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Pictures of the Week: Nov. 2-6
Afghan buzhkashi player tried to drag a beheaded goat during a game in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday. (Farzana Wahidy/Associated Press) A Palestinian man demonstrated against the barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin, near Ramallah, Friday. (Bernat Armangue/Associated Press) A rider crashed durin …
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Preserving the History of Haight-Ashbury
Two groups are planning museums in the legendary neighborhood to capture memories of the 1960s hippie movement before they fade with age. If the museums launch, they would be the latest in a recent push by San Francisco groups to better document the city’s history. (See related article.) Once a ref …
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Pictures of the Week: Oct. 24-30
President Barack Obama greeted officers and sailors after speaking at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., on Monday. (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press) Rescuers searched for survivors involved in a train accident at al-Ayyat in Girzah district, south of Cairo, on Saturday. Two Egyptian pass …
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From Raw Stone to Ring
Tiffany Co. for decades purchased only pre-cut and pre-polished diamonds from vendors. But it has been striving to transform its diamond business amid a decade of industry boom and bust. The New York-based retailer now is buying uncut diamonds to supply its own cutting-and-polishing plants, in its …
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Upgrading Mexico’s Police
Mexico is trying to rebuild its police from scratch, amid a drug war that has claimed more than 13,000 lives in the past three years. Federal Police investigators wearing masks to protect them from flu stood at attention in a hallway of the Federal Police Academy in San Luis Potos last month. Mexi …
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Photos of the Week: Oct. 19-24
Sheryl McIlvaine, widow of U.S. Marines Corps James McIlvaine, touched his gravestone while visiting Arlington National Cemetery during the burial service of Spc. Stephen Mace on Monday. Mr. McIlvaine was killed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in April, and Mr. Mace was killed Oct. 3 with seve …
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Zombie City, U.S.A.
Filmmaker George Romero’s flick “Dawn of the Dead” and others have catapulted zombies into cult-like status in Monroeville, Pa., where the movie was filmed. (See related article.) Limping, bloodied (sort of) and wearing shredded clothing, 2,000 souls from near and far descended on the Zombie Fest a …
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Drop in Natural-Gas Prices Deflates South Texas
Last year, oil and gas companies flocked to Beeville, Texas, to seek out energy reserves. But as natural-gas prices have plunged and energy companies have pulled back on drilling, life here has gotten tougher. (See related article.) A sign on State Highway 59 indicates the Beeville city limit in So …
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Photos of the Week: Oct. 12-17
Palestinian Hamas policemen attended a mock trial of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas over his initial failure to press for the adoption of the U.S. Goldstone report which alleges war crimes by both Israel and Hamas during the December-January Gaza War in the Rafah refugee camp, southern …
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Pictures of the Week
A man prayed outside his house, destroyed in a mudslide from the earthquake that ravaged the village of Tandikat and much of Indonesias West Sumatra province Monday. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters) A farmer sprayed milk on police forces during a protest against falling milk prices outside EU headquarters …
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej; Jennifer Garner; Ricky Gervais; Ghillie Suits
A driver abandoned her flooded vehicle on Interstate-85 near Lilburn, Ga., during rush hour Monday. Days of torrential rain in the southeast have claimed at least eight lives, including a 15-year-old boy whose body was found in the Chattooga River. (Curtis Compton/The Atlanta Journal Constitution v …
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Singapore Formula One Grand Prix Street Circuit; Oktoberfest in Munich
A motorcyclist rode inside the “Wall of Death” at a fair in Sabac, Serbia, Sunday. The carnival attraction is a drum-shaped wooden cylinder where stunts are performed. (Andrej Isakovic/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) A woman sat in between the cars of a train traveling to Mymensingh from Dhaka, …
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Ramadan - Eid al-Fitr; Double Rainbow; Tarpan
Defense attorney Brian Butler, right, and former Louisville Pleasure Ridge Park High School football coach Jason Stinson embraced as a not guilty verdict was read in Louisville, Ky., Thursday. The coach had been charged with the death of a player who collapsed at a practice on a hot summer day.(Sam …
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Sharron Kay Thornton; National Grand Theatre in Beijing; Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament
Tochinoshin, top, threw his opponent, Mongolian champion Harumafuji, to win their bout at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo Thursday. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) An Israeli schoolboy played in a large Jerusalem flag as it was unfurled at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem Thursday. The flag hold …
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Hurricane Jimena; California Wildfires; Pind Daan
Riot police took up positions against protesters in a Sao Paulo, Brazil, slum Tuesday. Protests started after a 17-year-old girl was fatally shot by a stray bullet in a shootout between police and alleged car thieves. (Andre Penner/Associated Press) Eduardo Meraz, 25, swam as waves crashed in at a …
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Maria Grazia Cucinotta; a Crimson Rosella bird; Hurricane Jimena
Buddhist nuns chanted before a prayer session for Typhoon Morakot victims led by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Tuesday. (Nicky Loh/Reuters) A fruit vendor waited for customers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday. (Pavel Rahm …
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Notting Hill Carnival; World Bog Snorkelling Championships; Mudflat Olympic Games
A girl in a costume looked on during the procession of the Notting Hill Carnival Children’s Day in London Sunday. The annual event brings the sounds, costumes and smells of the Caribbean to London. The adults’ parade is Monday. (Akira Suemori/Associated Press) A man, with a net covering his face f …
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New Orleans, Then and Now
On Aug. 31, 2005, two men paddled past a bridge in New Orleanss Lower Ninth Ward. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Earlier this month, the same bridge was open for business. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images for The Wall Street Journal) On Oct. 12, 2005, Reggie Singleton dumped a load of sheet rock in the str …
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Caster Semenya; California Wildfires
Jake Farrell, of Warner Robins, Ga., (in red) scored on a wild pitch by Chula Vista, Calif., pitcher Isaiah Armenta during the Little League World Series semifinal baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Thursday. Isaiah injured his knee on the play and left the game. The California team won 11-10 …
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This Town Is Red All Over
Tens of thousands of revelers pelted each other with tons of ripe and over-ripe tomatoes at the annual “Tomatina” festival in Bunol, Spain, Wednesday. (Alberto Saiz/Associated Press) The world’s biggest tomato fight attracted more than 40,000 people this year, town officials estimated. Revelers, so …
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