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Members of the Brazilian army guard a hotel where the extraordinary summit of chiefs of State and Government of the South American Nations Union (UNASUR, as in Spanish) will take place, Brasilia, Brazil, 22 May 2008. The summit will be held tomorrow, 23 May
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Israeli tanks take position next to a hall in the wall made by explosives-laden truck driven by a Palestinian suicide bomber ,May 22, 2008. An explosives-laden truck driven by a Palestinian suicide bomber blew up on Thursday near an Israeli border crossing with the Gaza Strip but only the attacker was killed in a blast heard 30 kilometres (18 miles) away. An Israeli army spokeswoman said two other men involved in the attack were hit when two missiles launched from an Israeli helicopter destroyed their getaway vehicle. But Islamic Jihad said the men had managed to leap from their vehicle before it was struck
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Afghanistan National Army parade during their graduation ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan 22 May 2008. Afghanistan is recreating the state military after more than hundred years following its total disintegration caused by foreign invasions or civil wars
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South African Navy submarine SAS Queen Modjadji arrives in Simonstown, South Africa, 22 May 2008. This is the latest submarine supplied by German shipping company Thyssen Krupp Marine to South Africa. The Class 209 submarine is one of three that were part of the massive 4.8 billion US dollars (3 billion euro) South Africa spent modernising its military when the United Nations arms sanctions were lifted at the end of apartheid. But ever since that arms deal was signed in November 1999 it has been the subject of controversy, with allegations of bribery and corruption with the president Thabo Mbeki now called upon to answer questions about his involvement
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Navy vessels from South Africa, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentine take part in exercises in Cape waters off South Africa, 22 May 2008. The exercises form part of 'Atlsur 7', a two-week-long joint training exercise involving vessels from the four countries which takes place every two years
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Members of the Brazilian army guard a hotel where the extraordinary summit of chiefs of State and Government of the South American Nations Union (UNASUR, as in Spanish) will take place, Brasilia, Brazil, 22 May 2008. The summit will be held tomorrow, 23 May
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Israeli tanks take position next to a hall in the wall made by explosives-laden truck driven by a Palestinian suicide bomber ,May 22, 2008. An explosives-laden truck driven by a Palestinian suicide bomber blew up on Thursday near an Israeli border crossing with the Gaza Strip but only the attacker was killed in a blast heard 30 kilometres (18 miles) away. An Israeli army spokeswoman said two other men involved in the attack were hit when two missiles launched from an Israeli helicopter destroyed their getaway vehicle. But Islamic Jihad said the men had managed to leap from their vehicle before it was struck
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Afghanistan National Army parade during their graduation ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan 22 May 2008. Afghanistan is recreating the state military after more than hundred years following its total disintegration caused by foreign invasions or civil wars
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South African Navy submarine SAS Queen Modjadji arrives in Simonstown, South Africa, 22 May 2008. This is the latest submarine supplied by German shipping company Thyssen Krupp Marine to South Africa. The Class 209 submarine is one of three that were part of the massive 4.8 billion US dollars (3 billion euro) South Africa spent modernising its military when the United Nations arms sanctions were lifted at the end of apartheid. But ever since that arms deal was signed in November 1999 it has been the subject of controversy, with allegations of bribery and corruption with the president Thabo Mbeki now called upon to answer questions about his involvement
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Navy vessels from South Africa, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentine take part in exercises in Cape waters off South Africa, 22 May 2008. The exercises form part of 'Atlsur 7', a two-week-long joint training exercise involving vessels from the four countries which takes place every two years
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Indian police man runs for cover during a protest in downtown area of Srinagar,the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 24 May 2008. A strike called by a hardliner faction of the Kashmir's Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference to protest the Indian president's visit to the Indian portion of Kashmir paralyzed life in the region on Saturday
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Some 250 British NATO peacekeepers arrive at the airport of Pristina, Kosovo, 24 May 2008, to help improve security as the government prepares to take control of the country. The troops are the first of 600 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion The Rifles that will be sent to Kosovo's ethnically tense north. Kosovo's authorities will take over from the United Nations on 15 June , almost four months after declaring independence from Serbia. Germany, Italy and Britain each provide a battalion of around 600 troops in reserve to back up NATO and European Union forces in the Balkans. NATO commands 16,000 troops in Kosovo
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev places a wreath at a monument of the People's Heroes in Beijing, China, 24 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev is making his first official visit to China
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Police transfer a Romanian man from a bar in which he locked up the couple who run the bar after asking them for a job in San Pedro del Arroyo, Avila, Castillia, central Spain, 23 May 2008. After seven hours, police liberated the couple and arrested the man
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A handout provided by the shows members of the Mexican police next to five bodies covered in blankets in the locality of Ciudad Juarez, close to the border with the USA, Mexico, on 23 May 2008. According to authorities, twelve vicitims of organised crime were found on 23 May, six of them decapitaded and three incinerated
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Georgian troops with national flags take part in the rehearsal of the military parade devoted to the Independence Day in Tbilisi 24 May 2008. The Independence Day is celebrated on 26 May in Georgia.
