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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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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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Turkish President Abdullah Gul, left, and Armenian President Serge Sarkisian shake hands during their meeting in Yerevan, Armenia, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Abdullah Gul arrived in Armenia to watch a Turkey vs. Armenia World Cup qualifier game with President Serge Sarkisian that many hope will help the two countries overcome decades of antagonism rooted in Ottoman-era massacres of Armenians.
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World Bank Vice President for the Africa region Obiageli Ezekweli speaks at a cocoa field in the village of Tanokro in Tiassale, about 150 km (93 miles) from Abidjan, September 6, 2008. Ivory Coast could reach a decision point on getting debt relief under a program for poor countries by the end of the year and then clear over $3 billion of external debt by mid-2009 if upcoming IMF assessments show progress in economic reform, the World Bank said on Friday.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 06: Actress Sophie Okonedo speaks at the "The Secret Life of Bees" press conference during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival held at the Sutton Place Hotel on September 6, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling party, Pakistan People's Party, chant slogans as they celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Islamabad September 6, 2008. Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.
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Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi speaks after he received an honorary doctorate on August 05, 2008 during a ceremony held at INSAT university in Tunis. Kadhafi is on a tree-day official visit to Tunisia.
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A resident boards up a house in Islamorada Key, Florida as Hurricane Ike approaches September 6, 2008. Hurricane Ike weakened slightly in the Atlantic but still looked set to become a dangerously powerful storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. By 11 a.m. (1500 GMT), Hurricane Ike was located around 150 miles (240 km) east of Grand Turk island, and its top sustained winds had dipped to 110 miles per hour (177 km per hour), making it a strong Category 2 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson intensity scale, the hurricane center said.
A resident boards up a house in Islamorada Key, Florida as Hurricane Ike approaches September 6, 2008. Hurricane Ike weakened slightly in the Atlantic but still looked set to become a dangerously powerful storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. By 11 a.m. (1500 GMT), Hurricane Ike was located around 150 miles (240 km) east of Grand Turk island, and its top sustained winds had dipped to 110 miles per hour (177 km per hour), making it a strong Category 2 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson intensity scale, the hurricane center said.
A worker prepares rice for flood-affected people in a flood relief camp at Jankinagar village of Purniya district in India's eastern state of Bihar September 6, 2008. Authorities battling a massive deluge in Bihar issued public warnings on Friday of more floods to come and asked villagers not to return home from temporary shelters yet.
