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16:14 GMT, Friday, 28 November 2008

Day in pictures

A freed hostage takes a picture of the media from the window of a bus after being rescued

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A freed hostage after being rescued from the Oberoi-Trident Hotel in Mumbai.

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People visit the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, which has seen a decline in tourism as the global economic downturn takes its toll.

Indian Reang refugees hold up identity cards as they line up at a polling station

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Indian Reang refugees hold up identity cards at a polling station in a refugee camp, north of Agartala in the state of Tripura.

A nun walks past an election banner for the Social Democrat Party in Romania

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A nun walks past an election banner for Romania's Social Democrat Party, which is leading the polls ahead of elections on Sunday .

The Beichuan Qiang Folk Art Troup performing

The Beichuan Qiang Folk Art Troup performing

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Folk actors from the Qiang culture perform in the quake-hit Chinese province of Sichuan.

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A worker puts the finishing touches to a giant cake shaped like a Christmas tree at a shopping centre in Jakarta.

A Hajj pilgrim sleeps, another reads the Koran at Bangkok's international airport

A Hajj pilgrim sleeps, another reads the Koran at Bangkok's international airport

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A Hajj pilgrim sleeps at Bangkok's international airport, where anti-government protesters continued their blockade.

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