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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. From Getty Images.

      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. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.

      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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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. From Getty Images.

      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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    • Internally displaced Congolese people wait for food distribution in Kibati, outside Goma, eastern Congo, Friday Nov. 21, 2008. The U.N. refugee agency has had to suspend plans to move about 67,000 refugees who have overrun the village just north of Goma in recent weeks. From AP Photo by Jerome Delay.

      Internally displaced Congolese people wait for food distribution in Kibati, outside Goma, eastern Congo, Friday Nov. 21, 2008. The U.N. refugee agency has had to suspend plans to move about 67,000 refugees who have overrun the village just north of Goma in recent weeks.

    • A competitor rests after competing the "Stair Race" at Azrieli Tower in Tel Aviv November 21, 2008. Some 600 competitors raced up 1,144 steps in the 51-storey round tower. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      A competitor rests after competing the "Stair Race" at Azrieli Tower in Tel Aviv November 21, 2008. Some 600 competitors raced up 1,144 steps in the 51-storey round tower.

    • DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 21:  Actress Mischa Barton poses in the Aquaventure water park with a dolphin at the landmark Grand Opening of Palm Atlantis Resort and Palm Jumeirah on November 21, 2008 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. From Getty Images.

      DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 21: Actress Mischa Barton poses in the Aquaventure water park with a dolphin at the landmark Grand Opening of Palm Atlantis Resort and Palm Jumeirah on November 21, 2008 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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    • 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. From Getty Images.

      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. From Getty Images.

      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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

