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A journalist stands outside a collapsed house following a powerful quake that hit Japan's northwest coast in Kashiwazaki, Monday, July 16, 2007. A 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's northwest coast on Monday, and media reports said at least five people were killed and more than 500 injured. The area was plagued by a series of aftershocks, the strongest of which was magnitude 5.8. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Enlarge Photo AP

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A strong earthquake shook Japan's northwest coast Monday, setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea — an accident not reported to the public for hours.

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    • U.S. soldiers cut a lock at the entrance of a former medical equipment factory so that they can enter it during a patrol in Baghdad July 16, 2007. (Nikola Solic/Reuters)
      U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,616 AP - 1 minute ago

      As of Monday, July 16, 2007, at least 3,616 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,969 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

    • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, sits by herself in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 16, 2007, during a meeting between President Bush and Polish President Lech Kaczynski. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
      Rice cancels visit to African nations AP - 28 minutes ago

      WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has dropped Africa entirely from an overseas trip this week to focus on Iraq and Middle East peace efforts, the State Department said Monday.

    • This photo provided by the Defense Department shows Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander, multi-national Forces in Iraq, left, greeting outgoing Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace, Monday, July 16, 2007, at Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq. Gen. Pace is visiting Iraq to met leadership, visit troops and to assess the operations in Iraq (AP Photo/Defense Department, Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen)
      Pace: US troops in Iraq could rise AP - 32 minutes ago

      BAGHDAD - The U.S. military is weighing new directions for Iraq, including an even bigger troop buildup if President Bush thinks his "surge" strategy needs a further boost, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.

    • Haleh Esfandiari a detained Iranian-American speaking in this image taken from TV  during a TV interview at an unknown location in Iran that was aired in Iran on Monday July 16, 2007. Iranian state-run television on Monday showed footage for the first time of two of the four Iranian-Americans detained in the country, promising more images in the coming days. The video showed  Haleh Esfandiari and  Kian Tajbakhsh separately, located in what appeared to be residential homes, wearing civilian attire. (AP Photo/IRIB via AP Television)
      Footage shows detained Iranian-Americans AP - 45 minutes ago

      TEHRAN, Iran - Two Iranian-Americans detained here on national security charges appeared Monday for the first time on state television, with one saying in one of the brief video clips that his foundation may have targeted Islam.

    • Men weep after a suicide bomber detonated a truck wired with explosives near a Kurdish political party's offices, followed by two other car bomb blasts, in the northern city of Kirkuk 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 16, 2007. The coordinated attack, believed to be the deadliest in Kirkuk since the four-year Iraq conflict began, killed more than 80 people and wounded more than 150, police said. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)
      Bombings kill more than 80 in Iraq AP - 50 minutes ago

      BAGHDAD - A triple bombing, including a massive suicide truck blast, killed more than 80 people Monday in Kirkuk, the deadliest attack yet in the oil-rich northern city. The bloodshed reinforced concern that extremists are heading north as U.S.-led forces step up pressure around Baghdad.

    Europe News

    • The United Nations headquarters in New York.  The UN Security Council remained divided Monday over Kosovo's future, with veto-wielding Russia objecting to a compromise draft resolution, alleging that its hidden goal was independence for the Serbian province.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)
      Russia gives firm "no" to West's Kosovo plan at U.N. Reuters - 55 minutes ago

      UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia gave a definitive "no" on Monday to a European-American draft resolution on Kosovo that would end a U.N. presence and put European representatives in charge of the Serbian province.

    • Viking ship towed across North Sea AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

      COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The crew of a replica Viking longship dropped plans to sail across the North Sea on Monday because of unfavorable winds and was to be towed to a group of islands north of the Scottish mainland.

    • President Bush meets with Polish President Lech Kaczynski in the Oval Office, July 16, 2007. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
      Poland says U.S. shield a "foregone conclusion" Reuters - 2 hours, 1 minute ago

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. missile-defense system will be built in Poland despite Russia's anger over the plans, Polish President Lech Kaczynski said on Monday after a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush.

    • German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) receives British Prime Minister Gordon Brown with military honors in front of the Chancellery in Berlin. Brown on Monday held talks with Merkel in his first foreign visit as prime minister, but the meeting was overshadowed by a gathering diplomatic storm with Russia.(AFP/DDP/Marcus Brandt)
      Brown's meeting with Merkel overshadowed by Russia row AFP - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago

      BERLIN (AFP) - Gordon Brown on Monday held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in his first foreign visit as Britain's new prime minister, but the meeting was overshadowed by a gathering diplomatic storm with Russia.

