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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.
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.
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.
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.
China's windsurfer Yin Jian, center, celebrates after the medal race of the RS:X women class sailing competition of the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Qingdao, about 720 kilometers southeast of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. She won the gold medal.
Tom Ashley of New Zealand sailing in RS:X Men reacts after winning gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, Shandong province, August 20, 2008.
Activists from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) jump over a police barricade during a protest demanding the resignation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram as part of a 24-hour industrial strike all over India, in New Delhi on August 20, 2008. Millions of Indian airport, rail and bank workers went on strike to protest against soaring inflation and the government's "anti-worker" policies, officials and reports said. The nationwide action called by communist-backed trade unions was also to protest against an average 21 percent wage hike for government officials that the strikers say ignores junior staff, the Press Trust of India reported.
Local residents fish in the Black Sea, 50 km south of Sukhumi in the town Ochavchara on August 19, 2008 in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region. Russia and Georgia have agreed to allow 20 Organisation for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) unarmed military observers into Georgia, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, the organisation's chairman said.
In this image provided Kellogg Co., a prototype of a box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes with U.S. swimming star Michael Phelps is seen. The record-setting swimmer will soon be appearing on boxes of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes. The winner of eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics will be featured cereal boxes expected to be in stores by mid-September.
Supporters of Pakistani Islamist party celebrate President Pervez Musharraf's resignation in Multan August 19, 2008. Leaders of Pakistan's coalition government set about tackling pressing economic and security problems on Tuesday as a bomb at a hospital in a northwestern town killed 20 people. Coalition leaders were also due to discuss a replacement for Musharraf, the former army chief and key ally of the United States in its campaign against terrorism, who resigned as president on Monday to avoid impeachment.
Pakistani citizens congratulate each others after the announcement of President Pervez Musharraf's resignation in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 87, 2008. Musharraf said he was handing in his resignation to avoid an impeachment battle that would harm the nation's interests.
Coming at the heels of Myanmar’s junta to extend the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi—coupled with Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s attempt to seek refuge in the Dutch embassy—the Malaysian drama can only weather on with these parallels in mind. Neither of which are complimentary to Malaysia, to say the least. 
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