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The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff early June 7, 2003 from the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The Helios Prototype flying wing, part of NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) program, uses solar panels to power its 10 electric motors for takeoff and during daylight portions of its planned 20-hour shakedown flight. As sunlight diminishes, Helios will switch to a fuel cell system to continue flight into the night. The takeoff on June 7 sets the stage for a two-day Helios endurance flight in the stratosphere planned for mid-July. REUTERS/NASA Dryden Flight Research Center



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U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick poses by a poster of one of his photos of nudes taken in Melbourne in 2001 after an interview with the Associated Press in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, June 6, 2003. Tunick gathered more than 7,000 people for a nude photo session in Barcelona Sunday June 8, his largest work yet. (AP Photo/Cesar Rangel)



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Dulce, a one-year-old white tiger bites a birthday cake of pumpkin filled with meat at Buenos Aires's Zoo, Thursday, June 5, 2003. Dulce celebrated her first birthday with her two brothers. The tigers were born at the zoo. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)



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In this recent undated image released by the Islamic militant group Hamas Sunday June 8, 2003, the three gunmen that carried an attack early Sunday at an Israeli army outpost in the Erez crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, pose dressed in military fatigues in an undisclosed location in the Gaza Strip. The three Palestinians, disguised as Israeli soldiers, sneaked into the army post Sunday and killed four soldiers before being killed by troops. The book they are holding is unknown.(AP Photo)



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Spec. Kleyton Fonseca of Newark, N.J. stands over a sleeping baby, a box filled with 12.5 kilograms (25 pounds) of C4 explosive and a bag of detonator cord during a search of a home in Khaldiyah, Iraq on Sunday, June 8, 2003. The soldiers searched the home after an informant tipped them off to the house, in a town where anti-American sentiment runs high and soldiers have been ambushed numerous times. (AP Photo/Chris Tomlinson)



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An Israeli soldier walks past the bodies of three Palestinian gunman in the back of a truck in the Gaza Strip at the Erez checkpoint June 8, 2003. The gunmen were killed after they shot four Israeli soldiers in an attack on an army post. (Tsafrir Abayov/Reuters)



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Seven year-old girl Malosi Zale arrives at the Red Cross hospital, in Bunia, the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, after she was injured by a bullet during an attack led by Lendu majority in Katoto, the day before.(AFP/Eric Feferberg)



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Destroyed Iraqi military tanks and armored vehicles are seen at a wreckage dump on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 8, 2003. The vehicles were removed from the streets of the capital by U.S. troops. Iraqi doctors and scientists are worried that birth defects and childhood cancers could surge in the aftermath of the latest conflict, not unlike medical problems in southern Iraq after the mildly radioactive munitions were first used in the 1991 Gulf War. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)



[red]Edited by RBAD to change date from June 8 to June 9 ----  Hey Johnny... You're slipping !  [:D][/red]

wow.

Ouch.

For a second, I thought the dead Palestinian Guys were the "graphic picture".

I thought: "Hey, that's not so bad".

Then I saw the girl.

Ouch.

Shawn

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Thats the same thing I was thinking.  Thats why I could only say WOW.

Are you kidding me?  I presume that description comes from the AP or Reuters.   I know what book they're holding.  Its the Koran.  A/K/A the instruction manual for killing in the name of a death cult and then blaming it on god.

Are journalists that ignorant, or are they trying to protect us from the truth?

Thanks RBAD.  You're right, I'm slipping.

Thanks JR

Ditto.

Anyone see the RPG7 in the C4 pic?
 Joel

Well 3 hamas militants sneak into an Israeli Army post and are only able to kill 4 Israeli's!
I am glad they are not the "sharpest tools in the shed"!

That photo of the girl is sad![:(]

BigDozer66

What was the guy in the pic with the baby carrying? It looked almost liek a Thompson...

dude that girl has some balls to be standing there with half her face shot off there. Thats got to hurt something bad. Shows you the strenght this girls got.

poor girl...

That solared powered aircraft is slicker than shit.

That pic is sad.  What kind of future will that child have?![:(]

That IS sad.........

I can't believe she's not screaming in agony. Even days later, that has GOT to hurt like hell.

Poor kid!

Bump for the late night crowd.

Nice job, as always, Johnny.

There are many sad things that go on every day in Africa that we rarely hear about: slaughter, child slavery, starvation, just to name a few.  In some areas approx. 40% of the households are headed by children as both their parents have died from AIDS, other disease, or some type of massacre.