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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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Student supporters of the Trinamul Congress party and allies walk to participate in a demonstration near the Tata Motors factory site producing the world? cheapest car, on the Calcutta-Delhi highway at Singur, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Calcutta, India, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Farmers in the area, who say they were forced from their land to make way for Tata's car factory, have launched a nearly two-year campaign of often violent protests that is now threatening what is arguably India? most high-profile industrial project. Banner reads the name and detail of the student organization along with patriotic slogans.
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French Socialist Party members (L-R) Jean- Christophe Cambadelis, Claude Bartolone and former minister Martine Aubry attend their summer forum in La Rochelle, western France, August 30, 2008.
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France's Socialist leader Francois Hollande answers a journalist's question upon his arrival to attend the Assembly of the First Federal Secretaries, on August 30, 2008, on the second day of France's opposition Socialist Party's summer conference held in the Atlantic coastal city of La Rochelle, western France.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the bench during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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India's bowler Harbhajan Singh brings water during the 5th and final One Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. India has an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the 5 match series.
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South Africa's AB de Villiers (L) is run out by England's Matthew Prior (R) during the third Natwest one day International between England and South Africa at The Brit Oval cricket ground, London, England, on August 29, 2008.
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Anti-government protesters lie down on the street to avoid tear gas during a demonstration at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on August 29, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas to try to break up about 2,000 anti-government protesters gathered outside the Bangkok police headquarters, an.
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Bureau of Immigration Chief Marcelino Libanan (front) presents Ruben Lavilla, also known as Sheik Omar Lavilla, a militant leader arrested more than a month ago in Bahrain, to the media during a news conference in Camp Crame Quezon City, Metro Manila August 30, 2008. Lavilla, a founder of an Islamic group blamed for the worst militant attack in the Philippines, has been arrested while working at a Philippine embassy in the Middle East, officials said on Saturday.
Ruben Lavilla, also known as Sheik Omar Lavilla (L), a militant leader who was arrested more than a month ago in Bahrain, is escorted by police during a news conference in Camp Crame Quezon City, Metro Manila August 30, 2008. Lavilla, a founder of an Islamic group blamed for the worst militant attack in the Philippines has been arrested while working at a Philippine embassy in the Middle East, officials said on Saturday.
