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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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First Lady Laura Bush gestures as she address the students of Edna Karr High School to promote the National Endowments for the Humanities "Picturing America" project, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, in New Orleans. Picturing America is a collection of 40 reproductions of American art given to schools and public libraries to help educators teach American history and culture through art. Behind Mrs. Bush is Alexander Gardner's photo of Abraham Lincoln taken Feb. 5, 1865.
This photo taken in Springfield, Ill. on Aug. 11, 2008 shows Abraham Lincoln's notes left on the dais after the third debate against Stephen A. Douglas at Jonesboro, Sept. 15, 1858, retrieved by Lincoln's law partner, John Todd Stuart. As another U.S. senator from Illinois admired for his oratorical polish _ Barack Obama _ shoots for the presidency, Illinois is marking Lincoln's rise to the national stage with a sesquicentennial commemoration of the David-and-Goliath showdowns.
Illinois State Historian Tom Schwartz, talks about the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates while in his office at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Ill., Monday, Aug.11, 2008. As another U.S. senator from Illinois admired for his oratorical polish _ Barack Obama _ shoots for the presidency, Illinois is marking Lincoln's rise to the national stage with a sesquicentennial commemoration of the David-and-Goliath showdowns.
Tourists pose for pictures in front of the Jefferson Davis statue in the Capitol Rotunda as a statue of Abraham Lincoln towers in the foreground in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. Visitors this year are flocking to Kentucky sites dedicated to Lincoln, but, his Confederate counterpart, Davis, is experiencing a similar resurgence.
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks under a statue of Abraham Lincoln in a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of President Truman's Executive Order integrating the U.S. Armed Forces inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington July 23, 2008. On the left is U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).
Capt. Spencer C. Moore (L) and Sgt. A. William Perry (C), both World War II veterans of the 370th Regiment, 92nd Infantry (Buffalo) Division, are joined by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates as they speak under a statue of Abraham Lincoln while at a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of President Truman's Executive Order integrating the U.S. Armed Forces inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington July 23, 2008.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (C) speaks under a statue of Abraham Lincoln in a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of President Truman's Executive Order integrating the U.S. Armed Forces inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington July 23, 2008. From L-R are: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Powell, and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
A young passer-by points to a mural composed of a series of portraits that are a combination of the faces of Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in Boston, Massachusetts July 11, 2008. Gallery XIV commissioned the mural by artist Ron English.
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Bounty Hunters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2 climbs away from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the North Arabian Sea on Thursday, July 10, 2008. Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as well as maritime security operations.
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Vigilantes" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151 is launched Thursday, July 10, 2008 from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the North Arabian Sea. Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as well as maritime security operations.
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Vigilantes" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151 is launched Thursday, July 10, 2008 from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the North Arabian Sea. Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as well as maritime security operations.
A picture released by the US Navy on July 8, 2008 shows aviation ordnancemen pushing bombs to be loaded onto aircraft on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Gulf. Lincoln is deployed to the US 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations in the Gulf waters. Iran would "set fire" to Israel and the US navy in the Gulf as its first response to any American attack over its nuclear programme, an aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on July 8, 2008.
A picture released by the US Navy on July 8, 2008 shows an Aviation Ordnanceman, 3rd Class Christopher Vancil, preparing to unload a bomb from an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) after a mission in the Gulf. Lincoln is deployed to the US 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations in the Gulf waters. Iran would "set fire" to Israel and the US navy in the Gulf as its first response to any American attack over its nuclear programme, an aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on July 8, 2008.
This US Navy handout photos shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Kestrels" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 as it is launched on July 8, 2008 from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)operating in the Gulf of Oman. Lincoln is deployed to the US 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations.
In this picture provided by the U.S. Navy, aviation ordnancemen push bombs to be loaded onto aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier operating in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Worried about increasing insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, the U.S. military says it is sending extra air power there by shifting the aircraft carrier away from the Iraq war. Defense officials said Tuesday that the USS Abraham Lincoln, was moved out of the Persian Gulf and to the Gulf of Oman, shortening the time that the carrier's strike planes must fly to support combat in Afghanistan.
