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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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Getty Images.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Getty Images.

      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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    • Croatia's Blanka Vlasic makes an attempt in the qualification for the women's high jump during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium  at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. From AP Photo by Thomas Kienzle.

      Croatia's Blanka Vlasic makes an attempt in the qualification for the women's high jump during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.

    • Gabor Balogh of Hungary celebrates a point against Michal Michalik of the Czech Republic during the fencing event of the men's modern pentathlon competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 21, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Gabor Balogh of Hungary celebrates a point against Michal Michalik of the Czech Republic during the fencing event of the men's modern pentathlon competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 21, 2008.

    • Soldiers secure the site of a blast on the facade of a hotel in Zamboanga city in the violence-rocked southern Philippines on August 20, 2008. Attackers on a motorcycle hurled a grenade that wounded four people outside a hotel, a military official said. Authorities are still investigating the motive of the attack following stepped up attacks by Muslim separatist rebels, leaving 38 dead in their latest August 18 offensive. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      Soldiers secure the site of a blast on the facade of a hotel in Zamboanga city in the violence-rocked southern Philippines on August 20, 2008. Attackers on a motorcycle hurled a grenade that wounded four people outside a hotel, a military official said. Authorities are still investigating the motive of the attack following stepped up attacks by Muslim separatist rebels, leaving 38 dead in their latest August 18 offensive.

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    • Eighty-four year-old Georgian Shalva Khutsenashvili and his South Ossetian wife Misurat Khutayeva sit in a hospital room on August 16, 2008 in Tskhinvali. Russian troops have the right to patrol "a few kilometres" deeper inside Georgia beyond the conflict zone South Ossetia, Georgian and French officials said. This allowance was stipulated in a confidential letter from French President Nicolas Sarkozy to his Georgian counterpart shown to AFP here by a high-level Georgian source and later released in Paris by the Elysee Palace. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      Eighty-four year-old Georgian Shalva Khutsenashvili and his South Ossetian wife Misurat Khutayeva sit in a hospital room on August 16, 2008 in Tskhinvali. Russian troops have the right to patrol "a few kilometres" deeper inside Georgia beyond the conflict zone South Ossetia, Georgian and French officials said. This allowance was stipulated in a confidential letter from French President Nicolas Sarkozy to his Georgian counterpart shown to AFP here by a high-level Georgian source and later released in Paris by the Elysee Palace.

    • A South Ossetian man holds an axe as he stands in his house on August 16, 2008 in Tskhinvali. Dozens of haggard Georgian captives were marched through the rebel city of South Ossetia, as separatists called on Tbilisi to recover the rotting corpses of its soldiers. The mostly elderly men -- apparently all civilians -- walked with their heads bowed and their hands behind their backs, escorted by armed guards. Locals stopped to take pictures on their mobile phones. Some pointed and laughed as the detainees marched through Tskhinvali. One woman said: "Those are the prisoners? But they're just old men!". From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      A South Ossetian man holds an axe as he stands in his house on August 16, 2008 in Tskhinvali. Dozens of haggard Georgian captives were marched through the rebel city of South Ossetia, as separatists called on Tbilisi to recover the rotting corpses of its soldiers. The mostly elderly men -- apparently all civilians -- walked with their heads bowed and their hands behind their backs, escorted by armed guards. Locals stopped to take pictures on their mobile phones. Some pointed and laughed as the detainees marched through Tskhinvali. One woman said: "Those are the prisoners? But they're just old men!".

    • TBILISI, GEORGIA - AUGUST 16: A man smokes in a corridor as Georgian refugees, many of them from the breakaway province of South Ossetia, settle into a refugee shelter August 16, 2008 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Tens of thousands of Georgians and others have fled the areas of north Georgia affected by the stand off with Russian forces, and hundreds of them are taking shelter in this old Communist-era ministry building. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tblisi yesterday to show support for Georgia and to try to firm up the recent peace initiative with the Russians instigated by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. From Getty Images.

