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REFILE - CORRECTING DATE Seasonal fog is illuminated by the lights of Cape Town harbour as the city prepares for the start of the southern hemisphere winter, May 8, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)MIKE HUTCHINGS/Reuters

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Austrian former World table tennis Champion Werner Schlager (R) plays during a training session in Schwechat outside Vienna May 8, 2012. Schlager will participate at the 2012 Olympic Games. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TABLETENNIS)LEONHARD FOEGER/Reuters

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People watch the sunset as a private-licenced taxi passes by on Havana's seafront boulevard 'El Malecon' May 6, 2012. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT)DESMOND BOYLAN/Reuters

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A model presents a creation during the Raffles show at Sydney Fashion Week May 4, 2012. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: FASHION)TIM WIMBORNE/Reuters

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A Chef hard at work at Ottawa's Byward Market. The restaurant's kitchen window overlooks the cobblestone courtyard at the market.Ali Azimian

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