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Day in Photos: March 16, 2012

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US Stiegler Resi takes 2nd place during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women’s Slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. Getty Images
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An Apple employee carries boxes of new iPad’s as they went on sale in New York City. Simply called the iPad, the new tablet replaces the iPad 2 and features a high-pixel-count “retina display.” Hundreds of people waited in line all night to be the first into the flagship Apple Store on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. Getty Images
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A teenager does somersault on the Neva River ice in central Saint-Petersburg, Russia. AFP/Getty Images
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An Afghan policemen looks at the wreckage from a crashed Turkish helicopter on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. A Turkish military helicopter crashed into a house near the Afghan capital Friday, killing several Turkish soldiers on board and young girls on the ground. AP Photo
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A convoy of hearses carrying the remains of victims from a deadly bus crash, leaves the Brussels Military airport. A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps in a horrific accident that killed 22 12-year-old students returning from a ski vacation as well as the six adults who were accompanying them. AP Photo
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An Israeli police dog attacks a demonstrator during a protest in the village of Kufr Qaddum near the Israeli settlement of Kdumim in the northern West Bank. AP Photo
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Iowa’s Derek St. John (R) tries to get away from Oregon State’s Roger Pena during their 157-pound second round match at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in St Louis. AP Photo
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Vice President Joe Biden reacts to a fan prior to speaking at a union hall in Toledo, Ohio. AP Photo
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Residents move belongings out of a house on the corner of Meadow View and York St. in Huron Farms neighborhood of Dexter, Mich. after a tornado struck their home. The slow-moving storm was part of a system packing large hail, heavy rain and high winds. The touchdown was reported in the Dexter and Pinckney areas northwest of Ann Arbor. AP Photo
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A demonstrator vandalizes a police car during an annual anti-police brutality march in Montreal, Canada. REUTERS
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Xu Tiancheng, 56, uses “Qi Gong” or “Internal Energy” to practice a headstand on a flat nail at a pedestrian street in Wuhan, Hubei province. According to Xu, he has been practising “Qi Gong” for more than 5 years. REUTERS
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An Indian worker spins thread for use in making carpets at a factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India. Carpet weaving is believed to have been brought to India by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 16th century. AP Photo
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Children play on a meadow carpeted with crocuses at the Arboretum park in Zurich, Switzerland. EPA
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Samba dancers arrive for the last day of the Cheltenham horse racing Festival in Gloucestershire, England. AFP/Getty Images
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Mexican navy sailors patrol the beach as revelers relax during spring break 2012 in Cancun Mexico. The Texas Department of Public Safety recently issued an advisory to college students to avoid Mexico during Spring Break because of drug cartel violence and other criminal activity, even in resort areas and the Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau responded by strongly disagreeing with the statement. AP Photo