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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. From Getty Images.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Getty Images.

      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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    • Senior officers of Central Industrial Security Force, or CISF who is in charge of airport security are seen in a meeting at Indira Gandhi International airport, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. A police official says security forces have swarmed through New Delhi's international airport after the sound of gunfire rang out, but no one was injured. From AP Photo by Manish Swarup.

      Senior officers of Central Industrial Security Force, or CISF who is in charge of airport security are seen in a meeting at Indira Gandhi International airport, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. A police official says security forces have swarmed through New Delhi's international airport after the sound of gunfire rang out, but no one was injured.

    • The New York Stock Exchange is seen during the 85th annual Christmas tree lighting December 4, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      The New York Stock Exchange is seen during the 85th annual Christmas tree lighting December 4, 2008.

    • TENERIFE, SPAIN - DECEMBER 05:  Astana Team Boss Johan Bruyneel looks on during a Team Astana Training Camp press conference at the Hotel Las Madrigueras on December 5, 2008 in Playa de las Americas, Tenerife. From Getty Images.

      TENERIFE, SPAIN - DECEMBER 05: Astana Team Boss Johan Bruyneel looks on during a Team Astana Training Camp press conference at the Hotel Las Madrigueras on December 5, 2008 in Playa de las Americas, Tenerife.

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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. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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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Colombian artist Fernando Botero (C) visits mentally handicapped children as they draw at the Nuevo Amanecer Institute in the suburb of San Pedro Garza in the northern city of Monterrey February 1, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
10 months ago: Colombian artist Fernando Botero (C) visits mentally handicapped children as they draw at the Nuevo Amanecer Institute in the suburb of San Pedro Garza in the northern city of Monterrey February 1, 2008.
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  • "Reclining Venus" from Colombian artist Fernando Botero is on display during Christie's Latin American Art preview, in New York, November 14, 2008. "Reclining Venus" carries an estimate price of 800,000-1,200,000 USD and will be put in auction during Christie's Latin American Art sales on 19 November 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • "Venus Sleeping" from Colombian artist Fernando Botero is on display during Christie's Latin American Art preview, in New York, November 14, 2008. "Venus Sleeping" carries an estimate price of 400,000-600,000 USD and will be put in auction during Christie's Latin American Art sales on 19 November 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Colombian artist Fernando Botero poses in front of a painting inspired by Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison scandal at Palazzo Venezia in Rome in a June 16, 2005 file photo. Botero, Latin America's best known living painter and sculptor, faces accusations of tax evasion in Italy that could land him in jail, an official at Italy's tax police said on November 12, 2008. Famous around the world for his comically corpulent paintings and sculptures, Botero is accused of failing to report 7 million euros ($8.84 million) of income since 2003. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • DERBY, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 04:  A sculpture titled Horse by Fernando Botero stands in the gardens of Chatsworth House on 4 September, 2008, Chatsworth, England. The exhibition Beyond Limits is the third display of modern and contemporary sculpture in the gardens of Chatsworth by Sotherby's. More than 20 works will be on display from 9 September to 2 November 2008. In past years acclaimed artists Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley, Salvador Dali and Henry Moore have had work exhibited. From Getty Images.
  • A woman looks at the work "Black Bishop" by Colombian painter Fernando Botero, donated at the Antioquia museum by a Colombian brewery on July 16, 2008, in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • The director of the Antioquia Museum Lucia Gonzalez heps to hang the work "Black Bishop" from Colombian painter Fernando Botero, donated by a Colombian beer brewery on July 16, 2008, in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Employees of the Antioquia museum hang the work "Black Bishop" from Colombian painter Fernando Botero, donated by a Colombian beer brewery on July 16, 2008, in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A police officer stands near a sculpture of Colombian artist Fernando Botero during the line up of a new police force at Botero Square in downtown Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. The new police force was created to reinforce the fight against crime in the city. From AP Photo by Luis Benavides.
  • This photo of a  painting by Fernando Botero entitled "Rosalba" was released by Sotheby's in New York, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. The oil on canvas will be offered at auction during Sotheby's Latin American Art sale on Thursday, May 29 and Friday, May 30, 2008. From AP Photo by AP.
  • A girl walks next to a sculpture of Colombian artist Fernando Botero on May 2, 2008, at the Botero Park in Medellin. The Colombian city of Medellin was in the 90's one the most violent in Latin America, tackled by drug trafficking and civil war. The city is today under a dramatic transformation, with the construction of transport networks, libraries and parks. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Fernando Botero's bronze sculptures, Male Torso,left, and Man Walking, are displayed in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens in Coral Gables, Fla. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The Columbian artist's cherished concept "art is deformation" is based on his belief that art is to transform reality. From AP Photo by J. Pat Carter.
  • Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture, Horse, is displayed in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens in Coral Gables, Fla. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The Columbian artist's cherished concept "art is deformation" is based on his belief that art is to transform reality. From AP Photo by J. Pat Carter.
  • Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture, Reclining Woman, is displayed in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens in Coral Gables, Fla. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The Columbian artist's cherished concept "art is deformation" is based on his belief that art is to transform reality. From AP Photo by J. Pat Carter.
  • Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture, Reclining Woman, is displayed in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens in Coral Gables, Fla. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The Columbian artist's cherished concept "art is deformation" is based on his belief that art is to transform reality. From AP Photo by J. Pat Carter.
  • A man walks past Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture, Head, stands in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens in Coral Gables, Fla. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The Columbian artist's cherished concept "art is deformation" is based on his belief that art is to transform reality. From AP Photo by J. Pat Carter.
  • Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture, Man on Horse, is displayed in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens in Coral Gables, Fla. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The Columbian artist's cherished concept "art is deformation" is based on his belief that art is to transform reality. From AP Photo by J. Pat Carter.
  • Peter Roethel and his daughter, Hannah,on vacation from New York look at Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture, Man on Horse, displayed in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens in Coral Gables, Fla. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The Columbian artist's cherished concept "art is deformation" is based on his belief that art is to transform reality. From AP Photo by J. Pat Carter.
  • Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture, Head, stands in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens in Coral Gables, Fla. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The Columbian artist's cherished concept "art is deformation" is based on his belief that art is to transform reality. From AP Photo by J. Pat Carter.
  • People walk past a sculpture by Fernando Botero entitled Adam and Eve in the business district of Hong Kong on March 11, 2008. The work by Colombian Botero is part of a modern art exhibition in the territory. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Paintings by Colombian artist Fernando Botero from his Abu Ghraib collection are displayed at the Arts Center in the northern city of Monterrey February 7, 2008. Botero's exhibit shows off dozens of paintings and drawings inspired by reports of torture in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Monterrey is the only city in Latin America that will hold this exhibit. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A security guard walks past paintings by Colombian artist Fernando Botero from his Abu Ghraib collection at the Arts Center in the northern city of Monterrey February 7, 2008. Botero's exhibit shows off dozens of paintings and drawings inspired by reports of torture in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Monterrey is the only city in Latin America that will hold this exhibit. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Paintings by Colombian artist Fernando Botero from his Abu Ghraib collection are displayed at the Arts Center in the northern city of Monterrey February 7, 2008. Botero's exhibit shows off dozens of paintings and drawings inspired by reports of torture in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Monterrey is the only city in Latin America that will hold this exhibit. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Paintings by Colombian artist Fernando Botero from his Abu Ghraib collection are displayed at the Arts Center in the northern city of Monterrey February 7, 2008. Botero's exhibit shows off dozens of paintings and drawings inspired by reports of torture in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Monterrey is the only city in Latin America that will hold this exhibit. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A visitor looks at a painting by Colombian artist Fernando Botero from his Abu Ghraib collection at the Arts Center in the northern city of Monterrey February 7, 2008. Botero's exhibit shows off dozens of paintings and drawings inspired by reports of torture in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Monterrey is the only city in Latin America that will hold this exhibit. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A visitor looks at a painting by Colombian artist Fernando Botero from his Abu Ghraib collection at the Arts Center in the northern city of Monterrey February 7, 2008. Botero's exhibit shows off dozens of paintings and drawings inspired by reports of torture in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Monterrey is the only city in Latin America that will hold this exhibit. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A visitor looks at a painting by Colombian artist Fernando Botero from his Abu Ghraib collection at the Arts Center in the northern city of Monterrey February 7, 2008. Botero's exhibit shows off dozens of paintings and drawings inspired by reports of torture in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Monterrey is the only city in Latin America that will hold this exhibit. