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Reuters - Fri Aug 12, 3:57 PM ET
Cannabis is measured into containers in a pharmacy in Rotterdam. Derivatives of the active compound in cannabis -- cannabinoids -- may have the potential for treating inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, UK researchers report. REUTERS/Guido Benschop -
AFP/File - Fri Aug 12, 1:14 PM ET
Cyclists ride through heavy rain in Beijing. Floods and related disasters have killed 910 people in China so far this year with another 218 missing, the International Red Cross said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks) -
AP - Sat Aug 13,11:08 AM ET
U.S. Marines lead the donkeys that they use to transport supplies to drink water from a river in Kandagal village, Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005. Hundreds of American Marines and Afghan special forces Sat. Aug. 13, 2005 trekked from the base in Kandagal far into remote Afghan mountains to retake a valley controlled by militants suspected of ambushing a team of U.S. commandos and shooting down a special forces helicopter. (AP Photo/Tomas Munita) -
AFP/DDP - Fri Aug 12,11:05 AM ET
A view of the bust of one of history's great beauties, Queen Nefertiti of Egypt, after it returned to Berlin's Museum Island for the first time since World War II at the city's Old Museum. The limestone figure dates from 1347 BC.(AFP/DDP/Oliver Lang) -
AP - Sat Aug 13, 2:12 AM ET
An artist's drawing released Wednesday, July 27, 2005, by The Fordham Company shows the proposed Fordham Spire skyscraper planned for the Chicago lakefront. The 115-story tower is proposed by Chicago developer Christopher Carley and designed by noted architect Santiago Calatrava. Over the past 20 years, dozens of high-rise projects such as the Spire have been introduced as reaching record-breaking heights worldwide, but most of the projects are often either scaled down or scrapped before being built. (AP Photo/The Fordham Company) -
AP - Sun Aug 14, 7:41 AM ET
The wreckage of a plane burns on a hillside near the coastal Greek town of Grammatikos in this image made from television Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005. A Cypriot airliner carrying 115 passengers and six crew crashed north of Athens on Sunday, and emergency services and local residents were searching for survivors amid the wreckage, officials said. (AP Photo/Mega TV via APTN) -
AP - Sun Aug 14, 8:16 AM ET
Rescuers walk by the tail of a Cypriot Helios Airways jet near the coastal town of Grammatikos, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Athens, Greece on Aug. 14 2005. The jet with 115 passengers and six crew members on board crashed Sunday north of Athens, the Defense Ministry and fire department said, and it was not clear if the pilots were conscious or at the controls when it went down. Helios Airways is a privately owned Cypriot airline. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) -
AP - Wed Aug 10, 3:30 PM ET
Thousands of motorcycles and people crowd Main Street Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005, under a banner welcoming riders to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, S.D. (AP Photo/Doug Dreyer) -
Reuters - Tue Aug 9, 6:12 PM ET
Allie LaForce, Miss Teen USA 2005, poses with 'Gucci' the alligator at the Alligator Bayou in Baton Rouge, Louisiana August 9, 2005. LaForce was crowned Miss Teen USA 2005 in a live telecast of the Miss Teen USA pageant the previous evening. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Miss Universe/Handout -
AP - Fri Aug 12, 1:14 PM ET
A van sits in the front window of 'Say Dez School of Safe Driving' after an accident in Hamilton, Ontario, Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. The elderly couple driving the van was shaken up after the accident. (AP PHOTO/CP, Hamilton Spectator-Sheryl Nadler) -
AP - Thu Aug 11,12:37 PM ET
In this photo released by Harley-Davidson, a buffalo stops motorcycle traffic on a road in Custer State Park, S.D., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005. Hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists have gathered for the 65th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. (AP Photo/Harley-Davidson, Henny Ray Abrams) -
AFP/NASA-HO/File - Thu Aug 4,12:22 PM ET
This November 2000 NASA file image shows a meteor streaking across the sky during the Leonid meteor shower. Astronomers can expect a good display by the annual Perseid meteor shower next week, web logs and specialist media said(AFP/NASA-HO/File) -
A Buddhist monk pushes lanterns from the shore onto the River Thames as a mark of respect on the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in Japan during World War II. -
A researcher holds on to a newborn male panda cub in an incubator at the Shaanxi Wild Animal Rescue and Research Center in China. The cub has been abandoned by his mother, an 18-year-old giant panda Xue Xue, in favour of his twin sister. -
Can you guess who this is? It's top golfer Tiger Woods carved out of butter! -
Dave Mirra pulls a cool trick during the BMX Freestyle park final at X-Games Eleven Los Angeles, California. -
The space shuttle Discovery landed on the runway at the Edwards Air Force Base in California on Tuesday, after successfully completing its 14-day mission. -
Children in Germany sit on one of the biggest puzzles in the world. The giant jigsaw is made of 1,700 pieces! -
An Indonesian actor dressed in traditional Chinese costume during a festival to remember the famous Chinese admiral explorer Cheng Ho. -
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova shows off her bobblehead doll at the JP Morgan Chase open tennis tournament. -
No sign of survivors: The crash site of a Cypriot Helios Airways jet which went down near the coastal town of Grammatikos north of Athens. -- AP -
Seeking compensation
Crash investigators examine the wreckage of the Air France flight 358 that skidded and slammed into a ravine at Toronto's Pearson Airport last week. All 309 passengers and crew survived, but some of them are accusing the airline of not doing enough to compensate or reassure them. -- AP -
Many mommies
Four two-day-old cheetah cubs, disowned by their mother, snuggle in a keeper's arms after being fed at the San Diego Zoo. Nursery keepers have become their surrogate mom, caring for them 24 hours a day. -- AFP -
Floating on a lily
A girl sits with her sister on a Victoria Amazonica plant floating on a pond in China's Shaanxi province. The giant water lily, which originated from Paraguay, has flowers which turn from creamy white to pink and finally purplish red. -- AFP -
Feast like a king
Chinese waitresses dressed in imperial costumes serve dishes of the 'royal banquet' at a hotel in Shenyang, China. The meal which depicts the cuisines of the Qing Dynasty imperial court, comes with a price tag of 200,000 yuan (S$40,700). -- AFP