A pregnant woman waits for her turn to be examined by midwives from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at an evacuation centre for flood victims in Laguna's San Pedro town, south of Manila November 4, 2009. Tens of thousands of people have been housed in evacuation centres for more than a month now after Typhoons Ketsana and Parma hit Metro-Manila and other towns in the Philippine island of Luzon. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

A pregnant woman waits for her turn to be examined by midwives from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at an evacuation centre for flood victims in Laguna's San Pedro town, south of Manila November 4, 2009. Tens of thousands of people have been housed in evacuation centres for more than a month now after Typhoons Ketsana and Parma hit Metro-Manila and other towns in the Philippine island of Luzon.

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  6. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  7. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  8. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  9. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  10. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  11. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
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  13. An Afghan police commando keeps guard (L) while UN investigating personnel watch as an ambulance carrying two bodies leave The Bekhtar Guesthouse in Kabul on October 28, 2009, after a two-hour gunbattle with Taliban suicide gunmen killed six expatriate UN staff. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it is the first step in a campaign against the upcoming second round run-off in the presidential elections.
  14. An UN vehicle is seen through the bullet riddled guardhouse of The Bekhtar Guesthouse in Kabul on October 28, 2009, after an attack by Taliban suicide gunmen killed six expatriate UN staff. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it is the first step in a campaign against the forthcoming second round run-off in the presidential elections.
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  16. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 28: Armed Afghan police guard a UN ambulance carrying bodies of victims recovered from the Bekhtar guesthouse after an attack by Taliban militants on Octber 28, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. According to the UN six of its staff are reported to have been killed and nine were wounded in the attack on the Bekhtar guesthouse. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack which took place as Afghanistan prepares for the upcoming second round run-off in the presidential elections.

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