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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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Getty Images.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Getty Images.

      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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    • Britain's Aileen McGlynn, right, with her pilot Ellen Hunter with their gold medals wave during the award ceremony of the Women's 1km Time Trial final at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. From AP Photo by Andy Wong.

      Britain's Aileen McGlynn, right, with her pilot Ellen Hunter with their gold medals wave during the award ceremony of the Women's 1km Time Trial final at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008.

    • Sascha Kindred of Britain swims during the men's 200m individual medley SM6 final at the National Aquatics Centre, also known as the Water Cube, in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games September 7, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Sascha Kindred of Britain swims during the men's 200m individual medley SM6 final at the National Aquatics Centre, also known as the Water Cube, in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games September 7, 2008.

    • Presidents of Georgia's breakaway republics Eduard Kokoity of South Ossetia (L) and Sergei Bagapsh of Abkhazia attend "City Day" festivities in Moscow on September 7, 2008. Diplomatic tensions heightened as French President Nicolas Sarkozy prepared a mission to Moscow to seek a stronger Kremlin commitment to a ceasefire he negotiated to end the five day Russia-Georgia conflict last month. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      Presidents of Georgia's breakaway republics Eduard Kokoity of South Ossetia (L) and Sergei Bagapsh of Abkhazia attend "City Day" festivities in Moscow on September 7, 2008. Diplomatic tensions heightened as French President Nicolas Sarkozy prepared a mission to Moscow to seek a stronger Kremlin commitment to a ceasefire he negotiated to end the five day Russia-Georgia conflict last month.

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    • Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport.

    • 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. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      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.

