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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-21-06 08:18 PM
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Pictures at an exhibition (a photo montage and epiphany)

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is sworn in as Mexico's president in front of thousands of supporters at the Zocalo plaza in Mexico City, Mexico, on Monday.


US Senator John McCain(L), R-AZ, meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari in Baghdad, March 2006


A man gives a stiff-armed fascist salute during a gathering to remember the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco on the 31st anniversary of his death, in Madrid.



Protesters burn a bus during a clash with federal police forces in Oaxaca City, Mexico. Mexico's Federal Preventive Police used tear gas on Monday to disperse members of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) as they continued their protests demanding the resignation of Governor Ulises Ruiz



Gov. Jeb Bush sits on the floor with his legs crossed while wearing an honorary wizard hat and holding a bear he received from Susan Mikolajczyk's kindergarten class at Westchase Elementary in Tampa, Fla., after watching the class perform a Thanksgiving program.


Wearing traditional "ao dai," U.S. President George W. Bush, right, walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Chinese President Hu Jintao as they get ready for a group photo with leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)



US President George W. Bush answers a question during a joint press conference with his Indonesian Counterpart.



President Bush speaks with a school girl during a Drop-By Education event at Bogor Palace



For President Bush, the worst thing about the long flight back from Southeast Asia is the lei-over in Honolulu.


Indonesian students protest against U.S. President George W. Bush in front of the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.



1st Lt. Rosanna Vasquez Brown kisses her husband, Master Sgt. Mark Brown, after Lt. Brown returned to Ft. Campbell, Ky., on Monday. Over the past five years, either Lt. Vasquez, her husband, her brother Staff Sgt. Francisco Vasquez, or her brother Capt. Martin Vasquez have been stationed overseas, deployed or away on a training event. For the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Vasquez said her family, including her husband and two brothers in the military, would be together on Thursday.


Elizabeth King misses her daddy, Staff Sgt. Scott King, who was returning to Fort Campbell, Ky., from a tour of duty with the 101st Airborne.


Pictured is Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jerry E. Shumate Jr. as he arrives at his court-martial proceedings Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006 at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, Calif. Shumate, six other Marines and one Navy corpsman are facing charges related to the death of an Iraqi civilian on April 26, in Hamdania, Iraq. (AP Photo/Chris Park)


A woman identifies the bodies of two of her three sons, who were all killed by gunmen, from a hospital morgue in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, November 21, 2006.


Residents react following an explosion in Baghdad. A roadside bomb and two car bombs exploded one after another near a bus station in southeastern Baghdad, killing eight civilians and wounding 43, police said.


An Iraqi walks over a blood pool at the site where a roadside bomb exploded in southeast Baghdad


An Iraqi police commando secures the site of a triple car bomb attack at a Baghdad bus station, November 2006.



Blindfolded detainees wait at a police headquarters in Hilla, about 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, November 21, 2006.



Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed during combat in Iraq in April 2004, shows a picture of her son during a rally to protest a plan to relocate American military bases at Pyeongtaek, in front of the Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, on Nov. 21.




A Tibetan protester tied with iron chains enacts a scene of alleged atrocities by Chinese on Tibetans during an anti-China protest during the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao in Bangalore, India, on Nov. 21.


A Tibetan participates in a protest against the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao in New Delhi, India. Angry Tibetan protesters on Monday trampled the red Chinese flag under foot demanding freedom for Tibet ahead of the arrival of Hu in the Indian capital.



A security guard watches over a pair of Swarovski crystal-encrusted Mrs. and Mr. Potato Head figures, designed by Jay Strongwater, on display at the opening of the United States Potato Board's "Healthy Mr. Potato Head Quarters" in New York.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-21-06 08:20 PM
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1. Holy crap. That's intense.
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blue sky at night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-21-06 08:23 PM
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2. the old adage....
a picture is worth a thousand words......nice job.
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Sydnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-21-06 08:27 PM
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3. Why do they always blindfold them?
I have never understood that. We don't blindfold people that we "detain for questions" in any police station in this country, that I have ever heard of.

Why do they do that?
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-21-06 08:29 PM
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4. power and fear
you are more likely to be scared if you can't see your questioners...
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-21-06 08:38 PM
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6. No, we just shock them with a taser
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partylessinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-21-06 08:35 PM
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5. Has the world gone mad?
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-21-06 08:40 PM
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7. "Did they lace it with coke like ah asked them to?"
*sniffffff*

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hsher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-22-06 04:47 AM
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8. Love the Moussorsgky/Ravel reference
Thank you :)
One of us caught it.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-22-06 09:16 AM
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9. kick for the morning crowd nt
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