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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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In this Nov. 18, 2008 photo released by Getup shows former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks who released a video message through a political group pleading for Australian police to stop restricting his life, in Sydney, Nov. 20, 2008. The 33-year old former cowboy turned Taliban foot soldier was freed from a prison in his home town of Adelaide in South Australia state in December last year after a nine-month sentence following 5 1/2 years in captivity without trial at the U.S. military prison camp in Cuba.
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Actress Fran Drescher arrives to attend a Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights gala in New York November 19, 2008.
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An injured man is carried away after a pre-dawn bomb blast inside a demonstration site at the Government House in Bangkok on November 20, 2008. At least one Thai anti-government protester was killed and 22 were wounded in front of a stage at the Government House compound, which protesters from the so-called People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) occupied in late August.
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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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People are silhouetted at an underground passageway in Tokyo November 20, 2008. Japan's exports to Asia fell in October for the first time since 2002, signalling that the fallout from the credit crisis has spread to neighbours such as China and adding momentum to investors' flight to the safety of cash.
