Today in photos
Final preparations are made to the waxwork model of U.S President Barack Obama at Madame Tussauds in London. A car stops to allow two geese to cross the road on the Valley Drive in Syracuse, N.Y. A South Korean worker attaches Buddhist's name cards on lanterns to celebrate the upcoming birthday of Buddha on May 2 at the Chogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea. View a slideshow of these images and more.
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Final preparations are made to the waxwork model of U.S President Barack Obama at Madame Tussauds in London, as the model stands next to the waxwork creation of Britain's Queen Elizabeth Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The president arrives in London later Tuesday where on Thursday he will attend the G20 summit.
Joel Ryan Associated Press
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A soldier from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) 6th Armored Division salutes during a visit by the ASEAN military officials at a military base, outskirts of Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. China is highlighting growing military links with Southeast Asia by showing delegates from the region's armed forces around a Beijing tank base.
Andy Wong Associated Press
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A Honda Motor Co. employee wears a headgear with codes attached during a demonstration of Honda's new technology linking brain thoughts with robotics at the Japanese automaker's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Honda has developed a way to read patterns of electric currents on a person's scalp as well as changes in cerebral blood flow when a person thinks about four simple movements _ moving the right hand, moving the left hand, trotting and eating. Honda succeeded in analyzing such thought patterns, and then relaying them as wireless commands for Asimo, its human-shaped robot.
Koji Sasahara Associated Press
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Relatives of Raheel Fayz, one of the police killed in Monday's attack, react during his funeral in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a Pakistani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the U.S. capital.
K.M. Chaudary Associated Press
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Pakistani police officers cover national flags over the coffins with the bodies of polices killed on Monday's attack, during their funeral in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a Pakistani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the U.S. capital.
Emilio Morenatti Associated Press
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A Palestinian child looks on during the funeral militant Ali Abu Foul, in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Israeli forces attacked a group of Palestinian militants along the Gaza-Israel border early Tuesday, killing two gunmen and wounding three others in one of the worst flare-ups of violence since Israel ended its offensive in the territory more than two months ago.
Hatem Moussa Associated Press
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Tacoma Police Officer Eric Barry carries one of two children to a squad car who was in a Tacoma, Wash., home, rear, when two visiting adults were shot early Tuesday morning, March 31, 2009.
Peter Haley Associated Press
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Cambodian Meo Soknen, 13, stands inside a small shrine full of human bones and skulls, all victims of the Khmer Rouge, near her home Tuesday, March 31, 2009, in the Kandal Steung district of Kandal province, Cambodia. Kaing Guek Eav, also know as "Duch", the commander of the infamous Toul Sleng prison, accepted responsibility Tuesday during the second day of a UN-backed tribual for torturing and executing thousands of inmates at Toul Sleng. The small shrine, located 27 kilometers, (17 miles) south of Phnom Penh is one of many out of the way and forgotten monuments to the "Killing Fields."
Heng Sinith Associated Press
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A car stops to allow two geese to cross the road on the Valley Drive in Syracuse, N.Y., on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The geese were making their way back to Webster's Pond after visiting a nearby lawn about 7:30 a.m.
David Lassman Associated Press
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Meerkat stands on hind legs at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, March 31. 2009.
Sakchai Lalit Associated Press
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Malayan Sun Bear sits at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, March 31. 2009.
Sakchai Lalit Associated Press
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Goods made in China are sold at a local market in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Chinese exporters have seen global demands for their products plunge, leaving companies to dump goods in to a domestic market that isn't as robust as foreign markets. The Chinese government has pushed forward a stimulus package that hopes to reduce the reliance on exports by increasing the domestic demand for goods.
Elizabeth Dalziel Associated Press
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Head of the Caterpillar plant of Grenoble, Nicolas Polutnik, is seen in his office in Grenoble, central France, Tuesday March 31, 2009. Angry French workers facing layoffs at a Caterpillar factory briefly detained four of their bosses Tuesday at the U.S. manufacturer's plant in the Alps to protest job cuts, a regional official said.
Laurent Cipriani Associated Press
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Supporters of Great Indonesian Movement (Gerindra) Party cheer during a campaign rally at Gelora Bung Karno stadiuim in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Indonesian is gearing up for its parliamentary election in April and second direct presidential poll in July.
Achmad Ibrahim Associated Press
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A South Korean worker attaches Buddhist's name cards on lanterns to celebrate the upcoming birthday of Buddha on May 2 at the Chogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. About one-third of South Korea's 48 million people are Buddhist.
Ahn Young-Joon Associated Press