Images Dated 7th November 2006

A high-voltage power line tower is seen near Berlin

A high-voltage power line tower is pictured near Berlin, November 7, 2006. Europe wrung its hands on Monday over the root causes of widespread weekend blackouts, with Germany accusing utilities of slack investment and Brussels promising new measures to improve EU electricity transmission. Germany's E.ON said an overload of its northwest German high-voltage grid was responsible for the temporary power cuts. Klaus-Dieter Maubach, a board member at E.ON's central European energy marketing unit, appeared to confirm that the blackouts were triggered by the scheduled switching off of a line over the river Ems to allow a cruise ship to pass through. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY) - BM2DTWUQVAAA

HMS Blyth

Royal Navy Sandown Class Minehunter HMS Blyth is pictured sailing from HMNB Clyde in Western Scotland.
The Class was originally named as the Single Role Minehunter and was planned to complement the capabilities of the preceding Hunt class and to be cheaper to build. Sandown MCMVs are highly manoeuvrable vessels and are considered to be the best Minehunters active in the world

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BLACK HAWK (1767-1838). Native American Sauk leader

BLACK HAWK (1767-1838).
Native American Sauk leader. Oil on canvas, 1832, by George Catlin

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