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AFP - Mon Jan 2, 7:12 PM ET
Waiting at the base : A US soldier waits for his flight to arrive at the heliport of the US military base in the outskirts of the northern city of Tikrit, Iraq. (AFP/Filippo Monteforte) -
AFP - Mon Jan 2, 7:14 PM ET
On patrol : US soldiers patrol a rural area on the outskirts of the northen city of Tikrit, Iraq. (AFP/Filippo Monteforte) -
AFP - Mon Jan 2, 7:28 PM ET
Chelsea clash : John Terry (R) of Chelsea competes for the ball against Nigel Reo-Coker (L) of West Ham during the Premiership football match at Upton Park in London. Chelsea won the game 3-1. (AFP/Adrian Dennis) -
AFP - Mon Jan 2, 7:29 PM ET
Underway : The fleet leaves Cape Town as boats head into the Southern Ocean for the passage to Melbourne, Australia, in Leg 2 of the 2006 Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006. (AFP/Max Nash) -
AFP - Mon Jan 2, 7:33 PM ET
Dakar rally : France's Cyril Despres rides during the third stage of the 28th Dakar rally between Nador and Er Rachidia. (AFP/Damien Meyer) -
AFP - Mon Jan 2, 7:38 PM ET
Along the wall : Palestinians walk next to the Israeli separation barrier near the Kalandia crossing between Jerusalem and West Bank town of Ramallah, one day before the start of campaigning for the 25 January legistlative ballot in the Palestinian territories. (AFP/Menahem Kahana) -
AFP - Mon Jan 2, 7:40 PM ET
Alvaro Domecq : The Spanish Alvaro Domecq Riding School displays one of its horses at the Royal Equestrian festival in the Omani capital Muscat, during the annual equestrian show. (AFP/Mohammed Mahjoub) -
AFP - Mon Jan 2, 7:50 PM ET
Cold mountain : Pakistani Kashmiri earthquake survivor stands on a snow covered hilly area as snow and rain lash the quake hit areas in the devastated city of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan Administered Kashmir. (AFP/Asif Hassan) -
AFP - Mon Jan 2, 7:55 PM ET
Printing posters : A Palestinian worker prints election posters for the Hamas movement with pictures of the late spiritul leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, one day before the offical start of campaigning for upcoming legistlative elections, in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams) -
Day in Pictures: 3 January 2006
Germany is again looking to fuel alternatives amid the row over Russian gas. Here a Berlin coal trader shovels briquettes. -
Stockholm follows London with a congestion tax, launching a seven-month experiment on Tuesday. -
Sikhs celebrate the anniversary of the 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. Here a fire-eater entertains the crowd in India. -
Japanese falconers greet the New Year in Tokyo with a display of their birds. -
Rival French politicians Dominique de Villepin (left) and Nicolas Sarkozy put on smiles for the cameras. -
Andy Murray of Great Britain takes on Paolo Lorenzi of Italy at the Adelaide tennis tournament. -
India is practising for its Republic Day parade on 26 January. Here a labourer passes troops in Delhi. -
Meet Actroid, a Japanese "female" robot complete with kimono and equipped with speech recognition in four languages. -
AP - Tue Jan 3, 2:49 AM ET
Ethnic Hmong women participate in Hmong New Year celebrations Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, in Nong Hoi Mai village, near Chiang Mai, Thailand. The Hmong, who trace their roots back to China, are one of Southeast Asia's largest minorities with populations in Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) -
Reuters - Tue Jan 3,12:06 PM ET
A tourist walks past miniature clay sculptures displayed on the staircase of 'Santa Maria in Aracoeli' Basilica in Rome January 3, 2006. Five thousand sculptures personifying the children of the five continents were put on display to mark the 20th anniversary of 'The spirit of Assisi', a phrase coined by the late Pope John Paul II to describe the Catholic Church reaching out to those in need. REUTERS/Tony Gentile -
AP - Tue Jan 3, 2:22 PM ET
A Sikh holy man blows fire during a procession to celebrate the birth anniversary of tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006. The birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh is on Jan. 5. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) -
Reuters - Tue Jan 3, 3:51 AM ET
An African giraffe, Mas Sura, licks its four-day-old baby at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur January 3, 2006. Standing at 1.2 metres (four feet) and weighing 40kg (90 lb) at birth the baby giraffe was born on Friday, becoming the 11th African giraffe in the zoo. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad -
AFP - Tue Jan 3, 3:15 PM ET
Coma period : Spain's Marc Coma rides through the Moroccan desert during the third stage of the 28th Dakar rally between Er Rachidia and Ouarzazate. (AFP/Damien Meyer) -
AFP - Tue Jan 3, 3:19 PM ET
Despres in the dunes : France's Cyril Despres rides through the Moroccan desert to finish fourth during the third stage of the 28th Dakar rally between Er Rachidia and Ouarzazate. (AFP/Damien Meyer) -
AFP - Tue Jan 3, 3:37 PM ET
The kids and the bulldozer : Palestinian youths throw stones at an Israeli army bulldozer during an incursion into the northern West Bank city of Jenin. (AFP/Saif Dahlah) -
AFP - Tue Jan 3, 3:42 PM ET
Through the desert : Spain's Marc Coma rides down a sand dune in the Moroccan desert during the third stage of the 28th Dakar rally between Er Rachidia and Ouarzazate. (AFP/Damien Meyer)