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US President, George Bush, talks to the Hanh Anh Duong Dragon Dance Group in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Mr Bush was in Vietnam to attend the Asia-Pacific summit.

President Bush talks to the Hanh Anh Duong Dragon Dance Group in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Mr Bush was in Vietnam to attend the Asia-Pacific summit.

Employees at South Korea's Everland amusement park, all dressed as Santa Clause, ride in a roller-coaster after completing a training course at the Santa Claus School ahead of Christmas at Yongin.

Employees at South Korea's Everland amusement park, all dressed as Santa Claus, ride in a roller-coaster after completing a training course at the Santa Claus School.

French riot police stand guard during industrial action by France's firefighters in Paris

French riot police are covered in flame-suppressing foam by protesting firefighters in Paris.

Refugees at the  El Salaam refugee camp, Darfur, Sudan

Refugees at a Darfur refugee camp on the day when UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron visited.

Visitors take pictures of the specially commissioned sculpture called The Source in the atrium of the Stock Exchange in London.

Visitors take pictures of the specially commissioned sculpture called The Source in the atrium of the Stock Exchange in London.

US President George W Bush (centre) with Flyer the turkey and his handler, Lynn Nutt, in the Rose Garden

US President George W Bush grants the traditional pardon to Flyer the turkey in the White House's Rose Garden, as the US prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday.

British soldiers on patrol in Basra offer cash incentives for information in a new campaign against insurgent attacks.

British soldiers on patrol in Basra offer cash incentives for information in a new campaign against insurgent attacks.

Somali refugees cross a river swollen by flooding near Dadaab, Kenya

Somali refugees displaced by flooding in Kenya cross a swollen river - the UN estimates 1.8 million people have been affected by the floods.

 Sadr City area of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Scores of people have been killed in a series of blasts in the mainly Shia Sadr City area of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams pray in a chapel of the Apostolic Palace

Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams pray in the Papal Palace after a meeting to seek closer ties between the Catholic and Anglican Churches.

Islamic militia burn confiscated cannabis in Somalia

Somali Islamic militia men burn confiscated cannabis - Islamic forces in Somalia have already outlawed the narcotic khat.






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