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This customs puppy is among a contingent of Australian detector dogs that were handed to China on Tuesday as a cooperative effort to stem the flow of drugs globally. Canines, with their super-sensitive noses, still remain the quickest and most accurate detection devices in this age of technology. -- AFP -
FLOWER POWER: Handmade tulips were sold at a charity show at the Padang on Tuesday night, raising $3,685 for cancer-stricken children. -- TERENCE TAN -
Young Israeli Arab dancers rest after performing to Israeli and Palestinian children for the International Day of Peace. -
Afghan election workers supervise the counting of ballot papers in Herat following last weekend's parliamentary poll. -
Indian children play together in a village hit by a outbreak of Japanese encephalitis, which has now killed 1,000 people in India and Nepal. -
A mounted police officer looks on as jury members in a trial over the deaths of 21 Chinese cockle pickers visit the scene in north-west England. -
Filipino protesters call for President Arroyo's resignation in a rally marking the 33rd anniversary of martial law declared by late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. -
Thousands gather to watch the tidal waves that appear annually at the mouth of the Qiantang river in China's eastern Zhejiang province. -
AP - Mon Sep 19, 3:07 PM ET
William Thomas Porter decorates a Samuel Adams statue in front of Faneuil Hall in Boston, Monday, Sept. 19, 2005. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino Monday launched 'Sneakers on Statues' program as part of a campaign to promote Boston's walking destinations to residents and tourists. Statues around the city have been adorned with sneakers, shoes and other attractions to highlight Boston's 'walkability.' (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki) -
Reuters - Tue Sep 20, 1:06 PM ET
A model wears a creation by Eley Kishimoto at their spring/summer 2006 show during the London Fashion Week in London September 20, 2005. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs -
Reuters - Sun Sep 18, 3:03 PM ET
Young Chinese Malaysians light candles during the Lantern Festival in Kuala Lumpur September 18, 2005. The Lantern Festival is celebrated by the Chinese on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, with children go out at night carrying bright lanterns. In ancient times the lanterns were fairly simple, with only the emperor and noblemen had large ornate ones. But in modern times, lanterns have been embellished with many complex designs, such as in shapes of animals. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 5:45 AM ET
Miro look : A model presents a creation by Spanish designer Antonio Miro for his Spring/Summer 2006 collection during Barcelona Fashion week. (AFP/Lluis Gene) -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 5:46 AM ET
Ghost-ly figures : Models present creation by Ghost at the British Fashion Council tent on the grounds of the Natural History Museum on the second day of London Fashion Week. (AFP/John D McHugh) -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 9:39 AM ET
According to Koshino : Models present creations by Japanese designer Michiko Koshino at the British Fashion Council tent on the grounds of the National history museum in London. (AFP/Odd Andersen) -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 9:10 AM ET
Kishimoto creations : Models present creations by Eley Kishimoto at the British Fashion Council (BFC) tent in the grounds of the Natural History Museum in London on the third day of London Fashion Week. (AFP/Carl de Souza ) -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 9:23 AM ET
Counting ballots : An Afghan worker of the UN-backed Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) counts ballots on the second day of counting in Kabul. (AFP/Indranil Mukherjee) -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 8:56 AM ET
Lone woman : An Afghan woman veiled in a black Chador passes by four of the five remaining minarets of Herat. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri) -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 8:48 AM ET
By the minarets : Afghan women wearing burqas walk past some of the five remaining minarets of Herat. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri) -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 9:34 AM ET
Flying colors : An Afghan flag drifts in the wind near one of the five remianing minarets of Herat, Afghanistan. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri) -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 9:02 AM ET
De Palma's vision : A model presents a creation for Spanish designer Gori De Palma's Spring/Summer 2006 collection during the Barcelona Fashion week. (AFP/Lluis Gene) -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 8:39 AM ET
Resettled : A woman poses in the Botswana Bushmen resettlement town of New Xade, a few kilometers away from the Central Kalahari Grand Reserve (CKGR). -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 9:09 AM ET
Gori creation : Models present a creation for Spanish designer Gori De Palma's Spring/Summer 2006 collection during the Barcelona Fashion week. (AFP/Lluis Gene) -
AFP/DDP - Wed Sep 21, 9:10 AM ET
Aerial ballet : Dortmund's Czech striker Jan Koller vies against Bielefeld's Bielefeld's goalkeeper Mathias Hain, during their Bundesliga football match at the Commerzbank Arena stadium in Frankfurt. (AFP/DDP/Juergen Schwarz) -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 8:24 AM ET
Swarovski creation : A model presents a creation by designer Swarovski with an assorted hat for the Spring/Summer 2006 collection at Barcelona Fashion week. (AFP/Lluis Gene) -
AFP - Wed Sep 21, 9:11 AM ET
Brigades members : Armed Palestinian militants from the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, attend a rally in the former Kfar Darom settlement in central Gaza Strip. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)