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Feburary 9: (L-R) Models Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Erin Heatherton attend the launch of Victoria's Secret Love Me lingerie collection at Victoria's Secret, Herald Square on February 9, 2011 in New York City.
 

Feburary 9: (L-R) Models Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Erin Heatherton attend the launch of Victoria's Secret Love Me lingerie collection at Victoria's Secret, Herald Square on February 9, 2011 in New York City.

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Feburary 9: (L-R) Models Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Erin Heatherton attend the launch of Victoria's Secret Love Me lingerie collection at Victoria's Secret, Herald Square on February 9, 2011 in New York City.
February 9: Lindsay Lohan (C) arrives for her arraignment after being charged with one count of felony grand theft for allegedly stealing a $2,500 necklace from a Venice Beach jewelry store, at the Airport Superior Court on February 9, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. The actress, who is on probation after completing a court-ordered spell in rehab for drug addiction, admits she took the necklace from a Venice Beach store but claims it was only on loan. The 24-year-old actress checked out of the Betty Ford clinic near Palm Springs last month, following a spell there after she was briefly jailed in September for failing a court-ordered drug test. A queen of Hollywood nights and a favorite target of the paparazzi, the former Disney child star was once considered one of the most promising actresses of her generation.
February 9: An electronic board showing stock information is reflected on a man's glasses at a brokerage house in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, February 9, 2011. China's main stock index opened down 0.7 percent on Wednesday after the central bank announced a rise in benchmark interest rates on Tuesday, the eve of the market's reopening after the week-long Lunar New Year holiday.
February 9; Qasim, a labourer, smiles as a camel nuzzles him near sacks of grain in a wholesale market in Karachi February 9, 2011.
February 9: Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff (C) skates along the Rideau Canal with children in Ottawa February 9, 2011.
February 9: A woman dries paper cones, that are used by the textile industries to wrap cotton and silk fibres, at a factory on the outskirts of Jammu February 9, 2011. India is likely to produce a record 32.9 million bales of cotton in 2010/11, topping last year's 29.5 million bales, a senior government official said.
February 9: A model displays a make-up and hairdressing during the Kiev Hairdressers Cup in the Ukrainian capital on February 9, 2011. The cup was scheduled as part of the Intercharm Ukraine 2011, the IXth international exhibition of perfumery and cosmetics.
February 9: Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal looks at pictures of Holocaust victims in the Hall of Names during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on February 09, 2011. The museum commemorates the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II.
February 9: Egyptian anti-government protesters gather in Cairo's Tahrir square on February 9, 2011, as Egyptians mark the 16th day of protests against the 30-year-regime of President Hosni Mubarak.
February 9: Firemen keep watch over a light plane that crashed on a street in the suburbs of Sydney on February 9, 2011 knocking out power to some 7,000 homes and businesses. The two people and a dog who were travelling in the plane, suffered minor injuries and were taken to hospital in a stable condition.
February 9 - Keeper Janet Hawes bottle-feeds a royal antelope that weighs just 17 ounces on February 8, 2011 at the San Diego Zoo. Born on exhibit January 20, the calf was moved to the Zoo's veterinary hospital when he did not nurse and had a low body temperature. Because the royal antelope is so small, the bottle's nipple had to be specially designed for this species. The calf, which receives five bottle feedings a day, has gained seven ounces and is thriving. When the royal antelope calf is returned to his exhibit within the next week, animal care staff will continue bottle feedings in between his time socializing with the herd. The royal antelope exhibit is near the Bactrian camels on Front Street at the Zoo.
February 9: South Korean Colonel Moon Sang-Gyun (L) shakes hands with North Korean Colonel Ri Son-Kwon (R) before inter-Korean military talks at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on February 9, 2011. North and South Korea on February 9, held a second day of military talks designed to reduce heightened tensions, but remained far apart on who was to blame for two deadly border incidents last year.
FEBRUARY 8 — Cambodian monks walk within the 11th century Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear, Cambodia. Six Cambodian monks, living in a pagoda that was attacked by Thai troops over the weekend, are now taking shelter inside the ancient temple near the military for protection.
February 8: Former SAC Capital Advisers employee Donald Longueuil covers his face as he is led by his lawyer from the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City. Two people, including Longueuil, who once worked for billionaire trader Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisers were charged with insider trading, drawing the $12 billion hedge fund firm further into a high-profile investigation.
February 8: Peru's goalkeeper Erick Delgado reacts after getting injured during a friendly soccer match against Panama in Moquegua, Peru.
February 8: A fire bomb explodes in front of a group of riot police during street clashes in Keratea, a town about 50 kilometers southeast of Athens, Greece. Three people were arrested and two policemen were injured during riots that broke out between police and local residents demonstrating against the construction of a new landfill close to the city.
February 8: North Korean Colonel Ri Son-kwon (front R) and other North Korean officers walk south of the truce village of Panmunjom in Paju, north of Seoul, before their talks with South Korean officers. Military officers from North and South Korea met at their heavily fortified border on Tuesday for the first inter-Korean talks since tension peaked on the peninsula late last year.
February 8: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talks to the media as he leaves Belmarsh Magistrates Court, in east London. Assange, who has infuriated the U.S. government by releasing thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables on his website, is wanted in Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct made by two WikiLeaks volunteers during a visit there last August.
