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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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An Israeli border police officer passes the shattered window of a shop while on patrol in the mixed city of Acre, northern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Police say two Arab-owned apartments were torched in the Israeli town of Acre amid clashes between Jews and Arabs. Police say Saturday rioters torched two empty apartments owned by Arabs in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. Overall, 12 people are in custody for rioting and eight are under house arrest.
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A potter arranges 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.
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Japan's Kei Nishikori returns the ball 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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Displaying large banners, thousands of Kurdish people demonstrate calling for the release of Kurdish leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan as they took to the streets in the center of Brussels on October 11, 2008. Ocalan, 59, has been serving a life sentence for treason and separatism as the sole inmate on a prison island in the Marmara Sea since his capture and conviction in 1999. The PKK is considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Placard reads -It's Enough, Action Now for Ocalan.
Thousands of Kurdish people demonstrate calling for the release of Kurdish leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan in the center of Brussels on October 11, 2008. Ocalan, 59, has been serving a life sentence for treason and separatism as the sole inmate on a prison island in the Marmara Sea since his capture and conviction in 1999. The PKK is considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
Libyan Armed Forces chief Bou Bakr Yunes Jaber (C) attends an official ceremony for the arrival of warships from the Russian northern fleet bound for Venezuela at the Libyan port of Tripoli on October 11, 2008. The port call was scheduled to be completed after tomorrow after which the ships would resume manoeuvres at unspecified locations in the Mediterrannean Sea before heading to Venezuela for joint naval exercises next month, he said.
A warship of the Russian northern fleet bound for Venezuela docks at the Libyan port of Tripoli on October 11, 2008. The port call was scheduled to be completed after tomorrow after which the ships would resume manoeuvres at unspecified locations in the Mediterrannean Sea before heading to Venezuela for joint naval exercises next month, he said.
A Russian warship (name not available) bound for Venezuela docks at the Libyan port of Tripoli on October 11, 2008. The port call was scheduled to be completed after tomorrow after which the ships would resume manoeuvres at unspecified locations in the Mediterrannean Sea before heading to Venezuela for joint naval exercises next month, he said.
Russian marines stand to attention during an official ceremony for the arrival of Russian warships bound for Venezuela at the Libyan port of Tripoli on October 11, 2008. The port call was scheduled to be completed after tomorrow after which the ships would resume manoeuvres at unspecified locations in the Mediterrannean Sea before heading to Venezuela for joint naval exercises next month, he said.
