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Day in pictures

Wembley Stadium under construction

Storm clouds gather over London's Wembley Stadium after Football Association officials decide to drop it as the venue for the 2006 FA Cup final.

A Palestinian student finishes an anti-Danish painting

A Palestinian student finishes an anti-Danish painting, created in protest against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad which were published by a newspaper in Denmark.

Indian police use water cannons against protesters

Indian police use water cannons against protesters from the National Potters Association in Delhi.

Competitors in the men's biathlon at the Turin Olympics

Competitors shoot in the men's biathlon at the Turin Olympics.

US troops in Afghanistan

US troops take part in a change of command ceremony at an American air base in Bagram, Afghanistan.

A butcher stands at poultry boxes in a Paris market

A butcher surveys poultry boxes in Paris, after France's first case of bird flu was reported at the weekend....

The raven master stands outside the Tower of London

...while the raven master stands outside the Tower of London, which has also taken precautions against bird flu.

Pakistani police sit at a market

Pakistani police sit at a market closed in a protest at the publication of cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.




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