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RCMP officers line up to march to a regimental funeral for RCMP Const. Adrian Oliver in Langley, B.C., on Tuesday November 20, 2012. Oliver died November 13 after his unmarked police cruiser collided with a transport truck in Surrey, B.C.
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Palestinians flee their homes after an Israeli forces strike on nearby a sports field in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. The Palestinian civilian death toll mounted Monday as Israeli aircraft struck densely populated areas in the Gaza Strip in its campaign to quell militant rocket fire menacing nearly half of Israel's population.
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An Israeli child plays in a large concrete pipe used as a bomb shelter on November 19, 2012 in Nitzan, Israel. According to reports November 19, 2012, at least 90 Palestinians have been killed and more than 700 wounded during the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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M23 rebels stand outside a small wooden shack in the village of Kanyarucinya, some 6km from Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on November 18, 2012. Government soldiers were fleeing the eastern DR Congo city of Goma in large numbers today as rebels advanced to the gates of the regional capital after fresh fighting erupted in the area last week, a UN source said.
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A girl watches voters at a polling station during presidential elections in Freetown November 17, 2012. Sierra Leoneans vote on Saturday in elections they hope can propel the small West African state into an era of prosperity based on mining and oil after a decade of difficult recovery from civil war. The presidential and parliamentary polls, the third held since the end of the 1991-2002 conflict, pit President Ernest Bai Koroma and his ruling All People's Congress (APC) against challenger Julius Maada Bio, a former junta leader who represents the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP).
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Ri Ji Hyang of Democratic Republic of Korea performs in the solo technical routine during the synchronized swimming final at the 9th Asian Swimming Championships in Dubai, on November 16, 2012.
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Kenichi Ito, known as the "world's fastest man on four legs", crosses the finish line while a Guinness World Records official times his record for the 100-metre challenge, in Tokyo November 15, 2012. The 30-year-old Ito who developed his skills for 9 years based on the running style of the African Patas monkey, broke a new Guinness World Record on Thursday, clocking in at 17.47 seconds.
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Kenichi Ito runs on a race course on his way to setting the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to run 100 meters on all fours at Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium in Tokyo, Nov. 15, 2012.
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Kenichi on all fours.
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Kenichi Ito reacts after breaking a Guinness World Records for the 100-metre, in Tokyo November 15, 2012.
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Kenichi Ito shows a watch displaying the Guinness World Record time of 17.47 seconds.
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Kenichi looks at his new Guinness World Records certification.
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Chairman of the Jewish Claims Conference Julius Berman walks through the Holocaust Memorial after an interview with The Associated Press, in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Sixty years after a landmark accord started German government compensation for victims of Nazi crimes, fund administrators and German officials say payments to Holocaust survivors are needed more than ever as they enter their final years. In acknowledgement of that, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was to sign off officially Thursday on revisions to the original 1952 compensation treaty, increasing pensions for those living in eastern Europe and broadening who is eligible for payments.
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Stars rock the red carpet from the European premiere of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" at The Odeon Leicester Square on Nov. 14, 2012 in London.
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Mollie King (L), Vanessa White (C) and Frankie Sandford of the music group The Saturdays.
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Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella Swan.
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Actor Robert Pattinson.
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Actress Judi Shekoni.
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Actress Myanna Burling.
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Singer Tinchy Stryder.
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Tamara Ecclestone, daughter of Bernie Ecclestone.
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Taylor Lautner.
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A protester holds a flare during a demonstration in Lisbon on November 14, 2012 during a general strike. General strikes and protests against austerity measures spearhead the day of action called by European unions and joined by activists in 23 countries as anger over governments' tight-fisted policies boils over.
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Shadows of trees are cast onto a wall of the Forbidden City as a man walks past on a cold, sunny day in Beijing November 13, 2012.
