Best Pictures of the Year 2005

year in pictures 2005
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The Last Stand
Israeli troops scuffled on Aug. 23 with a settler in Homesh, in the West Bank, one of 25 Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories that were dismantled as part of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's pullout plan.

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