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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
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LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
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Beside a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, anti-government protesters welcome countryside villagers to join the ongoing demonstration through the fence of the Government House compound in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Demonstrators continue to occupy the facility and surrounding area demanding Prime Minster Samak Sundaravej resign.
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Sri Lankan military officers stand guard at the scene of a bomb explosion in Colombo August 30, 2008. At least 44 people were wounded when a blast hit a busy commercial area in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, officials said.
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An Afghan official takes notes at the site of a suicide attack on the outskirts of Kabul on August 30, 2008. A suicide car bomb exploded near international troops in the Afghan capital , but caused no casualties, while soldiers killed more than a dozen militants in clashes elsewhere, authorities said. The latest violence is part of a surge in unrest linked to an insurgency led by the extremist Taliban militia that was in government between 1996 and 2001.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the bench during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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India's bowler Harbhajan Singh brings water during the 5th and final One Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. India has an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the 5 match series.
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South Africa's AB de Villiers (L) is run out by England's Matthew Prior (R) during the third Natwest one day International between England and South Africa at The Brit Oval cricket ground, London, England, on August 29, 2008.
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Anti-government protesters lie down on the street to avoid tear gas during a demonstration at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on August 29, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas to try to break up about 2,000 anti-government protesters gathered outside the Bangkok police headquarters, an.
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Kashmiris buy vegetable on the banks of the Dal Lake during curfew relaxation hours in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Authorities in Indian Kashmir relaxed a seven-day curfew allowing residents to buy food and other supplies after days of protests demanding an end to Indian rule in the region.
Arnaldo Otegui, center, the top leader of the outlawed Basque Batasuna party, speaks with the media after leaving the prison at Martutene in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Otegui was sentenced to fifteen months imprisonment for supporting the actions of Basque armed group ETA.
Arnaldo Otegui, right, the top leader of the outlawed Basque Batasuna party, leaves the prison at Martutene in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, while an unidentified man holds a paper saying ''You are in the Basque Country''. Otegui was sentenced to fifteen months imprisonment supporting the terrorism of the Basque armed group ETA.
Arnaldo Otegui, right, the top leader of the outlawed basque Batasuna party embraces an unidentified relatives as he leaves the prison at Martutene in San Sebastian northern Spain, Saturday Aug. 30, 2008. Otegui was sentenced to fifteen months imprisonment supporting the terrorism of the basque armed group ETA.
