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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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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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Business men are reflected on an electric stock market board in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. The Nikkei index has lost 469.04 points to 9,686.86 at one point in the morning session on Wednesday. The Japanese index on Tuesday closed at the lowest level in almost five years amid deepening uncertainty over the course of the financial crisis.
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Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (L) speaks as Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (R) listens during the presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee October 7, 2008.
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NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 07: Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) looks on during the debate with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) at theTown Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University's Curb Event Center October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. Tonight's debate is the second presidential debate of three, the only one being held in the town hall style with questions coming from audience members.
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Michelle Obama wife of Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama arrives prior to the Town Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University's Curb Event Center October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. Tonight's debate is the second presidential debate of three, the only one being held in the town hall style with questions coming from audience members.
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CHANTILLY, VA - OCTOBER 07: U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at Guernsey Office Products Inc. October 7, 2008 in Chantilly, Virginia. Bush delivered his remarks following a meeting with business leaders on the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
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CHANTILLY, VA - OCTOBER 07: U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at Guernsey Office Products Inc. October 7, 2008 in Chantilly, Virginia. Bush delivered his remarks following a meeting with business leaders on the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
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CHANTILLY, VA - OCTOBER 07: U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at Guernsey Office Products Inc. October 7, 2008 in Chantilly, Virginia. Bush delivered his remarks following a meeting with business leaders on the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
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An person portraying President Abraham Lincoln is seen beneath the dome of the former First Bank of the United States building, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. History and tourism leaders announced Tuesday plans to move the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia to the former bank building.
The signature of President Abraham Lincoln is seen on a handwritten note, dated July 7, 1863, as it is displayed for the first time at the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2007. The National Archives unveiled the handwritten note by Lincoln exhorting his generals to pursue Robert E. Lee's army after the battle of Gettysburg, underscoring one of the great missed opportunities for an early end to the Civil War.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Tourists wait in line to have their photographs taken with President Abraham Lincoln presenter Jim Rubin of Prosperity, West Virginia, after he helped unveil the new 2009 Bicentennial One-Cent coin redesign September 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. The coin redesign will highlight four phases of the 16th president's life: birth in Kentucky, formative years in Indiana, professional life in Illinois and finally Washington.
These undated images provided by the Treasury Department show the reverse sides for the 2009 Bicentennial Lincoln penny. In 2009, the U.S. Mint will put into circulation a series of four different one-cent coins in recognition of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent. The obverse, heads side, will remain the same.
Commander of Cambodian Army General Meas Sophea, left, shakes hands with Scott Van Buskirk, right, the Strike Commander of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as Cambodia's Prime Minister Advisor Om Yintieng, center, looks on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, at an international water about 354 kilometers (220 miles) off the Cambodian coast. Cambodian government and military officials took a rare tour of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier when it sailed through the region on its way home from Iraq, embassy officials said Thursday.
An U.S. aircraft flies from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. The aircraft carrier, on its way from a mission in the Persian Gulf, gave a rare tour to a group of senior Cambodian government and military officials for the first time. It was sailing in international water about 220 miles off the Cambodian coast when it received the Cambodian visitors.
A U.S. expert, far right, explains to Cambodian military officials during a tours on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday, September 10, 2008. The aircraft carrier, on its way from a mission in the Persian Gulf, gave a rare tour to a group of senior Cambodian government and military officials for the first time. It was sailing in international water about 220 miles off the Cambodian coast when it received the Cambodian visitors.
Commander of Cambodian military officials watch a U.S. air craft landing on aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. The aircraft carrier, on its way from a mission in the Persian Gulf, gave a rare tour to a group of senior Cambodian government and military officials for the first time. It was sailing in international water about 220 miles off the Cambodian coast when it received the Cambodian visitors.
U.S. sailors stand on USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. The aircraft carrier, on its way from a mission in the Persian Gulf, gave a rare tour to a group of senior Cambodian government and military officials for the first time. It was sailing in international water about 220 miles off the Cambodian coast when it received the Cambodian visitors.
Commander of Cambodian Army General Meas Sophea, third from right, accompanied by other Cambodian military officials, tours a workshop on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday, September 10, 2008. The aircraft carrier, on its way from a mission in the Persian Gulf, gave a rare tour to a group of senior Cambodian government and military officials for the first time. It was sailing in international water about 220 miles off the Cambodian coast when it received the Cambodian visitors.
U.S. jet planes fly above the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at an international water about 354 kilometers (220 miles) off the Cambodian coast. Cambodian government and military officials took a rare tour of the USS Abraham Lincoln when it sailed through the region on its way home from Iraq, embassy officials said Thursday.
U.S. jet planes take off from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at an international water about 354 kilometers (220 miles) off the Cambodian coast. Cambodian government and military officials took a rare tour of the USS Abraham Lincoln when it sailed through the region on its way home from Iraq, embassy officials said Thursday.
