Today in photos
German Dachshund "Bessi", right, and a five-days-old yet nameless tiger cub are presented in Stroehen, northern Germany. Gov. David Paterson signs a bill extending unemployment benefits to 56,000 New Yorkers who face their last checks this week. And Britain's Mark Cavendish outsprints Tyler Farrar of the United States to win the 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race. View a slideshow of these images and more.
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German Dachshund "Bessi", right, and a five-days-old yet nameless tiger cub are presented in Stroehen, northern Germany, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The tiger cub was abandoned by its parents and is now being fostered by Bessie who belongs to the zoo owner's.
Fabian Bimmer Associated Press
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German Dachshund "Bessi", right, acts as guardian to a five-days-old yet nameless tiger cub at a zoo in Stroehen, northern Germany, on Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The tiger cub was abandoned by its parents and is now being fostered by Bessie who belongs to the zoo owner's.
Fabian Bimmer Associated Press
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Children play in the Brahmaputra river on a hot day in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
Anupam Nath Associated Press
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Residents gather near the wreckage of a crashed C-130 military cargo plane in Magetan, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The air force plane carrying more than 100 people crashed into a row of houses and ended up bursting into flames on a rice field, killing at least 93, the latest in a string of accidents plaguing the country's beleaguered air force.
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Rescuers gather around the wreckage of a crashed C-130 military cargo plane in Magetan, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The air force plane carrying more than 100 people crashed into a row of houses and ended up bursting into flames on a rice field, killing at least 93, the latest in a string of accidents plaguing the country's beleaguered air force.
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A relative of a victim of the crashed C-130 military cargo plane faints at a hospital in Magetan, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The air force plane carrying more than 100 people crashed into a row of houses and ended up bursting into flames on a rice field, killing at least 93, the latest in a string of accidents plaguing the country's beleaguered air force.
Trisnadi Trisnadi Associated Press
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Demonstrators attend an opposition rally outside the Georgian parliament in the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The opposition wants President Mikhail Saakashvili to resign after he led Georgia into a disastrous war with Russia in August. They also say he is showing signs of increasing authoritarianism.
Shakh Aivazov Associated Press
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Britain's Mark Cavendish, left, outsprints Tyler Farrar of the United States to win the 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Turin to Arenzano, Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
Alessandro Trovati Associated Press
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Kolkata Knight Riders Sourav Sarkar, left, celebrates the dismissal of Rajasthan Royals Ravindra Jadeja, unseen, during their 2009 Indian Premier League cricket match in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday May 20, 2009.
Aman Sharma Associated Press
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A monk from the Shaolin Temple in China rehearses a dance entitled "Sutra" choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui as part of the annual Singapore Arts Festival, on Wednesday May 20, 2009.
Wong Maye-E Associated Press
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Gov. David Paterson signs a bill extending unemployment benefits to 56,000 New Yorkers who face their last checks this week, during a ceremony at the Captiol in Albany, N.Y., Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Paterson and lawmakers had to rewrite legislation in order to qualify for federal stimulus money to help more unemployed New Yorkers for a longer time.
Mike Groll Associated Press
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Seven-year-old Nida Khan waits in an ambulance at the Chota Lahore refugee camp, before being taken to a hospital in Swabi, in northwest Pakistan, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Khan suffered leg injuries when a shell exploded in her hometown of Mingora, where the army is fighting Taliban militants in the Swat Valley, and then suffered a head injury in a road accident as she and her parents escaped the battle zone.
Greg Baker Associated Press
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The arm of the Statue of Liberty and part of her crown are seen through a window inside the crown, Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in New York. The Statue of Liberty's crown, with its exhilarating view of New York's skyscrapers, bridges and seaport, is reopening on Independence Day for the first time since terrorists leveled the World Trade Center just across the harbor.
Richard Drew Associated Press
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In this Tuesday, May 19, 2009 photo released by NASA, the Space Shuttle Atlantis' remote manipulator system arm lifts the Hubble Space Telescope from the cargo bay before releasing the orbital observatory to start it on its way back home to observe the universe.
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In this Tuesday, May 19, 2009 photo released by NASA, the Hubble Space Telescope is seen from the Space Shuttle Atlantis as the two spacecraft continue their relative separation, after having been linked together for the better part of a week.
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A man walks by a portrait of Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte, at the Magritte museum, in Brussels, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The 20th century surrealist who famously painted a pipe with the comment "this is not a pipe" finally has his own temple.
Yves Logghe Associated Press