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Indian police man runs for cover during a protest in downtown area of Srinagar,the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 24 May 2008. A strike called by a hardliner faction of the Kashmir's Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference to protest the Indian president's visit to the Indian portion of Kashmir paralyzed life in the region on Saturday
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Some 250 British NATO peacekeepers arrive at the airport of Pristina, Kosovo, 24 May 2008, to help improve security as the government prepares to take control of the country. The troops are the first of 600 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion The Rifles that will be sent to Kosovo's ethnically tense north. Kosovo's authorities will take over from the United Nations on 15 June , almost four months after declaring independence from Serbia. Germany, Italy and Britain each provide a battalion of around 600 troops in reserve to back up NATO and European Union forces in the Balkans. NATO commands 16,000 troops in Kosovo
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev places a wreath at a monument of the People's Heroes in Beijing, China, 24 May 2008. Dmitry Medvedev is making his first official visit to China
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Police transfer a Romanian man from a bar in which he locked up the couple who run the bar after asking them for a job in San Pedro del Arroyo, Avila, Castillia, central Spain, 23 May 2008. After seven hours, police liberated the couple and arrested the man
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A handout provided by the shows members of the Mexican police next to five bodies covered in blankets in the locality of Ciudad Juarez, close to the border with the USA, Mexico, on 23 May 2008. According to authorities, twelve vicitims of organised crime were found on 23 May, six of them decapitaded and three incinerated
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Georgian troops with national flags take part in the rehearsal of the military parade devoted to the Independence Day in Tbilisi 24 May 2008. The Independence Day is celebrated on 26 May in Georgia.
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Demonstrators carry an injured man in Chiaiano, a suburb of Naples, southern Italy on 24 May 2008. Italian police clashed with demonstrators opposed to the opening of a new rubbish dump proposed by the government to ease the Naples garbage crisis.
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Demonstrators carry an injured man in Chiaiano, a suburb of Naples, southern Italy on 24 May 2008. Italian police clashed with demonstrators opposed to the opening of a new rubbish dump proposed by the government to ease the Naples garbage crisis.
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Violence continued in South Africa where at least 42 people have been killed and more than 25,000 foreigners displaced since attacks began this month by South Africans who blame them for a rise in crime and unemployment. The police chased looters in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township.
Photo: Mark Wessels/Reuters
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Iraqi soldiers patrolled Sadr City, the densely populated Shiite enclave in Baghdad this week. A woman carried bags of goods and bottled water that had been distributed by the soldiers.
Photo: Erik De Castro/Reuters
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Giuseppe Nirta, one of Italy's most-wanted mafia fugitives, spat at journalists while being escorted by Carabinieri police officers at their station in Bianco. Italian police officers said that they had arrested the leader of a clan of the 'Ndrangheta, or Calabrian mafia, which is suspected of being responsible for the execution-style killing of six Italians in Germany last year.
Photo: Reuters
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Indonesian riot police officers clash with protesters during a demonstration against fuel prices hikes in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
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Palestinian security forces dance during a ceremony aimed at showing support to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank town of Jenin on May 24, 2008. Over 600 police reinforcements loyal to Abbas were sent to Jenin earlier this month to bolster some 500 police already stationed there and press a months-old security crackdown that was launched in November in a bid to underpin peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. AFP PHOTO/SAIF DAHLAH (Photo credit should read SAIF DAHLAH/AFP/***** Images)
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Violence continued in South Africa where at least 42 people have been killed and more than 25,000 foreigners displaced since attacks began this month by South Africans who blame them for a rise in crime and unemployment. The police chased looters in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township.
Photo: Mark Wessels/Reuters
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Iraqi soldiers patrolled Sadr City, the densely populated Shiite enclave in Baghdad this week. A woman carried bags of goods and bottled water that had been distributed by the soldiers.
Photo: Erik De Castro/Reuters
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Giuseppe Nirta, one of Italy's most-wanted mafia fugitives, spat at journalists while being escorted by Carabinieri police officers at their station in Bianco. Italian police officers said that they had arrested the leader of a clan of the 'Ndrangheta, or Calabrian mafia, which is suspected of being responsible for the execution-style killing of six Italians in Germany last year.
Photo: Reuters
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Indonesian riot police officers clash with protesters during a demonstration against fuel prices hikes in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
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Palestinian security forces dance during a ceremony aimed at showing support to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank town of Jenin on May 24, 2008. Over 600 police reinforcements loyal to Abbas were sent to Jenin earlier this month to bolster some 500 police already stationed there and press a months-old security crackdown that was launched in November in a bid to underpin peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. AFP PHOTO/SAIF DAHLAH (Photo credit should read SAIF DAHLAH/AFP/***** Images)
Estonian Company training day in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan
Aussie UAV on Patrol...
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Unmanned aircraft trial boosts border protection
A six-week trial of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Australia's northern waters is providing an added layer of protection against border threats.
The Border Protection Command is basing its trial of the UAV at Weipa in far north Queensland to assess the technology for potential use in civil maritime surveillance.
The aircraft is a mid-range 'Heron' model with a wing span of 16.6m and a range of more than 1800km.
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Polish soldiers from 1st Tank Battalion (10th Armored Cavalry Brigade) during tactical exercise in Świetoszów training ground.
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M113 medevac vehicle, Bergepanzer ARV and Leo 2A4.
Aussie UAV on Patrol...
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Unmanned aircraft trial boosts border protection
A six-week trial of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Australia's northern waters is providing an added layer of protection against border threats.
The Border Protection Command is basing its trial of the UAV at Weipa in far north Queensland to assess the technology for potential use in civil maritime surveillance.
The aircraft is a mid-range 'Heron' model with a wing span of 16.6m and a range of more than 1800km.
20-21.05.2008
Polish soldiers from 1st Tank Battalion (10th Armored Cavalry Brigade) during tactical exercise in Świetoszów training ground.
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M113 medevac vehicle, Bergepanzer ARV and Leo 2A4.
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