Bridge in Prague. The event is part of a campaign to raise awareness about the threats to the Arctic and to advocate a ban on drilling for oil.
Picture: Reuters

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islander · « **Reply #317 on:** April 30, 2013, 09:33:22 PM »

An image from Nasa's Cassini mission of the spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm resembling a deep red rose of giant proportions surrounded by green foliage. Measurements have sized the eye at a staggering 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) across with cloud speeds as fast as 330 miles per hour (150 meters per second).
Picture: AFP

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #318 on:** May 02, 2013, 09:52:15 AM »

Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia (C) Princess Alexia (L) and Princess Ariane arrive to attend the inauguration at Nieuwe Kerk church in Amsterdam April 30, 2013. The Netherlands is celebrating Queen's Day on Tuesday, which will also mark the abdication of Queen Beatrix and the investiture of her eldest son Willem-Alexander. REUTERS/Paul Vreeker

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taga tigbao · « **Reply #319 on:** May 02, 2013, 01:03:10 PM »

An image from Nasa's Cassini mission of the spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm resembling a deep red rose of giant proportions surrounded by green foliage. Measurements have sized the eye at a staggering 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) across with cloud speeds as fast as 330 miles per hour (150 meters per second).
Picture: AFP

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Wow! Amazing! Di jud mabuhi bisan ang sagbot ug maagian anang bagjoha!

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islander · « **Reply #320 on:** May 02, 2013, 03:15:34 PM »

Wow! Amazing! Di jud mabuhi bisan ang sagbot ug maagian anang bagjoha!

hadlok palandungon bitaw, bai tigs. nag-nightmare hinoon ko ani. ari na lang ko sa alingagngag sa iring nungka kani.

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taga tigbao · « **Reply #321 on:** May 02, 2013, 04:50:18 PM »

hadlok palandungon bitaw, bai tigs. nag-nightmare hinoon ko ani. ari na lang ko sa alingagngag sa iring nungka kani.

Mas ngilngig tong sa Jupiter Te! Hahahaha. Hasta sigurog juta malukat sa kakusog! Whew.

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islander · « **Reply #322 on:** May 03, 2013, 02:02:30 PM »

01 May 2013

dia pa, tigs...

An enormous cloud of hot gas enveloping two large, colliding galaxies in the system known as NGC 6240. Scientists have used Chandra to make a detailed study of this unusually large reservoir of gas contains as much mass as 10 billion Suns, spans about 300,000 light years, radiates at a temperature of more than 7 million degrees, and glows in X-rays (purple).

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islander · « **Reply #323 on:** May 03, 2013, 02:04:10 PM »

A policeman aligns his shield on the pavement as they wait for protesters to march during International Labor Day near the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines.

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islander · « **Reply #324 on:** May 03, 2013, 02:04:42 PM »

Demonstrators clash with the police during a march held in Santiago, Chile on May Day.

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islander · « **Reply #325 on:** May 03, 2013, 02:05:14 PM »

Workers of the Rasselstein tinplate maker wear red morphsuits and hold flags of the German union IG Metall as they demonstrate during a warning strike in Andernach, western Germany.

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islander · « **Reply #326 on:** May 03, 2013, 02:06:13 PM »

Workers march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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islander · « **Reply #327 on:** May 03, 2013, 02:06:39 PM »

An injured journalist is filmed and helped by his colleagues during clashes between riot police and May Day protesters in central Istanbul, Turkey.

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islander · « **Reply #328 on:** May 03, 2013, 04:08:51 PM »

02 May 2013

Recreational vehicles burn in the Springs Fire in the Camarillo Springs area of Ventura County, California on May 2, 2013. Southern California is under a high fire alert due to high temperatures and high winds. Photo: Reuters

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islander · « **Reply #329 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:17:20 AM »

Atma refugee camp is seen on the Syrian side of the border zone near the Turkish village of Bukulmez.

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islander · « **Reply #330 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:17:53 AM »

A giant Rubber Duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed along Hong Kong's Victoria Habor. Since 2007 the 16.5-meter (54-foot)-tall Rubber Duck has traveled to various cites including Osaka, Sydney, Sao Paulo and Amsterdam.

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islander · « **Reply #331 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:18:25 AM »

Members of the media and workers at the Ground Zero site take photographs as the final piece of a spire is lifted to the top of One World Trade Center, in New York.

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islander · « **Reply #332 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:25:20 AM »

The Republican Guards walk in the courtyard of the Ã‰lysÃ©e Palace in Paris, France.

