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BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.
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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
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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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Spectators are seen on the stands as Germany's Stephanie Beckert is reflected in a window pane, as she competes during the Women's 5000 meters World Cup Speed Skating race in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008.
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Afghanistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rangeen Dadfar Spanta listens as his Danish counterpart Per Stig Moller (L) speaks during a news conference in Kabul November 22, 2008. More international troops are needed in the south of Afghanistan and they must be ready to fight insurgents, the country's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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Pope Benedict XVI (C) arrives at an audience for the pilgrimage of the Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni on November 22, at the Vatican. The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni is an archbishopric from Amalfi, near Naples and was on pilgrimage for the 700th anniversary of the arrival of the relics of Apostle Saint-Andrew, the patron saint of Amalfi, from Constantinople to the southern Italian city.
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A boy walks through a muddy puddle of water in a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Kibati, just north of the provincial capital city of Goma, on November 9, 2008. At least 100 cases of cholera have been reported in the Democratic republic of Congo's troubled eastern region, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) said on November 4, 2008."There have been 69 cases of cholera in the four displaced persons camps around Goma over the past week, and 20 in Kitchanga. In Buturande, near Rutshuru, there are five to 10 new cases per day," the medical charity said in a statement.
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GOMA, DR CONGO - NOVEMBER 10: A Congolese boy, ill with Cholera, is treated in a clinic at the Don Bosko orphanage November 10, 2008 in the town of Goma, Congo. Over 250,000 people have been displaced after fighting erupted between the rebel CNDP and the army in the last several weeks. According to reports, violence continues despite a cease fire declared by (CNDP) rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda, whose stated goal is to defend Congo's Tutsi minority from Hutu militias and to bring down a corrupt government.
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A Congolese holds the hand of a child suffering from cholera in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo in this November 11, 2008 photo released today by Medecins Sans Frontieres. Picture taken November 11, 2008.
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A cholera patient lies in a bed at the Don Bosco center in Goma in eastern Congo, November 20, 2008. Fighting in eastern Congo has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in recent weeks, with 386 familes taking shelter in the Don Bosco school compound. There are currently 43 cholera cases among the total of 1,519 people seeking refuge at the school.
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Pope Benedict XVI (C) arrives at an audience for the pilgrimage of the Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni on November 22, at the Vatican. The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni is an archbishopric from Amalfi, near Naples and was on pilgrimage for the 700th anniversary of the arrival of the relics of Apostle Saint-Andrew, the patron saint of Amalfi, from Constantinople to the southern Italian city.
Pope Benedict XVI blesses faithful during an audience for the pilgrimage of the Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni on November 22, at the Vatican. The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni is an archbishopric from Amalfi, near Naples and was on pilgrimage for the 700th anniversary of the arrival of the relics of Apostle Saint-Andrew, the patron saint of Amalfi, from Constantinople to the southern Italian city.
Pope Benedict XVI (L) stands during an audience for the pilgrimage of the Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni on November 22, at the Vatican. The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni is an archbishopric from Amalfi, near Naples and was on pilgrimage for the 700th anniversary of the arrival of the relics of Apostle Saint-Andrew, the patron saint of Amalfi, from Constantinople to the southern Italian city.
Pope Benedict XVI (L) blesses pilgrims next to his personnal secretary Georg Gaenswein during an audience for the pilgrimage of the Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni on November 22, at the Vatican. The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni is an archbishopric from Amalfi, near Naples and was on pilgrimage for the 700th anniversary of the arrival of the relics of Apostle Saint-Andrew, the patron saint of Amalfi, from Constantinople to the southern Italian city.
A convoy of coaches carrying Muslim pilgrims going on the Hajj readies to head south of the Iraqi city of Karbala some 120 kms from the capital Baghdad, towards the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca on November 22, 2008. Iraqi Muslim pilgrims have begun their annual three day overland trip south to the neighboring Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to take part in the holy Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca which starts in December.
Pope Benedict XVI walks by the relics of Saint-Andrew as he arrives for an audience during the pilgrimage of the Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni on November 22, at the Vatican. The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Calva de Tirreni is an archbishopric from Amalfi, near Naples and was on pilgrimage for the 700th anniversary of the arrival of the relics of Apostle Saint-Andrew, the patron saint of Amalfi, from Constantinople to the southern Italian city.
Iraqi women ready to board a coach, part of a convoy, heading south of the Iraqi city of Karbala some 120 kms from the capital Baghdad, towards the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca on November 22, 2008. Iraqi pilgrims have begun their annual three day overland trip south to the neighboring Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to take part in the holy Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca which starts in December. Banner on coach reads in Arabic,' Pilgrims of Iraq'.
