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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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A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
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LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
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Guests snap the peak of 88-stories Jin Mao Tower, left, the second tallest building in China from the world's highest observation platform of the newly-built Shanghai World Financial Center, Saturday Aug. 30, 2008 in Shanghai, China. The newly completed building with the world's highest rooftop, at 1,614 feet (492 meters), and highest observation deck is open to the public today.
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Ruben Lavilla, also known as Sheik Omar Lavilla (L), a militant leader who was arrested more than a month ago in Bahrain, is escorted by police during a news conference in Camp Crame Quezon City, Metro Manila August 30, 2008. Lavilla, a founder of an Islamic group blamed for the worst militant attack in the Philippines has been arrested while working at a Philippine embassy in the Middle East, officials said on Saturday.
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An Italian soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands guard near the site of a suicide attack outskirt of Kabul on August 30, 2008. A suicide car bomb exploded near international troops in the Afghan capital Saturday, but caused no casualties, while soldiers killed more than a dozen militants in clashes elsewhere, authorities said. The latest violence is part of a surge in unrest linked to an insurgency led by the extremist Taliban militia that was in government between 1996 and 2001.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the bench during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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India's bowler Harbhajan Singh brings water during the 5th and final One Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. India has an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the 5 match series.
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South Africa's AB de Villiers (L) is run out by England's Matthew Prior (R) during the third Natwest one day International between England and South Africa at The Brit Oval cricket ground, London, England, on August 29, 2008.
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Anti-government protesters lie down on the street to avoid tear gas during a demonstration at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on August 29, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas to try to break up about 2,000 anti-government protesters gathered outside the Bangkok police headquarters, an.
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Photo from AP Photo by Haraz N. Ghanbari
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Beside a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, anti-government protesters welcome countryside villagers to join the ongoing demonstration through the fence of the Government House compound in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Demonstrators continue to occupy the facility and surrounding area demanding Prime Minster Samak Sundaravej resign.
Dancing traditional Thai style, northern Thai villagers young and old arrive to the ongoing anti-government protest at the Government House compound in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Demonstrators continue to occupy the facility and surrounding area demanding Prime Minster Samak Sundaravej resign.
Beside a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, anti-government protesters welcome countryside villagers to join the ongoing demonstration through the fence of the Government House compound in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Demonstrators continue to occupy the facility and surrounding area demanding Prime Minster Samak Sundaravej resign.
Anti-government protesters holding home made weapons and a police shield rally in the Royal Plaza in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej faced mounting pressure to resign Saturday as anti-government protesters occupied his headquarters for a fifth day and disrupted rail and air service in some of the country's most popular tourist destinations.