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An Iraqi policeman in charge of the train's security opens the door of a meeting room, on Saddam Hussein's private luxury train, at the Universal Train Station in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. Saddam Hussein's private luxury train is being put into public service next month to help ease a train shortage, according to Iraqi rail officials. From AP Photo by Khalid Mohammed.
2 months ago: An Iraqi policeman in charge of the train's security opens the door of a meeting room, on Saddam Hussein's private luxury train, at the Universal Train Station in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. Saddam Hussein's private luxury train is being put into public service next month to help ease a train shortage, according to Iraqi rail officials.
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  • A demonstrator slaps an effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush with a sandal during a rally at Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. The words on the effigy read, "The pact of subservience and shame". From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Iraqi soldiers take their positions on the rooftop of a building to provide security to people attending a rally at Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Thousands of demonstrators march during a rally at Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Thousands of demonstrators march during a rally at Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Thousands of demonstrators march during a rally at Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Demonstrators wave Iraqi flags during a rally at Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Thousands of demonstrators watch the hanging of an effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush during a rally at Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Demonstrators hang an effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush during a rally at Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Demonstrators chant slogans during a rally at al-Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Demonstrators display posters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr as they chant slogans during a rally at the al-Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers Moqtada marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Demonstrators chant slogans during a rally at Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Demonstrators chant slogans during a rally at al-Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Demonstrators burn a U.S. flag during a rally at al-Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Demonstrators burn an effigy of U.S. President George Bush during a rally at Firdos square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • An Iraqi Shiite Muslim uses a slipper to hit the face of an effigy of US President George W. Bush hung from the abstract statue that now stands in the center of Firdoos Square in central Baghdad as he and others take part in the Friday noon prayers followed by a protest on November 21, 2008. Thousands of mostly Shiite followers of the firebrand anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad to protest a security accord that would allow US troops to remain until 2011. Baghdad's Firdoos Square is where a large statue of executed dictator Saddam Hussein was torn down by US troops a few weeks after the March 2003 invasion that toppled him. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • An Iraqi Shiite Muslim uses a slipper to hit the face of an effigy of US President George W. Bush and a sign that reads in Arabic, "The security agreement is shameful and humiliating", hung from the abstract statue that now stands in the center of Firdoos Square in central Baghdad as he and others take part in the Friday noon prayers followed by a protest on November 21, 2008. Thousands of mostly Shiite followers of the firebrand anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad to protest a security accord that would allow US troops to remain until 2011. Baghdad's Firdoos Square is where a large statue of executed dictator Saddam Hussein was torn down by US troops a few weeks after the March 2003 invasion that toppled him. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani (2nd L) leads a prayer during a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Kurdish officials and residents stand in front of flag-draped coffins with the remains of Kurdish people during a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Kurdish residents cry during a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A Kurdish resident displays a picture of a relative executed during the Saddam regime as he stands with other people attending a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Kurdish officials and residents attend a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Kurdish residents cry during a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Kurdish officials and residents stand in front of flag-draped coffins with the remains of Kurdish people during a ceremony in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad November 20, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave in Najaf to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Schoolgirls attend a ceremony for 150 victims from a mass grave that were returned to Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. The Iraqi government says a mass grave has been discovered south of Baghdad with the remains of 150 victims of a crackdown against Kurds under former dictator Saddam Hussein. Hundreds of thousands of Kurds were killed or expelled from northern Iraq during the so-called Anfal campaign in the late 1980s. From AP Photo by YAHYA AHMED.
  • A woman weeps over the coffin containing her relative, one of 150 victims from a mass grave that were returned to Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. The Iraqi government says a mass grave has been discovered south of Baghdad with the remains of 150 victims of a crackdown against Kurds under former dictator Saddam Hussein. Hundreds of thousands of Kurds were killed or expelled from northern Iraq during the so-called Anfal campaign in the late 1980s. From AP Photo by YAHYA AHMED.
  • Massoud Barzani, the president of the semi autonomous Kurdish region, greets mourners at a ceremony for 150 victims of Saddam's crackdown on Kurds, whose remains were returned to Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. A ceremony was held on Thursday after the bodies were found near the town of Haidarya, north of the Shiite holy city of Najaf. Hundreds of thousands of Kurds were killed or expelled from northern Iraq during the so-called Anfal campaign in the late 1980s. From AP Photo by YAHYA AHMED.
  • A Kurdish honor guard carries the coffin of one of the 150 victims of Saddam's crackdown on Kurds that were returned to Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. A ceremony was held on Thursday after the bodies were found near the town of Haidarya, north of the Shiite holy city of Najaf. Hundreds of thousands of Kurds were killed or expelled from northern Iraq during the so-called Anfal campaign in the late 1980s. From AP Photo by YAHYA AHMED.
  • A man weeps for his father, one of 150 victims of Saddam's crackdown on Kurds, whose remains were returned to Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. A ceremony was held on Thursday after the bodies were found near the town of Haidarya, north of the Shiite holy city of Najaf. Hundreds of thousands of Kurds were killed or expelled from northern Iraq during the so-called Anfal campaign in the late 1980s. From AP Photo by YAHYA AHMED.
  • Massud Barzani, the regional president of Iraq's three largely-autonomous Kurdish provinces, looks up as he watches the guard of honour marching past the 150 coffins (unseen) during an official repatriation ceremony of coffins flown from the southern Iraqi city of Najaf to the northern Kurdish city of Arbil, on November 20, 2008. Iraq yesterday repatriated the remains of 150 Kurds killed in the 1980s during Saddam Hussein's rule and buried in a mass grave outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kms south of the capital Baghdad. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • An officer gives a flower to a waiting Kurdish woman as they gather to greet  the 150 coffins during an official repatriation ceremony of coffins flown from the southern Iraqi city of Najaf to the northern Kurdish city of Arbil, on November 20, 2008. Iraq yesterday repatriated the remains of 150 Kurds killed in the 1980s during Saddam Hussein's rule and buried in a mass grave outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kms south of the capital Baghdad. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • The 150 coffins draped in the Kurdish flag are seen on the tarmac during an official repatriation ceremony of coffins flown from the southern Iraqi city of Najaf to the northern Kurdish city of Arbil, on November 20 2008. Iraq yesterday repatriated the remains of 150 Kurds killed in the 1980s during Saddam Hussein's rule and buried in a mass grave outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kms south of the capital Baghdad. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A Kurdish woman weeps on one of the 150 coffins draped in the Kurdish flag during an official repatriation ceremony of coffins flown from the southern Iraqi city of Najaf to the northern Kurdish city of Arbil, on November 20 2008. Iraq yesterday repatriated the remains of 150 Kurds killed in the 1980s during Saddam Hussein's rule and buried in a mass grave outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kms south of the capital Baghdad. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Kurdish officers salute in front of  150 coffins draped in the Kurdish flag during an official repatriation ceremony of coffins flown from the southern Iraqi city of Najaf to the northern Kurdish city of Arbil, on November 20 2008. Iraq yesterday repatriated the remains of 150 Kurds killed in the 1980s during Saddam Hussein's rule and buried in a mass grave outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kms south of the capital Baghdad. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Kurdish school girls stand under the rain behind 150 coffins draped in the Kurdish flag during an official repatriation ceremony from the southern Iraqi city of Najaf to the northern Kurdish city of Arbil, on November 20 2008. Iraq yesterday repatriated the remains of 150 Kurds killed in the 1980s during Saddam Hussein's rule and buried in a mass grave outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kms south of the capital Baghdad. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Kurdish officers march past some of the 150 coffins draped in the Kurdish flag upon their arrival from the southern Iraqi city of Najaf to the northern Kurdish city of Arbil, on November 20 2008. Iraq yesterday repatriated the remains of 150 Kurds killed in the 1980s during Saddam Hussein's rule and buried in a mass grave outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kms south of the capital Baghdad. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Men place Kurdish flags on the coffins of remains found in a mass grave in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad November 19, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave home to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A man prays near the coffin of remains found in a mass grave in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, November 19, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave home to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Iraqi policemen carry the coffins of remains found in a mass grave in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, November 19, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave home to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A woman places a flower bouquet on a coffin of remains found in a mass grave in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, November 19, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave home to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Iraqi policemen pray near the coffin with remains found in a mass grave in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, November 19, 2008. Iraqi officials flew the remains of 150 Kurds found in a mass grave home to Kurdistan on Wednesday, after a moving ceremony that paid tribute to victims of repression under ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Iraqi police load the coffins of Kurdish victims of a crackdown by former dictator Saddam Hussein onto a transport plane at a ceremony at the airport in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. The Iraqi government says a mass grave has been discovered south of Baghdad with the remains of 150 victims of a crackdown against Kurds under former dictator Saddam Hussein. A memorial was held Wednesday in the Shiite holy city of Najaf as the remains were transferred to the Kurdish city of Irbil in the north. From AP Photo by ALAA AL-MARJANI.
  • Iraqi officers carry the coffins of some 150 Kurds onto a plane headed to the northern Kurdish city of Arbil, from the local airport in the southern holy Shiite Muslim city of Najaf on November 19, 2008. Iraq repatriated the remains of 150 Kurds killed during the reign of Saddam Hussein and buried in a mass grave outside of the Iraqi city of Najaf, 160kms south of the capital Baghdad. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.


