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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.
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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.
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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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Hot off the wire
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Airports of Thailand security officers once again patrol the Suvarnabhumi Airport, which anti-government protesters have shut down for nearly a week, after the announcement that the protesters would leave the airport in the morning Tuesday Dec. 2, 2008 in Bangkok Thailand. Thailand's Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat says he has accepted a court ruling to step down because of electoral fraud committed by his political party.
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Belgium's Etienne Davignon, member of the board of directors of Dutch-Belgian financial services group Fortis, tries to address the shareholders meeting in Brussels December 2, 2008 before being stopped by people shouting. Fortis shareholders rejected the appointment as chairman of Davignon for the troubled financial group on Tuesday, in an expression of anger against executives many hold responsible for the crash in value of their holdings.
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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde gestures during a press conference on December 2, 2008 at the end of an ECOFIN council at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
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Recently starred
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Actor Viggo Mortensen gestures during a news conference to promote his latest film "Alatriste" in Tokyo on December 1, 2008. The film will be on the screens on December 13. Alatriste, played in the film by 47 year old US actor, is a unscrupulous 17th century adventurer in the movie, set in Spain's "golden age" under King Philip IV which coincided with the emergence of artistic giants such as Velasquez and the development of the "New World."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The sign of Insurer Swiss Life is seen on the roof of the company headquarters in Zurich on December 2, 2008 on Investor's Day 2008. Insurer Swiss Life said on November 26, 2008 that it would cut 200 jobs in Switzerland as it announced a plan to make cost savings of 90 million Swiss francs (75.5 million dollars, 58 million euros) by 2012. About 23 percent more Swiss companies filed for bankruptcy between September and November, while the number of new companies created tumbled due to the financial crisis, a study showed on December 1, 2008.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) chats with her Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan prior to the Foreign Affairs Minister meeting at the NATO Headquarters on November 2, 2008 in Brussels. NATO foreign ministers met on December 2 aiming to overcome divisions about the best strategy for dealing with Russia and how to allow former Soviet Georgia and Ukraine to keep working toward membership.
Floral tributes and children's toys are pictured beside a memorial stone for a child known as "Baby P" in St Pancras and Islington cemetery in London, on December 2, 2008. A British local authority responsible for a toddler who died after a lifetime of abuse suspended six members of staff Monday, after a damning report into the case that has sparked national outrage. The 17-month-old boy, known only as Baby P, died in a blood-spattered cot in August 2007, despite being on the child protection register and being seen by social workers 60 times.
A boat with an advertising for Berlin's football club Union Berlin reading "And never forget: Iron Union" and a Santa Claus as passenger makes its way past the last remainings of the former east German parliament building (Palast der Republik) on December 2, 2008, at the site where Berlin's Royal Palace used to stand. Damaged during the Second World War, levelled by the then communist east German government in 1950, the Royal Palace originally built in the late 17th century, gave way to east Germany's parliament building, the Palast der Republik, which is currently being dismantled. Controversy is raging over the planned reconstruction of the Royal Palace, which many say will be too costly for bankrupt Berlin.
Floral tributes and children's toys are pictured beside a memorial stone for a child known as "Baby P" in St Pancras and Islington cemetery in London, on December 2, 2008. A British local authority responsible for a toddler who died after a lifetime of abuse suspended six members of staff Monday, after a damning report into the case that has sparked national outrage. The 17-month-old boy, known only as Baby P, died in a blood-spattered cot in August 2007, despite being on the child protection register and being seen by social workers 60 times.