      TBILISI, GEORGIA - AUGUST 16: A man smokes in a corridor as Georgian refugees, many of them from the breakaway province of South Ossetia, settle into a refugee shelter August 16, 2008 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Tens of thousands of Georgians and others have fled the areas of north Georgia affected by the stand off with Russian forces, and hundreds of them are taking shelter in this old Communist-era ministry building. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tblisi yesterday to show support for Georgia and to try to firm up the recent peace initiative with the Russians instigated by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

    • Manya Pleeva, a 76-year-old South Ossetian sits on the bed in her house on August 16, 2008 in Tskhinvali. Dozens of haggard Georgian captives were marched through the rebel city of South Ossetia, as separatists called on Tbilisi to recover the rotting corpses of its soldiers. The mostly elderly men -- apparently all civilians -- walked with their heads bowed and their hands behind their backs, escorted by armed guards. Locals stopped to take pictures on their mobile phones. Some pointed and laughed as the detainees marched through Tskhinvali. One woman said: "Those are the prisoners? But they're just old men!". From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      Manya Pleeva, a 76-year-old South Ossetian sits on the bed in her house on August 16, 2008 in Tskhinvali. Dozens of haggard Georgian captives were marched through the rebel city of South Ossetia, as separatists called on Tbilisi to recover the rotting corpses of its soldiers. The mostly elderly men -- apparently all civilians -- walked with their heads bowed and their hands behind their backs, escorted by armed guards. Locals stopped to take pictures on their mobile phones. Some pointed and laughed as the detainees marched through Tskhinvali. One woman said: "Those are the prisoners? But they're just old men!".

