Today in photos

An Army Sgt. and Pfc. give each other haircuts under the stars at Combat Outpost Tangi in Afghanistan's Wardak Province. A Yak-130 training jet is seen at MAKS-2009 (the International Aviation and Space Show) in Zhukovsky, Russia. And a Chinese man holds his child waiting for blood test. View a slideshow of these images and more.

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Tue., Aug. 18, 2009

Sgt. Joshua Engbrecht, 28, of Riverside Calif., left, and Pfc. Jack Shortridge, 21, of Long Beach Calif., of the U.S. Army's 1st Platoon Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., give each other haircuts under the stars at Combat Outpost Tangi in Afghanistan's Wardak Province Tuesday, Aug.18, 2009.

David Goldman Associated Press
Pfc. Todd Ruiz, 20, of DeRidder, La., of the U.S. Army's 2nd Platoon Apache Company of 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., keeps guard of a detainee at Combat Outpost Tangi in Afghanistan's Wardak Province, Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009.

David Goldman Associated Press
Eight-year-old Sultan carries a sack full of blankets back to his family from a home that the U.S. Marines and Afghan National Army forces were earlie rusing as a command post to stage operations against Taliban forces, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan.

Julie Jacobson Associated Press
South Korean children walk past as a police officer aims his machine gun during an anti-terrorism exercise at the Samsung Electronic's building in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009.

Lee Jin-Man Associated Press
A Chinese man holds his child waiting for blood test as the Dongling Lead and Zinc Smelting Co. smelting plant has poisoned hundred children in Baoji city, west of Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009. Dai Zhengshe, the mayor of Baoji, city apologized to residents living near the smelter after hundreds of children were apparently poisoned by lead from the plant, prompting clashes between angry parents and police in recent days, a state news agency said Tuesday.

Andy Wong Associated Press
People hold up pictures of the victims of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center on the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attack in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009. The terrorist attack was the worst on Argentine soil, killing 85 people, injuring over 200 and demolishing the Argentine Israeli Mutual Aid Association, known as the AMIA.

Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press
United States' Sanya Richards celebrates with the American flag after winning the gold medal in the Women's 400m final during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009.

Anja Niedringhaus Associated Press
Britain's Phillips Idowu makes an attempt in the Men's Triple Jump final during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009.

David Phillip Associated Press
A patient receives an eye exam on the last day of a free health care clinic set up by Remote Area Medical at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009. The Los Angeles event marks the first time Remote Area Medical has provided such medical care in a major urban area. The group typically serves patients in remote, rural parts of the United States and travels to underdeveloped countries.

Jae Hong Associated Press
Girls play in the water of a fountain in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009. The civil protection department issued a heat-wave warning for a number of Italian cities where temperatures are expected to reach or even surpass 40 degrees centigrade this week. Milan and Rome are among the nine cities where the heat wave is expected to be particularly severe and last several days.

Alberto Pellaschiar Associated Press
Sri Lankan fishermen hold a thin filament of fishing line at the sea front in Galle, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009.

Eranga Jayawardena Associated Press
Yak-130 training jet is seen at MAKS-2009 (the International Aviation and Space Show) in Zhukovsky, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009.

Misha Japaridze Associated Press