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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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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.
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Paraguay's former President Nicanor Duarte is seen on a TV camera screen as he leaves the Congress in Asuncion, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Duarte, was elected to the Senate during a general election in April but more than half of the senators boycotted his incorporation to the Congress on Thursday.
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Andre Hohne of Germany (1866) falls to the track during a lap of the National Stadium at the start of the men's 50 kilometer race walk at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008.
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PARAMUS, NJ - AUGUST 21: Ben Crane plays a shot on the 4th hole during the first round of The Barclays at Ridgewood Country Club on August 21, 2008 in Paramus, New Jersey.
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A woman works to sterilize meat processing and packaging equipment at the Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto August 21, 2008. Canadian health officials searched for more clues on Thursday into the source and extent of a listeriosis food poisoning outbreak that has made more than a dozen people sick and caused one death. The company and health officials found listeria monocytogenes in two products made by the company, although genetic testing has not yet determined whether it is the same strain that caused the outbreak, associate chief medical officer David Williams said.
