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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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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.
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China athletes carries the Paralympic's flag march inside the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest during the opening ceremony for the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008.
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Northern Ireland's Aaron Hughes (L) fights for the ball with Slovakia's Robert Vittek during their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Bratislava September 6, 2008.
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Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian (R) speaks with Turkish President Abdullah Gul (L) in Yerevan on September 6, 2008. The presidents of Turkey and Armenia said there now is a "political will" to resolve decades of animosity, following landmark talks in Yerevan. Gul was paying Saturday a landmark visit to Armenia -- the first by a Turkish president since Armenia's independence in 1991 -- for the first of two World Cup qualifiers between the two national teams.
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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.
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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.
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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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Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi speaks after he received an honorary doctorate on August 05, 2008 during a ceremony held at INSAT university in Tunis. Kadhafi is on a tree-day official visit to Tunisia.
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Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian (R) listens to his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul on September 6, 2008 during a meeting in Yerevan. Sarkisian said today he had been invited by his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul to attend a return football match between the two nations in Turkey next month. Gul will travel today to attend the World Cup qualifiers between Armenia and Turkey, in a landmark visit expected to ease relations between the two foes.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian (R) listens to his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul on September 6, 2008 during a meeting in Yerevan. Sarkisian said today he had been invited by his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul to attend a return football match between the two nations in Turkey next month. Gul will travel today to attend the World Cup qualifiers between Armenia and Turkey, in a landmark visit expected to ease relations between the two foes.
Pakistan's president-elect Asif Ali Zardari (C) flanked by his daughters Bakhtawar (L) and Asifa (R) speaks shortly after his election 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.
Chinese gold medallist Hou Bin winches himself up to light the Paralympics flame at the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing on September 6, 2008. China once again dazzled the world with a glittering ceremony as the Paralympics opened in the iconic "Bird's Nest" National Stadium with the message that all life has value and dignity.
Chinese athlete Zhang Hongwei (L) hands the torch to power lifter Zhang Haidong (bottom-R) in the National Stadium at the opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing on September 6, 2008. China once again dazzled the world with a glittering ceremony as the Paralympics opened in the iconic "Bird's Nest" National Stadium with the message that all life has value and dignity.
