The week in pictures: Dec 23 - 29

Shoe bomb scare

A suspected suicide bomber (r) appears in court after being seized on a transatlantic flight

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NYC's poignant Christmas

Outgoing New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani serves up Christmas dinner to workers at Ground Zero

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Christmas up in smoke

The sun is but a faint red disc in Sydney's sky as bush fires rage in New South Wales

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Death of Sir Humphrey

Sir Nigel Hawthorne, internationally acclaimed for his role as suave bureaucrat Sir Humphrey Appelby, dies of a heart attack

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Bin Laden re-emerges

A tired-looking Osama Bin Laden attacks the US in his latest video address

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Surprise break

The Blair family are spotted enjoying a post-Christmas break in Egypt

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