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Thursday, 15 November 2007, 18:58 GMT

Day in pictures

Paul Sereno and the elephant-sized Nigersaurus taqueti in Washington

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Explorer and paleontologist Paul Sereno introduces a new, 110-million-year-old dinosaur at the National Geographic Society in the US.

Buildings demolished in Kaixian County, Chongqing Municipality, China

Buildings demolished in Kaixian County, Chongqing Municipality, China

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A block of buildings is demolished in Chongqing, China, to clear land that will be submerged by the Three Gorges dam next year.

Saint Lazare station in Paris, France

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A woman makes a dangerous dash across the tracks in a Paris railway station as a strike by French transport workers continues to hobble transport.

A Japanese boy at Yunessun hot springs resort in Hakone, west of Tokyo

A Japanese boy at Yunessun hot springs resort in Hakone, west of Tokyo

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A boy bathes in Beaujolais Nouveau at a hot springs resort in Japan. The young French wine is released on the third Thursday of November every year.

Gen George Casey in Congress

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US Army Chief of Staff General George Casey testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the state of the United States Army.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko lays a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem.

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Russian poet and novelist Yevgeny Yevtushenko lays a wreath in memory of six million Jewish Holocaust victims at a museum in Jerusalem.

South Korea plays Poland at the FIVB volleyball World Cup in Kimaki, Japan

South Korea plays Poland at the FIVB volleyball World Cup in Kimaki, Japan

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South Korea's Han Yoo-mi (left) spikes the ball past Polish blocker Magdalena Sliwa during the Women's World Cup 2007 volleyball tournament.

Reinhard Wurz breaks the beer stein-carrying record at a Sydney, Australia pub

Reinhard Wurz breaks the beer stein-carrying record at a Sydney, Australia pub

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An Australian man breaks the world record for carrying the most beer steins. Reinhard Wurz carried 20 one-litre steins 40 metres - a new Guinness record.

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