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BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.
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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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Jeremy Abbott, of the United States, performs during the men's short program at the Cup of Russia figure skating ISU Grand Prix event in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.
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New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner testifies at the U.S. House Financial Services Committee in this July 24, 2008 file photo. Geithner is expected to be nominated to the post of U.S. Treasury secretary in the administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, NBC News reported on November 21, 2008.
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 21: Actress Mischa Barton poses in the Aquaventure water park with a dolphin at the landmark Grand Opening of Palm Atlantis Resort and Palm Jumeirah on November 21, 2008 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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A boy walks through a muddy puddle of water in a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Kibati, just north of the provincial capital city of Goma, on November 9, 2008. At least 100 cases of cholera have been reported in the Democratic republic of Congo's troubled eastern region, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) said on November 4, 2008."There have been 69 cases of cholera in the four displaced persons camps around Goma over the past week, and 20 in Kitchanga. In Buturande, near Rutshuru, there are five to 10 new cases per day," the medical charity said in a statement.
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GOMA, DR CONGO - NOVEMBER 10: A Congolese boy, ill with Cholera, is treated in a clinic at the Don Bosko orphanage November 10, 2008 in the town of Goma, Congo. Over 250,000 people have been displaced after fighting erupted between the rebel CNDP and the army in the last several weeks. According to reports, violence continues despite a cease fire declared by (CNDP) rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda, whose stated goal is to defend Congo's Tutsi minority from Hutu militias and to bring down a corrupt government.
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A Congolese holds the hand of a child suffering from cholera in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo in this November 11, 2008 photo released today by Medecins Sans Frontieres. Picture taken November 11, 2008.
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A cholera patient lies in a bed at the Don Bosco center in Goma in eastern Congo, November 20, 2008. Fighting in eastern Congo has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in recent weeks, with 386 familes taking shelter in the Don Bosco school compound. There are currently 43 cholera cases among the total of 1,519 people seeking refuge at the school.
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Members of Slovenia's new governmet pose for photographers after they were confirmed by the parliament, in Ljubljana November 21, 2008. Slovenia's parliament on Friday approved the 18-member cabinet of new centre-left Prime Minister Borut Pahor, who has pledged his government will focus on dealing with the financial crisis. They are (bottom row, from L) Milan Pogacnik, Bostjan Zeks, Katarina Kresal, Borut Pahor, Ljubica Jelusic, Ivan Svetlik, Borut Miklavcic, (middle row) Irma Pavlinic Krebs, Zlatka Plostajner, Majda Sirca, Ales Zalar (top row) Gregor Golobic, Franc Krizanic, Mitja Gaspari, Patrik Vlacic, Karel Erjavec, Matej Lahovnik, Samuel Zbogar and Igor Luksic.
British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell (R), federal sports minister Gary Lunn (C) and Vancouver Organizing Committee CEO John Furlong hold the torch used in the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics as they stand in front of map showing the route the Olympic flame during a ceremony in West Vancouver, British Columbia November 21, 2008. The flame will arrive in Canada on October 30, 2009 and will travel to 1000 communities across the country before finishing at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
