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Snapshot: The World in 24 hours, April 8

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2011-04-09 15:12

American space tourist Richard Garriott (L) helps his girlfriend Laetitia Pichot de Cayeux into a centrifuge cabin during their visit to Russia's Star City cosmonaut training camp outside Moscow April 8, 2011. Garriott, a US video game magnate, paid $35 million for his 12-day space adventure in October 2008. [Photo/Agencies]

Relatives of one of the victims of Thursday's shooting at Tasso da Silveira school attend the funeral at Realengo cemetery in Rio de Janeiro April 8, 2011. A Brazilian gunman killed 12 children at the school and then himself, police said on Thursday, shocking the South American nation that has never seen such an incident before. [Photo/Agencies]