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North Korean Ree Hye-kyung (R), 75, hugs her South Korean mother Kim Yoo-jung, 100, at their first meeting during the three day temporary family reunion at Kumgangsan hotel at a North Korean resort of Mount Kumgang September 29, 2009. Hundreds of South Koreans crossed a heavily armed border on Tuesday to meet family members in the communist North in fleeting reunions arranged by the rivals split by war and ideology more than half a century ago.South Korean soldiers perform martial arts during a rehearsal for the Armed Forces Day which will fall on October 1, at the military headquarters in Gyeryong, south of Seoul, on September 29, 2009. South Korea still remains technically at war with North Korea since the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.New Zealand's Kyle Mills appeals unsuccessfully for the wicket of Eoin Morgan during their ICC Champions Trophy cricket match against England in Johannesburg, September 29, 2009.Philippine military spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner releases details of two U.S. Navy Seabees that were killed in a roadside bomb by suspected al-Qaida-linked militants in southern Philippines, during a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, in Manila, Philippines.Members of South Korean special warfare command parachute during a rehearsal for the Armed Forces Day which will fall on October 1, at the military headquarters in Gyeryong, south of Seoul, on September 29, 2009. South Korea still remains technically at war with North Korea since the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.South Korea's T-50 supersonic trainer jet planes perform during a rehearsal for the Armed Forces Day which will fall on October 1, at the military headquarters in Gyeryong, south of Seoul, on September 29, 2009. South Korea still remains technically at war with North Korea since the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.Members of South Korean special warfare command parachute during a rehearsal for the Armed Forces Day which will fall on October 1, at the military headquarters in Gyeryong, south of Seoul, on September 29, 2009. South Korea still remains technically at war with North Korea since the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.Two Chinese police officers take photos with their mobile phones as they line up at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. Chinese authorities will shut down access to Tiananmen Square Sept. 30 to prepare for the Oct. 1 National Day parade.EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, speaks with journalists at a news conference in Tehran September 29, 2009.LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: England cricket player, Kevin Pietersen, is announced as the new celebrity face of Brylcreem on September 29, 2009 in London, England.Maria Sharapova of Russia returns to Samantha Stosur of Australia during their women's singles second round match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on September 29, 2009. Sharapova won the match 6-0, 6-1.Brazilian soccer legend Pele, right, is surrounded by members of the media after holding a practice session with young soccer players in Copenhagen, Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009. Rio de Janeiro is competing with Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday in Copenhagen.Fabrice Santoro of France hits a return against Evgeny Korolev of Russia during their ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament match in Bangkok on September 29, 2009.Evgeny Korolev of Russia hits a return against Fabrice Santoro of France during their ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament match in Bangkok on September 29, 2009.Japanese artist Takashi Murakami poses with his artwork Hiropon at the launch of the Pop Life : Art in a Modern World exhibition at the Tate Modern in London September 29, 2009. High-profile contemporary artists like Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst and Takashi Murakami have long embraced Andy Warhol's infamous provocation that "good business is the best art".A visitor stands in a re-creation of artist Keith Haring's Pop Shop at the launch of the Pop Life : Art in a Modern World exhibition at the Tate Modern in London September 29, 2009. High-profile contemporary artists like Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst and Takashi Murakami have long embraced Andy Warhol's infamous provocation that "good business is the best art".security guard adjusts his cap in front of a building decorated for the forthcoming festivities marking the 60th anniversary of communist rule, in Shanghai, on September 29, 2009. China will celebrate in grand style on October 1,2009 to mark the day when revolutionary leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the state's founding in 1949.South Korean conservative activists shout slogans with a placard reading 'Support UN sanctions against North Korea' during a rally denouncing North Korea's nuclear programmes in Ansan, 42km southwest of Seoul, on September 29, 2009. North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Park Gil Yon told the UN General Assembly that the key to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula was whether Washington was prepared to change its nuclear policy toward Pyongyang.Women attend a wreath laying ceremony at a monument commemorating the victims of the Nazi massacre in Babiy Yar, in the Kiev's suburbs, September 29, 2009. Ukraine this week marks the anniversary of one of World War Two's most notorious wartime massacres, reflecting on a key stage in Nazi Germany's plan to kill off European Jewry and on persisting anti-Semitism at home.