    • 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. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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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A Sunni pro-government gunman holds his AK-47 as he takes his position under a two portraits of Slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, left, and Saudi's King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , right, with Arabic words reading: "May God protect you," at Bab al-Tabaneh district, in Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday June 23, 2008. Security officials say that heavy overnight fighting between pro- and anti-government supporters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli led to the deaths of four more people. The officials say the deaths bring to eight the number of people killed since violence erupted Sunday. Forty-two persons have been wounded so far. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
2 months ago: A Sunni pro-government gunman holds his AK-47 as he takes his position under a two portraits of Slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, left, and Saudi's King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , right, with Arabic words reading: "May God protect you," at Bab al-Tabaneh district, in Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday June 23, 2008. Security officials say that heavy overnight fighting between pro- and anti-government supporters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli led to the deaths of four more people. The officials say the deaths bring to eight the number of people killed since violence erupted Sunday. Forty-two persons have been wounded so far.
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  • Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, speaks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Aug. 28, 2008. Abbas arrived in  Beirut Thursday to meet with Lebanese leaders and other officials to discuss bilateral relations and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Aug. 28, 2008. Abbas arrived in  Beirut Thursday to meet with Lebanese leaders and other officials to discuss bilateral relations and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, kisses Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Aug. 28, 2008. Abbas arrived in  Beirut Thursday to meet with Lebanese leaders and other officials to discuss bilateral relations and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner gestures during a press conference at Rafik Hariri International Airport as he stands under a picture of the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Kouchner has held talks in Lebanon before traveling to Syria in his first visit since Beirut and Damascus agreed to establish diplomatic relations. From AP Photo by STR.
  • France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner gestures during a press conference at Rafik Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Kouchner has held talks in Lebanon before traveling to Syria in his first visit since Beirut and Damascus agreed to establish diplomatic relations. From AP Photo by STR.
  • A Sunni pro-government gunman holds his AK-47 as he takes his position under a two portraits of Slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, left, and Saudi's King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , right, with Arabic words reading: "May God protect you," at Bab al-Tabaneh district, in Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday June 23, 2008. Security officials say that heavy overnight fighting between pro- and anti-government supporters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli led to the deaths of four more people. The officials say the deaths bring to eight the number of people killed since violence erupted Sunday. Forty-two persons have been wounded so far. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • A Sunni pro-government gunman, fires using his AK-47 as he takes his position under a two portraits of Slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, left, and Saudi's King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , right, with Arabic words reading: "May God protect you," at Bab al-Tabaneh district, in Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday June 23, 2008. Security officials say that heavy overnight fighting between pro- and anti-government supporters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli led to the deaths of four more people. The officials say the deaths bring to eight the number of people killed since violence erupted Sunday. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • A Sunni pro-government gunman holds his AK-47 as he takes his position under a two portraits of Slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, left, and Saudi's King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , right, with Arabic words reading: "May God protect you," at Bab al-Tabaneh district, in Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday June 23, 2008. Security officials say that heavy overnight fighting between pro- and anti-government supporters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli led to the deaths of four more people. The officials say the deaths bring to eight the number of people killed since violence erupted Sunday. Forty-two persons have been wounded so far. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • A Sunni pro-government gunman holds his M-16 machine gun as he takes his position under a two portraits of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, left, and Saudi's King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, right, with Arabic words reading: "May God protect you," at Bab al-Tabaneh district, in Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday June 23, 2008. Security officials say that heavy overnight fighting between pro- and anti-government supporters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli led to the deaths of four more people. The officials say the deaths bring to eight the number of people killed since violence erupted Sunday. Forty-two persons have been wounded so far. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • Lebanese children play in front the mosque of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, June 8, 2008. From AP Photo by AMR NABIL.
  • Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri, the son of slain former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri, arrives at the suburban presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, Saturday, June 7, 2008. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on a one-day visit to Lebanon, is the first Western head of state to meet President Michel Suleiman since the former army chief was elected as compromise president on May 25. From AP Photo by GERARD CERLES.
  • Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, shakes hands with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, June 7, 2008. Sarkozy pledged strong support for Lebanon's new president and the country's peace efforts shortly after he arrived here Saturday at the head of a large delegation for a one-day visit. From AP Photo by Mahmoud Tawil.
  • Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, listens to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, June 7, 2008. Sarkozy arrived in Beirut for a one-day visit during which he is expected to reaffirm Paris' support for Lebanon's peace efforts after an Arab-brokered agreement ended the country's prolonged political crisis. From AP Photo by Mahmoud Tawil.
  • A statue of Rafik Hariri is seen next to the seafront road where he was killed by a truck bomb three years ago near the St. George's Hotel, right, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Lebanon's twin worlds of war and the good life intersect at the St. George's Yacht Club, where sunbathers loll beside the pool of a hotel that was blasted during the 1975-90 civil war and again in a bombing that killed a former premier three years ago. From AP Photo by Hussein Malla.
  • Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, right, accompanies Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, lafter his arrival at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Lebanese flags and pictures of army chief Michel Suleiman adorned streets Sunday as parliament convened in a session to elect the consensus candidate as president _ a key step toward reconciling Lebanese factions after a long political crisis that has brought the country to the brink of all-out civil war. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, right, receives Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, as he arrives at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Lebanon's parliament elected army commander Gen. Michel Suleiman as president in a long-delayed vote that was a key step toward reconciling political factions. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, right, receives the Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, left, as he arrives at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Lebanese flags and pictures of army chief Michel Suleiman adorned streets Sunday as parliament convened in a session to elect the consensus candidate as president _ a key step toward reconciling Lebanese factions after a long political crisis that has brought the country to the brink of all-out civil war. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, right, receives the Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, left, as he arrives at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Lebanese flags and pictures of army chief Michel Suleiman adorned streets Sunday as parliament convened in a session to elect the consensus candidate as president _ a key step toward reconciling Lebanese factions after a long political crisis that has brought the country to the brink of all-out civil war. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem gestures as he arrives at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Lebanese flags and pictures of army chief Michel Suleiman adorned streets Sunday as parliament convened in a session to elect the consensus candidate as president _ a key step toward reconciling Lebanese factions after a long political crisis that has brought the country to the brink of all-out civil war. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaks to journalists as he arrives at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Lebanese flags and pictures of army chief Michel Suleiman adorned streets Sunday as parliament convened in a session to elect the consensus candidate as president, a key step toward reconciling Lebanese factions after a long political crisis that has brought the country to the brink of all-out civil war. