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German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung visits soldiers of the 261 Paratroopers battalion in the southern German town of Lebach on July 7,
2009. The minister was informed of the training and work of the battalion.

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Royal Australian Air Force, Defence Materiel Organisation, United States Navy and Boeing personnel pose in front of Australia's first F/A-18F Super Hornet, at the rollout ceremony in St Louis, Missouri, on 8 July 2009.

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Commanding Officer No 1 Squadron, Wing Commander Glen Braz, tries out the cockpit of Australia's first F/A-18F Super Hornet at the roll out ceremony in St Louis, Missouri, on 8 July 2009.

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U.S. Marines and Afghan army soldiers rush back to their vehicles to pick up supplies from an air drop outside Fire Base Fiddler Green, Afghanistan, July 5, 3009. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Battalion. A KC-130 dropped 12 pallets of fuel, food and water to support the personnel at the fire base. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott Whittington

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U.S. airmen and French legionnaires wait to board a French C-130 Transall aircraft on a French military base in Djibouti, June 30, 2009. The U.S. airmen, assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, are training with the legionnaires to promote interoperability between the two militaries. The troops jumped together twice that day from a French C-160 Transall aircraft using French parachutes. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt

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Two Russian nuclear Viktor-3 class submarines were transported to Russia’s Zvezda factory at Bolshoi Kamen, 56 miles east of Vladivostok, Friday. Both vessels were brought to the factory for dismantling. (Yuri Maltsev/Reuters)

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Israeli border policemen scuffle with an ultra-Orthodox Jew during a demonstration against the opening of a car park during the Sabbath, outside Jerusalem's old city walls on July 11, 2009. Ultra-Orthodox Jews in their hundreds clashed with police in Jerusalem for the third consecutive Saturday during rowdy protests over the opening of a car park during the sabbath, police said. A series of protests centre on the decision by the municipality to require a car park outside the walls of the Old City to open on Friday and Saturday, when religious Jews observe a day of rest from sundown to sundown.

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A Hungarian ISAF soldier secures an area for the take off of a German helicopter transporting a wounded Afghan policeman from a military base in Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan province of Afghanistan, Saturday, July 11, 2009. Afghan police clashed with pro-

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fighters in the nearby Baghlan Jalid Friday night.

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An Iraqi soldier stands guard during a soccer match between the Iraqi and Palestinian teams in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north, Iraq, Friday, July 10, 2009. Iraq won its first home soccer game since 2002 in a stadium packed with 25,000 fans, defeating the Palestinian team 3-0 in a contest that was as much about the nation's struggle for stability as it was about sports.

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An Israeli soldier tries to restrain a Palestinian demonstrator during a protest against the Israeli controversial separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah on July 10, 2009. Israel says the "security barrier" that it began to construct in the wake of the violent Palestinian uprising in 2000 has dramatically reduced attacks on Israelis by preventing militants from infiltrating the country. Palestinians see the barrier as an "apartheid wall" that hampers freedom of movement and carves off Jewish settlements and other lands from their future state, threatening its economic viability

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Iranian police officers protect the German Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 11, 2009, during a demonstration to condemn the slaying of the Marwa Al-Sherbini, an Egyptian woman who was stabbed repeatedly inside a German courtroom earlier this month. Al-Sherbini was attacked by a Russian-born German during his trial on charges of insulting her with racial slurs.

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Pakistani police commandos sit next to to ammunition confiscated from militants after a gun battle in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan on Saturday, July 11, 2009. Police killed one suspected militant and seized a truck load of automatic weapons and explosives after the five-hour shootout early Saturday at a religious school in central Pakistan.

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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iranian police stand guard in front of the German embassy as a Nazi sign is seen on the ground during a protest gathering in Tehran July 11, 2009. Iranians gathered on Saturday to protest against the death of Marwa El-Sherbiny, a Egyptian woman who was killed inside a court in Germany

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(3rd R), French Army joint Chief of Staff Jean-Louis Georgelin (2nd R) and Prime Minister Francois Fillon (R) review troops prior to the Bastille day parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris July 14, 2009.

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French President

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, second right(top pic)at rear, and French Army Chief of Staff Jean-Louis Georgelin, rear right, open the

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military parade on their command car, at the top of the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Tuesday July 14, 2009. French Republican Guards on horseback are seen at left.

