Former U.S. President George W. Bush looks out over the U.S. Capitol as his helicopter departs Washington January 20, 2009, for Andrews Air Force Base following the inauguration ceremonies for President Barack Obama. Picture taken January 20, 2009. Reuters Pictures 10 months ago

Former U.S. President George W. Bush looks out over the U.S. Capitol as his helicopter departs Washington January 20, 2009, for Andrews Air Force Base following the inauguration ceremonies for President Barack Obama. Picture taken January 20, 2009.

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  1. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: Anti-war demonstrators dressed up as bloodied former Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) and US President George Bush stand outside the Iraq Inquiry on November 24, 2009 in London. Chairman of the Iraq Inquiry Sir John Chilcot will lead a committee of Privy Counsellors who will consider the period from the summer of 2001 to the end of July 2009, embracing the run-up to the conflict in Iraq, the military action and its aftermath.
  2. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: Anti-war demonstrators dressed up as bloodied former Prime Minister Tony Blair (L), US President George Bush and Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) stand outside the Iraq Inquiry on November 24, 2009 in London. Chairman of the Iraq Inquiry Sir John Chilcot will lead a committee of Privy Counsellors who will consider the period from the summer of 2001 to the end of July 2009, embracing the run-up to the conflict in Iraq, the military action and its aftermath.
  3. Frances Townsend, former Assistant to US President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, full committee hearing on 'The Fort Hood Attack: A Preliminary Assessment' on November 19, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The panel was investigating 'whether the federal agencies and employees involved missed signals or failed to connect the dots in a way that enabled Major Nidal Hasan to carry out his deadly plan.' Hasan has been charged in the deadly shooting spree in the Fort Hood army base which left 13 dead and 42 wounded on November 5.
  4. Frances Townsend, former Assistant to US President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism, and US Army General John Keane, former Vice Chief of Staff, testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, full committee hearing on 'The Fort Hood Attack: A Preliminary Assessment' on November 19, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The panel was investigating 'whether the federal agencies and employees involved missed signals or failed to connect the dots in a way that enabled Major Nidal Hasan to carry out his deadly plan.' Hasan has been charged in the deadly shooting spree in the Fort Hood army base which left 13 dead and 42 wounded on November 5.
  5. William Safire receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President George W. Bush (R) in the East Room of the White House in Washington, December 15, 2006. Safire, the former Richard Nixon speechwriter who went on to become known for his columns on politics and language in The New York Times, has died, the newspaper said on Sunday. Safire, who was 79, died at a hospice in Rockville, Maryland, the Times said. An aide to Safire said he had suffered from cancer.
  6. Former President George W. Bush, right, and wife, Laura Bush, stand during the playing of the National Anthem, before the announcement of a community service project called Service Learning Adventures in North Texas, or "SLANT 45," at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
  7. Muntazer al-Zaidi (C), the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, wears a new pair of leather shoes as he arrives to give a press conference following his release at the al-Baghdadia offices in the capital Baghdad on September 15, 2009. Zaidi was released after a nine-month stint in prison.
  8. Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, gives a press conference at the al-Baghdadia offices in the capital Baghdad on September 15, 2009. Zaidi was released after a nine-month stint in prison.
  9. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  10. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  11. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  12. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  13. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Kathrina Norris (L) and Matt Cross (R) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  16. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.

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  1. Prison warden Walter Vogt reacts to media questions, outside the district court prison in Winterthur, 25 kms (15,5 mls) from Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday Nov. 26, 2009, where Polish born film director Roman Polanski is believed to have been held. Polanski appeared set to be released from jail on bail and placed under house arrest in his chalet in the SwissAlps, pending a decision on his extradition to the U.S. for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.
  2. Prison warden Walter Vogt walks out of the district court prison in Winterthur, 25 kms (15,5 mls) from Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday Nov. 26, 2009, where Polish born film director Roman Polanski is believed to have been held. Polanski appeared set to be released from jail on bail and placed under house arrest in his chalet in the SwissAlps, pending a decision on his extradition to the U.S. for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.
  3. An activist of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wearing a seal cub costume, protests outside of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne November 26, 2009. PETA are demanding an end Canada's annual "seal slaughter" and says its campaign will continue up to and through the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
  4. SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG - NOVEMBER 26: Ryuji Imada of Japan plays his approach shot on the 16th hole during Fourball on the first day of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup on the Olazabal course on November 26, 2009 in Shenzhen, China.
  5. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: Singer Luke Steele of Empire Of The Sun poses with the award for Best Group, and Best Pop Release for 'Walking On A Dream', in the Awards Room backstage at the 2009 ARIA Awards at Acer Arena on November 26, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  6. SHENZHEN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 26: Ian Poulter and Ross Fisher of England during the Fourball on the first day of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup on the Olazabal course on November 26, 2009 in Shenzhen, China.
  7. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 25: (SOUTH AFRICA, UAE, Rebekah Robertson looks at the photographs of four SA Nobel Prize winners and the apartheid era at the Iziko Art Gallery on November 25, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. The photographic exhibition is to honour the South African Nobel prize winners. The photographs used in the exhibition were researched by George Hallett, whose work also features in the exhibition.
  8. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: Singer Luke Steele of Empire Of The Sun poses with the award for Best Group, and Best Pop Release for 'Walking On A Dream', in the Awards Room backstage at the 2009 ARIA Awards at Acer Arena on November 26, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  9. SHENZHEN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 26: Jeev Milkha Shingh of India in action during the Fourball on the first day of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup on the Olazabal course on November 26, 2009 in Shenzhen, China.
  10. Overall bronze medallist Vladimir Kuznetsov of Kazakhstan competes in the men's 85kg Group A weightlifting clean & jerk competition at the World Weightlifting Championship in Goyang, north of Seoul, November 26, 2009.
  11. Gold medalist China's Lu Yong, center, silver medalist Siarhei Lahun of Belarus, left, and bronze medalist Vladimir Kuznetsov of Kazakhstan pose during medal ceremony of the men's group A 85-kilogram category of the World Weightlifting Championships in Goyang, west of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009.
  12. Cpl. Delio Lazoreyes from Los Angeles, a mechanic assigned to the Able Troop 3-71 Cavalry Squadron checks on his smoked turkeys as he helps prepare Thanksgiving dinner at the Joint Combat Operations Post in the town of Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan Thursday Nov. 26, 2009.
  13. Abu Obeida El Jarraah, center, chief of Palestinian police of the Hamas, hands out flowers for passers-by ahead of Eid al-Adha, in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Eid-al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is celebrated to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son.
  14. The West Bank town of Bethlehem is seen in the background as labourers work on a construction site in Gilo, a Jewish settlement on land Israel captured in 1967 and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality, November 26, 2009. Israel's foreign minister shrugged off on Thursday the Palestinian dismissal of a 10-month moratorium on some building in West Bank settlements, saying winning international support was more important. Palestinians wanted Jerusalem and its surrounding areas included in a freeze.
  15. African Union (AU) troops stand guard at Adden Adde International Airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, November 26, 2009. Two freelance journalists released in Somalia on Wednesday after 15 months captivity said they were tortured and feared being sold on to hardline rebels in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation. Amanda Lindhout, a Canadian freelance reporter, and Nigel Brennan, a freelance Australian photojournalist, were kidnapped in Mogadishu in August 2008 as they went to visit a refugee camp outside the capital.
  16. China's Lu Yong strains in the snatch of the men's group A 85-kilogram category of the World Weightlifting Championships in Goyang, west of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Lu won the gold medal scoring total of 383 kilograms.