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BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.
Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
IOC president Jacques Rogge talks after he received a honorary doctorate at the Istanbul University in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Jacques Rogge is in Istanbul to attend 37th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees.
A radio microphone is seen in a window display at the BBC headquarters in London November 21, 2008. The BBC's supervisory body said on Friday prank calls by chat show host Jonathan Ross and comedian Russell Brand were "grossly offensive and should never have been broadcast", but did not call for Ross to be sacked.
An Alitalia air hostess walks outside Rome's Fiumicino airport on November 21, 2008. Italy's government said on November 21, 2008 it had given the go-ahead for the failing national flag-carrier Alitalia to be sold to a group of investors for around one billion euros (1.25 billion dollars). The minister for economic development Claudio Scajola authorised the special administrator in charge of Alitalia, Augusto Fantozzi, "to proceed with selling the assets ... at a price no less than 1.052 billion euros," a government statement said.
GOMA, DR CONGO - NOVEMBER 01: A Congolese boy looks on as he is treated at a help center of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) next to a refugee camp on November 1, 2008 in the outskirts of Goma, in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Tutsi rebel leader, General Laurent Nkunda forced thousands to flee their homes and refugee camps in Goma during a surge in fighting this week as conflict renewed in the DRC during the past two months. The U.N. Security Council met in an emergency session to address the deteriorating situation in the DRC on October 29, 2008 after the Congolese Army threatened to disband while U.N. peacekeeping forces (M.O.N.U.C) are stretched to its limits.
TOKYO - NOVEMBER 07: A man in the role of a terrorist is attacked by a police dog during an anti-terrorism exercise conducted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government at Tokyo Big Sight on November 7, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. The first anti-RDD (radiological dispersal device) terrorism field training exercise on the local government level in Japan is being held to improve management abilities on RDD or 'dirty bomb' attack cases by using the latest equipment, facilities and vehicles.
A beaded ring remains on the hand of the burned corpse of a traditional Mai Mai fighter a day after clashes in the village of Kirumba in eastern Congo November 19, 2008. A local pro-government militia fought retreating soldiers at Kirumba and Kayna on Tuesday with machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades. Militia leaders said they tried to force the army troops back into battle against the rebels.
A government soldier with bullet wounds smokes in the hospital a day after clashes in the village of Kayna in eastern Congo November 19, 2008. A local pro-government militia fought retreating soldiers at Kirumba and Kayna on Tuesday with machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades. Militia leaders said they tried to force the army troops back into battle against the rebels.
