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    <title>&quot;Gallery&quot; (by Elena Senao)</title>
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      <title>A stretcher in the hospital of the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99910/AP_Pripiat_hospital_3_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A stretcher in the hospital of the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99910'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99910/AP_Pripiat_hospital_3_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A stretcher in the hospital of the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99910'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>children playing near an abandoned factory in Dousk, Gomel region ( belarus).The area is contaminated by radiation</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99895/AP_Dousk_fabrica_13_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;children playing near an abandoned factory in Dousk, Gomel region ( belarus).The area is contaminated by radiation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99895'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99895/AP_Dousk_fabrica_13_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;children playing near an abandoned factory in Dousk, Gomel region ( belarus).The area is contaminated by radiation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99895'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>A doll , mute witness of the past, in the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99898/Pripiat_teatro_3_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A doll , mute witness of the past, in the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99898'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99898/Pripiat_teatro_3_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A doll , mute witness of the past, in the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99898'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>The amusement park in the abandoned city of Pripyat. The park had to be inaugurated on 1 May 1986, but the Chernobyl accident on April 26 left the amusement park derelict forever, Ukraine</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99901/Pripiat_parque_de_atracciones_1_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The amusement park in the abandoned city of Pripyat. The park had to be inaugurated on 1 May 1986, but the Chernobyl accident on April 26 left the amusement park derelict forever, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99901'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99901/Pripiat_parque_de_atracciones_1_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The amusement park in the abandoned city of Pripyat. The park had to be inaugurated on 1 May 1986, but the Chernobyl accident on April 26 left the amusement park derelict forever, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99901'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99901/Pripiat_parque_de_atracciones_1_large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>A forgotten notebook with the marks of the students in the school number one of the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine. Pripyat was a city of 50.000 inhabitants, mostly workers of the Chernobyl power plant</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99904/pypriat_19elena_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A forgotten notebook with the marks of the students in the school number one of the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine. Pripyat was a city of 50.000 inhabitants, mostly workers of the Chernobyl power plant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99904'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99904/pypriat_19elena_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A forgotten notebook with the marks of the students in the school number one of the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine. Pripyat was a city of 50.000 inhabitants, mostly workers of the Chernobyl power plant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99904'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>Hotel in Pripyat , Ukraine</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99907/AP_Pripiat_hotel_2_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hotel in Pripyat , Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99907'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99907/AP_Pripiat_hotel_2_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hotel in Pripyat , Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99907'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>Children in the orphanage of Zaluchya where children with birth defects are abandoned by their families, Ukraine</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99913/AP_Orfanato_Zaluchya__85__small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children in the orphanage of Zaluchya where children with birth defects are abandoned by their families, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99913'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99913/AP_Orfanato_Zaluchya__85__small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children in the orphanage of Zaluchya where children with birth defects are abandoned by their families, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99913'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>A girl with severe birth defects plays in the orphanage of Zaluchya where children with birth defects abandoned by their families live, Ukraine</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99916/AP_Orfanato_Zaluchya__81__small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A girl with severe birth defects plays in the orphanage of Zaluchya where children with birth defects abandoned by their families live, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99916'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99916</link>
      <media:content url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99916/AP_Orfanato_Zaluchya__81__large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="480" width="722"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99916/AP_Orfanato_Zaluchya__81__small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A girl with severe birth defects plays in the orphanage of Zaluchya where children with birth defects abandoned by their families live, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99916'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99916/AP_Orfanato_Zaluchya__81__large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>Children in the orphanage of Zaluchya where children with birth defects are abandoned by their families, Ukraine</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99919/AP_Orfanato_Zaluchya__77__small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children in the orphanage of Zaluchya where children with birth defects are abandoned by their families, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99919'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99919</link>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99919/AP_Orfanato_Zaluchya__77__small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children in the orphanage of Zaluchya where children with birth defects are abandoned by their families, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99919'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99919/AP_Orfanato_Zaluchya__77__large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>Anastasia and Nikolai, live in Opachichi village, inside exclusion zone. Nikolai died  after our visit</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99922/AP_Opachichi_Nikolai_y_Anastasia_1_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anastasia and Nikolai, live in Opachichi village, inside exclusion zone. Nikolai died  after our visit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99922'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99922/AP_Opachichi_Nikolai_y_Anastasia_1_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anastasia