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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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Kashmiri Muslims pray inside the Jamia Masjid, or Grand Mosque, on the first Friday of Ramadan in Srinagar, India, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Muslims all over the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan, abstaining from consuming food and drinks from dawn to dusk.
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Activists of Pakistani Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami chant anti-government and anti-U.S slogans during a protest against a stepped-up campaign by the U.S. against militants near the Afghan border, in Mansehra September 5, 2008. Five Islamist militants were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border.
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Indian Kashmiri Muslim men shout pro-independence slogans during a protest held after the Friday prayers in Srinagar on September 5, 2008. Hundreds of Muslims held fresh protests against Indian rule in Kashmir even as the three top separatist leaders in Muslim-majority region were put under house arrest. Muslims held sit-in protests as they emerged out of mosques at many places after taking part in weekly Friday prayers in summer capital Srinagar.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick faces Judge David Groner as he agrees to a plea agreement and to resign from office in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Michigan September 4, 2008.
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Serena Williams (L) and her sister Venus (R), both of the U.S., each react in this combination photo during their quarter-final match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York September 3, 2008.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Republican U.S vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will accept The GOP nomination for U.S. President Thursday night.
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (L) talks to Italian undersecretary of foreign affairs Alfredo Mantica during the unveiling of an ancient Axum obelisk in the northern town of Axum September 4, 2008. Tens of thousands of Ethiopians cheered on Thursday as a 1,700-year-old giant stone obelisk taken to Italy by fascist invaders in the 1930s was restored to its historic site in an ancient northern town. Picture taken September 4, 2008.
An exclusive Muslim community who call themselves An-Nadsir, bow during Friday prayers in a remote area of the Gowa district in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province September 5, 2008. Every man in the group, which consists of some 900 members who farm for a living, dyed their hair to follow the hue of Prophet Muhammad's hair, a follower said.
The USS Mount Whitney, the flagship of the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet, arrives at the Georgian Black Sea port of Poti September 5, 2008. The USS Mount Whitney, the third U.S. vessel to arrive on the Georgian coast with humanitarian aid for tens of thousands displaced by the conflict over Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia, dropped anchor off Poti on Friday, where Russian troops have been patrolling since last month's war with Georgia.
Activists of Pakistani Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami chant anti-government and anti-U.S slogans during a protest against a stepped up campaign by the U.S. against militants near the Afghan border, in Peshawar September 5, 2008. Five Islamist militants were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border. The banner reads "The ground attack of American army on Pakistan is a slap in the face of coward rulers".
A member of an exclusive Muslim community who call themselves An-Nadsir, reads the Koran in front of his house in a remote area of the Gowa district in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province September 5, 2008. Every man in the group, which consists of some 900 members who farm for a living, dyed their hair to follow the hue of Prophet Muhammad's hair, a follower said.