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islander · « **Reply #333 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:28:10 AM »

03 May 2013

Members of Malaysia's opposition party, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia, perform a special prayer during a campaign for the upcoming general elections inside a stadium at Kota Bahru.

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islander · « **Reply #334 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:33:07 AM »

An Orthodox Christian walks between the famous monolithic rock-cut churches during a Good Friday celebration in Lalibela, Ethiopia.

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islander · « **Reply #335 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:33:56 AM »

Artist Pyotr Pavlensky lies on the ground, wrapped in barbed wire roll, during a protest action in front the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg, Russia, aiming to express his view that the legislative system of the city is oppressive, according to local media.

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islander · « **Reply #336 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:37:18 AM »

A boy yawns during a ceremony ahead of Buddha's upcoming birthday on May 17 at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. Ten children entered the temple to have an experience with life as monks which lasts for 16 days.

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islander · « **Reply #337 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:22:07 AM »

04 May 2013

A South Korean traditional gate guard beats a drum during the reopening ceremony of landmark Sungnyemun gate in Seoul. Five years after an arsonist destroyed it, the stone-and-wood southern gate to the old walled capital of Seoul has been painstakingly restored to its late 14th century glory by a small army of master craftsmen using traditional tools.

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islander · « **Reply #338 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:23:00 AM »

Jakub Koucky (R), a graduate from Jedlickuv Institute, in a wheelchair, is helped by a climber during the first ever attempt to rappel from Prague's Congress Center at an event to mark the institute's 100th founding anniversary in Prague, Czech Republic.

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islander · « **Reply #339 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:23:47 AM »

Cars are seen on a flooded parking lot after the overflowing of the Ouche river caused by recent heavy rainfalls in Dijon, central eastern France.

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islander · « **Reply #340 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:24:31 AM »

Worshipers hold candles in the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old city.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #341 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:37:52 AM »

Hala, morag cauldron...

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taga tigbao · « **Reply #342 on:** May 06, 2013, 12:03:21 PM »

03 May 2013

Members of Malaysia's opposition party, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia, perform a special prayer during a campaign for the upcoming general elections inside a stadium at Kota Bahru.

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Pildi man.

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islander · « **Reply #343 on:** May 06, 2013, 12:05:32 PM »

naa ba kahay epekto kanang tungod kay wa sila magputi tanan dinhi sa ilang pangadye?

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taga tigbao · « **Reply #344 on:** May 06, 2013, 12:09:08 PM »

Si Master Hubag maoy makatubag ana.

naa ba kahay epekto kanang tungod kay wa sila magputi tanan dinhi sa ilang pangadye?

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islander · « **Reply #345 on:** May 10, 2013, 12:41:14 AM »

05 May 2013

Libyan protesters hold placards and banners during a demonstration in support of the "political isolation law" in the country's landmark Martyrs Square in Tripoli.

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islander · « **Reply #346 on:** May 10, 2013, 12:41:50 AM »

Wounded churchgoers lie on the ground as Roman Catholic nuns run for cover after a blast at the St. Joseph Mfanyakazi Roman Catholic Church in Arusha, Tanzania.

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islander · « **Reply #347 on:** May 10, 2013, 12:42:34 AM »

Reuters/Reuters - A student in flip flops and shorts (C) watches as U.S. President Barack Obama (not pictured) receives an honorary degree during the spring commencement ceremony at Ohio State University in Columbus, May 5, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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islander · « **Reply #348 on:** May 10, 2013, 01:46:25 AM »

06 May 2013

Swiss Guards attend a swearing-in ceremony, at the Vatican. The ceremony is held each May 6 to commemorate the day in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards died protecting Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome.

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islander · « **Reply #349 on:** May 10, 2013, 01:46:59 AM »

A musician from a military band rests before an official ceremony at a military base in the Russian southern city of Stavropol.

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islander · « **Reply #350 on:** May 10, 2013, 01:47:24 AM »

A Syrian man wrapped in a Syrian flag with a portrait of President Bashar Assad, walks past anti-riot police during an anti-Israeli demonstration in front of the U.N. office in Tehran, Iran. Iran condemns Israeli air strikes on Syria and urged countries in the region to stand against the attack.

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islander · « **Reply #351 on:** May 10, 2013, 01:59:59 AM »

07 May 2013

A farmer harvests wheat in the fields in Bhaktapur, near the capital Kathmandu, Nepal.

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islander · « **Reply #352 on:** May 10, 2013, 02:01:04 AM »

Kazakhstani troops march during a parade of the armed forces on Fatherland Defender's Day at Otar military range, some 150km (93 miles) west of Almaty.

