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	The week in pictures: 9 January 2009
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1-11-2009 10:06 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/52a1c3c5-7282-46ad-aad9-fac49315838c/7CD44BA8-F781-44A9-901C-F78A2541C9D8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=26" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=26" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=26"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/D931FC31-832E-4E46-B808-9FF097F45F05" alt="An iPhone worth £1.6 million, made of solid 18 carat yellow gold, white gold, rose gold with a white gold border, encrusted with 138 brilliant cut diamonds, and a home button made of a rare 6.6 carat diamond" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=26"><P>An iPhone worth £1.6 million, made of solid 18 carat yellow gold, white gold, rose gold with a white gold border, encrusted with 138 brilliant cut diamonds, and a home button made of a rare 6.6 carat diamond. Does the ring tone go 'bling bling'?</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=28" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=28" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=28"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/0ED37596-08D1-4F95-887C-CEFE23A210CD" alt="French paralympic athlete Djamel Mastouri performs with Starsky the lion at the Cirque Pinder in Paris. Mastouri, who won an 800 metres bronze medal at last year's games, now tames lions at a Paris circus" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=28">French paralympic athlete Djamel Mastouri </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=28">now tames lions at a Paris circus</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=29" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=29" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=29"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/65212D24-C660-4BA5-A7AD-D3CA870D226C" alt="Jin Linlin shows why she holds the world hula hoop record with this remarkable display at a party in Haian, China" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=29"><P>Jin Linlin shows why she holds the world hula hoop record with this remarkable display at a party in Haian, China</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=25" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=25" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=25"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/9F313736-B039-41CC-805B-E329A76695FA" alt="Farmer Wu Yulu drives a rickshaw pulled by his self-made walking robot near his home in a village on the outskirts of Beijing" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=25"><P>Farmer Wu Yulu drives a rickshaw pulled by his self-made walking robot near his home in a village on the outskirts of Beijing</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=21" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=21" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=21"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/4B087065-2D83-40A0-9D85-1C2C6C59F41E" alt="Nick and Clina Hopwood and their son Tom walk along the beach at Sandbanks in Poole where the sea froze" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=21"><P>Nick and Clina Hopwood and their son Tom walk along the beach at Sandbanks in Poole where the sea froze</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=20" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=20" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=20"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/9F053D86-0C53-4882-B34C-E797F49923C4" alt="A boy attempts to retrieve his football from a frozen fountain in Trafalgar Square, London" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=20"><P>A boy attempts to retrieve his football from a frozen fountain in Trafalgar Square, London</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=17" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=17" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=17"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/B3037CCF-A35E-4E08-B860-8CA8DE827EA4" alt="Spiders' webs are covered in frost in Godewaersvelde, northern France" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=17"><P>Spiders' webs are covered in frost in Godewaersvelde, northern France</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=13" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=13" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=13"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/AB2DEC05-FCBB-47FC-B61B-483A166406CF" alt="A cormorant carries a fish in its mouth on the river Spree in Berlin" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=13"><P>A cormorant carries a fish in its mouth on the river Spree in Berlin</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=2" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=2" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=2"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/A796EFF1-67A9-445A-B902-7EB079B1B315" alt="A boy performs a fire-eating stunt during an Ashura procession in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/4207981/The-week-in-pictures-9-January-2009.html?image=2"><P>A boy performs a fire-eating stunt during an Ashura procession in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7CD44BA8-F781-44A9-901C-F78A2541C9D8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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