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| Rescuers
walk near bodies on stretchers gathered outside a nightclub in Perm, Russia, early
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. An explosion and fire apparently caused by pyrotechnics
tore through the nightclub early Saturday, killing more than 100 people, according
to emergency officials quoted by state television. Most died from smoke inhalation.
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| Indian
players, from left, V.V.S. Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh,
Yuvraj Singh, Pragyan Ojha, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and Virender Sehwag
celebrate the dismissal of Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews, right, on the fourth day
of their third cricket test match in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. (AP
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| U.S.
singer Terra Naomi sings at the river Yamuna clean up drive by schoolchildren
in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. The U.N. convenes a two-week 192-nation
conference on Monday intended to fashion the outline of a treaty to control greenhouse
gas emissions. The agreement, to be completed in 6 to 12 months, seeks to check
the rise in global temperatures that scientists warn could lead to devastating
results in rising sea levels, shrinking access to drinking water, shifting agriculture
and spreading diseases. (AP Photo | |
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| Kashmiri
protesters throw stones at paramilitary soldiers during a strike called by the
All Parties Hurriyat Conference in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Government
forces on Saturday fired tear gas to quell hundreds of demonstrators during street
protests in Indian Kashmir's main city against the assault of a senior separatist
leader who was shot and critically wounded by gunmen, officials said. (AP Photo |
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Juliane
Schenk of Germany celebrates after winning her semi final match against Saina
Nehwal of India at the Badminton World Super Series Masters Finals in Johor Bahru,
southern Malaysia, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Schenk won 21-18, 21-18. (AP Photo |
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United Liberation Front
of Asom (ULFA) Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, wearing glasses, arrives at a court
in Gauhati, India, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Rajkhowa was arrested along with a
top deputy, officials said Friday, in a major blow to a separatist army already
crippled by a string of arrests. (AP Photo | |
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