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Elvis Presley impersonator Kazunari Tajima sings a Presley tune at a mini-concert of Elvis' 75th birthday party in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010.
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People search for survivors under the rubble of a collapse building the day after an earthquake†hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday flattened the president's palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and whole neighborhoods.
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France's Cyril Despres races his KTM bike in stage ten of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 2010 between La Serena and Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
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A Pakistani girl arranges bricks as she works at a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
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Ford Motor Co. President of the Americas Mark Fields holds up the 2010 North American Truck of the Year award and Car of the Year award at the North American International Auto Show Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, in Detroit. The Ford Fusion Hybrid was named the 2010 North American Car of the Year and Ford Transit Connect was named the 2010 North American Truck of the Year.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
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Haiti's National Palace is seen damaged in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A powerful earthquake struck the country on Tuesday. ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC OUT **
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Actress Rachel McAdams attends the German premiere of Sherlock Holmes in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
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Shadows of people are seen on street covered with frozen ice in the Basque city of Vitoria northern Spain, Sunday Jan. 10, 2010. A polar wind is crossing the country as many parts of Spain registered freezing temperatures and snow storms.
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Endangered Siberian tigers fight for a wild bird at the Harbin Tiger Park in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010.
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An Angolan fan wears body paint as he watches the opening ceremony of the African Cup of Nations at November 11 Stadium in Luanda, Angola, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010.
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Volkswagen's driver U.S Mark Miller and co-driver South Africa's Ralph Pitchford, top, and Volkswagen's driver Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah and German co-driver Timo Gottschalk compete during the seventh stage of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 2010 between Iquique and Antofagasta, Chile, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010.
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People gather in a subway station during the 9th annual "No Pants Subway Ride" in New York, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010.
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A Hindu devotee bathes in river Ganges, which is holy to Hindus, during the annual traditional Magh Mela fair in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims take holy dips during the auspicious period of Magh Mela, hoping for their sins to be washed away according to ancient Hindu scriptures.
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Elizabeth Chase, left and Kate Baldridge, of Fresno, Calif., an engaged same-sex couple hoping to marry, listen to a rally outside of the federal courthouse in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage got under way Monday, and the two gay couples on whose behalf the case was brought will be among the first witnesses.
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A Nanga Sadhu, or naked Hindu holy man with his face smeared with holy ash exhales smoke after puffing marijuana at a transit camp on the way to Gangasagar, in Calcutta, India, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010. Pilgrims started pour into the city to take a holy dip at the confluence of River Ganges and Bay of Bengal at Sagar Island, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of Calcutta, on the auspicious day of Makarsankranti on Jan. 14.
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Japanese physical fitness enthusiasts pray while dipping in icy water during a winter ritual to keep themselves fit and display their perseverance at Teppozu Inari Shinto Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010.
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The frozen Moskva River and a power plant are seen through a widow of a footbridge in downtown Moscow, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
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A Jewish settler, left, scuffles with a Palestinian about disputed farm land in the West Bank village of Immatin, near Qalqilya, Monday, Jan 11, 2010.
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In this image made available by the American Red Cross in London, Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010 shows earthquake damage to a shanty town on the outskirts of Port au Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010. Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after the strongest earthquake to hit the poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped.(AP Photo/ Associated Press/American Red Cross, ho) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **
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A Thai Buddhist Monk makes his rounds along Bangkok Noi Klong on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. While Bangkok to most is a bustling, modern city of more than 10 million people there still remain areas where traditional culture survives.
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People skate on frozen canals in Kinderdijk's Mill Area near Rotterdam, Netherlands, Friday Jan. 8, 2010. The Netherlands, like much of Britain and northern Europe, is experiencing an unusally long cold snap. Freezing temperatures and heavy snow has snarled roads and public transport but delighted children and many adults who enjoy sledding and skating.
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A man rides his bicycle on the road after the Skadar lake flooded land near the village of Plavnica, some 10 kilometers south of Montenegro's capital Podgorica, seen Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)
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Honor guards march during a ceremony prior to a meeting between Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and high-ranked officers of the Japan Self-Defense Forces at Defense Ministry in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
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Lightening flashes across the sky over the Cas Port in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
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