Picture News
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AFP - Mon Sep 12, 5:15 PM ET
Running for cover : Chilean police run for cover while being pelted by rocks hurled by demonstrators marking the anniversary of the 1973 military coup that put dictator Augusto Pinochet in power for 17 years. (AFP/Luis Hidalgo) -
AFP/POOL - Mon Sep 12, 5:18 PM ET
Leaving : Israeli soldiers sit inside an APC as the backdoor closes moments before the historic final troop pull out of the Gaza Strip. (AFP/POOL/Gali Tibbon) -
AFP - Mon Sep 12, 5:21 PM ET
Dancing in the streets : Palestinian security forces celebrate the pullout of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip. (AFP/Mohammed Abed) -
AFP - Mon Sep 12, 5:12 PM ET
Flags on the wall : Palestinians walk with Hamas flags on the wall of the former Israeli settlement of Kafar Darom a day after the last Israeli soldier exited the territory in captured from Egypt in the 1967 war. (AFP/Mahmud Hames) -
AFP - Mon Sep 12, 5:07 PM ET
Herchcovitch figure : A live band(L) performs while the first model strolls down the catwalk to present a design from Alexandre Herchcovitch at the Spring 2006 show during the Olympus Fashion Week in New York City. (AFP/Robyn Beck) -
AFP - Tue Sep 13,11:48 AM ET
Boy in the ruins : A Palestinian boy uses a hatchet to cut electrical wires in the ruins of a destroyed Israeli house in the former settlement of Neve Dekalim. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt) -
AFP - Tue Sep 13,11:45 AM ET
Guarded school : Palestinian schoolgirls look from a balcony of their school while a policeman is stationned on the roof in the Mawasi area of the Southern Gaza Strip as they await the arrival of Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt) -
AFP - Tue Sep 13,11:41 AM ET
Look by the wall : A Palestinian woman walks past the wall that separates the Palestinian town of Khan Yunes and the former Israeli settlement of Neve Dekalim. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt) -
AFP - Mon Sep 12,12:02 PM ET
Running down the wicket : England's Kevin Pietersen runs down the wicket during the second innings against Australia during the fifth day of the fith Test Match in The Ashes at The Oval in London. (AFP/Adrian Dennis) -
AFP - Mon Sep 12, 4:30 PM ET
Racing Freeman : A child races against Australian Olympic hero Cathy Freeman whose succession of pictures lights up at the same speed as she runs in competition at a new exhibition called Sportsworks at Melbourne's Sciencework Museum. (AFP/William West) -
AFP/POOL - Tue Sep 13,11:39 AM ET
Can we all get along? : Negotiators for the six-party nuclear talks join hands before the start of a banquet meeting in Beijing. (AFP/POOL/Claro Cortes IV) -
AFP - Tue Sep 13,11:53 AM ET
Duna tribesmen : Duna tribesmen from Lake Kopiago wait to perform the sacred snake dance in preparation for the independence day celebrations in Port Moresby. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
Reuters - Tue Sep 13, 4:50 AM ET
Sunset is seen over in New Orleans, September 12, 2005. U.S. President George W. Bush, on a tour of devastated New Orleans on Monday, rejected charges the government was slow to respond to Hurricane Katrina because most of the victims were black or because the nation's military was over-extended in Iraq. REUTERS/Carlos Barria -
AFP/DDP - Mon Sep 12,12:31 PM ET
Volkswagen chairman sits at the wheel of the new 'EOS' cabriolet at the IAA motor show in Frankfurt. Despite runaway prices at the petrol pumps, German automakers expressed confidence that they have put the worst behind them, pinning their hopes on a flurry of new models being unveiled at the gigantic IAA show to steer them out of the doldrums.(AFP/DDP/Torsten Silz) -
AFP - Tue Sep 13, 3:10 PM ET
Rooftop : Palestinians wave their national flag as they celebrate on the roof of a burning synagogue of the former Jewish settlement of Netzarim, in the Gaza Strip after Israeli troops made their final exit from the territory. (AFP/Thomas Coex) -
AFP/DDP - Tue Sep 13, 3:22 PM ET
Fiat at the fair : Visitors at the 61st International motor show walk past an advertisement for Italian car maker Fiat in Frankfurt. (AFP/DDP/Oliver Stratmann) -
AFP - Tue Sep 13, 3:26 PM ET
Sitting in the rubble : A Palestinian boy sits amid rubble in the former Israeli settlement of Kafar Darom. (AFP/Mahmud Hams) -
AFP - Tue Sep 13,12:00 PM ET
Mother and son : A Komo Vosavi mother (L) watches over her son as they prepare to dance in their tribe's independence day celebrations in Port Moresby. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
AFP - Tue Sep 13,12:02 PM ET
Asaro mudmen : A boy from the Asaro mudmen waits near his tribal elders during a rehearsal for the independence day celebrations in Port Moresby. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
AFP - Tue Sep 13, 3:18 PM ET
Pack in the fields : Competitors in the Tour of Spain ride through the Spanish countryside during the cycling classic's 16th stage from Leon to Valladolid. (AFP/Javier Soriano) -
AFP - Tue Sep 13,11:58 AM ET
Komo Vosavi widow : A Komo Vosavi widow covered with a mixture of charcoal and pig fat arrives in Port Moresdy for her tribe's independence day celebrations. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
Street riot
Riot police subdue a leftist protester in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday. Activists staged a rally to mark the 25th anniversary of a military coup. -- AP -
Sweet victory
Swiss tennis champion Roger Federer won his second US Open singles title in New York on Sunday. He beat American Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 7-6, 6-1. -- AFP -
Rough weather
Beachgoers in North Carolina brace for a storm as Hurricane Ophelia drifted towards the North Carolina coast on Sunday, stirring up gusty winds, rough seas and large waves. -- AFP -
Freedom walk
Participants of a 'freedom walk' to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks organised by the United States Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia, take a break early on Sunday . -- AFP