and Nikolai, live in Opachichi village, inside exclusion zone. Nikolai died  after our visit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99922'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99922/AP_Opachichi_Nikolai_y_Anastasia_1_large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>Eldery woman in Krasna Gorka village, where only 7 families of the former 80 that lived here remain, Belarus, on Saturday, June 18,2005. Belarus is the most affected country by the Chernobyl disaster</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99925/AP_Krasna_Gorka_7_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eldery woman in Krasna Gorka village, where only 7 families of the former 80 that lived here remain, Belarus, on Saturday, June 18,2005. Belarus is the most affected country by the Chernobyl disaster&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99925'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99925</link>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99925/AP_Krasna_Gorka_7_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eldery woman in Krasna Gorka village, where only 7 families of the former 80 that lived here remain, Belarus, on Saturday, June 18,2005. Belarus is the most affected country by the Chernobyl disaster&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99925'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99925/AP_Krasna_Gorka_7_large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>Derelict shop in the village of Kanava, mostly abandoned by its habitants because of the high contamination of the area, Belarus</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99928/AP_Krasna_Gorka_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Derelict shop in the village of Kanava, mostly abandoned by its habitants because of the high contamination of the area, Belarus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99928'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99928</link>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99928/AP_Krasna_Gorka_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Derelict shop in the village of Kanava, mostly abandoned by its habitants because of the high contamination of the area, Belarus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99928'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>Victoria entered the hospital with a little wound in her leg, and some days afters some sores appeared in her body, because her immune system did not answer, Ajmahsid hospital in Kiev, Ukraine</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99931/AP_Hospital_infantil_Kiev_Victoria_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Victoria entered the hospital with a little wound in her leg, and some days afters some sores appeared in her body, because her immune system did not answer, Ajmahsid hospital in Kiev, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99931'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99931</link>
      <media:content url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99931/AP_Hospital_infantil_Kiev_Victoria_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="480" width="722"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99931/AP_Hospital_infantil_Kiev_Victoria_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Victoria entered the hospital with a little wound in her leg, and some days afters some sores appeared in her body, because her immune system did not answer, Ajmahsid hospital in Kiev, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99931'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99931/AP_Hospital_infantil_Kiev_Victoria_large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>neonatal room in the abandoned hospital of Pripyat, Ukraine</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99934/26-Pripiat_hospital_2_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;neonatal room in the abandoned hospital of Pripyat, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99934'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99934</link>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/99934/26-Pripiat_hospital_2_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;neonatal room in the abandoned hospital of Pripyat, Ukraine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/99934'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>Maritsa, greek cypriot in North Cyprus Village</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487646/Elena_Portfolio_01_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maritsa, greek cypriot in North Cyprus Village&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487646'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487646/Elena_Portfolio_01_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maritsa, greek cypriot in North Cyprus Village&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487646'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <media:credit role="author">Elena Senao</media:credit>
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      <title>Children in Nicosia ( Lefkosa) in North Cyprus, on april 25, 2005</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487649/Elena_Portfolio_06_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children in Nicosia ( Lefkosa) in North Cyprus, on april 25, 2005&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487649'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487649/Elena_Portfolio_06_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children in Nicosia ( Lefkosa) in North Cyprus, on april 25, 2005&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487649'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Mehmet Oztekim sells gramophones in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. </title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487655/Elena_Portfolio_72_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mehmet Oztekim sells gramophones in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487655'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487655/Elena_Portfolio_72_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mehmet Oztekim sells gramophones in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487655'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Qod&#180;s ( Jerusalen) day in Isfahan on october 20, 2006. Qod&#180;s day is celebrated each year the last friday of Ramadan.*Spain Out*</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487661/Elena_Portfolio_68_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qod&#180;s ( Jerusalen) day in Isfahan on october 20, 2006. Qod&#180;s day is celebrated each year the last friday of Ramadan.*Spain Out*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487661'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487661/Elena_Portfolio_68_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qod&#180;s ( Jerusalen) day in Isfahan on october 20, 2006. Qod&#180;s day is celebrated each year the last friday of Ramadan.*Spain Out*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487661'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Kazakh boy playing in front of ship, in Aralsk, on Monday, Aug.18, 2003.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487700/Elena_Portfolio_11_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kazakh boy playing in front of ship, in Aralsk, on Monday, Aug.18, 2003.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487700'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487700/Elena_Portfolio_11_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kazakh boy playing in front of ship, in Aralsk, on Monday, Aug.18, 2003.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487700'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Mohammad and Fatimeh during the Moharram celebrations in Yazd, Iran on Feb. 9 2006.