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The world in 24 hours Jan 28

Updated: 2011-01-29 18:08

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The world in 24 hours Jan 28
The Indian Defence Ministry (L) and Home Ministry buildings are illuminated during the full-dress rehearsal for the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony in New Delhi Jan 28, 2011. The ceremony symbolises retreat after a day on the battlefield, and marks the official end of the Indian Republic Day celebrations and is held every year on Jan 29. [Photo/Agencies] 

The world in 24 hours Jan 28
Shinmoedake peak erupts between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, in this aerial view taken Jan 28, 2011. Ash and rocks fell across a wide swathe of southern Japan straddling the prefectures of Miyazaki and Kagoshima on Thursday, as one of Mount Kirishima's many calderas erupted, prompting authorities to raise alert levels and call on for an evacuation of all residents within a 2 km (1.2 miles) radius of the volcano. [Photo/Agencies]

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