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An Indian army regiment marches on the Champs Elysees during the annual

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parade in Paris July 14, 2009. Several army regiments were guests honour this year

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Nine Alpha Jets from the French Air Force's Patrouille de France, or French Acrobatic Patrol, fly in an arrow formation over the Arc de Triomphe monument during the

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military parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Tuesday July 14, 2009.

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Army soldiers patrol the streets as the internally displaced were starting to return to their homes in Batkhela, a town in Malakand district, about 210 km (130 miles) by road north west of Pakistan's capital Islamabad on July 13, 2009. The The Pakistani government on Monday began sending home about 2 million people displaced two months ago by the army's assault on

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militants in the Swat valley.

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A policeman accompanies internally displaced families as they prepare to go home from the UNHCR (

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High Commission for Refugees) Jalozai camp, about 140 km (87 miles) northwest of Pakistan's capital Islamabad July 13, 2009.

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Mexican policemen run to the site where clashes between criminals and federal agents ensued in Veracruz July 13, 2009. According to the police, gunmen traveling in a white car opened fire on the federal agents in downtown Veracruz. Police reported that two gunmen were killed, one arrested and three police wounded.

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Brazilian wife of former Canadian world boxing champion

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, Amada Rodrigues (C), 23, is escorted by policemen after being arrasted in Recife July 12, 2009. Gatti was found dead in a holiday apartment in a northern Brazilian seaside resort on July 11, 2009 with wounds to his neck and head, Pernambuco state police said. "She is the only suspect," a spokesman for Pernambuco police told Reuters by telephone. Picture taken on July 12, 2009.

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 13, 2009) The Portuguese Navy frigate POS Corte Real (F 332) participates in a pass and review during the North Atlantic Council at Sea Day. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Shonna Cunningham/Released)

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RIO DE JANEIRO (July 12, 2009) Brazilian Marine 1st Lieutenant Jose Sena holds up a Brazil flag aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) before arriving in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Oak Hill is participating in Southern Partnership Station '09, a combined naval and amphibious operation with Oak Hill and maritime forces from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. Oak Hill is also supporting U.S. Marine Corps Forces South multinational amphibious exercise Southern Exchange 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Cory Torres/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 13, 2009) The Dutch Navy ship HrMs De Zeven Provincien (F 802) participates in a pass and review during the North Atlantic Council at Sea Day. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Shonna Cunningham/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 13, 2009) The German Navy frigate Emden (F 210) participates in a pass and review during the North Atlantic Council at Sea Day. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Shonna Cunningham/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 13, 2009) Ships prepare for a pass and review during the North Atlantic Council at Sea Day aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility after a scheduled five-month deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Enduring Freedom anpprentice Shonna Cunningham/Released)

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Philippines National Police Chief Jesus Versoza (R) watches Hayim Funes of Israel-based company Bul Ltd, demonstrating the function of a Corner Shot system or Assault Pistol Rifle (APR) at the Defense and Sporting Arms show at a shopping mall in Manila on July 16, 2009. Over one million unlicensed firearms are in the hands of civilians and rebels in the Philippines, leading to a high incidence of gun-related homicides, Versoza said recently.

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Soldiers stand guard at Phuket international airport July 16, 2009. Thailand is ready to host this week's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial meeting in Phuket smoothly, with tight security measures, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya reaffirmed Wednesday, Thailand News Agency (TNA) reported. (Reuters)

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Soldiers are seen at Phuket international airport July 16, 2009. Thailand is ready to host this week's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial meeting in Phuket smoothly, with tight security measures, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya reaffirmed Wednesday, Thailand News Agency (TNA) reported. (Reuters)

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A member of the Afghan National Police stands guard in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (AP / Emilio Morenatti)

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French army Chief Sergeant Johan Bonnevialle of the 8th Artillery Regiment returns after a joint patrol with U.S. and Afghan troops in a village in Kharuti, in the mountains of Wardak Province in Afghanistan July 16, 2009.

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Colombian soldiers attend the launching of a new campaign of public relations. This campaign consists of the 6 TV commercials that shows the daily work and all the sacrifices the soldiers make every day.

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Indonesian counter-terrorist police commandos secure the damaged Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta on July 17, 2009 after an explosion hit the Ritz-Carlton and nearby JW Marriot hotel killing at least nine people, including several foreigners and seriously wounding 41, officials said.

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Indonesian forensic investigators inspect the scene of a blast in a restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta July 17, 2009. Near-simultaneous bomb blasts ripped through the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta's business district on Friday, killing nine people and wounding 42 others including foreign businessmen, police said. (Reuters)

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