    • Arsenal are confident that coach Arsene Wenger, seen here in April 2007, will stay at the Emirates Stadium with chairman Peter Hill-Wood revealing on Monday that talks over a new contract for the Frenchman have opened.(AFP/File/Chris Young)
      Gunners confident Wenger will stay AFP - 2 hours, 45 minutes ago

      LONDON (AFP) - Arsenal are confident that coach Arsene Wenger will stay at the Emirates Stadium with chairman Peter Hill-Wood revealing on Monday that talks over a new contract for the Frenchman have opened.

    Latin America

    • Mexico president dismisses accusations AP - 9 minutes ago

      MEXICO CITY - President Felipe Calderon on Monday dismissed as "pure fiction" the allegations by a Chinese-Mexican businessman that Mexico's ruling party forced him to hide tens of millions of dollars in campaign cash at his home.

    • Chavez: Catholic Church losing backing AP - 11 minutes ago

      CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez criticized Venezuela's Roman Catholic leaders on Monday for condemning his plans to rewrite the constitution, saying the church is losing support in this politically divided nation because priests are meddling in politics.

    • Explosion damages UK embassy in Chile AP - Mon Jul 16, 3:42 AM ET

      LONDON - A small explosion outside the British Embassy in Santiago, Chile caused minor damage but no casualties, the Foreign Office said Monday.

    • A supporter of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide holds his photo while marching through Port-au-Prince, Sunday, July 15, 2007, demanding the leader's return and accusing current President Rene Preval of turning his back on his one-time ally. (AP Photo/Evens Sanon)
      Aristide supporters march in Haiti AP - Sun Jul 15, 8:03 PM ET

      PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Supporters of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched through Haiti's capital on Sunday, demanding the ousted leader's return and accusing President Rene Preval of turning his back on his one-time ally.

    • Two birds go at each other with sharp plastic spurs at a cockfighting arena in Barranquitas, central Puerto Rico, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006. Unlike in most of the US, cockfighting is legal in Puerto Rico, where it has been popular since the 18th century. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
      Advocates seek Puerto Rico cockfight ban AP - Sun Jul 15, 11:39 AM ET

      ISLA VERDE, Puerto Rico - With cockfighting about to lose its last bastion in the United States, animal rights activists are training their sights on Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory where the blood sport is both beloved tradition and big business.

    Africa News

    • Zorka Anachkova, mother of Christiana Valcheva, one of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya, speaks to journalists during a meeting in front of the Libyan embassy building in Sofia July 16, 2007. Libya's top judiciary body postponed until Monday evening its meeting to decide the fate of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death for infecting Libyan children with the AIDS virus, officials and lawyers said. (Nikolay Doychinov/Reuters)
      Libya postpones decision on medics Reuters - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago

      TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's top judiciary body has put off until Tuesday a ruling on the fate of six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting Libyan children with HIV.

    • An undated file photo shows Serge Maheshe, a Congolese journalist working for the UN-sponsored Radio Okapi. Two people told a court here Monday that they were hired to kill Maheshe, who was murdered last month, by the two witnesses to the crime.(AFP/MONUC-HO/File)
      Alleged killers of DRC journalist claim they were hired AFP - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago

      BUKAVU, DRCongo (AFP) - Two people told a court here Monday that they were hired to kill a Congolese journalist, who was murdered last month, by the two witnesses to the crime.

    • Roman Catholic Archbishop, Pius Ncube, from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, answers a question at a news conference in  Johannesburg, South Africa Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Ncube has slammed Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's new economic policy and labelled him as a criminal who would do anything to stay in power. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
      Cameras along as Zimbabwe bishop accused AP - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago

      HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube was named in an adultery case Monday in what his lawyer called an "orchestrated attempt" to embarrass the outspoken government critic.

    • A couple walks in Tripoli July 16, 2007. Libya's top judiciary body has postponed until Monday evening its meeting to decide the fate of six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting Libyan children with the AIDS virus, officials and lawyers said. (Nasser Nuri/Reuters)
      Libyan council postpones decision on foreign medics Reuters - Mon Jul 16, 4:26 PM ET

      TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's top judiciary body has put off until Tuesday a decision on the fate of six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting Libyan children with

    • 'Apartheid minister' to stand trial AP - Mon Jul 16, 4:06 PM ET

      JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A former police minister whose name is synonymous with the brutal repression of apartheid's political opponents is to stand trial for the poisoning of a high-ranking government official, prosecutors said Monday.

