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AFP - Tue Dec 13, 4:42 PM ET
Lina and lala : One-month-old dolphin calf Lina(L) swims along her mother Lala at the aquarium of the Zoo of Madrid. (AFP/Philippe Desmazes) -
Day in pictures: 14 December 2005
Two girls in the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh play near tents that have been homes since the tsunami almost a year ago. -
Purple ink covers the finger of an expatriate Iraqi woman who votes in parliamentary elections at a polling station in Iran. -
The daughter of murdered Lebanese anti-Syrian MP Gibran Tueni cries over his coffin at his funeral in Beirut. -
Anti-globalisation protesters march through Hong Kong on the second day of World Trade Organization talks. -
Militants stand on the roof of Fatah party buildings in Gaza after storming the offices in protest at an election ruling. -
An Indian family feeds Siberian gulls from a boat on the River Ganga in Allahabad. -
AP - Wed Dec 14, 9:34 AM ET
An almost full moon rises behind the Tijerflue mountain in Arosa, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005. Full moon will be on Thursday, Dec. 15. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella) -
Reuters - Wed Dec 14,11:40 AM ET
A person sits on a bench in a park near an illuminated big wheel fair ride in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 14, 2005. With an outside temperature of -20 Degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) the big wheel is one of the more extreme attractions during the run up to the New Year and Christmas holidays in the major Siberian city. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin -
AFP - Wed Dec 14, 4:48 PM ET
Chip on a bindi : An Indian model wears a Analog integrated circuit (IC) with intelligent charging capabillities for Lithium-ion batteries pasted on a bindi during a launch ceremony in Bangalore. (AFP) -
AFP - Wed Dec 14, 4:01 PM ET
IRAQ- BAGHDAD (AFP) - The shadow of an Iraqi soldier is cast on a street as he secures a neighborhood in Baghdad one day before the country's general election. (AFP/Ali al-Saadi) -
AFP - Wed Dec 14, 4:03 PM ET
Catching some air : Canada's Jennifer Heil executes her jump during the Freestyle World Cup women moguls finals race in Tignes. (AFP/Thomas Coex) -
AFP - Wed Dec 14, 4:09 PM ET
Selling flags : A street vendor selling Iraqi flags sports a few painted ones on his chest in the northern Iraqi city Suleimaniya. (AFP/Mustafa Ozer) -
AFP - Wed Dec 14, 4:12 PM ET
Just peeking : Palestinian children peer from under a front gate as Israeli soldiers carry out a house-to-house search operation in the West Bank village of Qabatiyah just south of the city of Jenin. (AFP/Saif Dahlah) -
AFP - Wed Dec 14, 4:16 PM ET
Making arrests : A US soldier arrests Iraqi suspects near a polling station in the area of Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, on the eve of the country's general election. (AFP/Samuel Aranda) -
AFP - Wed Dec 14, 4:20 PM ET
At the Grotto : A nun lights a lamp after cleaning it at the 'Grotto of the Nativity' in the Church of the Nativity in the holy West Bank town of Bethlehem. (AFP/Menahem Kahana) -
AFP/DDP - Wed Dec 14, 4:25 PM ET
Now what..? : Angolan contortionist Huit Huit performs on stage in Frankfurt during the World premiere of the circus program 'Afrika! Afrika!' by Austrian multimedia artist Andre Heller. (AFP/DDP/Martin Oeser) -
AFP - Wed Dec 14, 4:56 PM ET
Foul! : Sig's Alvin Young(L) vies with Vitoria's Travis Hansen during their Euroleague basketball match in Strasbourg. (AFP/Frederick Florin) -
AFP - Wed Dec 14, 7:21 PM ET
'Sankai Juku' : A Japanese Butoh dancer (a contemporary avant-garde dance form which originated in Japan) performs on stage at Theatre de la Ville in Paris, during a general of 'Sankai Juku' by artistic Japanese director Ushio Amagatsu. (AFP/Joel Saget) -
AFP - Wed Dec 14, 7:25 PM ET
Compelling performance : A Japanese Butoh dancer (a contemporary avant-garde dance form which originated in Japan) performs on stage at Theatre de la Ville in Paris, during a general of 'Sankai Juku' by artistic Japanese director Ushio Amagatsu. (AFP/Joel Saget) -
AFP - Wed Dec 14, 7:28 PM ET
Basel supporters : Basel supporters celebrate during the UEFA Cup football match against AS Roma at Olympic Stadium in Rome. Roma won 3-1. (AFP/Giulio Napolitano) -
Beirut car bomb
A car bomb attack in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, has killed MP Gibran Tueni, a prominent anti-Syrian journalist. -
The blast in Beirut's Christian-dominated suburb of Mekallis killed at least two other people and left several injured. -
A bodyguard of Mr Tueni - the managing editor of the leading liberal An-Nahar newspaper - was among those hurt. -
The powerful explosion set cars on fire and damaged nearby shops and buildings.