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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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An unidentified girl playfully chases away pigeons as life returns to normal in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Soldiers removed the last bodies from the shattered Taj Mahal hotel Monday as India formally demanded Pakistan take "strong action" against those behind the 60-hour seige that left at least 172 people dead.
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A volunteer (R) gives food to a needy woman with low revenues at the charity food distribution centre "Les Restos du Coeur" (Restaurants of the Heart) which opens to the public on December 1, 2008 for the winter months, in Marseille, southern France. A photo of French comic Coluche, who created the food bank 24 years ago, is seen on the rear wall.
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US President elect Barack Obama(C) arrives to nominate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton(L) as US Secretary of State during a press conference in Chicago, Illinios, on December 1, 2008.
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Chelsea Clinton (L) and former US President Bill Clinton watch as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at the National Building Museum in Washington June 7, 2008. Clinton endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to be the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate on Saturday and suspended her own White House bid less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough support to win the nomination. Clinton's endorsement of Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum marked the beginning of efforts to reunite the Democratic Party after a long and divisive campaign battle that ended on Tuesday when Obama won the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
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A tear runs down the face of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as he speaks about his grandmother who died earlier on Monday, during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. On the eve of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died after a battle with cancer.
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U.S. Democratic presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (R) share a hug at the conclusion of the CNN/Los Angeles Times Democratic presidential debate in Hollywood, California January 31, 2008.
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U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (near) answers a question as Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) looks at him during their debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee October 7, 2008.
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Newly-elected French Socialist party leader, Martine Aubry delivers a speech during the Party of European Socialists Council Meeting in Madrid on December 1, 2008. French Socialists declared Aubry their new leader on November 25, after a bitter leadership fight that crippled the party and left it unable to provide an effective opposition to President Nicolas Sarkozy. Aubry, who as labour minister gave France the much-maligned 35-hour work week, won a mere 102 votes more than the former presidential candidate Segolene Royal, according to official results of the ballot.
A Congolese displaced boy waits by his family's belongings on December 1, 2008 at the Kibati Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp just north of provincial capital Goma where internally displaced people hope to be relocated to another camp. An estimated 250,000 people have been displaced since new fighting between renegade Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda and government forces erupted in August, with the crisis worsening over the past six weeks.
A Congolese displaced boy waits by his family's belongings on December 1, 2008 at the Kibati Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp just north of provincial capital Goma where internally displaced people hope to be relocated to another camp. An estimated 250,000 people have been displaced since new fighting between renegade Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda and government forces erupted in August, with the crisis worsening over the past six weeks.
A Congolese displaced boy waits by his family's belongings on December 1, 2008 at the Kibati Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp just north of provincial capital Goma where internally displaced people hope to be relocated to another camp. An estimated 250,000 people have been displaced since new fighting between renegade Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda and government forces erupted in August, with the crisis worsening over the past six weeks.
The board of executives of Fortis bank Jan-Michiel Hessels (C) and Herman Verwilst (R) are pictured during the first day of the Fortis shareholders meetings on December 1, 2008 in Utrecht. Shareholders of now dismantled and partly nationalised former Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis booed directors at the first general meeting in the Netherlands since the company ran into trouble last month. Hard hit by the global financial crisis, Fortis was dismantled in October 2008, with its Dutch assets nationalised by the Netherlands government for 16.8 billion euros (21.2 billion US dollars) and its Belgian and Luxembourg activities sold to French bank BNP Paribas.
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 01: A young girl with UAE face paint on smiles for a photograph during a Dubai National Day parade on December 1, 2008 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. National Day festivities traditionally take place on the 1st and 2nd of December with a parade for children and students on the 1st.
