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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.
School students look at ceramic cenotaph from Central Asia at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Qatar's Islamic museum, designed by the famous American architect I.M. Pei, opened to public on Monday as this tiny, oil-rich nation challenges its Gulf rivals Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the quest for international attention and outside investment.
Continuing U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates listens as U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announces his national security team during a news conference in Chicago December 1, 2008.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - DECEMBER 1: Thai Airways staff hold signs looking for passengers arriving for their flights at a makeshift check-in terminal that was opened today at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in the district of Bang Na to help alleviate pressure on the military airport U-Tapao December 1, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's anti-government protesters continue their siege into the seventh day, closing both of the Bangkok's airports. Demonstrators from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have been in Suvarnabhumi international airport and Don Muang domestic airport since last week. Air traffic in Bangkok has come to a halt with flights being diverted to the military airport U-Tapao. Thailand is currently being hit hard economically due to the ongoing political crisis, leading to a projected loss in holiday tourist revenue.
Chelsea Clinton (L) and former US President Bill Clinton watch as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at the National Building Museum in Washington June 7, 2008. Clinton endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to be the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate on Saturday and suspended her own White House bid less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough support to win the nomination. Clinton's endorsement of Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum marked the beginning of efforts to reunite the Democratic Party after a long and divisive campaign battle that ended on Tuesday when Obama won the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
A tear runs down the face of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as he speaks about his grandmother who died earlier on Monday, during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. On the eve of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died after a battle with cancer.
U.S. Democratic presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (R) share a hug at the conclusion of the CNN/Los Angeles Times Democratic presidential debate in Hollywood, California January 31, 2008.
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (near) answers a question as Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) looks at him during their debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee October 7, 2008.
I started that last lap running about a tenth slower than I had been ... Then the crew came on the radio and said you just jumped down to P2 and told me what P1 time was. I knew it was my last lap and I just sucked it up. It was like I almost had to slow it down a bit to go faster because I had been overdriving a bit and going wide ... I slowed down a bit and saw my splits getting faster. 
There's a lot of pressure when you come to tracks where you have done well in the past
There's a lot of pressure when you come to tracks where you have done well in the past ... But I think we just take it as another race. We're in a different year, fighting for a different championship, and it's all about points, man. We've got to get as many points as possible.
