Re: Worlds Armed Forces Pictures III
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Police enter a technical college, which has around 6,000 pupils aged 15-18, that has been evacuated after receiving an alert that an armed man was on the loose inside on May 20, 2008 in the central Berlin district of Kreuzberg. The alert came just after 9:00 am (0700 GMT) from within the school, police said. The caller had identified himself and was currently helping police with their enquiries.
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East Timorese police march during a ceremony to mark country's Independence Day in Dili on May 20, 2008. East Timorese leaders gathered under tight security on May 20 for an emotional ceremony to celebrate six years of independence and mourn the country's long and bloody struggle for liberation. East Timor, a former Portuguese colony, was invaded by Suharto's Indonesia in 1975. Around 200,000 East Timorese died as a result of conflict and preventable illnesses over the next two-and-a-half decades, before it finally gained formal independence in 2002.
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Australian soldiers stand guard during a ceremony marking East Timor's sixth Independence Day in Dili May 20, 2008.
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East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta (standing R) inspects the troops in a ceremony marking the country's sixth Independence Day in Dili May 20, 2008.
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An International peacekeeping force sniper keeps vigil from the rooftop of the governor's office building during a ceremony to mark country's Independence Day attended by East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta in Dili on May 20, 2008. East Timorese leaders gathered under tight security on May 20 for an emotional ceremony to celebrate six years of independence and mourn the country's long and bloody struggle for liberation. East Timor, a former Portuguese colony, was invaded by Suharto's Indonesia in 1975. Around 200,000 East Timorese died as a result of conflict and preventable illnesses over the next two-and-a-half decades, before it finally gained formal independence in 2002.
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Policemen parade holding a portrait of President Robert Mugabe during a ceremony to confer ranks on senior police officials in Harare May 21, 2008. Mugabe told police on Wednesday to ignore opposition accusations they are behind political intimidation and blamed his foes for violence ahead of a presidential election run-off.
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Edgar Paz Morales (C) is escorted by policemen after spending two hours with about 20 hostages inside a building on May 21, 2008, in Bogota. Morales, a retired Colombian soldier who was armed with a grenade, was disarmed after the police took the place.
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Riot police detain a demonstrator at a protest against the government of Chile's President Michelle Bachelet outside the National Congress where Bachelet gives her annual State of the Nation address in Valparaiso, Chile, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse some 2,000 demonstrators protesting against the government.
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Greek riot police smoke cigarettes while watching a student demonstration in the center of Athens on May 21, 2008. Greece is to impose a smoking ban in public places, the health ministry announced on May 7, 2008 after previous partial-bans were ignored in what is one of Europe's heaviest smoking nations. The new total ban, which will also include a provision to raise the tobacco-purchasing age to 18, will be presented to the Greek parliament in June.
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Suspected Colombian drug trafficker Gildardo Rodriguez, also known by the alias "The man in the red shirt" is escorted by police,in Bogota. May 20, 2008. Colombia authorities captured Rodriguez near the capital Bogota. He is believed to be a top member of the Norte del Valle cartel. The cartel's suspected boss, Diego "Don Diego" Montoya, was captured late last year.
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An inmate working as a waiter pours a glass of Prosecco for a penitentiary police officer at an Italian federal prison in the Tuscan town of Volterra May 16, 2008. The inmates at Fortezza Medicea prison in the picturesque Tuscan town of Volterra have swapped their slacks for shirts and bow ties for a night, cooking up a sumptuous six-course dinner for curious diners wanting to sample a taste of prison life.
But aren't these Austrian MP pix great!!??!! Maybe Sczepan can translate???
