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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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Utah State's Kejon Murphy, left, and Andy Carlsen, right, pursues Oregon's LeGarrette Blount (9) as he runs for a touchdown in the second quarter of their NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, in Eugene, Ore. Oregon defeated Utah State 66-24.
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Mexico's striker Andres Guardado celebrates after scoring against Jamaica during their CONCACAF qualifier for the South Africa 2010 World Cup in Mexico City, September 6, 2008.
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A Paraguayan supporter cheers his national team, during their FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 qualifier football match against Argentina at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on September 6, 2008. The match ended tied 1-1.
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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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Two red banners are seen over Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Matt Pearce, a longtime Hong Kong resident from Bristol, Britain, unfurled pro-democracy banners at the major bridge in Hong Kong on Friday ahead of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, holding up traffic to the territory's airport. The left sign reads, "We want human rights and democracy. " The right sign reads, "The people of China want freedom from oppression."
Matt Pearce, holding an umbrella, is seen over a red banner on Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. The longtime Hong Kong resident from Bristol, Britain, unfurled pro-democracy banners at the major bridge in Hong Kong on Friday ahead of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, holding up traffic to the territory's airport. The left sign reads, "We want human rights and democracy. " The right sign reads, "The people of China want freedom from oppression."
Rrok Dedvukaj, left, and Kola Dedvukaj, right, both U.S. citizens of Albanian origin who were convicted in Montenegro of plotting an ethnic Albanian rebellion, speak during an interview with The Associated Press, in Tuzi, Montenegro, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. A Montenegrin court said Friday it ordered three U.S. citizens and seven other ethnic Albanians back to prison after convicting them of plotting a rebellion to establish an Albanian autonomous region within the Adriatic country.
A cup of Pinkberry's frozen yogurt, topped with raspberries, blackberries, and chocolate chips, is shown Friday, Aug. 8, 2008 in New York. Frozen yogurt, trendy during the 1980s and early 1990s, has made a comeback but this time with an edge. Companies selling the soft stuff are opening stores with hip decor and pulsating music that draw a younger crowd.
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