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki speaks to journalists as he arrives at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Lebanese flags and pictures of army chief Michel Suleiman adorned streets Sunday as parliament convened in a session to elect the consensus candidate as president, a key step toward reconciling Lebanese factions after a long political crisis that has brought the country to the brink of all-out civil war. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini speaks to journalists as he arrives at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Lebanese flags and pictures of army chief Michel Suleiman adorned streets Sunday as parliament convened in a session to elect the consensus candidate as president, a key step toward reconciling Lebanese factions after a long political crisis that has brought the country to the brink of all-out civil war. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, left, sits with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh as he arrives at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Lebanese flags and pictures of army chief Michel Suleiman adorned streets Sunday as parliament convened in a session to elect the consensus candidate as president, a key step toward reconciling Lebanese factions after a long political crisis that has brought the country to the brink of all-out civil war. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • A Lebanese woman holds a banner during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Dozens of Lebanese many with disabilities  and members of non-governmental organizations held a sit-in on the road leading to Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport to sent a message to feuding Lebanese leaders meeting in Qatar to reach an agreement before coming back home. "If you don't reach an agreement, don't come back," read the title of the statement issued by the participants. From AP Photo by Mahmoud Tawil.
  • A Lebanese woman holds a banner during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Dozens of Lebanese and members of non-governmental organization held a sit-in on the road leading to Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport to sent a message to feuding Lebanese leaders meeting in Qatar to reach an agreement before coming back home. "If you don't reach an agreement, don't come back," read the title of the statement issued by the participants. From AP Photo by Mahmoud Tawil.
  • A Lebanese soldier talks on the phone in front of a building decorated with posters of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in an area hit by recent clashes in Beirut May 17, 2008. Lebanon's rival leaders held tense talks in Qatar on Saturday to try to end a political conflict that has pushed their country to the brink of a new civil war but face major hurdles. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Lebanese men walk under posters of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, top, and his son leader of the parliamentary majority Saad Hariri at Sunni stronghold of Tarik Jadideh in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 16, 2008. For three years, Sunni Muslims have dominated Lebanon's government. Now they are bitter and fearful after Hezbollah's seizure of parts of Beirut in street gunbattles, an ominous sign of how the country's latest political crisis has sharply worsened sectarian tensions. From AP Photo by Nasser Nasser.
  • A collection of books about assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri is seen inside a house damaged during recent clashes in Shwayfat area in Mount Lebanon near Beirut May 14, 2008. Lebanon's cabinet was expected on Wednesday to cancel measures it took against Hezbollah that triggered fighting during which the Iranian-backed movement briefly took over parts of Beirut, political sources said. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Lebanese special forces soldiers secure the area after the arrival of an Arab League delegation at Rafik Hariri international airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. An uneasy calm has descended on Beirut and other areas of Lebanon as a high-powered Arab League delegation arrived Wednesday to help mediate an end to street confrontations that have claimed more than 50 lives. From AP Photo by Mahmoud Tawil.
  • Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani, center, and Arab League chief Amr Moussa, right, descend a staircase as they arrive with an Arab League delegation at Rafik Hariri international airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. An uneasy calm has descended on Beirut and other areas of Lebanon as a high-powered Arab League delegation arrived Wednesday to help mediate an end to street confrontations that have claimed more than 50 lives. From AP Photo by Mahmoud Tawil.
  • Lebanese opposition ally and former Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, right, kisses Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani, as Arab League chief Amr Moussa, center, looks on during the arrival of the Arab League delegation at Rafik Hariri international airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. An uneasy calm has descended on Beirut and other areas of Lebanon as a high-powered Arab League delegation arrived Wednesday to help mediate an end to street confrontations that have claimed more than 50 lives. From AP Photo by Mahmoud Tawil.
  • An Arab League delegation arrives at Rafik Hariri international airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. An uneasy calm has descended on Beirut and other areas of Lebanon as a high-powered Arab League delegation arrived Wednesday to help mediate an end to street confrontations that have claimed more than 50 lives. From AP Photo by Mahmoud Tawil.
  • People walk past a wall decorated with photographs of Lebanon's slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, in a Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday May 14, 2008. An uneasy calm has descended on Beirut and other areas of Lebanon as the high-powered Arab League delegation arrived Wednesday to help mediate an end to street confrontations between factions that have claimed more than 50 lives. From AP Photo by LEFTERIS PITARAKIS.
  • People walk past a wall decorated with photographs of Sunni leader of the parliamentary majority Saad Hariri, his father, Lebanon's slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and other members of the party in a Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday May 14, 2008. An uneasy calm has descended on Beirut and other areas of Lebanon as the high-powered Arab League delegation arrived Wednesday to help mediate an end to street confrontations between factions that have claimed more than 50 lives. From AP Photo by LEFTERIS PITARAKIS.
  • A woman walks past a wall decorated with photographs of Sunni leader of the parliamentary majority Saad Hariri, and his father, Lebanon's slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, in a Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday May 14, 2008. An uneasy calm has descended on Beirut and other areas of Lebanon as the high-powered Arab League delegation arrived Wednesday to help mediate an end to street confrontations between factions that have claimed more than 50 lives. From AP Photo by LEFTERIS PITARAKIS.
  • A Lebanese soldier leads his dog as they search cars before the arrival of an Arab League delegation at Rafik Hariri international airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. An uneasy calm has descended on Beirut and other areas of Lebanon as a high-powered Arab League delegation arrived Wednesday to help mediate an end to street confrontations that have claimed more than 50 lives. From AP Photo by Mahmoud Tawil.
  • The faces of Sunni leader of the parliamentary majority Saad Hariri, right, and his father, Lebanon's slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, left, are seen vandalized on a street poster in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. An uneasy calm has descended on Beirut and other areas of Lebanon as a high-powered Arab League delegation arrived Wednesday to help mediate an end to street confrontations that have claimed more than 50 lives. From AP Photo by Bela Szandelszky.
  • Technicians work in the sound studio of Future TV in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Lebanon's Future TV station is back on air four days after it was forced to suspend transmission after Hezbollah's Shiite supporters and their allies routed their pro-government Sunni opponents from most of west Beirut. Future TV is owned by top Sunni leader Saad Hariri, son of the assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. From AP Photo by Darko Bandic.
  • Technicians work in the sound studio of Future TV in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Lebanon's Future TV station is back on air four days after it was forced to suspend transmission after Hezbollah's Shiite supporters and their allies routed their pro-government Sunni opponents from most of west Beirut. Future TV is owned by top Sunni leader Saad Hariri, son of the assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. From AP Photo by Darko Bandic.
  • A worker sits in an empty terminal as the highway leading to the country's only international airport is still blocked by opposition supporter in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The U.S. embassy said in a statement Tuesday that due to the lack of usual cargo handling facilities at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport, the embassy compound in Beirut's northern suburb of Aukar north will begin receiving necessary supplies and materials via U.S. military helicopters. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • Lebanese soldiers patrol a street near a poster of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut May 13, 2008. Lebanon's army stepped up patrols on Tuesday as part of a drive to restore order after a week of fighting between Hezbollah fighters and pro-government gunmen. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Mourners leave a church carrying the coffin of Michael Habib, 44 a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, a secular pro-Syrian group allied with Hezbollah who was killed during clashes with fighters loyal to the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and the government last week in the town of Halba,  near the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Lebanese security officials say heavy fighting has erupted for a second time in the northern city of Tripoli. From AP Photo by Nasser Nasser.


