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Shows a man (Top L) hitting News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch (2nd Row Seated L) in the face with a plate of foam as he and son James (2nd Row Seated R) give evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee on the phone hacking scandal.

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Anna Wintour of the US, editor in chief of Vogue magazine, reacts after receiving a pie in her face on her way to the Chloe show at Jardin des Tuileries in Paris as part of the Spring/Summer 2006 ready-to-wear fashion collection, October 8, 2005. Wintour got the pie from a PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) supporter protesting against the promotion of fur in the magazine.Reuters

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Bill Gates, the Chairman of Microsoft Corp., removes his eyeglasses after a pie was thrown into his face as he arrived at a meeting with business and government leaders in Brussels Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1998.The Associated Press

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Prime Minister Jean Chretien (right) is seen in a four picture sequence as a man throws a cream pie into his face during a visit to Charlottetown, P.E.I. Wednesday August 16, 2000.

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Ralph Klein has a pie thrown in his face as he addressed a breakfast crowd at the Calgary Stampede Monday , July 7, 2003.

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Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day waves to the crowd as he gets hit with chocolate milk by a protester as he released the party's campaign platform at a launch in Kitchener, Ontario on Thursday Oct. 5, 2000.

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Federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea reacts after getting a pie in the face in Burlington, Ont., Monday, Jan.25, 2010. Shea was delivering a speech at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters to open the Aquatic Life Research Facility, west of Toronto.

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King Carl Gustaf of Sweden (C) reacts after a young man threw a strawberry cake in his face during a royal visit to the southwestern city of Varberg, 05 September 2001. The king was not hurt. The 16-year old cake thrower was wrestled to the ground by the kings body guards and was immediately detained by police.

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