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Internally displaced Congolese people wait for food distribution in Kibati, outside Goma, eastern Congo, Friday Nov. 21, 2008. The U.N. refugee agency has had to suspend plans to move about 67,000 refugees who have overrun the village just north of Goma in recent weeks.

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Mayor of Madrid Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon makes a presentation during the 37th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are the candidates for the 2016 summer Olympics. The IOC will choose the host city next October.

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Alejandro Blanco, President of the Spanish Olympic Committee, makes a presentation during the 37th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are the candidates for the 2016 summer Olympics. The IOC will choose the host city next October. From AP Photo by Murad Sezer.

Alejandro Blanco, President of the Spanish Olympic Committee, makes a presentation during the 37th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are the candidates for the 2016 summer Olympics. The IOC will choose the host city next October.

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Janeth Arcain, a former Brazilian baketball player and Olympic medalist, makes a presentation during the 37th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are the candidates for the 2016 summer Olympics. The IOC will choose the host city next October. From AP Photo by Murad Sezer.

Janeth Arcain, a former Brazilian baketball player and Olympic medalist, makes a presentation during the 37th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are the candidates for the 2016 summer Olympics. The IOC will choose the host city next October.

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Ichiro Kono, Chairman and CEO of Tokyo 2016 Bid Committee, makes a presentation during the 37th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are the candidates for the 2016 summer Olympics. The IOC will choose the host city next October. From AP Photo by Murad Sezer.

Ichiro Kono, Chairman and CEO of Tokyo 2016 Bid Committee, makes a presentation during the 37th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are the candidates for the 2016 summer Olympics. The IOC will choose the host city next October.

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Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley makes a presentation as US President-elect Barack Obama appears on a screen in the background during the 37th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. US President-elect Barack Obama made a personal appeal Friday to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to his home city of Chicago. Obama appeared in a 90-second taped video message played by Chicago bid leaders to the general assembly of European Olympic Committees, the largest regional group in the Olympic movement. From AP Photo by Murad Sezer.

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley makes a presentation as US President-elect Barack Obama appears on a screen in the background during the 37th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. US President-elect Barack Obama made a personal appeal Friday to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to his home city of Chicago. Obama appeared in a 90-second taped video message played by Chicago bid leaders to the general assembly of European Olympic Committees, the largest regional group in the Olympic movement.

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