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Britain's Aileen McGlynn, right, with her pilot Ellen Hunter with their gold medals wave during the award ceremony of the Women's 1km Time Trial final at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. From AP Photo by Andy Wong.

Britain's Aileen McGlynn, right, with her pilot Ellen Hunter with their gold medals wave during the award ceremony of the Women's 1km Time Trial final at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008.

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Gold Medalist Britain's Aileen McGlynn, 3rd right, with her pilot Ellen Hunter poses with silver medalist Felicity Johnson, right, and pilot Katie Parker and bronze medalist Lindy Hou, 2nd left, and pilot Toireasa Gallagher after the award ceremony of the Women's 1km Time Trial final at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. From AP Photo by Andy Wong.

Gold Medalist Britain's Aileen McGlynn, 3rd right, with her pilot Ellen Hunter poses with silver medalist Felicity Johnson, right, and pilot Katie Parker and bronze medalist Lindy Hou, 2nd left, and pilot Toireasa Gallagher after the award ceremony of the Women's 1km Time Trial final at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008.

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Britain's Aileen McGlynn, right, with her pilot Ellen Hunter reacts after they won the Women's 1km Time Trial final at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. From AP Photo by Andy Wong.

Britain's Aileen McGlynn, right, with her pilot Ellen Hunter reacts after they won the Women's 1km Time Trial final at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008.

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A Thai woman rests under a cluster of helmets at a security post inside the overnment house compound which has been occupied by anti-government protesters Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 in Bangkok Thailand. Thailand's embattled prime minister denied a rift with the army Sunday and dismissed the possibility of a coup when he travels to the U.N. General Assembly in New York later this month. From AP Photo by Ed Wray.

A Thai woman rests under a cluster of helmets at a security post inside the overnment house compound which has been occupied by anti-government protesters Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 in Bangkok Thailand. Thailand's embattled prime minister denied a rift with the army Sunday and dismissed the possibility of a coup when he travels to the U.N. General Assembly in New York later this month.

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Flood affected villagers wait for relief at Jafragonj, 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Thousands of villagers have been displaced due to floods in northern Bangladesh. From AP Photo by Pavel Rahman.

Flood affected villagers wait for relief at Jafragonj, 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Thousands of villagers have been displaced due to floods in northern Bangladesh.

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Britain Aileen McGlynn, right, with her pilot Ellen Hunter competes in the Women's 1km Time Trial final at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Aileen McGlynn and Ellen Hunter won the gold medals. From AP Photo by Andy Wong.

Britain Aileen McGlynn, right, with her pilot Ellen Hunter competes in the Women's 1km Time Trial final at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Aileen McGlynn and Ellen Hunter won the gold medals.

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Children wade through flood water on their way to school at Jafragonj, 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Thousands of villagers have been displaced due to floods in northern Bangladesh. From AP Photo by Pavel Rahman.

Children wade through flood water on their way to school at Jafragonj, 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Thousands of villagers have been displaced due to floods in northern Bangladesh.

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