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Orchard Butterfly (Papilio aegeus)
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 Taipei Times 
Volunteers to help with national park¡¦s survey of butterflies
| Yangmingshan (¶§©ú¤s) National Park in Taipei City is soliciting volunteers to help with a census to discover changes in the demographics of butterflies found in the park. | In a very short period o... (photo: GFDL / Aviceda)
People in the central business district walk past a news ticker outside the Australia Reserve Bank )
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 NZ Herald 
Australia edges closer to joining recession
Page 1 of 2 4:00AM Saturday Jul 04, 2009 | By Victoria Batchelor | The future is not looking quite so rosy for the Australian economy. Photo / AP | Australia's economy, which has so far skirted the gl... (photo: AP / Rob Griffith)
An investor talks with his mobile phone as he looks at the share index at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008.  The New York Times 
A Subdued Trading Day in Asia and Europe
| Asian shares closed mixed and European shares were essentially flat Friday after unemployment reports released the day before reinforced the idea that a recovery was still a ways off. | Friday's dec... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)
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A lady watching the paintings, Private service vehicles and transport, June, 9, 2009  The New York Times 
Snatching Big Names, Aesthetics Aside
| LONDON - The surprising success of the contemporary art sales at Sotheby's on June 25 and at Christie's on Tuesday has again confirmed that the art market operates as if the buyers had never heard o... (photo: WN / James)
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Foreign tourists look at a map of North Korean capital of Pyongyang beside a picture of a North Korean rocket, which was fired in April, on display at a South Korean observation post in Paju near the border village of the Panmunjom, South Korea, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Asia Times
Pyongyang plans fourth of July fireworks
| By Donald Kirk | WASHINGTON - American officialdom from the White House to the Pentagon is primed for July 4 fireworks this weekend in the form of the test-firing by No... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)

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A Russian traditional wooden doll, Matreshka, depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barak Obama, is held by a street vendor in downtown Moscow, Friday, July 3, 2009. Asia Times
A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow
| By M K Bhadrakumar | In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in ... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)

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People, wearing surgical masks, make their way in Mexico City, Friday, April 24, 2009. Gulf News
Swine flu outbreak rages through Europe
| Cancun, Mexico: Swine flu is running wild in the Southern Hemisphere and is spreading rapidly through Europe and the US, with Britain projected to reach 100,000 daily c... (photo: AP / Miguel Tovar)

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Barack Obama The Guardian
Obama to seek climate deal in Moscow
| After success with China, US targets Russia in strategy to reach separate agreements with world's biggest polluters | Chimney smoke billows over St Petersburg in Russia... (photo: Creative Commons / thenss)

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Japan backs dollar as reserve currency
Japan backs dollar as reserve currency | China has asked for a new currency to replace the dollar as the world's reserve, but Japan says major countries should stick with... (photo: WN / Jane Magturo)

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