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Just a decade ago, the picture-perfect postcard of Manhattan was a twinkling panoramic view punctuated by the iconic Empire State Building which towered far above neighbouring rooftops. The closest relative to the skyline's defining skyscraper was the Chrysler Building on the East Side. But looking at the same skyline today from across the Hudson River, the city's nightscape seems to have come alive with dazzling and glitzy bright lights.

New York Fashion Week brought together this very odd couple in the spectator seats.

A DESERT sheikh has carved out a big name for himself — by having his moniker etched in capital letters visible from space.

Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons. The photos, taken by a Pakistani security official who entered the compound after the early morning raid on Monday, show two men dressed in traditional Pakistani garb and one in a t-shirt, with blood streaming from their ears, noses and mouths.

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