    Asia News

    • Abdul Sattar Murad, the former governor of Kapisa province, gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, July 16, 2007. Afghanistan's government fired the provincial governor days after he said Afghans are distancing themselves from President Hamid Karzai and that a 'vacuum of authority' is allowing the Taliban, al-Qaida and other groups to gain power. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
      Afghan governor fired after comments AP - 16 minutes ago

      KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's government fired a provincial governor days after he said Afghans are distancing themselves from President Hamid Karzai and that a "vacuum of authority" is allowing the Taliban, al-Qaida and other groups to gain power.

    • A man walks over cracks in the road caused by an earthquake in Kashiwazaki, northern Japan July 16, 2007. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
      Japan quake victims take shelter Reuters - 41 minutes ago

      KASHIWAZAKI, Japan (Reuters) - More than 10,000 people sheltered in evacuation centers on Tuesday in Japan's northwest after a strong earthquake flattened hundreds of houses, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 900.

    • A journalist stands outside a collapsed house following a powerful quake that hit Japan's northwest coast in Kashiwazaki, Monday, July 16, 2007. A 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's northwest coast on Monday, and media reports said at least five people were killed and more than 500 injured. The area was plagued by a series of aftershocks, the strongest of which was magnitude 5.8. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
      Japan quake causes 9 deaths, nuke leak AP - 47 minutes ago

      KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A strong earthquake shook Japan's northwest coast Monday, setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea — an accident not reported to the public for hours.

    • This undated file photo released by the US Department of Defense shows an aerial view of The Pentagon. US and Japanese specialists have begun a search for clues to the missing remains of Japanese soldiers killed on a remote island in the Aleutians in World War II's only ground combat in North America, the Pentagon said Monday.(AFP/DoD/HO/File)
      US, Japanese search for Japanese war dead in Alaska AFP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

      WASHINGTON (AFP) - US and Japanese specialists have begun a search for clues to the missing remains of Japanese soldiers killed on a remote island in the Aleutians in World War II's only ground combat in North America, the Pentagon said Monday.

    • Troops of Pakistan's paramilitary troops take positions in a troubled city of Matta, Swat after a Sunday's suicide attack which killed 18 people in northwestern Pakistan, Monday, July 16, 2007. Pakistan authorities were probing suspected links between radicals at the captured Red Mosque and militants in the northwest frontier, where more than 70 people died in weekend suicide attacks and bombings. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)
      Pakistan scrambles to save tribal accord AP - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago

      ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani officials struggled Monday to salvage a peace deal meant to contain militants near the Afghan border and urged tribal elders to halt violence surging across the northwest.

    Canada

    • Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe attend a news conference at the Casa de Narino's Plaza de Armas in Bogota, Colombia, July 16, 2007. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar
      Canada steps into void left by U.S.-Colombia rift Reuters - Mon Jul 16, 4:29 PM ET

      BOGOTA (Reuters) - Canada started trade talks with Colombia on Monday and pledged full support for President Alvaro Uribe, who has seen his key bilateral relationship with the United States bog down in a scandal over human rights.

    • Canada sets C$1.4 billion aid for Quebec's Cree Reuters - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago

      MONTREAL (Reuters) - The Canadian government agreed on Monday to disburse C$1.4 billion ($1.3 billion) in aid over 20 years to Quebec's 15,000 Cree to improve health, security and other services for the native Indians.

    • In this file photo a Petro Canada station displays a zero price, indicating that they have run out of gasoline, in downtown Toronto, February 24, 2007. Canada's annual inflation rate is set to edge higher in June due to the effects of a drop in gasoline prices a year ago, analysts said on Monday, forecasting only marginal price hikes in the month. REUTERS/J.P. Moczulski
      Inflation rate expected to climb in June Reuters - Mon Jul 16, 1:32 PM ET

      OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate is set to edge higher in June due to the effects of a drop in gasoline prices a year ago, analysts said on Monday, forecasting only marginal price hikes in the month.

    • Thieves strip Canadian berry bushes, baffle police Reuters - Mon Jul 16, 11:56 AM ET

      TORONTO (Reuters) - Thieves in central Canada stripped an orchard of some 200 pounds (90 kilograms) of ripe Saskatoonberries, leaving police and farmers baffled at the work needed for a relatively low-price haul.

    • Canada dollar hits 96 cents for first time since 1977 Reuters - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago

      TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar stormed to 96 U.S. cents for the first time in 30 years on Monday as higher oil prices triggered a slew of automatic buy orders.

