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BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.
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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
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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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CEO of the Lufthansa Group Wolfgang Mayrhuber, left, and Member of the Managing Board of Austrian Industryholding AG (OIAG) Peter Michaelis are seen during a news conference in Vienna, Austria on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Lufthansa said Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008 its supervisory board had approved a deal to acquire Austrian Airlines AG, giving one of Europe's biggest airlines more routes across the continent and beyond.
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The installations of oil refinery NIS is seen in the Serbian town of Pancevo, some 20 km from Belgrade, December 5, 2008. A delegation of Russia's Gazprom arrived to Belgrade on Friday to talk with top Serbian officials about the gas agreement that will allow Gazprom control of a majority stake in oil monopoly NIS in exchange for Serbia's inclusion in the South Stream pipeline.
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NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City.
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A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93.
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A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008.
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Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.
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People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.
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President Abraham Lincoln is shown in this Nov. 8, 1863 file photo made available by the New York Public Library. Lincoln has been dead for 142 years, but he still manages to make medical headlines, this time from doctors who say he had a bad case of smallpox when he delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Abraham Lincoln is shown in this Nov. 8, 1863 file photo made available by the New York Public Library. Lincoln could have survived if today's medical technology existed in 1865. How that would have affected history is less clear, according to a doctor and historian who planned to speak Friday, May 18, 2007 at an annual University of Maryland School of Medicine conference on the deaths of historic figures.
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell reads the Gettysburg Address of 16th US president Abraham Lincoln during the official re-opening of the National Museum of American History in Washington,DC on November 21, 2008. The museum re-opened after a two-year architectural transformation of its center core.
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell reads the Gettysburg Address of 16th US president Abraham Lincoln during the official re-opening of the National Museum of American History in Washington,DC on November 21, 2008. The museum re-opened after a two-year architectural transformation of its center core.
Bolivian President Evo Morales (C) bows before the wreath he placed in honor of the 16th US president Abraham Lincoln and slain US civil rights leader Martin Luther King on November 18, 2008 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, site of King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Morales addressed the United Nations General Assembly on November 17.
Bolivian President Evo Morales (R) arrives at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on November 18, 2008 to pay his respects to late US president Abraham Lincoln and civil rights leader Martin Luther King at the site of his "I Have a Dream" speech. Morales addressed the United Nations General Assembly on November 17.
First Lady Laura Bush, center, walks down from the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, with from left, Dr. Libby O'Connell, chief historian, Senior Vice President Corporate Outreach for History; Vicki Carson, Public Information Officer with the National Park system; Mrs. Bush; Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Keith Pruitt, superintendent at the Lincoln Site Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo by Patti Longmire.
In the November 24 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, November 17): "Obama's Lincoln." Newsweek looks at the influence of Abraham Lincoln on Barack Obama's leadership style and how he's going to govern. Plus: corruption in the Illinois government; Weisburg on Obama's cabinet picks; Stuart Taylor Jr. on what Obama should do about Gitmo; how Prop 8 brought a new gay activism; a look at the James Bond franchise and Alvin and the Chipmunks turn 50.
This photograph of a painting shows the second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as he takes the oath of office as the 16th president of the United States in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington March 4, 1865. The oath is administered by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, a former rival of Lincoln and the former Secretary of the Treasury.
A woman leaves messages of congratulations for US president-elect Barack Obama at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2008. The display stands at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, a symbolic spot dedicated to the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln who fought to end slavery, and the site of civil rights hero Martin Luther King's legendary "I have a dream" speech.
Messages of congratulations for US president-elect Barack Obama are seen at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2008. The display stands at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, a symbolic spot dedicated to the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln who fought to end slavery, and the site of civil rights hero Martin Luther King's legendary "I have a dream" speech.
A woman leaves a message of congratulations for US president-elect Barack Obama at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2008. The display stands at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, a symbolic spot dedicated to the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln who fought to end slavery, and the site of civil rights hero Martin Luther King's legendary "I have a dream" speech.
Messages of congratulations for US president-elect Barack Obama are seen at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2008. The display stands at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, a symbolic spot dedicated to the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln who fought to end slavery, and the site of civil rights hero Martin Luther King's legendary "I have a dream" speech.
People read messages of congratulations for US president-elect Barack Obama, including "You saved us from Palin!!!," at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2008. The display stands at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, a symbolic spot dedicated to the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln who fought to end slavery, and the site of civil rights hero Martin Luther King's legendary "I have a dream" speech.
A woman reads messages of congratulations for US president-elect Barack Obama, including "You saved us from Palin!!!," at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2008. The display stands at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, a symbolic spot dedicated to the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln who fought to end slavery, and the site of civil rights hero Martin Luther King's legendary "I have a dream" speech.
