News Pictures Of The Week - 2008, March 13

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A waves crashes over the harbour wall on the seafront at Porthcawl on March 12 2008 in Wales, United Kingdom. The British Isles is being battered for the second time in three days by severe gales and heavy rain and forecasters have reported gusts of up to 80mph hitting Northern Ireland as the Atlantic weather front moves eastwards.

(Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images News)

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The Space Shuttle Endeavour sits on launch pad 39-A as it is prepared for a 2:28 a.m. Tuesday lift-off March 10, 2008 at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The shuttle is scheduled for a 16-day mission to the international space station.

An ethnic minority delegate (Top) attends the second plenary session of the National People's Congress, or parliament, at the Great Hall of the People on March 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Soldiers with US Army Eagle Company 2-2 Cavalry Regiment run down the street while on patrol March 11, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. As the five year anniversary of the ground war approaches, many neighborhoods in Baghdad have witnessed improvements in security with families returning and attacks on American soldiers significantly down from last year.

An oil well pumps crude near a gas station advertising its gas prices after oil hits another new record at $109 a barrel on March 11, 2008 in Signal Hill, California. The International Energy Agency is warning that high demand in China and other emerging markets is likely to keep prices near the current high levels and the American Automobile Association (AAA) is predicting $4 a gallon gas this summer. The price of regular unleaded is averaging $3.581 in California and $3.227 nationally, surpassing the previous peak hit in May 2007.

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