    Australia/Antarctica News

    • The company logo for aluminum company Alcoa. The world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton, was tightlipped Monday on reports that it is considering making a 50 billion US dollar takeover bid for Alcoa.(AFP/Ho)
      BHP tightlipped on Alcoa takeover plans AFP - Mon Jul 16, 3:57 AM ET

      SYDNEY (AFP) - The world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton, was tightlipped Monday on reports that it is considering making a 50 billion US dollar takeover bid for US aluminium giant Alcoa Inc.

    • Forensics officer examines a car parked outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub in London's Haymarket district in June 2007. The Australian government Monday ordered an Indian doctor locked up in immigration detention just hours after a court granted him bail on a charge connected to the failed British car bomb attacks.(AFP/File/Clara Molden)
      Haneef to stay in custody in Australia AP - Mon Jul 16, 3:42 AM ET

      BRISBANE, Australia - The Australian government said Monday it would detain a doctor accused of supporting the foiled car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow on immigration violations, overriding a magistrate's order granting him bail.

    • Aboriginal artist Janelle Stockman works in a warehouse in the central town of Alice Springs in this picture taken July 5, 2007. Aboriginal art in Australia is booming and improving the lives of poor black communities, but unscrupulous dealers are ripping off artists and fraud from China and India is undermining the industry. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)
      Aboriginal art industry booming in outback Reuters - Sun Jul 15, 10:28 PM ET

      ALICE SPRINGS, Australia (Reuters) - Aboriginal art in Australia is booming and improving the lives of poor black communities, but unscrupulous dealers are ripping off artists and fraud from China and India is undermining the industry.

    • Australian Prime Minister John Howard during an event in Sydney, on July 7. The world's two biggest polluters, the US and China, will have an unprecedented chance to thrash out action on climate change at an upcoming summit in Australia, Prime Minister said on Sunday.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)
      US, China to get unique climate change chance at summit: Australia AFP - Sun Jul 15, 3:59 AM ET

      SYDNEY (AFP) - The world's two biggest polluters, the US and China, will have an unprecedented chance to thrash out action on climate change at an upcoming summit in Australia, Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday.

    • Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer seen in Tokyo in this June 6, 2007 file photo. Senior ministers defended Australia's tough anti-terrorism stance on Sunday, saying laws by which a man linked to the failed UK bombings was held for 12 days before being charged were essential to protect its citizens. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
      Australia defends tough anti-terror stance over Indian medic Reuters - Sun Jul 15, 3:29 AM ET

      MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard and senior ministers rallied to defend Australia's tough anti-terrorism stance on Sunday, saying laws by which a man linked to the failed UK bombings was held for 12 days before being charged were essential to protect its citizens.

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    • A Bulgarian archeologist holds up an ancient Thracian gold artifact  at a Thracian tomb near the village of Topolchane east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Sunday, July, 15, 2007. A golden mask, gold and silver artifacts dated back from the 4th century B.C. were discovered at the Thracian tomb near the village of Topolchene on Saturday. ( AP Photo/Petar Petrov)
      2,400-year-old golden mask unearthed AP - Mon Jul 16, 1:05 PM ET

      SOFIA, Bulgaria - A 2,400-year-old golden mask that once belonged to a Thracian king was unearthed in a timber-lined tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists said Monday.

    • Residents queue for water supplies near a gymnasium used as a shelter in Kashiwazaki July 17, 2007. More than 10,000 people sheltered in evacuation centres on Tuesday in Japan's northwest after a strong earthquake flattened hundreds of houses, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 900. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota (JAPAN)
      Japan quake causes 9 deaths, nuke leak AP - 47 minutes ago

      KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A strong earthquake shook Japan's northwest coast Monday, setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea — an accident not reported to the public for hours.

    • Many detainees in Iraq are Saudi AP - Mon Jul 16, 1:17 PM ET

      BAGHDAD - Nearly half of the foreign detainees held in Iraq are Saudi citizens, and lists of their names were given to Saudi officials during a recent visit by an Iraqi delegation, national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said in remarks aired Monday.

    • A worker holds two weeks old black panther, Milica in Belgrade's Zoo, Saturday, July 14, 2007. The  cub is adopted by a dog, who helps rear it along with her own puppies, after baby panther's mother tried to eat it.  (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
      Baby panther adopted by dog AP - Sun Jul 15, 6:43 PM ET

      BELGRADE, Serbia - Man's best friend helped save this tiny cat.

