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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours April 12

Updated: 2011-04-13 19:15

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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours April 12

Emily D'Arcy, 10 and wearing an astronaut outfit, reacts to the news that the Boeing Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington will not receive the space shuttle Discovery during a ceremony in Seattle April 12, 2011. D'Arcy is a fan of female astronaut and former CEO of the Museum of Flight Bonnie Dunbar. The young D'Arcy, who wants to be an astronaut, and her father Mark D'Arcy (pictured L) are from Sammamish, Washington. Discovery, which completed its final mission last month, will go to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in northern Virginia. [Photo/Agencies]

Snapshots: The world in 24 hours April 12

The damaged left wing tip of the Air France Airbus A380 jetliner that clipped the tail of a smaller regional jet on the ground at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, is seen in this National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) handout released to Reuters April 12, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

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