Aug 11: World

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Updated On Sept 02, 2011 03:55 pm IST

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A pedestrian walks past a share prices board in Tokyo. Japanese share prices fell 116.42 points to close at 8,922.32 points at the morning session of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, trailing a sharp plunge on Wall Street amid deepening worries over the global economy and eurozone debt crisis.

Updated on Sept 02, 2011 03:55 pm IST

A pedestrian walks past a share prices board in Tokyo. Japanese share prices fell 116.42 points to close at 8,922.32 points at the morning session of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, trailing a sharp plunge on Wall Street amid deepening worries over the global economy and eurozone debt crisis.

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Stephanie Dubois, of Canada, hits a return to Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto.

Updated on Sept 02, 2011 03:55 pm IST

Stephanie Dubois, of Canada, hits a return to Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto.

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Two Tiger Airways planes sit on the tarmac at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, as the airline prepares to resume flying tomorrow after aviation authorities lifted a costly six-week ban imposed over safety concerns.The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) said the airline, a subsidiary of Singapore's Tiger Airways, could take to the air again whenever it wanted after it imposed new conditions on the carrier, including extra pilot training. "We had concerns with the training Tiger was giving their pilots," CASA's director of aviation safety John McCormick said.

Updated on Sept 02, 2011 03:55 pm IST

Two Tiger Airways planes sit on the tarmac at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, as the airline prepares to resume flying tomorrow after aviation authorities lifted a costly six-week ban imposed over safety concerns.The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) said the airline, a subsidiary of Singapore's Tiger Airways, could take to the air again whenever it wanted after it imposed new conditions on the carrier, including extra pilot training. "We had concerns with the training Tiger was giving their pilots," CASA's director of aviation safety John McCormick said.

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A Pakistani policeman inspects the wreckage of a police van following a bomb explosion in Peshawar. Bombers killed up to six people in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, where a woman suicide attacker blew herself up and roadside explosives struck a police vehicle, officials said.

Updated on Sept 02, 2011 03:55 pm IST

A Pakistani policeman inspects the wreckage of a police van following a bomb explosion in Peshawar. Bombers killed up to six people in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, where a woman suicide attacker blew herself up and roadside explosives struck a police vehicle, officials said.

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Indonesia's National Police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam (C) talks to journalists in Jakarta. An alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings was extradited from Pakistan to Indonesia, after his arrest in the town where Osama bin Laden was killed, a security official said.

Updated on Sept 02, 2011 03:55 pm IST

Indonesia's National Police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam (C) talks to journalists in Jakarta. An alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings was extradited from Pakistan to Indonesia, after his arrest in the town where Osama bin Laden was killed, a security official said.

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An employee of Japanese jeweller Tanaka Kikinzoku poses with 1-kilogram gold bars at the company's main shop in Tokyo. Gold prices surged past $1,800 an ounce as investors bought up the safe haven as markets around the world slump due to ongoing fears about the global economy.

Updated on Sept 02, 2011 03:55 pm IST

An employee of Japanese jeweller Tanaka Kikinzoku poses with 1-kilogram gold bars at the company's main shop in Tokyo. Gold prices surged past $1,800 an ounce as investors bought up the safe haven as markets around the world slump due to ongoing fears about the global economy.

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Supporters of the Jordanian opposition and Syrians living in Jordan perform prayers during the holy month of Ramadan before protesting in front of the Syrian Embassy in Amman.

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Supporters of the Jordanian opposition and Syrians living in Jordan perform prayers during the holy month of Ramadan before protesting in front of the Syrian Embassy in Amman.

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Rebel fighters operate rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launchers during training in Geminis.

Updated on Sept 02, 2011 03:55 pm IST

Rebel fighters operate rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launchers during training in Geminis.

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High school marching bands help lead off the Iowa State Fair Parade in front of the state capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa.

Updated on Sept 02, 2011 03:55 pm IST

High school marching bands help lead off the Iowa State Fair Parade in front of the state capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Brazil's Dudu celebrates after scoring his team's third goal against Saudi Arabia during their U-20 World Cup second round soccer match in Barranquilla.

Updated on Sept 02, 2011 03:55 pm IST

Brazil's Dudu celebrates after scoring his team's third goal against Saudi Arabia during their U-20 World Cup second round soccer match in Barranquilla.

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