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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, April 16
Updated: 2011-04-17 15:27
(chinadaily.com.cn)
San Jose Sharks center Scott Nichol is introduced before Game 2 of the NHL Western Conference quarter-final hockey playoff game against the Los Angeles Kings in San Jose, California, April 16, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
A police officer climbs up a rope as he is rescued after the truck he and his colleague were driving, got stalled in a flooded underpass during a storm in Mexico City April 16, 2011. Both police officers were rescued but the truck sank. [Photo/Agencies] |
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