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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.
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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.
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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Actor Mickey Rourke poses for the photo call of the movie 'The Wrestler' at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008.
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STX Business Group�s chairman Duk-soo Kang poses aboard the "Fantasia" liner which is being built at the Saint Nazaire shipyard, western France, September 5, 2008.
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BMW Sauber's German driver Nick Heidfeld sits in the pits at the Spa-Francorchamps racetrack on September 5, 2008, during the second practice session of the Belgium Formula One Grand Prix.
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Italy's Claudia Pettazzoni (L) and Peru's Fidel Rios kiss each other to win the IKE, the International underwater kissing event in Riccione on July 20, 2008. The couple won the world's longest underwater kiss title with a time of 1 minutes and 51 seconds.
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A model presents a creation by Belarussian designer Dmitry Prigozhaev during the International Festival of Vanguard Art, Mammoth, in Minsk November 17, 2007.
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Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) arrives to accept the nomination. at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 4, 2008.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 04: Republican U.S presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pauses while speaking during day four of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 4, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will accept the GOP nomination for U.S. President Thursday night.
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Latvia's Minister of Finance Atis Slakteris attends news conference in Trakai, about 20 km (12 miles) from the capital Vilnius, September 5, 2008. Latvia cannot afford to breach the budget deficit it has targeted for next year, Slakteris said on Friday rebuffing union protests that the spending restrictions were too tough.
Latvia's Minister of Finance Atis Slakteris attends news conference in Trakai, about 20 km (12 miles) from the capital Vilnius, September 5, 2008. Latvia cannot afford to breach the budget deficit it has targeted for next year, Slakteris said on Friday rebuffing union protests that the spending restrictions were too tough.
South Korea's top nuclear envoy Kim Sook arrives at a restaurant to meet his US and Japanese counterparts in Beijing September 5, 2008. South Korea's chief nuclear envoy on Friday pressed North Korea to halt plans to rebuild a mothballed nuclear plant that makes arms-grade plutonium and instead return to the bargaining table.
Latvia's Minister of Finance Atis Slakteris attends news conference in Trakai, about 20 km (12 miles) from the capital Vilnius, September 5, 2008. Latvia cannot afford to breach the budget deficit it has targeted for next year, Slakteris said on Friday rebuffing union protests that the spending restrictions were too tough.
