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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. 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.

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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. 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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    • A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.

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    • LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England. From Getty Images.

      LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.

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      Italy's Alex Schwazer reacts after winning the men's 50-kilomter walk during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.

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    • Eddy Riva of France rests after competing in the in the men's 50km walk of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Eddy Riva of France rests after competing in the in the men's 50km walk of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008.

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    • NEW YORK - AUGUST 21: Tennis Player Andy Roddick celebrates Lacoste's 75 Anniversary at Macy's Herald Square on August 21, 2008 in New York City. From Getty Images.

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    • Workers labour in the fields of an organic farm at Dezevci, eastern Croatia, May 27, 2008. Farm owners hope their organic products will fare well on the markets of the European Union, which Croatia hopes to join around 2011. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Workers labour in the fields of an organic farm at Dezevci, eastern Croatia, May 27, 2008. Farm owners hope their organic products will fare well on the markets of the European Union, which Croatia hopes to join around 2011.

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    • LYNCHBURG, VA - AUGUST 20: Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) waits to speak during a Town Hall event at EC Glass High School August 20, 2008 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Reports indicate that Obama will announce his Vice Presidential candidate on Friday and they will campaign together on Saturday. From Getty Images.

      LYNCHBURG, VA - AUGUST 20: Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) waits to speak during a Town Hall event at EC Glass High School August 20, 2008 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Reports indicate that Obama will announce his Vice Presidential candidate on Friday and they will campaign together on Saturday.

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    • RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver. From Getty Images.

      RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.

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      RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama listens to his introduction at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.

