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Message 8075 - Posted: 30 Dec 2008, 17:53:44 UTC

A marching band from Slinger High School, Wisconsin, in the US, performs in front of the National Gallery,
in Trafalgar Square, London, as part of a warm-up concert ahead of the New Year's Day Parade.





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Message 8078 - Posted: 31 Dec 2008, 0:24:40 UTC

Looking back at 2008;

City workers make phone calls outside the London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square in the
City of London at lunchtime 1 October.





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Message 8082 - Posted: 31 Dec 2008, 9:54:33 UTC

Looking back at 2008;

A man dressed as a city gentleman walks across a tightrope in London's financial district 12 November.





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Message 8088 - Posted: 31 Dec 2008, 10:57:38 UTC

Looking back at 2008;

Rebecca Adlington (left) who is made an OBE in the New Year Honours list, and Joanne Jackson (right)
of Great Britain celebrate finishing first and third respectively in the Women's 400m Freestyle Final
at the National Aquatics Center on Day three of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on 11 August .





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Message 8092 - Posted: 31 Dec 2008, 11:59:07 UTC

Looking back at 2008;

Top seed Phil Taylor in the PDC World Darts Championships at Alexandra Palace, 29 December in London.





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Message 8099 - Posted: 31 Dec 2008, 15:30:29 UTC
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Looking back at 2008;

Sachin Tendulkar of India hits out against the bowling of Grame Swann during day 5 of the First Test Match between India and England
at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, India. December 15.




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Message 8101 - Posted: 31 Dec 2008, 16:08:31 UTC

A stag stands at a frozen watering hole in Knowsley Safari Park in Sefton, Merseyside.




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Message 8105 - Posted: 31 Dec 2008, 17:22:27 UTC


New Year will arrive a second late when time across the globe is adjusted to account
for the changes in the Earth's rotation. That extra second will make 2008 – already
long with an extra day on Feb 29 – the longest year since 1992.





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Message 8107 - Posted: 31 Dec 2008, 18:28:27 UTC

A final look back at 2008 - a Happy New 2009 everyone ;)

Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko arrives for the world premiere of the latest James Bond movie
'Quantum of Solace' at Leicester Square in London.





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Message 8117 - Posted: 1 Jan 2009, 11:37:22 UTC
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Fireworks light up the London skyline around the London Eye and Big Ben
during the spectacular 10-minute display which heralded the start of 2009.




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Message 8136 - Posted: 1 Jan 2009, 19:34:39 UTC

Icicles hang from a farm fence close to Etherow Country Park in Stockport, Greater Manchester.




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Message 8138 - Posted: 1 Jan 2009, 23:11:55 UTC

Ducks waiting for the ice to melt on the pond, Dartford, Kent.




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Message 8139 - Posted: 2 Jan 2009, 1:03:22 UTC
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A crisp layer of frost covers the Lickey Hills of Birmingham on New Year's Day.



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Message 8144 - Posted: 2 Jan 2009, 11:56:39 UTC

Horse riders brave the freezing cold weather to go for a ride along the beach at Breen in Somerset.




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Message 8148 - Posted: 2 Jan 2009, 17:36:09 UTC

Leicester, England: A woman walks through Victoria park during heavy fog.




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Message 8160 - Posted: 3 Jan 2009, 11:22:47 UTC

This 10ft ice sculpture in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, was created by cars splashing in puddles at the side
of the road and the chill turning the water spray into icicles.





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Message 8170 - Posted: 3 Jan 2009, 16:33:10 UTC


Kent, England: A green heron, native to north and central America, was
spotted on West Hythe's royal military canal last weekend. The bird, which
has not been seen in the UK since 2005, is believed to have been blown
across the Atlantic while migrating along the east coast of North America.





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Message 8175 - Posted: 4 Jan 2009, 0:16:37 UTC

Ice on the runway: Geese slide to a halt on a frozen pond in Wanstead Park, London.



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Message 8187 - Posted: 4 Jan 2009, 18:08:11 UTC

Frost covers some hawthorn berries as cold weather takes over Oxfordshire.




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Message 8190 - Posted: 4 Jan 2009, 20:57:10 UTC

The Queen Mary 2 sails near the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to meet the QE2.
The QE2 was making it's expected last visit to New York before being converted into a five-star hotel in Dubai.





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