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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, June 14

Updated: 2011-06-15 16:49

(Agencies)

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 Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, June 14

A wildland firefighter works at a hot spot on the eastern edge of the Wallow Wildfire outside Alpine, Arizona near the state border west of the town of Luna, New Mexico June 14, 2011. The wildfire that has roared out of control for more than two weeks through the pine forests of eastern Arizona set a record on Tuesday as the largest in state history, having consumed over 469,000 acres. [Photo/Agencies] 


 Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, June 14

A man cycles beside a mural with the image of Cuban revolution leader Che Guevara in Havana June 14, 2011. The long-haired guerrilla fighter, who left his country as a young man to lead armed struggles including Cuba's 1959 revolution alongside Fidel Castro, was born in Rosario, Argentina, 83 years ago on June 14. "El Che," a national hero in Cuba, is one of Argentina's most famous sons. CIA-backed troops executed him in the Bolivian jungle in 1967. [Photo/Agencies] 

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