Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy)

 

 

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60th China anniversary

China's President Hu Jintao stands on a limousine to inspect the military parade near Tiananmen Gate at celebrations to mark the 60th China anniversary in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. China celebrated its rise to a world power over 60 years of Communist rule Thursday, staging its biggest-ever parade of military hardware with over 100,000 marching masses in a display that stirred patriotism and some unease. (AP Photo)

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Fifty babies celebrate their first birthday with a large cake   in Ouderkerk aan den Amstel, Netherlands. The celebration is an initiative from Unicef in aid of a vaccination-campaign aimed at mothers and babies in the Third World.

500-Carat Diamond Found at South African Mine

One of the world's largest diamonds _ size of chicken egg _ unearthed at South African mine
Petra Diamonds Ltd. says a diamond the size of a chicken egg has been found at South Africa's Cullinan mine.

The diamond may be among the world's top 20 high-quality gems. It was discovered Thursday at the mine northeast of Pretoria, South Africa.

flood victims in Philippines.

A young girl offers water to family at a flood victim relief center in eastern Manila, Philippines. Flood victims from Tropical Storm Ketsana, trudged through ankle-deep sludge to crowded relief centers in the Philippines, as the death toll rose from waters that submerged the homes of more than 2 million people

Flooding in the Southeast USA

Residents keep an eye on the water as they drive their truck across a flooded road from their subdivision, which was cut off due to flooding from heavy rains, in Lawrenceville, Georgia

Flooded homes are shown in Mableton, Ga.

A roller coaster at Six Flags of Georgia Amusement Park is flooded

John Barry carries Ruby across Maxwell Road in East Ridge, near Chattanooga, Tenn., to his brother's house on the dryer side of the road

The roof of an auto shop is barely visible above swollen Sweetwater Creek after heavy rains

 
Flood waters from the Sweetwater Creek stream across the closed Veterans Memorial Highway

A local couple canoes through Atlanta's famous Krog Tunnel

A submerged truck is shown in flood waters in Mableton, Ga

Blake Fowler looks at a washed-out road near his home in Winston, Ga

 

 

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