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People gesture during lunch at the World's Longest Lunch ...

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:50:03 +0100
(Reuters) - People gesture during lunch at the World's Longest Lunch event in Melbourne March 12, 2010. Around 900 people lunched on the 400 metre (1,312 ft) long table as part of the annual Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD)

Movie director and producer Steven Spielberg addresses World ...

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:40:13 +0100
(AP) - Movie director and producer Steven Spielberg addresses World War II veterans in front of the Lincoln Memorial during a ceremony to honor their service at the World War II Memorial in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The ceremony coincides with the HBO premiere of a 10-part series called ’The Pacific,’ premiering on Sunday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

BMW, the world's leading luxury car maker by sales, reported ...

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:50:09 +0100
(AFP/DDP/File) - BMW, the world's leading luxury car maker by sales, reported a sharp drop in 2009 profit but said deliveries would pick-up this year.(AFP/DDP/File/Sascha Schuermann)

The Khumbu Glacier, one of the longest glaciers in the world, ...

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:50:11 +0100
(AFP/File) - The Khumbu Glacier, one of the longest glaciers in the world, in the Everest-Khumbu region of Nepal. A respected international scientific body will review the UN's Nobel prize-winning climate panel, under fire for errors in a key report on global warming, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)

The world's new richest man, Mexican Carlos Slim, pictured ...

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:30:08 +0100
(AFP/File) - The world's new richest man, Mexican Carlos Slim, pictured in January 2010, and a fresh crop of billionaires in Asia helped lead a comeback for the wealthiest few on the planet in 2010, Forbes magazine said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Alfredo Estrella)