Images Dated 2008

Cycling-Fra-Paris-Roubaix

Belgian Tom Boonen (R-Quick Step) rides on April 13, 2008 on the cobblestone section "The Dead Tree", during the 106th Paris-Roubaix cycling race between Compiegne and Roubaix. Tom Boonen won the race ahead of Swiss Fabian Cancellara (CSC Tiscali/den) and Italian Alessandro Ballan (Lampre/Ital). AFP PHOTO PASCAL PAVANI / AFP PHOTO / PASCAL PAVANI

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Us-Tourism-San Francisco-Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is pictured from the Pacific Ocean on October 24, 2008. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked fifth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. AFP PHOTO GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS

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People are seen on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on July 19, 2008 as more than 180 000 pilgrims marched through Sydney for The World Youth Day celebrations headed by Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Benedict XVI apologised explicitly for the first time to victims of sex abuse by Catholic clergy, expressing his shame and calling for perpetrators of the "evil" to be brought to justice. The pope strayed from his prepared speech to add a direct and full apology for sex abuse in the Australian church, using some of his strongest language yet on the scourge that has rocked the Catholic Church globally. AFP PHOTO / KRYSTLE WRIGHT / AFP PHOTO / KRYSTLE WRIGHT

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