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This handout photo from the United Nations taken on May 23, 2008 shows UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meeting with Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (R) during Ban's visit to Myanmar's capital of Naypyidaw. Myanmar opened polls on May 24, 2008 for hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims, many hungry, homeless and still waiting for aid, in a much-criticised constitutional referendum ahead of a key donors' conference. Ban, who left Myanmar on May 23 and is in China visiting the earthquake-hit province of Sichuan on May 24, will return to Yangon on May 25 for the donors' meeting hosted by the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
3 months ago: This handout photo from the United Nations taken on May 23, 2008 shows UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meeting with Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (R) during Ban's visit to Myanmar's capital of Naypyidaw. Myanmar opened polls on May 24, 2008 for hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims, many hungry, homeless and still waiting for aid, in a much-criticised constitutional referendum ahead of a key donors' conference. Ban, who left Myanmar on May 23 and is in China visiting the earthquake-hit province of Sichuan on May 24, will return to Yangon on May 25 for the donors' meeting hosted by the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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  • A man holds a picture of Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe as protesters wearing masks of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi gather outside the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei June 19, 2008. Pro-Aung San Suu Kyi activists gathered on Thursday to send a letter of appeal to the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei, for Britain to halt financial ties with Myanmar, the former Burma, and to ask the military junta to end Aung San Suu Kyi's latest stretch of detention. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows grade one students taking part of the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No.11 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. There are more than 120 students in the classroom with only one teacher. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows grade one students taking part of the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No.11 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. There are more than 120 students in the classroom with only one teacher. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students from State Primary School No. 32 arriving at the school compound on the first day of the new school year in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Prior to the reopening of the school, the building was used as a relief camp for community members affected by Cyclone Nargis. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students sharing a textbook during a lesson on the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students sharing a textbook during a lesson on the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows grade four students taking part of the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. About 30 people lived in each classroom prior to reopening of the school. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows grade four students taking part of the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. About 30 people lived in each classroom prior to reopening of the school. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students reciting their lesson on the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to cyclone victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students reciting their lesson on the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to cyclone victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students and parents taking part in the registration process of returning students on the opening day of the State Primary School No 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This still image framed by delegates heads showing Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe presented by the government of Myanmar at the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) International Pledging Conference on Cyclone Nargis on May 25, 2008 in Yangon describes and shows images of generals and other government entities providing aid to victims of the cyclone as well as showing damage and deaths. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 25 that the international focus was now on saving lives in Myanmar, where two million desperate cyclone survivors need emergency aid immediately. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A girl leans on a boat in the cyclone-hit Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A woman while holding her child waits for relief goods in the cyclone-hit Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone-affected family lay in a makeshift hut in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A woman makes arrangements to cook an afternoon meal in the cyclone-hit Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone affected family take care of their belongings in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone affected man prepares to rebuilt a makeshift hut in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone affected woman washes clothes in a makeshift hut in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone-affected family rebuilt makeshift in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Displaced children wait for relief goods at a relief center in the cyclone-hit Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone-affected family sit in a makeshift hut in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone-affected family lay in a makeshift hut in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) talks with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (R) at the airport in Bangkok on May 24, 2008 as the United Nations opened a relief staging post there to help speed up the cyclone aid effort in neighbouring Myanmar. Ban Ki-moon was on hand after returning from China's Sichuan province to open the hub just a day after talks with Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe, which he said led to an agreement to let foreign aid workers into the country. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) walks with Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej (3rd L-blue shirt) around the airport in Bangkok on May 24, 2008 as the United Nations opened a relief staging post there to help speed up the cyclone aid effort in neighbouring Myanmar. Ban Ki-moon was on hand after returning from China's Sichuan province to open the hub just a day after talks with Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe, which he said led to an agreement to let foreign aid workers into the country. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) walks around the airport in Bangkok on May 24, 2008 as the United Nations opened a relief staging post there to help speed up the cyclone aid effort in neighbouring Myanmar. Ban Ki-moon was on hand after returning from China's Sichuan province to open the hub just a day after talks with Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe, which he said led to an agreement to let foreign aid workers into the country. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) answers a question from the press while next to Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej (R) at an airport in Bangkok on May 24, 2008 as the United Nations opened a relief staging post there to help speed up the cyclone aid effort in neighbouring Myanmar. Ban Ki-moon was on hand after returning from China's Sichuan province to open the hub just a day after talks with Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe, which he said led to an agreement to let foreign aid workers into the country. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej (R) talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) at an airport in Bangkok on May 24, 2008 as the United Nations opened a relief staging post there to help speed up the cyclone aid effort in neighbouring Myanmar. Ban Ki-moon was on hand after returning from China's Sichuan province to open the hub just a day after talks with Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe, which he said led to an agreement to let foreign aid workers into the country. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Buddhist novices take a tour to collect offerings in the cyclone-hit Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets Senior General Than Shwe at the latter's office in Naypyidaw May 23, 2008. Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit foreign aid workers of all nationalities to the delta area worst hit by Cyclone Nargis, in what the U.N. called a breakthrough for aiding survivors. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a press conference in Yangon on May 23, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a press conference in Yangon on May 23, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a press conference in Yangon on May 23, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a press conference in Yangon on May 23, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This United nations handout photo shows UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as he lays a wreath at the tomb of former late UN Secretary-General U Thant in Yangon on 23 May, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This United Nations handout photo received on May 23, 2008 shows a flower bouquet with a note saying ''In Remembrance'' signed by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the tomb of former late UN Secretary-General U Thant in Yangon on 23 May, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets Senior General Than Shwe at the latter's office in Naypyidaw May 23, 2008. Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit foreign aid workers of all nationalities to the delta area worst hit by Cyclone Nargis, in what the U.N. called a breakthrough for aiding survivors. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.
  • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon signs a book of condolence at the office of Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe in Naypyidaw May 23, 2008. Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit foreign aid workers of all nationalities to the delta area worst hit by Cyclone Nargis, in what the U.N. called a breakthrough for aiding survivors. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.
  • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets Senior General Than Shwe at the latter's office in Naypyidaw May 23, 2008. Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit foreign aid workers of all nationalities to the delta area worst hit by Cyclone Nargis, in what the U.N. called a breakthrough for aiding survivors. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.
  • U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon waves to photographers after arriving at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport May 23, 2008. Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe agreed on Friday to let in "all" aid workers to help the 2.4 million survivors of Cyclone Nargis, Ban said after meeting him. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives for a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday, May 23, 2008 after more than two hours of talks with Myanmar's leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, Myanmar's ruling junta told Ban that foreign aid workers could enter the country as long as it was clear what they were doing and how long they would remain. From AP Photo by Stan Honda.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday, May 23, 2008 after more than two hours of talks with Myanmar's leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, Myanmar's ruling junta told Ban that foreign aid workers could enter the country as long as it was clear what they were doing and how long they would remain. From AP Photo by Stan Honda.

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CHICAGO - AUGUST 21: Marcus Harrison #94 of the Chicago Bears warms-up before a game against the San Francisco 49ers on August 21, 2008 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. From Getty Images.

CHICAGO - AUGUST 21: Marcus Harrison #94 of the Chicago Bears warms-up before a game against the San Francisco 49ers on August 21, 2008 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.

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