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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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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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Russia's Valeriy Pnomarenko celebrates winning the gold medal in the Mens' Shooting 10 M air pistol final during the Paralympic games in Beijing , China, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008.
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Indian policemen stand guard during during a protest against New Delhi's rule in Indian Kashmir in Srinagar September 7, 2008.
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Local rescuers emerge from the rubble of a house destroyed in a landslide in the southern Philippine mining town of Mako, in Compostella Valley on September 7, 2008. Two landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains hit the area at the weekend, killing nine and injuring 19 others, with another 16 still missing and were feared dead.
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling party, Pakistan People's Party, chant slogans as they celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Islamabad September 6, 2008. Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.
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Japanese WWE wrestler Shoichi Funaki speaks for reporters before WWE SummerSlam Public Viewing event in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. WWE's only Japanese superstar, 40-year-old Shoichi Funaki who goes by the ring name Funaki, acknowledged Japanese are just starting to enjoy WWE _ with all its boisterous exchanges and flamboyance, complete with heckling.
Japanese WWE wrestler Shoichi Funaki, right, poses with his fan for a snap shot before the WWE SummerSlam Public Viewing event in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Some 600 wrestling fans packed into a Tokyo theater who can't get enough of World Wrestling Entertainment. The WWE's big push to market itself in Japan is nowhere clearer than at events like Sunday's SummerSlam Festival, a raucous party that charges fans a 3,500 yen (US$30) admission fee to watch recorded WWE pay-per-view events on giant video screens.
WWE wrestler Maria, left, and Victoria, right, play with Japanese comedian Tamuken during WWE SummerSlam Public Viewing event in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Some 600 wrestling fans packed into a Tokyo theater who can't get enough of World Wrestling Entertainment. The WWE's big push to market itself in Japan is nowhere clearer than at events like Sunday's SummerSlam Festival, a raucous party that charges fans a 3,500 yen (US$30) admission fee to watch recorded WWE pay-per-view events on giant video screens.
