Boeing Delivers First C-17 Globemaster III To United Arab Emirates Air Force

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    Author: jone from 14 November, views 3241, Fact
    Boeing Delivers First C-17 Globemaster III To United Arab Emirates Air Force



    The second of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters for the United Arab Emirates Air Force and Air Defence is being assembled at the Boeing assembly facility on May 10, 2011 in Long Beach, California. The UAE will take delivery of three more C-17s this year and two in 2012 as it modernizes its airlift capabilities. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)...

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    Mississippi River Towns Struggle In Face Of Major Floods

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    Author: alice from 14 November, views 2555, Fact
    Mississippi River Towns Struggle In Face Of Major Floods



    Workers use a boat to recover supplies from a flooded grain elevator May 4, 2011 in Caruthersville, Missouri. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and has caused widespread flooding in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Arkansas. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)...

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    Bee Keeper Protests Japanese Claims On Islands

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    Author: peter from 14 November, views 3023, Fact
    Bee Keeper Protests Japanese Claims On Islands



    South Korean bee farmer Ahn Sang-Kyu protests Japans claim of sovereignty over disputed islets May 2, 2006 in Seoul, South Korea. Ahn, a local bee farmer, released over 140,000 bees and attracted them to his body to protest Japans sovereignty claims over a tiny group of islands located off the east coast of South Korea, called the Dokdo islets by the Koreans and Takeshima by the Japanese. The volcanic islets located about 90 kilometres east of South Koreas Ullung Island, have been a source of diplomatic friction between South Korea and Japan for years. (Photo by Chung...

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    «Gorch Fock» Returns To Germany

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    Author: peter from 14 November, views 2070, Fact
    «Gorch Fock» Returns To Germany



    [The Gorch Fock is a tall ship of the German Navy (Deutsche Marine). She is the second ship of that name and a sister ship of the Gorch Fock built in 1933. Both ships are named in honor of the German writer Johann Kinau who wrote under the pseudonym "Gorch Fock" and died in the battle of Jutland/Skagerrak in 1916. The modern-day Gorch Fock was built in 1958 and has since then undertaken 146 cruises (as of October 2006), including one tour around the world in 1988. She is sometimes referred to (unofficially) as the Gorch Fock II to distinguish her from her older sister ship]....

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    Drinkers

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    Author: peter from 14 November, views 5756, Fact
    Drinkers



    Two drunk race-goers make their way home after the last race of the third day of the Royal Ascot horse racing week June 19, 2003 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)...

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    Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures' «Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides» (Arrivals)

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    Author: peter from 14 November, views 3177, Fact
    Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures' «Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides» (Arrivals)



    Actress Penelope Cruz (L) and actor Johnny Depp arrive at premiere of Walt Disney Pictures [Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides] held at Disneyland on May 7, 2011 in Anaheim, California. Proceeds from the world premiere of Walt Disney Pictures [Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides] will benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)...

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    Moscow's Annual Victory Parade In Red Square 2005-2009

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    Author: peter from 14 November, views 3011, Fact
    Moscow's Annual Victory Parade In Red Square 2005-2009



    The annual Victory Day military parade takes place at Red Square on May 09, 2008 in Moscow, Russia. Russias most important national holiday honours over 26 million Soviet soldiers killed during World War II. Around 8,000 soldiers in newly designed uniforms paraded in the largest Victory Day display of heavy weaponry since the collapse of the Soviet Union. (Photo by Dima Korotayev/Epsilon/Getty Images)...

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    Personal Portrait: Bar Refaeli.

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    Author: jone from 14 November, views 3511, Fact
    Personal Portrait: Bar Refaeli.



    Model Bar Refaeli arrives at amfARs Cinema Against AIDS 2007 at Le Moulin de Mougins on May 23, 2007 in Mougins, France. The amfAR Foundation raises funds for research, education and treatment of AIDS/HIV worldwide....

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    Israel Holds Annual Memorial Day

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    Author: alice from 14 November, views 2654, Fact
    Israel Holds Annual Memorial Day



    An Israeli soldier salutes as she attends a military cemetery ahead of the start of Remembrance Day at the graves of killed comrades on May 8, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. The 64th anniversary of the creation of Israel in 1948 has fallen on the Monday as determined by the Hebrew calendar and is preceded by the annual memorial recognising Israels fallen soldiers. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)...

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    Personal Portrait: Ronnie O'Sullivan.

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    Author: peter from 14 November, views 3582, Fact
    Personal Portrait: Ronnie O'Sullivan.



    8 May 2001: Ronnie Osullivan of England poses for pictures at the Hilton Hotel with the trophy and his girlfriend Bianca Westwood after winning Embassy World Championship Snooker Final in Sheffield....

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