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A visitor looks at a painting by Colombian artist Fernando Botero from his Abu Ghraib collection at the Arts Center in the northern city of Monterrey February 7, 2008. Botero's exhibit shows off dozens of paintings and drawings inspired by reports of torture in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Monterrey is the only city in Latin America that will hold this exhibit. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Colombian artist Fernando Botero (C) visits mentally handicapped children as they draw at the Nuevo Amanecer Institute in the suburb of San Pedro Garza in the northern city of Monterrey February 1, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Colombian artist Fernando Botero (L) signs autographs after unveiling a monumental Horse sculpture at the Macroplaza in the northern city of Monterrey February 1, 2008. The bronze sculpture was purchased for the city by the Construction Industry Chamber. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Children hold balloons during the unveiling of a monumental Horse sculpture by Colombian artist Fernando Botero at the Macroplaza in the northern city of Monterrey February 1, 2008. The bronze sculpture was purchased for the city by the Construction Industry Chamber. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Colombian artist Fernando Botero attends the unveiling of a monumental Horse sculpture at the Macroplaza in the northern city of Monterrey February 1, 2008. The bronze sculpture was purchased for the city by the Construction Industry Chamber. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Colombian artist Fernando Botero delivers a speech after the unveiling of a monumental Horse sculpture at the Macroplaza in the northern city of Monterrey February 1, 2008. The bronze sculpture was purchased for the city by the Construction Industry Chamber. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Colombian artist Fernando Botero (2nd R), Nuevo Leon Governor Jose Natividad Gonzalez (R), Sophia Vari (2nd L) and David Ortiz, State Government Urban Projects Manager, attend the unveiling of a monumental Horse sculpture at the Macroplaza in the northern city of Monterrey February 1, 2008. The bronze sculpture was purchased for the city by the Construction Industry Chamber. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Colombian artist Fernando Botero (C) and Nuevo Leon Governor Jose Natividad Gonzalez (R) leave the Macroplaza after the unveiling of a monumental Horse sculpture (rear) in the northern city of Monterrey February 1, 2008. The bronze sculpture was purchased for the city by the Construction Industry Chamber. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Colombian artist Fernando Botero (C) signs autographs after unveiling a monumental Horse sculpture (rear) at the Macroplaza in the northern city of Monterrey February 1, 2008. The bronze sculpture was purchased for the city by the Construction Industry Chamber. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A member of the music group 'Cuatro Ballenato' plays Colombian music during the unveiling of the newest Fernando Botero's sculpture named 'El Caballo' in downtown Monterrey, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. From AP Photo by Monica Rueda.
  • Colombian artist Fernando Botero delivers a speech after being granted with a Honoris Causa Degree by the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon at the Mederos campus in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey January 31, 2008. Botero is in Monterrey to attend the opening of his Abu Ghraib exhibition and a monumental bronze sculpture of a horse, purchased for the city by the Construction Industry Chamber. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Colombian artist Fernando Botero waves after being granted with a Honoris Causa Degree by the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon at the Mederos campus in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey January 31, 2008. Botero is in Monterrey to attend the opening of his Abu Ghraib exhibition and a monumental bronze sculpture of a horse, purchased for the city by the Construction Industry Chamber. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Jose Antonio Gonzalez (L), Dean of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, grants a Honoris Causa Degree to Colombian artist Fernando Botero (R) at the Mederos campus in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey January 31, 2008. Botero is in Monterrey to attend the opening of his Abu Ghraib exhibition and a monumental bronze sculpture of a horse, purchased for the city by the Construction Industry Chamber. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Jose Antonio Gonzalez (C), Dean of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, grants a Honoris Causa Degree to Colombian artist Fernando Botero (R) at the Mederos campus in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey January 31, 2008. Botero is in Monterrey to attend the opening of his Abu Ghraib exhibition and a monumental bronze sculpture of a horse, purchased for the city by the Construction Industry Chamber. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Colombian sculptor Fernando Botero (R) receives the Doctor Honoris Causa of the Nuevo Leon University from rector Jose Antonio Gonzalez Treviño, at the theatre of the university, 31 January 2008 in Monterrey, in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Botero is in Mexico to inaugurate an exhibition of 78 of his paintings about the Abu Ghraib jail. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Colombian sculptor Fernando Botero speaks during the ceremony in which he received the Doctor Honoris Causa of the Nuevo Leon University, at the theatre of the university, 31 January 2008 in Monterrey, in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Botero is in Mexico to inaugurate an exhibition of 78 of his paintings about the Abu Ghraib jail. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.


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Chief Executive Officer of the New York Stock Exchange and Euronex Duncan L. Niederauer addresses a crowd waiting to see the 85th annual lighting of a Christmas tree outside the New York Stock Exchange December 4, 2008.

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