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islander · « **Reply #353 on:** May 10, 2013, 02:01:32 AM »

A cloud of volcanic ash shoots up to the sky as Mayon volcano, one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes, erupts after daybreak, viewed from Legazpi City.

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islander · « **Reply #354 on:** May 10, 2013, 02:11:35 AM »

08 May 2013

Tourists on a traditional boat sail in the Beihai military water tunnels on the island of Nangan in the Matsu archipelago, off northern Taiwan. The Matsu archipelago, which was once front line against China, is now a military tourist spot.

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islander · « **Reply #355 on:** May 10, 2013, 02:13:08 AM »

Pope Francis exchanges skull caps with a young girl in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

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islander · « **Reply #356 on:** May 10, 2013, 02:14:08 AM »

Demonstrators attend a rally in protest of election results at a stadium in Kelana Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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islander · « **Reply #357 on:** May 12, 2013, 12:07:51 PM »

09 May 2013

The sun is about to come up over the South Pacific Ocean in this colorful scene photographed between 4 and 5 a.m. local time, May 5, 2013, by one of the Expedition 35 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. (Photo released on May 9, 2013)

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islander · « **Reply #358 on:** May 12, 2013, 12:09:40 PM »

Cadets of the Ukrainian Military academy preparing to celebrate the anniversary of victory over the Nazis at a memorial to World War II veterans in a memorial park in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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islander · « **Reply #359 on:** May 12, 2013, 12:10:13 PM »

Indigenous women from the Ixil region attend the genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, which is drawing to a conclusion, at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City.

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Lollapalooza · « **Reply #360 on:** May 12, 2013, 12:52:17 PM »

06 May 2013

Swiss Guards attend a swearing-in ceremony, at the Vatican. The ceremony is held each May 6 to commemorate the day in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards died protecting Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome.

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Another alien... Greetings... I come in PEACE as well...

P.S. You're too handsome for an alien

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islander · « **Reply #361 on:** May 15, 2013, 09:18:42 PM »

that means naa gyod diay gwapong martians ug saturnians ug uban pa diha. di gyod diay angay mokompiyansa ang earthlings.

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islander · « **Reply #362 on:** May 15, 2013, 09:45:13 PM »

10 May 2013

The Skywhale, a 34m-long, 23m-high hot-air balloon sculpture by internationally-renowned artist Patricia Piccinini, is seen during a test flight near Mt. Arapiles in the southern Australian state of Victoria. Commissioned for the Centenary of Canberra, Skywhale is at least twice as big as a standard hot-air balloon, weighs half a ton and used more than 3.5km of fabric. (Ho/Centenary of Canberra/Mark Chew/www.markchew.com.au photo)

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islander · « **Reply #363 on:** May 15, 2013, 09:45:55 PM »

Abu Dhabi Racing's Emirati driver Mohammed al-Sahlawi and his Irish co-driver Allan Harryman veer off a cliff during the first stage of the Jordan Rally, round three of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship, in Sweimeh near the Dead Sea. The drivers escaped unhurt. (Ho/Jordan Rally photo)

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islander · « **Reply #364 on:** May 15, 2013, 09:48:05 PM »

Rescue workers rescue a woman, identified by Bangladeshi media only as Reshma, from the rubble of the Rana Plaza building 17 days after the building collapsed in Savar, Bandladesh. The disaster has killed more than 1,000 people.

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A child (L) watches a partial solar eclipse with a woman at the Sydney Observatory. Star-gazers were treated to an annular solar eclipse in remote areas of Australia with the moon crossing in front of the Sun and blotting out much of its light.

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Lollapalooza · « **Reply #365 on:** May 16, 2013, 08:16:12 AM »

10 May 2013

The Skywhale, a 34m-long, 23m-high hot-air balloon sculpture by internationally-renowned artist Patricia Piccinini, is seen during a test flight near Mt. Arapiles in the southern Australian state of Victoria. Commissioned for the Centenary of Canberra, Skywhale is at least twice as big as a standard hot-air balloon, weighs half a ton and used more than 3.5km of fabric. (Ho/Centenary of Canberra/Mark Chew/www.markchew.com.au photo)

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Skywhale? looks like a turtle to me... awww

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islander · « **Reply #366 on:** May 31, 2013, 12:50:44 AM »

turtle gyod tuod. basin nahadlok ang artist nga pareha niya ang molupad kun himoon gyod nga whale ang hitsura.

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islander · « **Reply #367 on:** May 31, 2013, 12:56:07 AM »

side view. still the smiling turtlewhale.