    • A woman reads a newspaper at a gymnasium used as a shelter in Kashiwazaki, northern Japan July 17, 2007. More than 10,000 people sheltered in evacuation centres on Tuesday in Japan's northwest after a strong earthquake flattened hundreds of houses, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 900. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota
      Japan quake victims take shelter Reuters - 41 minutes ago

      KASHIWAZAKI, Japan (Reuters) - More than 10,000 people sheltered in evacuation centers on Tuesday in Japan's northwest after a strong earthquake flattened hundreds of houses, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 900.

    Michael Lenahan, 23, of Philadelphia, Pa. is gored in the leg by a fighting bull during a traditional bull run in Pamplona, Spain, Thursday July 12, 2007. Two American brothers were gored Thursday during the longest and bloodiest morning bull run at the San Fermin festival in the northeastern city of Pamplona. Lawrence Lenahan, 26, of Hermosa Beach, Calif. and Michael Lenahan, 23, of Philadelphia, Pa. were gored by a bull who strayed from the pack, turned around and ran the wrong way. The older brother suffered a eight-inch (20-centimeter) goring in the left buttock after a dangerous sharp right turn in the course Lenahan described as a 'dead man's curve.' The younger brother was injured shortly before the bull ring, the end point of the daily runs, after the bulls horn entered beneath his skin in his right shin. (AP Photo/ Inaki Porto)AP Sent: 1131 times
    A worker holds two weeks old black panther, Milica in Belgrade's Zoo, Saturday, July 14, 2007. The  cub is adopted by a dog, who helps rear it along with her own puppies, after baby panther's mother tried to eat it.  (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)AP Sent: 516 times
    A male long-coated chihuahua named "Heart-kun" with a heart-shaped pattern on his coat sits at Pucchin Dog's shop in Odate, northern Japan July 10, 2007. The one-and-a-half-month-old chihuahua was born on May 18, 2007 as one of a litter. The shop owner Emiko Sakurada said that this is the first time a puppy with these marks has been born out of a 1,000 that she has bred. She also said that she has no plans to sell the puppy. REUTERS/Issei Kato  (JAPAN).  EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO SALES. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS.Reuters Sent: 428 times
    U.S. brothers Michael, right, and Laurence Lenahan are gored at the same time by a fighting bull during a traditional bull run in Pamplona, Spain, Thursday July 12, 2007. The two brothers were gored Thursday during the longest and bloodiest morning bull run at the San Fermin festival in the northeastern city of Pamplona. Lawrence Lenahan, 26, of Hermosa Beach, Calif. and Michael Lenahan, 23, of Philadelphia, Pa. were gored by a bull who strayed from the pack, turned around and ran the wrong way. (AP Photo/ Larrion Pimoulier)AP Sent: 221 times
    An unidentified runner is attended to by medical services following the sixth running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 12, 2007.REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN)Reuters Sent: 201 times
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A long-coated male chihuahua named "Heart-kun" with a heart-shaped pattern on his coat is held by the shop owner Emiko Sakurada at Pucchin Dog's shop in Odate in northern Japan July 10, 2007. The one-and-a-half-month-old chihuahua was born on May 18, 2007 as one of a litter. The shop owner Emiko Sakurada said that this is the first time a puppy with these marks has been born out of a 1,000 that she has bred. She also said that she has no plans to sell the puppy.      REUTERS/Issei Kato  (JAPAN).  EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.Reuters Sent: 103 times
    The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun, who stands 2.36 meters (7 feet and 9 inches), shakes hands with He Pingping, who only measures 73 centimeters (2 feet and 5 inches),in Baotou, China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Friday, July 13, 2007. Nineteen-year-old He is applying for the Guinness World Record as the world's shortest man. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT AP Sent: 101 times
    A coelacanth, an ancient fish once thought to have become extinct when it disappeared from fossil records 80 million years ago, is shown in <span id='lw_1184595970_0'>Nairobi, Kenya</span>, in this Novemeber 21, 2001 file photo. Fishermen in <span id='lw_1184595970_1'>Zanzibar</span> have caught a coelacanth, an official said on Sunday. (George Mulala/Reuters)Reuters Sent: 100 times
    National highway is cut off following a powerful quake in Nagaoka, northwestern Japan, Monday,  July 16, 2007. A 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's northwest coast on Monday, and media reports said at least five people were killed and more than 500 injured. The area was plagued by a series of aftershocks, the strongest of which was magnitude 5.8. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP Sent: 76 times
    The Eiffel Tower is illuminated during the traditional Bastille Day fireworks display in Paris July 14, 2007.  REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier   (FRANCE)Reuters Sent: 44 times

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