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Iran celebrate after scoring their second goal against Turkey during the Girl's Group A Youth Olympic Games (YOG) soccer match in Singapore August 12, 2010. The Iranian girls' team had earlier been banned from taking part in the competition because of a FIFA ban on Islamic head scarves. The team was reinstated to the tournament after Iran reached a compromise with FIFA which would allow the team's members to wear modified hats instead of head scarves. 

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 A girl stands on the debris of damaged buildings in landslide-hit Zhouqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province August 10, 2010.
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Young gymnasts take part in a training session for four to seven-year-olds at the gymnastics hall of a sports school in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province August 10, 2010. Chinese officials insist tough new eligibility rules will put a stop to the type of "age cheat" scandal that saw a gymnast stripped of her Olympic medal. 

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