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islander · « **Reply #368 on:** May 31, 2013, 01:23:41 AM »

11 May 2013

South Korean school children hold their bags over their heads during an earthquake drill at an elementary school in Seoul Picture: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images

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islander · « **Reply #369 on:** May 31, 2013, 01:24:13 AM »

A huge Tyrannosaurus bataar's skull was on display at a repatriation ceremony near the United Nations in New York, where officials of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and the U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) formally turned over the nearly complete skeleton to Mongolian officials. Picture: REUTERS/Eric Thayer

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islander · « **Reply #370 on:** May 31, 2013, 01:24:34 AM »

The spire for the top of One World Trade Center is hoisted into place at the top of the building in New York, bringing the iconic structure to its full, symbolic height of 1,776 feet (541.32 metres) Picture: EPA

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islander · « **Reply #371 on:** May 31, 2013, 01:43:34 AM »

12 May 2013

Competitors in the World Table Tennis Championships train at the Bercy stadium, Paris.

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islander · « **Reply #372 on:** May 31, 2013, 01:44:09 AM »

People line up to collect water at Yazarthingyan lake in Dala township, near Rangoon, Burma, since the inland lakes have all dried up in hot summer.

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islander · « **Reply #373 on:** May 31, 2013, 01:44:38 AM »

Stars are seen in the sky with a destroyed building on a street littered with debris from one of the explosion sites in Reyhanli, near Turkey's border with Syria.

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islander · « **Reply #374 on:** May 31, 2013, 01:53:22 AM »

13 May 2013

View of the Yueyaquan Crescent Lake in Dunhuang, in China's northwestern Gansu province, May 12, 2013. Formerly a silk route hub and center for trade between China and the West, Dunhuang relies heavily on tourism and a number of historic sites dating back to the Han Dynasty.

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islander · « **Reply #375 on:** May 31, 2013, 01:54:00 AM »

A storm lights up the sky above the Yangon river, Burma. Authorities began moving people into emergency shelters in Rakhaine state as a cyclone threatened to batter a violence-wracked region home to tens of thousands of internal refugees.

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islander · « **Reply #376 on:** May 31, 2013, 01:54:39 AM »

Living Goddess Kumari Samita Bajracharya is seen through a window of her house before she was taken to observe the Chariot Festival of Rato Machhindranath in Lalitpur, Nepal.

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islander · « **Reply #377 on:** May 31, 2013, 02:03:18 AM »

14 May 2013

The Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico's second highest peak just 55 km southeast of Mexico City, is seen from Santiago Xalitxintla, in Puebla - spewing a cloud of ash and smoke.

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islander · « **Reply #378 on:** May 31, 2013, 02:04:09 AM »

A U.S. Navy diver cuts himself free after getting entangled with his safety device as he jumps from a USS Navy helicopter to perform a mine-sweeping exercise during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) in the Persian Gulf.

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islander · « **Reply #379 on:** May 31, 2013, 02:04:44 AM »

Palestinian refugee Khamis Redwan, 75, displays his birth certificate, which he has kept since he fled home, at Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #380 on:** June 05, 2013, 01:15:04 PM »

The statue of world harmony leader Sri Chinmoy is partially submerged in water from the rising Vltava river in Prague June 2, 2013 (Reuters / David W Cerny)

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #381 on:** June 19, 2013, 01:07:56 PM »

Russian folk musicians wear burdock leaves as sun protection on their heads at the site of a replica 17th century Cossack fort in the village of Ust-Kem, north from Krasnoyarsk, June 15, 2013. Locals use the site to hold holiday celebrations. Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #382 on:** June 19, 2013, 01:47:31 PM »

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (5th l.) has a group photograph taken with (l.-r.) European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, US President Barack Obama, France's President Francois Hollande, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, at the G8 Summit, at Lough Erne, near Enniskillen, in Northern Ireland. Yves Herman/Reuters

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #383 on:** August 17, 2013, 05:05:25 PM »

A bigheaded or 'cabezudo' during the giants parade as part of the farewell of the Sanfermines Festival, in Pamplona, Spain. The eight giants, which parade and dance through the streets during the fiesta, represent the Kings and Queens from the four corners of the world
Picture: EPA

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #384 on:** August 17, 2013, 05:10:00 PM »

The French aerial display team Patrouille de France fly past the Eiffel tower as part of the traditional Bastille day military parade.
Picture: REUTERS

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #385 on:** August 17, 2013, 07:49:02 PM »

A fireman is silhouetted against the flames as teams of firefighters from across the country try to stop the forest fire at Moimenta da Beira, Portugal.
Picture: NUNO ANDRE FERREIRA/EPA

