News Photos 9/08/2008

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(AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
A Chinese worker shows off one-month-old panda cub A Bao at a panda breeding center in Xi'an, northwest China's Shanxi province on Thursday, September 4. China, which has used panda diplomacy worldwide since the Cold War, has reportedly made at least three other attempts to give pandas to Taiwan -- none through official channels.

(ANDRE PENNER, ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A police officer directs traffic near a small airplane that slid off the runway when it was preparing for take off at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, Sept. 3. None of the three crew members on board were injured, according to authorities.

(SEAN GALLUP, GETTY IMAGES / September 3, 2008)
A worker cleans a window of "The World Stands on its Head" ("Die Welt Steht Kopf") House on the Baltic Sea Island of Usedom on Wednesday, September 3, in Trassenheide, Germany. The upside down house, complete with interior furnishings, is the brainchild of Klaudiusz Golos and Sebastian Mikiciuk, and will become a local tourist attraction that will open its doors to the public Thursday.

(ITSUO INOUYE, ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A model presents dress designed by Japan's Naoto Hirooka during h.NAOTO 2009 Spring/Summer Tokyo Collection in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 6. Hirooka, who launched his own brand h.NAOTO in 2000, presented new category brand "GRAMM" , an advance from "Lolita" fashion in the show that features dark and surrealistic design, his company said in a press release.