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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
Members of a winter swimming club run along an embankment to heat up before getting into the icy waters of the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about -13 degrees Celsius (8.6 degrees Fahrenheit), in the town of Divnogorsk, 38 km (24 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Jan 28, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

The world in 24 hours Jan 28
An undercover Israeli police officer and border police officers detain a Palestinian youth on suspicion of throwing stones during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan Jan 28, 2011. An Israeli police spokesperson said that a police officer and an Israeli woman were injured by rocks thrown at them. Israeli police detained four Palestinian stone-throwing youths during the clashes. [Photo/Agencies]

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