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diablo · « **Reply #386 on:** August 17, 2013, 08:13:05 PM »

goodbye mr. hubak. dont worry. ug di ko makita nimo dinhi sa forum, we will see each other in person

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islander · « **Reply #387 on:** August 18, 2013, 07:33:17 AM »

Twins pose during the 20th edition of the Fete des Jumeaux (Festival of Twins), a gathering of twins, triplets and quadruplets, in Pleucadeuc, France. Picture: AFP

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #388 on:** August 31, 2013, 05:40:15 PM »

Pope Francis poses with young people in the Church of Saint Augustine in Rome on August 28, 2013. Pope Francis has broken protocol once again, appearing with a puzzled look on his face in a "selfie" photo taken with a group of teenagers visiting the Vatican. AFP News Photo By Francesco Sforza

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #389 on:** November 07, 2013, 04:11:38 PM »

Oct. 26, 2013. A woman looks out of an abandoned building near polling stations in the town of Abyei, ahead of the referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan. Goran Tomasevic â€”Reuters

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islander · « **Reply #390 on:** November 08, 2013, 09:19:45 PM »

London Poppy Day
The red poppy, a symbol of remembrance for the wartime dead, is being taken up by younger generations in Britain, a century on from its World War I origins. For at least two weeks a year in the build-up to November 11 - Armistice Day in 1918 - poppies are seen on television, jacket lapels, car bumpers and newspaper mastheads. (http://news.yahoo.com/)

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Lollapalooza · « **Reply #391 on:** November 08, 2013, 10:38:46 PM »

Oct. 26, 2013. A woman looks out of an abandoned building near polling stations in the town of Abyei, ahead of the referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan. Goran Tomasevic â€”Reuters

this could make a movie ^_^ "Ang Babae sa Nawasak na Bintana:

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taga tigbao · « **Reply #392 on:** November 09, 2013, 05:37:03 PM »

A farmer inspects his cornfields that was damage by the passing of Super Typhoon Haiyan into coastal communities on the central island of Cebu on Nov. 8. One of the most intense typhoons on record whipped the Philippines, killing three people and terrifying millions as monster winds tore roofs off buildings and giant waves washed away flimsy homes. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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islander · « **Reply #393 on:** November 11, 2013, 03:45:36 PM »

Members of the Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team gather before their departure for a disaster relief mission to the Philippines at Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, November 11, 2013. Rescue workers struggled to reach ravaged towns and villages in the central Philippines on Monday while soldiers tried to quell looting in the chaotic aftermath of a powerful typhoon that killed an estimated 10,000 people and displaced more than 600,000. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

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islander · « **Reply #394 on:** November 17, 2013, 07:25:03 AM »

Darko Vojinovicâ€”AP
Nov. 11, 2013. Serbian army soldiers take part in a ceremony marking Armistice Day at the French military cemetery in Belgrade, Serbia. (http://lightbox.time.com/)

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islander · « **Reply #395 on:** November 17, 2013, 07:27:33 AM »

Nuno Veigaâ€”EPA
Nov. 11, 2013. A hot air balloon participates in the 17th International Balloon BP Gas Festival at Fronteira, Portugal. (http://lightbox.time.com/)

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islander · « **Reply #396 on:** November 17, 2013, 07:31:07 AM »

Abbas Momaniâ€”AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 8, 2013. A Palestinian youth wearing a gas mask to protect himself from tear gas, lobs a stone during clashes with Israeli soldiers close to the Israeli Ofer military prison, near the West Bank village of Betunia. (http://lightbox.time.com/)

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islander · « **Reply #397 on:** November 20, 2013, 10:18:32 AM »

In this Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 photo, Typhoon Haiyan survivors play basketball in a destroyed neighborhood in Tacloban, Philippines. They found the hoop in the ruins of their obliterated neighborhood. They propped up the backboard with broken wood beams and rusty nails scavenged from vast mounds of storm-blasted homes. A crowd gathered around. And on one of the few stretches of road here that wasn't overflowing with debris, they played basketball. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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islander · « **Reply #398 on:** November 20, 2013, 10:20:40 AM »

Rescuers work in a flooded street in the small town of Uras, Sardinia, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. A violent rainstorm that flooded entire parts of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia has led to the deaths of at least nine people. Bridges were felled by swollen rivers and water levels reached 3 metres (yards) in some places. (AP Photo/Alessandra Chergia)

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islander · « **Reply #399 on:** November 20, 2013, 05:37:19 PM »

Â†The eternal flame burns atop at the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery ()AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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