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Italian soldiers stand next to the flags of NATO, Afghanistan and Italy during a ceremony to start constructing a base for the Afghan national army air force in Herat, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.

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  1. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) shakes hands with Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers in Riga October 8, 2009.
  2. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) speaks as Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers listens during a news conference in Riga October 8, 2009.
  3. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) speaks as Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers listens during a news conference in Riga October 8, 2009.
  4. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers give a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  5. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers (R) arrive to give a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  6. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) listens to Latvian President Valdis Zatlers during a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  7. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen gives a press conference with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (not pictured) on October 8, 2009 in Tallinn during his official visit.
  8. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen gives a press conference with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (not pictured) on October 8, 2009 in Tallinn during his official visit.
  9. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen gives a press conference with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (not pictured) on October 8, 2009 in Tallinn during his official visit.
  10. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers give a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  11. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) signs a guest book after a joint press conference with Latvian President Valdis Zatlers on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  12. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) listens to Latvian President Valdis Zatlers during a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  13. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) shakes hands with Latvian President Valdis Zatlers after a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  14. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers give a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  15. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers (R) arrive to give a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  16. A Britain soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) tries to cover the lens of the camera, as he leaves the site of a bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. A powerful car bomb exploded in the busy center of Afghanistan's capital early Thursday, destroying vehicles and blowing off the walls of shops, officials said.

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  2. Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter waves while talking with volunteers at Oudong village in Kandal province, 50 km (31 miles) north of Phnom Penh, November 21, 2009. Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sok An and the former U.S. president on Saturday officially opened the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Kandal province where 21 houses were built for poor Cambodians.
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  5. LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 20: Musician Keith Urban performs onstage during the 2009 American Music Awards rehearsals held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
  6. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 21: Protestors march up Queen Street as part of the Vote With Your Feet March on November 21, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. The March for Democracy was being held to protest against the Government's failure to respond to amending the anti-smacking legislation.
  7. CALGARY, AB - NOVEMBER 20: Veronica Halder #21 of Austria takes a preliminary run in the Tiscover Challenge Cup during the Veissmann Luge World Cup on November 20, 2009 at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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  9. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 21: Protestors march up Queen Street as part of the Vote With Your Feet March on November 21, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. The March for Democracy was being held to protest against the Government's failure to respond to amending the anti-smacking legislation.
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