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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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Bielefeld's Jonas Kamper, left, challenges for the ball with Leverkusen's Renato Augusto, right, during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Arminia Bielefeld and Bayer Leverkusen in Bielefeld, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008.
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Pigeons drink water outside a mosque in the old part of Sarajevo during the first snowfall of the year, November 22, 2008.
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Kosovo Albanian boys play with the first snow in Pristina on November 22, 2008.
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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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An internally-displaced Congolese woman and child peer into a ripped-up tent they have called home for the last three weeks on November 22, 2008 at the Kibati IDP camp in Goma. The UN refugee agency expressed on November 21, growing concern for the safety of 67,000 displaced Congolese at this squalid refugee camp where residents said government soldiers killed a woman during a looting spree the night before.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet (C) and her Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley (R) listen to New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key during a private meeting on November 22, 2008 in Lima, in the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Leaders of the Pacific rim meet to chart ways to boost trade despite turmoil in the global economy, as aspiring powers China and Russia bid farewell to US President George W. Bush.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet shakes hands with New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key (L) during a private meeting on November 22, 2008 in Lima. Both leaders will attend the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit which aims to turn back the world economic crisis as leaders gather in Lima amid unrelenting bad news from the Asia-Pacific region.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet listens to New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key (L) during a private meeting on November 22, 2008 in Lima. Both leaders will attend the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit which aims to turn back the world economic crisis as leaders gather in Lima amid unrelenting bad news from the Asia-Pacific region.
