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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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Soccer superstar David Beckham practices with his LA Galaxy teammates in Auckland, New Zealand Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. The Galaxy will play an Oceania selection in a friendly in Auckland on Saturday.
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Santos' Matias Vuoso (R) battles for the ball with Toluca's Paulo Da Silva during their Mexican league championship semi-final soccer match at the Corona stadium in Torreon December 4, 2008.
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Veteran England football star David Beckham waves during a training session with his team the La Galaxy at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland on December 5, 2008. The team is in New Zealand to play an exhibition match against the Oceania All Stars team on December 6, 2008.
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Recently starred
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Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.
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People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.
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A researcher, with "no research, no futre" written on his forehead marches in the streets of Rome during a demonstration on November 14, 2008. Researchers joined the students during a national of protest against conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's multi-billion-euro education cuts.
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European Central bank Governor Jean-Claude Trichet attends a joint news conference following a summit to discuss the international financial crisis at the Elysee Palace, October 4, 2008. European leaders vowed at the start of an emergency summit on Saturday to do what they could to fend off a financial crisis that snowballed out of Wall Street and is now hitting banks in Europe.
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Just in from Reuters Pictures
Staff members of the local quality supervision bureau empty tainted milk powder packets at a garbage dump site in Shenzhen, Guangdong province September 19, 2008. Nearly 10 percent of milk samples from three top Chinese dairy companies has been tainted with toxic melamine, the government quality watchdog found in tests for the banned chemical that has killed four children.
A three-month-old child who suffered from kidney stones, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province September 16, 2008. The number of Chinese infants found threatened by toxic milk powder is likely to rise as the search for victims spreads, state media reported on Tuesday, with the government facing rising public anger.
A reveller swims in tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, August 27, 2008. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favourite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
Dede, 35, demonstrates holding a pen during a news conference before leaving Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, west Java province, August 25, 2008. Sacked from his job, deserted by his wife, shunned by neighbours -- "tree man" Dede has been treated as a freak for most of his life because of the gnarled growths sprouting from his hands and feet. According to media reports, Dr. Anthony Gaspari from University of Maryland tested Dede's blood and said that the growths are the result of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a fairly common infection that usually causes small warts. Dede returned home on Monday after being hospitalized for nine months to undergo surgery to remove the growths.
