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George Clooney's drama Good Night, and Good Luck, failed to convert its four nominations into trophies, but Clooney won a best supporting actor trophy for his role in Syriana. -
Sir Anthony Hopkins was presented with the Cecil B DeMille award for his life's work in film, including his Oscar-winning performance as the chilling Hannibal Lecter. -
Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang lost out in the best actress category for her role in Memoirs Of A Geisha, but John Williams' original score for the film won an award. -
Day in pictures: 18 January 2006
Indian traditional dancers from Karnatka state perform during a press preview of the Republic Day parade in Delhi. -
Two pigeons rest on a bas-relief on the wall of Moscow's Christ The Savior Cathedral. -
Serbians jump into the cold water of the Danube river as they compete to reach a cross in Belgrade on Epiphany day. -
Swiss Manuela Laura Pesko jumps during the women's final of the half-pipe Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup in Leysin, Switzerland. -
Two people stroll walk through hedges in the snowy Tiergarten park in Berlin, Germany. -
Supporters of Bangladesh's Awami League-led opposition take part in a protest rally in Dhaka. -
Day in pictures: 20 January 2006
Soldiers in India take part in a Republic Day rehearsal in Delhi, ahead of celebrations on 26 January. -
A tarsier - one of the world's smallest primate's - rests in a wildlife sanctuary on the Philippine island of Bohol. -
A man studies a model steam train at an exhibition in London, Britain. -
...these are not models - tournament officials wipe a tennis court to dry the surface at the Australian Open in Melbourne. -
Hindu holy men protest against the construction of a dam which is affecting the flow of the River Ganges. -
An Italian performer in China marks the start of a year-long cultural festival promoting ties between the two countries. -
Reuters - Tue Jan 17, 7:14 PM ET
A performer takes part in a show for the visiting Zapatista rebels in the seaside resort town of Playa del Carmen in Yucatan peninsula, Mexico January 16, 2006. The Zapatista rebels are touring Mexico on a campaign timed to coincide with this year's presidential elections. Photo taken January 16, 2006. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz -
AFP - Tue Jan 17, 4:05 PM ET
Curly goodies : A vendor serves customers behind a curtain of dangling sausages at the International "Gruene Woche"(Green Week) agricultural trade fair in Berlin. (AFP/John MacDougall) -
AFP - Thu Jan 19, 4:13 PM ET
Two-tone cat : A Turkish cat at the Cat House Center in Van, eastern Turkey. (AFP/Mustafa Ozer) -
Reuters - Thu Jan 19, 11:53 PM ET
A Vietnamese farmer transports a kumquat tree, which is decorated for the Lunar New Year, by motorcycle in Hanoi January 20, 2006. Vietnam will celebrate the Tet festival or Lunar New Year of the Dog, the country's most important festival of the year, from January 28 to February 2, 2006. REUTERS/Kham -
AFP - Thu Jan 19, 3:58 PM ET
Sky and mountain : A jet-liner streams across the sky as a lone skier speeds down near the men's World cup downhill course in the late afternoon in Kitzbuhel. (AFP/Joe Klamar) -
AP - Fri Jan 20, 12:22 AM ET
Tracey Renee Brown, Miss Idaho, catches air as she dances during the preliminary competition for the 2006 Miss America Pageant at Aladdin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006. Fifty-two contestants will compete in the annual Miss America pageant on Saturday, Jan. 21, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) -
AFP - Fri Jan 20, 4:07 PM ET
Focusing on lunch : A tarsier watches a cricket in a widlife sanctuary in the central Philippine island of Bohol. (AFP/Joel Nito) -
AFP - Thu Jan 19, 3:19 PM ET
Ouch! : Estonia's Elena Glebova performs in the Ladies Free Skating competition during the European Figure Skating Championships in Lyon. (AFP/Martin Bureau) -
AFP - Thu Jan 19, 3:24 PM ET
A whole lot of skiing : Scors of tracks left by skiiers can be seen on the slopes of Austria's most famous winter and summer resort, Kitzbuhel. (AFP/Joe Klamar) -
AFP - Thu Jan 19, 3:38 PM ET
Hanging at the plant : A technician works on maintenance during the uranium refueling of the reactors of the Angra II nuclear plant in Angra dos Reis, Brazil. (AFP/Vanderlei Almeida)