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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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South Korean Army soldiers participate in a South Korea-U.S. military exercise in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. South Korea and the United States kicked off annual joint military drills Monday with a focus on preparing for Seoul's plans to retake wartime command of its forces.
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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.
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In a handout picture released by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra on August 20, 2008, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora (L) stands with his Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki (R) during a welcome ceremony in Baghdad on August 20, 2008. Siniora was in Baghdad today for trade and policy talks, the first Lebanese leader to visit Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu greets Oprah Winfrey during the Lincoln Leadership Award presentation to at the Ritz-Carton Hotel in Chicago, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Tutu is the second recipient, after retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was honored in 2006. His portrait will hang on the second floor of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, next to a painting of the 16th President.
Human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu greets supporters in front of a portrait of himself at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Tutu is expected to accept the Lincoln Leadership Prize Tuesday from presenter Oprah Winfrey at an award dinner. Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 as the voice of peaceful resistance against apartheid in South Africa.
Human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu greets supporters under a watchful gaze from a portrait of Abraham Lincoln at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Tutu is expected to accept the Lincoln Leadership Prize Tuesday from presenter Oprah Winfrey at an award dinner. Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 as the voice of peaceful resistance against apartheid in South Africa.
Human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu greets supporters under a watchful gaze from a portrait of Abraham Lincoln at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Tutu is expected to accept the Lincoln Leadership Prize Tuesday from presenter Oprah Winfrey at an award dinner. Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 as the voice of peaceful resistance against apartheid in South Africa.
Bob Mobley, from Delaware, who support the War in Iraq and President Bush, right, complains about demonstrators replica of "Mission Accomplished" banner displayed outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 1, 2008, on the anniversary of President Bush's speech aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, where a similar banner was displayed.
Mark DeLong reacts to changes in temperatures shown on the laptop computer while Jim Willis, right, confers in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. In the background is the monitor for the four night vision video cameras as they investigate any paranormal activity along a railroad track. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana.
Mark DeLong monitors a laptop computer connected to devices which measure heat end energy levels while Jim Willis, right, keeps a watch on the monitor for the four video cameras as they investigate any paranormal activity along a railroad track in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana.
Mark DeLong monitors a laptop computer connected to devices which measure heat end energy levels as he investigates any paranormal activity along a railroad track in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana.
Jim Willis of Ghosts of Ohio sets up a night vision video camera as he sets up to investigate any paranormal activity along a railroad track in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana.
Members of Ghosts of Ohio and local people gather along the railroad tracks as they prepare to investigate any paranormal activity along a railroad track in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana.
Nick Fields, center, explains his experience from the previous year to Jim Willis, left, as they set up to investigate any paranormal activity along a railroad track in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. On the right is Elizabeth Trick, who also witnessed the paranormal activity one year earlier. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana.
Spanish Civil War veteran Abe Osheroff, 94, points out photos to his son, Dov Osheroff, rear, at the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Monument, a memorial to Americans who joined the conflict, in San Francisco on Sunday, March 30, 2008. Osheroff who passed away shortly after the inauguration ceremony said, "I thank you, on behalf of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, for making us immortal.
