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sworn-in minister, from left to right, Subhod Mohte, P.C.Thomas, Rajnath
Singh, Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat , B.C. Khanduri, Kailesh
Meghwal, Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Indian Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prahlad Patel, Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani,
Nagmani and Swami Chinmayanand pose for the camera soon after being
sworn-in at the Indian Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Saturday
May 24, 2003. Vajpayee said that he would effect a ÔminorÕ reshuffle
ÔsoonÕ after the swearing-in ceremony. (AP Photo |
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| Indian Forest officials collect the wires, which were
used in killing of two Rhinos at Pabitora wildlife sanctuary 60 Kilometers
(37 miles) east of Gauhati, capital city of India's North Eastern
state of Assam, Friday May 23, 2003. Poachers killed two Rhinos by
electrocution and decamped with a horn. The 16 square kilometers Pabitora
reserve has the highest density of Rhinos in the world. (AP Photo |
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glow envelops as the sun sets on the worldÕs highest mountain, center,
seen from Kalapathar, on trail to Everest, Nepal, Tuesday Nov. 15,
1983. Hundreds and thousands of mountaineers and mountain lovers have
gathered in Katmandu to take part in various celebrations to mark
the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest by Edmund Hilary
and Tenzing Norgey on May 29, 1953. (AP Photo |
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EZZOUAR ALGERIA : A young woman points at the sky in front of her
destroyed house, 24 May 2003 in Bab Ezzouar, suburbian Algiers. The
known casualty toll from Algeria's earthquake has risen to at least
1,875 dead and 8,081 injured, said the Interior ministry as the prime
minister warned that the final toll could be much higher. AFP PHOTO
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CHINA : Two civet cats cuddle together in their cage at the Guangzhou
zoo in southern China's Guangdong province 24 May 2003. Southern Guangdong
province vowed to stop the trade in endangered civet cats, issuing
an all-points bulletin on the endangered catlike wild animal, most
recently determined by medical scientists as the likely source of
the global SARS epidemic, as the Chinese capital expressed confidence
it can beat the disease. AFP PHOTO |
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