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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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A shopper checks out bottles of French wine while a clerk helps out during the lifting of Beaujolais Nouveau in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008.
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Activists prepare to release a helium balloon attached with bags containing anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets at a mountain in Gimpo, west of Seoul, near the border with the North November 20, 2008. Activists have sent about 100,000 leaflets towards North Korea. The South Korean government has asked them to stop sending the leaflets.
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen addresses students during the Scholarships Award ceremony in Phnom Penh on November 20, 2008. Hun Sen on repeated his country would not "wage war" with neighbouring Thailand over a long-running border dispute that erupted into violence on October 2008.
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A female US soldier is seen on watch during a Peace Concert at the Zawrak Park in central Baghdad on November 07, 2008. Al-Qaeda in Iraq today has urged US president-elect Barack Obama to adopt a policy of neutrality in the war-torn country and to withdraw US troops from there and other Muslim countries.
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An Indian boy flies a kite against the backdrop of a sunset near the Indo-Bangladesh border village Raimura near Agartala, capital of Indian northeastern state Tripura on July 26, 2008. India plans to fence its eastern frontier with Bangladesh to prevent illegal infiltration and cross border movement of insurgents. Tripura has a total of 856 km open border with Bangladesh, allegedly from where the militants operate.
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Partizan Belgrade's Nikola Pekovic (L) vies for the ball with Andrew Betts (R) of DKV Joventut Badalona, during their basketball group B Euroleague match at the Pionir Arena in Belgrade, 03 January 2007. AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC
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The space shuttle Endeavour is seen lifting off over the moon in Orlando, Florida November 14, 2008. The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour soared off its seaside launch pad on Friday on a mission to upgrade the International Space Station. Picture was taken with a time lapse exposure.
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Activists prepare to release a helium balloon attached with bags containing anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets at a mountain in Gimpo, west of Seoul, near the border with the North November 20, 2008. Activists have sent about 100,000 leaflets towards North Korea. The South Korean government has asked them to stop sending the leaflets.
People with their belongings walk to catch a flight at the airport in Kathmandu November 20, 2008. Shop house windows were shattered and schools were closed in the Nepali capital on Thursday in a strike against the killing of two men who protesters said were seized by Nepal's ruling former Maoist rebels.
Paramedics transport an injured man to a hospital after a grenade attack on protesters at the Government House in Bangkok November 20, 2008. A grenade attack on protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office killed one person and wounded 23 on Thursday, the most serious assault on the three month sit-in at the compound, police and protest leaders said. The Bangkok Post said an M-79 grenade had exploded near the main stage of the protest, which began in late August to force the elected government from power.
A South Korean activist ties bags containing anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to be released towards the North at a mountain in Gimpo, west of Seoul, near the border with North Korea November 20, 2008. Activists have sent about 100,000 leaflets towards North Korea. The South Korean government has asked them to stop sending the leaflets.
A bus driver who was attacked by protesters is being taken to the hospital in Kathmandu November 20, 2008. Shop house windows were shattered and schools were closed in the Nepali capital on Thursday in a strike against the killing of two men who protesters said were seized by Nepal's ruling former Maoist rebels.
