Images Dated 3rd June 2004

Iraqi soldiers learn urban-war fighting techniques

June 3, 2004 - Iraqi soldiers learn urban-war fighting techniques as part of their overall advance military training at Tadji, Iraq. Recently the U.S. Army has adopted the train the trainer approach to teaching their own skills to the Iraqi Army. Train the trainer consist of investing more time with individual Iraqi instructors and then letting the instructors teach the mass of the classes

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Kenwood House J890367

KENWOOD HOUSE, London. Exterior view. A view of the grounds and the south front from the south west

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Cloud, Georgian, Sky, Tree

Fertility research

Fertility research. Conceptual computer artwork of a human egg cell and sperm cells overlaid with the banding pattern of a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) autoradiogram. This could represent research into the mechanisms of fertilisation, the process where one of the male sperm cells fuses its DNA (genetic material) with that of the female egg cell. The image could also represent research into inherited disease, and using artificial fertilisation (like IVF) to screen out damaged or undesirable genes. The bands of the autoradiogram represent the sequence of the nucleotide bases that form the genetic code found in DNA, and which contains the instructions for forming a new human

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