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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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Anti-government protesters guard a chained shut gate Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, inside Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-government protesters Thursday defied a court order to end their occupation of the Thai prime minister's office compound in Bangkok, saying they had a right to remain and would stay until the country's leaders resign.
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Passengers released by hijackers arrive at Khartoum Airport, August 27, 2008. The hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to authorities in Libya on Wednesday after releasing all the passengers and crew, Libya's aviation authority said. The airliner, with 95 people on board, was seized on Tuesday after leaving Sudan's war-torn Darfur region for Khartoum. It was forced to land at the remote Sahara desert oasis of Kufrah in southeastern Libya. Picture taken August 27, 2008.
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Thai riot policemen stand alert during an anti-government protest demonstration inside Government House in Bangkok on August 28, 2008. Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has vowed not to use force to remove thousands of protesters camped out at the besieged government compound, and said the ball was in their court.
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US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama (L) addresses supporters with Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius (C) and Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (R) during a rally in Kansas City, Missouri, 29 January 2008. Obama is on the campaign trail to try to clinch the Democratic Party ticket in the race to the White House.
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US actor George Clooney poses during the photo call of the movie 'Burn after reading' at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.
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VENICE, ITALY - AUGUST 27: Actor George Clooney during the 'Burn After Reading' Photocall part of the 65th Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on August 27, 2008 in Venice, Italy.
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U.S. actor George Clooney poses at the Film Festival in Venice August 27, 2008. Clooney stars in Ethan and Joel Coen's movie "Burn After Reading" which is shown out of the competition at the Venice Film Festival.
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Passengers released by hijackers arrive at Khartoum Airport, August 27, 2008. The hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to authorities in Libya on Wednesday after releasing all the passengers and crew, Libya's aviation authority said. The airliner, with 95 people on board, was seized on Tuesday after leaving Sudan's war-torn Darfur region for Khartoum. It was forced to land at the remote Sahara desert oasis of Kufrah in southeastern Libya. Picture taken August 27, 2008.
