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Snapshots: the world in 24 hours, May 12

Updated: 2011-05-13 16:37

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Snapshots: the world in 24 hours, May 12

Libyan youths sing near a court house in Benghazi May 12, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

Snapshots: the world in 24 hours, May 12

Residents walk past destroyed cars covered by debris following a 5.3 magnitude earthquake that rocked the ancient town of Lorca in southeastern Spain May 12, 2011. Hundreds of people queued for food on Thursday from emergency workers in Lorca, prevented from returning to their homes damaged by an unusually strong 5.3 magnitude earthquake that killed eight people on Wednesday. [Photo/Agencies]

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