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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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Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez, center, and Economy Minister Danilo Astor, second from left, walk at Changdeokgung palace, the site of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Vazquez arrived here on Saturday for his five days official visit.
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Protesters wave flags during a rally outside the Presidential Office in Taipei August 30, 2008. Tens of thousands of opponents of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou marked his first 100 days in office on Saturday with a protest march in the island's capital, calling for economic stimulus and more cautious policies towards China.
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Zahid Hussain (L) Chief Justice of the high court of Punjab province of Pakistan reading an oath to four judges who were among dozens sacked by Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf during an oath ceremony in Lahore on August 30, 2008. Four judges among dozens sacked by Musharraf were reappointed by the government 30 August, a move condemned by many lawyers as a political stunt. Musharraf resigned on August 18 under the threat of impeachment charges levelled by the government but Pakistan's shaky ruling coalition has since failed to decide how to restore the judges.
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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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Mayor of the northern French city of Lille, former number two of Lionel Jospin's government and potential runner for the leadership of French Socialist Party Martine Aubry (3rdR) speaks during a workshop, on August 30, 2008, focused on "Culture, poor relation with Right Party" on the second day of France's opposition Socialist Party's summer conference held in the Atlantic coastal city of La Rochelle, western France.
Mayor of the northern French city of Lille, former number two of Lionel Jospin's government and potential runner for the leadership of French Socialist Party Martine Aubry is given a microphone during a workshop, on August 30, 2008, focused on "Culture, poor relation with Right Party" on the second day of France's opposition Socialist Party's summer conference held in the Atlantic coastal city of La Rochelle, western France.
France's Socialist leader Francois Hollande answers a journalist's question upon his arrival to attend the Assembly of the First Federal Secretaries, on August 30, 2008, on the second day of France's opposition Socialist Party's summer conference held in the Atlantic coastal city of La Rochelle, western France.
France's Socialist leader Francois Hollande answers a journalist's question upon his arrival to attend the Assembly of the First Federal Secretaries, on August 30, 2008, on the second day of France's opposition Socialist Party's summer conference held in the Atlantic coastal city of La Rochelle, western France.
An Afghan man walks past Italian soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) near the site of a suicide attack outskirt of Kabul on August 30, 2008. A suicide car bomb exploded near international troops in the Afghan capital Saturday, 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.
French Socialist Paris mayor and Socialist Party leadership runner Bertrand Delanoe speaks during a workshop, on August 30, 2008, focused on "The Grenelle of Environment and on France's Presidency", on the second day of France's opposition Socialist Party's summer conference held in the Atlantic coastal city of La Rochelle, western France.