February 8: Protesters chant anti-Mubarak slogans next to a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir square in Cairo. Egypt has a plan and timetable for the peaceful transfer of power, the vice president said on Tuesday, as protesters called more demonstrations to show their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak remains potent.
February 8: Exterior view of the "Muppet Workshop" townhome in in Manhattan's plush Upper East Side. Formerly owned by Muppet creator Jim Henson, the townhome has been put up for sale by current owner Edgar Bronfman Jr.
February 8: Caiapo's chief Raoni attends a protest in Brasilia against the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Amazonian Xingu River on February 08, 2011.
February 8: Indian Sikh devotees pay their respects at the Sikh Shrine Gurdwara Chheharta Sahib, some 7kms west of Amritsar, on February 8, 2011, on the occasion of Basant Panchami. Basant Panchami is celebrated during February-March, at the end of winter to welcome spring.
February 8: A worker sweeps after firecrackers were lit outside a company's building on the first day back at work after the Chinese New Year holidays in Taipei February 8, 2011.
February 8: A resident walks near burning oil tankers which were set ablaze by an bomb explosion in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan February 8, 2011. Four trucks carrying fuel supplies for NATO in Afghanistan caught fire after small bombs planted underneath them exploded in a market on the outskirts of Peshawar, witnesses said. There were no casualties.
February 8: Former Jaguar E-Type test driver, Norman Dewis (L) and former F1 World Champion John Surtees (R) pose for photographers with an 1961 E-Type 77 RW Jaguar sports car to mark its 50th anniversary at the Design Museum in central London on February 8, 2011. An original E-Type will be on display at the Design Museum until March 6, 2011.
February 8: A Thai child walks between tents after being evacuated from the Cambodian border, in the Kathararak district of Thailand's Si Sa Ket province on February 8, 2011. Cambodian and Thai troops clashed briefly for a fourth straight day, Phnom Penh said, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for "maximum restraint" in a border dispute that has claimed six lives.
February 8: College students raise their fists and shout during a job hunting ceremony in Tokyo on February 8, 2011. Some 1,500 students, who will graduate from schools in March 2012, attended the annual ceremony to encourage themselves for job hunting.
FEBRUARY 8 - Six former air hostesses of Mexicana Airlines pose during a news conference before taking part in a private session for Playboy magazine in Mexico City. <a href="http://www.canada.com/news/Gallery+Mexicana+Airlines+goes+Playboy/4242719/story.html"><b>See more of the photo shoot</b></a>.Heavily indebted Mexicana, one of the world's oldest airlines, suspended all flights in August 2010 but plans to resume operations in 2011.
FEBRUARY 8 - Workers remove stalks from red chili at a farm in Shertha village on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
February 7: A man walks along the border of the cemetery of Leogane, 60 kilometers west of Puerto Principe, Haiti on February 7, 2011. Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier said in a radio interview aired February 7, 2011, that he dreams of "national reconciliation" led by all of Haiti's former presidents. The Haitian government said it has issued a new passport to former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, enabling him to end his exile in South Africa and return to Haiti, a government official said, February 7, 2011.
February 7: A young Egyptian anti-government demonstrator holds her national flag in Cairo's Tahrir square on February 7, 2011 on the 14th day of protests calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
February 7: Indian school girls, dressed with Punjabi traditional folk Giddha outfits, dance on the eve of Basant Panchami, the Festival of Spring in Amritsar on February 7, 2011. Kite-flying is the major and most colourful event of the festival which is characterised by the colour yellow which dominates the festival.
February 7: Bangladeshi riot police stand guard outside the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office during a nationwide strike in Dhaka on February 7, 2011. Thousands of riot police patrolled the streets of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Monday as a nationwide strike called by the main opposition party paralysed much of the country. At least eight buses were set on fire on the evening of February 6, 2011, police said, just hours before the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) enforced the strike to protest controversial plans for a new airport and sky-rocketing food prices.
February 7: A veiled Malaysian woman waits at an immigration counter at the VVIP terminal in Kuala Lumpur on February 7, 2011. More then 1000 Malaysian nationals, mostly students, flew back home following the continuation of mass protects across Egypt.
February 7: Two Afghan children carry water as snow covered mountains are seen in the background in Kabul on February 7, 2011.
February 6: Members of the Anima Naturalis organization lay covered with fake blood, during a protest against bullfighting in front of the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City, on February 6, 2011.
Fergie and Taboo (R) of the Black Eyed Peas perform during half-time of the NFL's Super Bowl XLV football game in Arlington, Texas, February 6, 2011.
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson (87) celebrates after crossing the goal line to score a touchdown against Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback William Gay (22) in the first quarter during the NFL's Super Bowl XLV football game in Arlington, Texas, February 6, 2011.
Former U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan (C), Chairman of the Reagan Foundation Fredrick Ryan, Jr. (3rd L) and U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General George Flynn (2nd R), stand below an image of the late U.S. President Ronald Reagan during his posthumous 100th birthday celebration at the President Reagan Memorial Site at Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. February 6, 2011.
A lion dancer (L) looks on while waiting for the annual Lunar New Year parade to begin in New York's Chinatown February 6, 2011. The Lunar New Year began on February 3 and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac.
 
 
 
 
 

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