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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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In this 2004 file photo the Admiral Kuznetsov carrier seen in the Barents Sea, Russia. Russia's sole aircraft carrier and several accompanying ships set off Friday Dec. 5, 2008, for combat training in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean just as another squadron was plying the Caribbean in a show of the Kremlin's global reach.
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Residents clean a Palestinian house that was attacked by Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron December 5, 2008. Palestinians protested on Friday against a rampage by Jewish settlers in response to Israel's eviction of Jews from a disputed building in Hebron, and Israel deployed extra forces to contain the unrest. The settlers spray painted the Jewish Star of David and the word "Revenge" in Hebrew on the building.
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Pakistani fire fighters extinguish fire after a bomb blast in Peshawar on December 5, 2008. At least 16 people were killed and dozens more were wounded when a bomb ripped through a crowded marketplace in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar late 5 December , police said.
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A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93.
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A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008.
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Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.
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People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.
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A Gazprom worker walks next to pipelines at a gas measuring station at the Russian-Ukrainian border in Sudzha near Kursk, some 500 km (311 miles) south of Moscow, December 5, 2008. Kiev and Moscow have been tied up in a row over Ukrainian debts to Russia's Gazprom that prompted worries in Europe, which get a fifth of its gas from Russia via Ukraine, and fears another switch-off in supplies.
U.S. President George W. Bush speaks about the economy at the White House in Washington December 5, 2008. U.S. employers axed payrolls by 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years and far more than expected, government data on Friday showed, as the year-old recession hammered every corner of the U.S. economy.
A Palestinian boy throws a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers back at the soldiers during a protest in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron December 5, 2008. Palestinians protested on Friday against a rampage by Jewish settlers in response to Israel's eviction of Jews from a disputed building in Hebron, and Israel deployed extra forces to contain the unrest.
A masked Palestinian jumps over burning tyres during a protest in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron December 5, 2008. Palestinians protested on Friday against a rampage by Jewish settlers in response to Israel's eviction of Jews from a disputed building in Hebron, and Israel deployed extra forces to contain the unrest.
Priests attend a service held in honour of late Orthodox Patriarch Alexiy II in Znamensky Cathedral in Kursk, some 500 km (311 miles) south of Moscow, December 5, 2008. Patriarch Alexiy II, a staunch conservative who revived Russia's Orthodox Church after the collapse of communism and clashed with Rome over Catholic missionary activity, died on Friday at the age of 79.
U.S. President George W. Bush speaks about the economy at the White House in Washington December 5, 2008. U.S. employers axed payrolls by 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years and far more than expected, government data on Friday showed, as the year-old recession hammered every corner of the U.S. economy.
U.S. President George W. Bush walks from the Oval Office to speak about the economy at the White House in Washington December 5, 2008. U.S. employers axed payrolls by 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years and far more than expected, government data on Friday showed, as the year-old recession hammered every corner of the U.S. Economy.
