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Ecuador Communication Balloons
In this Oct. 2009 photo released by Ecuador’s Air Force on Oct. 30, 2009, a balloon flies as part of a project called High Altitude Platform over a village in the high lands near Ambato, Ecuador. Ecuador plans to use balloons instead of satellites to provide phone, broadcast and Internet service to rural areas.

 

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Georgia Military Exercise
A Georgian serviceman seen during joint U.S.-Georgian military exercise, Immediate Response 2010, at Vaziani base outside Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo

 

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South Korea Military Exercise
South Korean army tanks and armored vehicles prepare to cross a river during a river crossing operation, part of an annual military exercise against a possible attack from North Korea in Wonju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The defense exercise started Thursday, Oct. 29, at several locations throughout the nation until Nov. 6.

 

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Midair Collision
File - A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 aircraft flies in this August 2, 2003 file photo over the waters off the southwest coast of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. A C-130 similar to this one shown is believed to be missing after the Coast Guard plane collided with a military helicopter off the Southern California coast Thursday Oct. 29, 2009, officials said. (AP Photo

 

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French guiana rocket launch
In this photo provided by ESA (European Space Agency) the European rocket Ariane V, seen as it lifts off, Thursday night, Oct. 29 2009. Arianespace launched a rocket Thursday carrying two satellites that will provide direct TV broadcasts to continents including Europe, Asia and Africa.

 

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Russia Plane Crash
FILE– In this June 24, 2000 file photo, a Russian heavy-lift military cargo plane Ilyushin Il-76, the same model as the one that crashed Sunday in Siberia, takes off at a military airfield near Ryazan, 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Moscow. The plane crashed on takeoff Sunday, Nov, 1, 2009, from Mirny in the Sakha Republic in Siberia, killing all 11 crew members on board, officials said. The plane hit a slag heap from an old mine and crashed, exploding on impact. The cause of Sunday’s crash was not yet known. (AP Photo

 

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China Snow
A bicycle is covered with snow on the street of Beijing, China, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. The Chinese capital turned white Sunday as it receives first snow of the winter.

 

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NASCAR Talladega Auto Racing
Mark Martin (5) flips after being involved in a accident with Scott Speed (82) David Reutimann (00), Robert Richardson Jr., (36), David Ragan (6) Robby Gordon (7), and Reed Sorenson (43) during the AMP Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.

 

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USS New York
The USS New York passes the Statue of Liberty while fireboats spray water in New York, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, has arrived in its namesake city with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack.

 

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Americas Cup Dismasting
A mastless BMW Oracle trimaran is towed back into San Diego Bay at sunset after its mast broke during testing Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, near San Diego. The mast is estimated to have cost $10 million.

 

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China Military
Chinese People’s Liberation Army parachutists are seen during a rehearsal for the PLA Air Force’s 60th anniversary celebrations in Beijing, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The Chinese PLA Air Force will celebrate its 60th anniversary on Nov. 11, 2009.

 

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Afghanistan nato war
NATO French Foreign Legion Captain Guillaume, left, flanked by Afghan National Army soldiers, scan the Uzbeen near the Rocco combat outpost in the Surobi district, some 50 kms North-East of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009.

 

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Space Elevator
An electric motor powered by photovoltaic cells below provides the lifting force for the LaserMotive entry into the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high.

 

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Vancouver 2010 Olympics
People stop to look at a tall set of Olympic rings after being illuminated in the harbor outside the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.

 

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Colombia Military
Brazilian-made Tucanos surround Israeli-made Kfirs during an aerial exhibition to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Colombia’s Air Force in Bogota, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009.

 

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Russia Parade Rehearsal
Russian soldiers dressed in Red Army World War II uniforms are seen before the start of a rehearsal of the Nov. 7 parade in Red Square, with St. Basil Cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The parade marks the 68th anniversary of a Nov. 7 parade on Red Square when soldiers went directly to the front during World War II. Nov. 7 for decades was a holiday celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

 

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France airbus
In this photo released by Airbus on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, Airbus’ new freight cargo aircraft, the A330-200F, takes off from Toulouse-Blagnac’s airport, southwestern France, during its first test flight. Airbus will deliver the first of its new freight cargo aircraft in the summer of 2010, the company said Thursday after the plane took off on its maiden test flight.

 

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Russia Parade Rehearsal
Russian soldiers dressed in Red Army World War II uniform seen in Red Square before the start of a rehearsal of the Nov. 7 parade in Moscow, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The parade marks the 68th anniversary of a November 7 parade on Red Square in 1941, when soldiers went directly to the front during World War II. November 7 for decades was a holiday celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

 

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Mideast Yemen Saudi
FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, Tornado warplanes of the Saudi Air Force fly over the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh during a graduation ceremony at King Faisal Air Force University. According to Arab diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity, Saudi Arabian Tornado and F-15 warplanes have bombarded targets inside Yemen since Wednesday afternoon, inflicting significant casualties on the Yemeni Shiite rebels.

 

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India European Union
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, shakes hands with his Swedish counterpart Fredrik Reinfeldt before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Reinfeldt, whose country is the current chair of the European Union, is in the country to attend the India-European Union summit.