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British singer Phil Collins performs during "Up Close & Personal: Phil Collins Plays '60s Motown and Soul" during the 44th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, on Thursday. The show features Collins's interpretations of the biggest hits from the '60s. Denis Balibouse/Reuters
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A Hamleys employee poses with the Mercedes Benz SLS AMG with Crystallized Swarovski Elements for sale at 1,500 pounds ($2,250) at Hamleys toy shop in London on Thursday. The store is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year and is hosting an event to showcase their predictions for this Christmas' must-have toys. Luke MacGregor/Reuters
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A butterfly is caught in a spider's web in the Sharr mountains southwest of the Kosovo capital of Pristina on Thursday. Hazir Reka/Reuters
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Three Appaloosa horses sport their personal fly masks as they dine on hay while waiting on transportation back to Troy, Mo., following their competing in the 2010 World Championship Appaloosa Youth Show in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday. The fly masks protect the horses eyes from flies and other winged bugs, as well as UV-rays. Rogelio V. Solis/AP
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Deer are caught in water flowing from the Saylorville Lake spillway on Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. The US Army Corps of Engineers slowly lowered an inflatable dam Thursday to release some of the water that's been building in the lake, threatening to overflow and flood the downtown Des Moines neighborhood of Birdland. Charlie Neibergall/AP
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One of five 8-week-old Mexican gray wolf pups gets a quick check-up on Thursday at the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Mo. The pups will eventually be reintroduced into the wild in the southwest United States. Tom Gannam/AP
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A Palestinian student holds her child during a graduation ceremony on Thursday at the Arab American University in the West Bank city of Jenin. Mohammed Ballas/AP
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Vendors selling rabbits wait for customers on a street in Jakarta on Thursday. Enny Nuraheni/Reuters
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Musicians suspended from ropes and a crane play music during the official presentation of the Tour de France cycling teams in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Thursday. The race starts on July 3. Christophe Ena/AP
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Members of the 1221st Route Clearance Company salute the United States flag during a South Carolina Army National Guard deployment ceremony at the USC-Aiken Convocation Center baseball field in Aiken, South Carolina, on Thursday. Rainier Ehrhardt/The Augusta Chronicle/AP
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Protesters occupy an open space at the Government Headquarters after a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on Thursday. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Riot police stand guard at the mayor's office during a protest in Boaco, Nicaragua, on Wednesday. Hundreds of supporters protested against the recent dismissal of Mayor Hugo Barquero, a member of the Constitutional Liberal Party. Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters
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Sergio Alvarez shovels seaweed off a board walk in South Padre, Texas, as the lingering effects of tropical storm Alex are felt along the Texas coast on Thursday. Eric Gay/AP
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An Indian policeman uses a sling during a clash with Kashmiri protesters after police stopped an anti-India protest in Srinagar on Thursday. India extended a curfew in parts of Kashmir and deployed thousands of troops on Thursday to quell huge anti-India protests in a region at the core of its dispute with nuclear-armed neighbor Pakistan. Fayaz Kabli/Reuters
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (c.) holds a baby as he greets a crowd of onlookers during a visit at Mur-de-Barrez, France, on Thursday. Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth takes part in Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Thursday. Chris Wattie/Reuters
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Egypt's opposition parties and human rights groups say a proposed bill requiring NGOs to be vetted and receive special permissions by the government would restrict their work.
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Shaimaa Fayed, Reuters /
May 18, 2013
Egypt's main opposition bloc said on Saturday that a Muslim Brotherhood-backed bill to regulate human rights groups and other private organisations was an attempt to stifle their work.