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Snapshot: The world in 24 hours, April 27

Updated: 2011-04-28 14:39

(Agencies)

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Snapshot: The world in 24 hours, April 27
Policewomen practise assembling and disassembling a Kalashnikov automatic rifle during a training course at a police academy in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad April 27, 2011. About 50 policewomen took part in a 45-day basic training course, a police commander in Kerbala said on Wednesday. [Photo/Agencies]


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