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487712/Elena_Portfolio_04_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mohammad and Fatimeh during the Moharram celebrations in Yazd, Iran on Feb. 9 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487712'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487712/Elena_Portfolio_04_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mohammad and Fatimeh during the Moharram celebrations in Yazd, Iran on Feb. 9 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487712'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Old quarter of Nicosia, near the green line ( the wall that divides Nicosia in two parts), destroyed after the fighting.This quarter is now inhabited by anatolian turkish population that live in poor conditions, in Nicosia, North Cyprus on Sunday, april 17,2005. In 1974 turkish troops invaded the north part of Cyprus and since then the island has been divided in two parts. The Republic of North Cyprus is only recognized by Turkey, and the turkish army still remains there. The Cyprus problem is the main issue to be solved for the entry of Turkey in the European Union.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487817/Nicosia01_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Old quarter of Nicosia, near the green line ( the wall that divides Nicosia in two parts), destroyed after the fighting.This quarter is now inhabited by anatolian turkish population that live in poor conditions, in Nicosia, North Cyprus on Sunday, april 17,2005. In 1974 turkish troops invaded the north part of Cyprus and since then the island has been divided in two parts. The Republic of North Cyprus is only recognized by Turkey, and the turkish army still remains there. The Cyprus problem is the main issue to be solved for the entry of Turkey in the European Union.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487817'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <guid>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487817</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487817</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487817/Nicosia01_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="526" width="800"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487817/Nicosia01_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Old quarter of Nicosia, near the green line ( the wall that divides Nicosia in two parts), destroyed after the fighting.This quarter is now inhabited by anatolian turkish population that live in poor conditions, in Nicosia, North Cyprus on Sunday, april 17,2005. In 1974 turkish troops invaded the north part of Cyprus and since then the island has been divided in two parts. The Republic of North Cyprus is only recognized by Turkey, and the turkish army still remains there. The Cyprus problem is the main issue to be solved for the entry of Turkey in the European Union.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487817'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487820/Pastora_turca_en_peninsula_de_Karpaz_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487820'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487820</link>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487820/Pastora_turca_en_peninsula_de_Karpaz_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487820'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487820/Pastora_turca_en_peninsula_de_Karpaz_large.jpg"/>
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      <title>The Divan Cafe is inside the Ic Bedesten (warehouse), the oldest part of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. </title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487823/20_Divan_cafe_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Divan Cafe is inside the Ic Bedesten (warehouse), the oldest part of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487823'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <guid>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487823</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487823</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487823/20_Divan_cafe_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="531" width="800"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487823/20_Divan_cafe_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Divan Cafe is inside the Ic Bedesten (warehouse), the oldest part of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487823'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Z&#252;lf&#252; Ok shows carpets to tourists in his shop &quot;Ok brothers&quot; in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, April 10, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. </title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487826/16_tienda_de_alfombras_de_Z&#195;&#188;lf&#195;&#188;_Ok_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Z&#252;lf&#252; Ok shows carpets to tourists in his shop &quot;Ok brothers&quot; in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, April 10, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487826'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <guid>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487826</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487826</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487826/16_tienda_de_alfombras_de_Z&#195;&#188;lf&#195;&#188;_Ok_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="531" width="800"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487826/16_tienda_de_alfombras_de_Z&#195;&#188;lf&#195;&#188;_Ok_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Z&#252;lf&#252; Ok shows carpets to tourists in his shop &quot;Ok brothers&quot; in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, April 10, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487826'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487826/16_tienda_de_alfombras_de_Z&#195;&#188;lf&#195;&#188;_Ok_large.jpg"/>
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      <title>Osman Kuschu shows an old sword in his antiquities shop in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. </title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487829/14_Osman_Kuscu_en_su_tienda_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Osman Kuschu shows an old sword in his antiquities shop in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487829'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <guid>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487829</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487829</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487829/14_Osman_Kuscu_en_su_tienda_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="534" width="800"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487829/14_Osman_Kuscu_en_su_tienda_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Osman Kuschu shows an old sword in his antiquities shop in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487829'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487829/14_Osman_Kuscu_en_su_tienda_large.jpg"/>
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      <title>A shopkeeper has lunch inside his shop while he meets customers in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, April 10, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. </title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487832/13_hora_de_comer_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A shopkeeper has lunch inside his shop while he meets customers in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, April 10, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487832'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <guid>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487832</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487832</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487832/13_hora_de_comer_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="531" width="800"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487832/13_hora_de_comer_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A shopkeeper has lunch inside his shop while he meets customers in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, April 10, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487832'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Two turkish women look fabrics in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. </title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487835/10_tienda_de_telas_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two turkish women look fabrics in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487835'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <guid>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487835</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487835</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487835/10_tienda_de_telas_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="534" width="800"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487835/10_tienda_de_telas_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two turkish women look fabrics in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487835'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>A glass of apple tea in a shop in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005. It is a turkish tradition to offer tea to customers and guests.Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. </title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487838/08_te_de_manzana_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A glass of apple tea in a shop in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005. It is a turkish tradition to offer tea to customers and guests.Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487838'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <guid>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487838</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487838</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487838/08_te_de_manzana_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="531" width="800"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487838/08_te_de_manzana_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A glass of apple tea in a shop in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005. It is a turkish tradition to offer tea to customers and guests.Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487838'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Kurshan and Baris arrange the shoes in one shop in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. </title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487841/07_tienda_ropa_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kurshan and Baris arrange the shoes in one shop in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487841'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487841</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487841/07_tienda_ropa_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="534" width="800"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487841/07_tienda_ropa_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kurshan and Baris arrange the shoes in one shop in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487841'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>The waiter brings tea for the customers in the jewellery of Viktor Kugu in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, April 7, 2005. It is a turkish tradition to offer tea to customers and guests. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. </title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487844/05_te_para_los_clientes_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The waiter brings tea for the customers in the jewellery of Viktor Kugu in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, April 7, 2005. It is a turkish tradition to offer tea to customers and guests. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487844'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487844</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487844/05_te_para_los_clientes_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="531" width="800"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487844/05_te_para_los_clientes_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The waiter brings tea for the customers in the jewellery of Viktor Kugu in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, April 7, 2005. It is a turkish tradition to offer tea to customers and guests. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487844'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Viktor Kugu shows a gold necklace in his jewellery in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, April 7, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. </title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487847/04_Joyeria_de_Victor_Kugu_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Viktor Kugu shows a gold necklace in his jewellery in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, April 7, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487847'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487847</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487847/04_Joyeria_de_Victor_Kugu_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="531" width="800"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/487847/04_Joyeria_de_Victor_Kugu_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Viktor Kugu shows a gold necklace in his jewellery in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, April 7, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/487847'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Two tourists look at the jewels of the shop window of Viktor Kugu jewellery in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, April 7, 2005. Istanbul's Kapali Carsi (covered market) was created in 1461 by Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With its more than 4400 shops, 65 streets, mosques, banks, police stations, barber shops, restaurants and workshops is like a town on its own and has been the trade center of Istanbul for centuries. </title>
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      <title>Eva, ready to party in Barcelona on june 2, 2006</title>
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      <title>Tea ceremony in Kamogawa odori, Kyoto, Japan</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>&quot;Kia&quot;, one of the men cross-dressed as maid of Hibaritei troupe is in his &quot;early 20's&quot;, decided to become a maid because he wants to feel young but his family doesn't know anything about it. Hibaritei features &quot;maids&quot; who are men, and are all weekday salarymen so they only perform some weekends  in a network of maid cafes: Royal Milk, Bar Wood and Honey Sheep.It has become so popular that customers have to book in advance in order to avoid long queues. Akihabara, Tokyo.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/604168/IMG_5081_copy_copy_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Kia&quot;, one of the men cross-dressed as maid of Hibaritei troupe is in his &quot;early 20's&quot;, decided to become a maid because he wants to feel young but his family doesn't know anything about it. Hibaritei features &quot;maids&quot; who are men, and are all weekday salarymen so they only perform some weekends  in a network of maid cafes: Royal Milk, Bar Wood and Honey Sheep.It has become so popular that customers have to book in advance in order to avoid long queues. Akihabara, Tokyo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/604168'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/604168/IMG_5081_copy_copy_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Kia&quot;, one of the men cross-dressed as maid of Hibaritei troupe is in his &quot;early 20's&quot;, decided to become a maid because he wants to feel young but his family doesn't know anything about it. Hibaritei features &quot;maids&quot; who are men, and are all weekday salarymen so they only perform some weekends  in a network of maid cafes: Royal Milk, Bar Wood and Honey Sheep.It has become so popular that customers have to book in advance in order to avoid long queues. Akihabara, Tokyo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/604168'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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