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Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe (L) is seen before a meeting with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in Naypyidaw May 23, 2008. In an apparent breakthrough for delivering help to millions of Myanmar's cyclone survivors, the military government agreed to allow in "all" aid workers, Ban said on Friday. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
3 months ago: Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe (L) is seen before a meeting with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in Naypyidaw May 23, 2008. In an apparent breakthrough for delivering help to millions of Myanmar's cyclone survivors, the military government agreed to allow in "all" aid workers, Ban said on Friday.
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  • A man holds a picture of Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe as protesters wearing masks of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi gather outside the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei June 19, 2008. Pro-Aung San Suu Kyi activists gathered on Thursday to send a letter of appeal to the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei, for Britain to halt financial ties with Myanmar, the former Burma, and to ask the military junta to end Aung San Suu Kyi's latest stretch of detention. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows grade one students taking part of the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No.11 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. There are more than 120 students in the classroom with only one teacher. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows grade one students taking part of the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No.11 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. There are more than 120 students in the classroom with only one teacher. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students from State Primary School No. 32 arriving at the school compound on the first day of the new school year in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Prior to the reopening of the school, the building was used as a relief camp for community members affected by Cyclone Nargis. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students sharing a textbook during a lesson on the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students sharing a textbook during a lesson on the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows grade four students taking part of the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. About 30 people lived in each classroom prior to reopening of the school. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows grade four students taking part of the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. About 30 people lived in each classroom prior to reopening of the school. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students reciting their lesson on the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to cyclone victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students reciting their lesson on the first day of the reopening of State Primary School No. 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to cyclone victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This handout photo provided by UNICEF shows students and parents taking part in the registration process of returning students on the opening day of the State Primary School No 32 in Hlaing Thar Yar township near Yangon on June 2, 2008. Eleven days after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met personally with junta leader Than Shwe to convince the senior general to allow foreign aid workers full access to victims, aid agencies say however that access remains patchy and security forces have maintained roadblocks throughout the cyclone zone, allowing in only a handful of foreign aid workers. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This still image framed by delegates heads showing Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe presented by the government of Myanmar at the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) International Pledging Conference on Cyclone Nargis on May 25, 2008 in Yangon describes and shows images of generals and other government entities providing aid to victims of the cyclone as well as showing damage and deaths. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 25 that the international focus was now on saving lives in Myanmar, where two million desperate cyclone survivors need emergency aid immediately. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A girl leans on a boat in the cyclone-hit Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A woman while holding her child waits for relief goods in the cyclone-hit Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone-affected family lay in a makeshift hut in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A woman makes arrangements to cook an afternoon meal in the cyclone-hit  Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone affected family take care of their belongings in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone affected man prepares to rebuilt a makeshift hut in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone affected woman washes clothes in a makeshift hut in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone-affected family rebuilt makeshift in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Displaced children wait for relief goods at a relief center in the cyclone-hit Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A  cyclone-affected family sit in a makeshift hut in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A cyclone-affected family lay in a makeshift hut in Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) talks with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (R) at the airport in Bangkok on May 24, 2008 as the United Nations opened a relief staging post there to help speed up the cyclone aid effort in neighbouring Myanmar. Ban Ki-moon was on hand after returning from China's Sichuan province to open the hub just a day after talks with Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe, which he said led to an agreement to let foreign aid workers into the country. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) walks with Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej (3rd L-blue shirt) around the airport in Bangkok on May 24, 2008 as the United Nations opened a relief staging post there to help speed up the cyclone aid effort in neighbouring Myanmar. Ban Ki-moon was on hand after returning from China's Sichuan province to open the hub just a day after talks with Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe, which he said led to an agreement to let foreign aid workers into the country. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) walks around the airport in Bangkok on May 24, 2008 as the United Nations opened a relief staging post there to help speed up the cyclone aid effort in neighbouring Myanmar. Ban Ki-moon was on hand after returning from China's Sichuan province to open the hub just a day after talks with Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe, which he said led to an agreement to let foreign aid workers into the country. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) answers a question from the press while next to Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej (R) at an airport in Bangkok on May 24, 2008 as the United Nations opened a relief staging post there to help speed up the cyclone aid effort in neighbouring Myanmar. Ban Ki-moon was on hand after returning from China's Sichuan province to open the hub just a day after talks with Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe, which he said led to an agreement to let foreign aid workers into the country. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej (R) talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) at an airport in Bangkok on May 24, 2008 as the United Nations opened a relief staging post there to help speed up the cyclone aid effort in neighbouring Myanmar. Ban Ki-moon was on hand after returning from China's Sichuan province to open the hub just a day after talks with Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe, which he said led to an agreement to let foreign aid workers into the country. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Buddhist novices take a tour to collect offerings in the cyclone-hit Kungyangon, some 48 kilometers south of Yangon on May 24, 2008. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion USD to rebuild the country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on May 23 he had persuaded military leader Than Shwe to relent on accepting all foreign aid workers, but it was unclear when they would get in -- or how much they would be allowed to do once there. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets Senior General Than Shwe at the latter's office in Naypyidaw May 23, 2008. Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit foreign aid workers of all nationalities to the delta area worst hit by Cyclone Nargis, in what the U.N. called a breakthrough for aiding survivors. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a press conference in Yangon on May 23, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a press conference in Yangon on May 23, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a press conference in Yangon on May 23, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a press conference in Yangon on May 23, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This United nations handout photo shows UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as he lays a wreath at the tomb of former late UN Secretary-General U Thant in Yangon on 23 May, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • This United Nations handout photo received on May 23, 2008 shows a flower bouquet with a note saying ''In Remembrance'' signed by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the tomb of former late UN Secretary-General U Thant in Yangon on 23 May, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced the regime to agree to a full-scale international relief effort -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 people dead or missing. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets Senior General Than Shwe at the latter's office in Naypyidaw May 23, 2008. Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit foreign aid workers of all nationalities to the delta area worst hit by Cyclone Nargis, in what the U.N. called a breakthrough for aiding survivors. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.
  • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon signs a book of condolence at the office of Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe in Naypyidaw May 23, 2008. Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit foreign aid workers of all nationalities to the delta area worst hit by Cyclone Nargis, in what the U.N. called a breakthrough for aiding survivors. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.
  • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets Senior General Than Shwe at the latter's office in Naypyidaw May 23, 2008. Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit foreign aid workers of all nationalities to the delta area worst hit by Cyclone Nargis, in what the U.N. called a breakthrough for aiding survivors. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.
  • U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon waves to photographers after arriving at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport May 23, 2008. Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe agreed on Friday to let in "all" aid workers to help the 2.4 million survivors of Cyclone Nargis, Ban said after meeting him. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives for a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday, May 23, 2008 after more than two hours of talks with Myanmar's leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, Myanmar's ruling junta told Ban that foreign aid workers could enter the country as long as it was clear what they were doing and how long they would remain. From AP Photo by Stan Honda.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday, May 23, 2008 after more than two hours of talks with Myanmar's leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, Myanmar's ruling junta told Ban that foreign aid workers could enter the country as long as it was clear what they were doing and how long they would remain. From AP Photo by Stan Honda.


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Misty May-Treanor (R) and Kerri Walsh of the U.S. celebrate winning their women's beach volleyball final match against China at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 21, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

Misty May-Treanor (R) and Kerri Walsh of the U.S. celebrate winning their women's beach volleyball final match against China at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 21, 2008.

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Anna Chicherova of Russia competes in the women's high jump qualifying round of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 21, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

Anna Chicherova of Russia competes in the women's high jump qualifying round of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 21, 2008.

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Emma Green of Sweden competes in her women's high jump qualifying round of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 21, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

Emma Green of Sweden competes in her women's high jump qualifying round of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 21, 2008.

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