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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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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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The Puma team from United States are seen during the start of the Volvo Ocean race in Alicante, Spain, Saturday Oct. 11, 2008. The first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race begins Saturday with eight teams braving the elements and the notorious Southern Ocean swells in a bid to claim one of sailing's ultimate prizes.
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Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during a campaign stop in London, Ontario October 11, 2008. Canadians will head to the polls in a federal election October 14.
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Japan's Kei Nishikori reacts after losing a point during his semi-final match against Sweden's Robin Soderling at the Stockholm Open in Stockholm on October 11, 2008.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with Russia's Communist Party in Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Vladimir Putin said Thursday the wide-ranging financial crisis has irreparably damaged the image of the U.S. as the leader of the free world and the global economy.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin smiles as he poses with a tiger cub on October 10, 2008 which was presented to him on his bithday on October 7, in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
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U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) listens to questions from supporters as his vice presidential running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) looks on during a town hall meeting in Waukesha, Wisconsin October 9, 2008.
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Director Ridley Scott and girlfriend Giannina Facio attend the world premiere of 'Body Of Lies' at the Rose Hall Theater on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 in New York.
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A potter makes earthen lamps inside a workshop ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura October 11, 2008. The lamps are used during Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights, to decorate homes. Diwali will be celebrated across the country on October 28.
Candles are placed in front of the provincial government building in Klagenfurt in memory of Joerg Haider, governor of Carinthia and leader of Austria's Buendnis Zukunft Oesterreich (BZOe) party (Alliance for Austria's future), October 11, 2008. Austrian far-right leader Haider, a charismatic populist who helped thrust anti-immigrant politics into the European mainstream, was killed in a car accident on Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (C) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (R) arrive for a statement by U.S. President George W. Bush after a meeting with G7 finance ministers and heads of international finance institutions at the White House in Washington, October 11, 2008. Also pictured is Eurogroup Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker (L).
Potters arrange earthen lamps inside a workshop ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura October 11, 2008. The lamps are used during Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights, to decorate homes. The Diwali festival will be celebrated across the country on October 28.
People light candles in memory of Joerg Haider, governor of Carinthia and leader of Austria's Buendnis Zukunft Oesterreich (BZOe) party (Alliance for Austria's future), in Klagenfurt October 11, 2008. Austrian far-right leader Haider, a charismatic populist who helped thrust anti-immigrant politics into the European mainstream, was killed in a car accident on Saturday.
