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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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Young Orthodox believers light candle during a service in memory of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II who died Friday, at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, who presided over a vast post-Soviet revival of faith but struggled against the influence of other churches, died Friday at age 79.
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) shakes hands with chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi before their meeting in New Delhi December 5, 2008. Medvedev on Friday signed agreements to develop new nuclear plants in India as the countries sought to deepen ties beyond their historic defence and weapon sales relationship.
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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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Fauzia Siddiqui, sister of al-Qaida suspect Aafia Siddiqui who was detained in Afghanistan in July, addresses a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. Fauzia told reporters that her sister is not a terrorist but a victim of terrorism. Aafia Siddiqui was taken to a U. S. military base and then New York, where she faces charges of assault on U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.
Senior al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, who was reported to have been killed last month, speaks in this image taken from internet video footage. Al Qaeda issued new threats against Denmark in an Internet video released on September 5, 2008, saying an attack on the Danish Embassy in Pakistan is just the start of its retaliation for perceived insults to the Prophet Mohammad.
A member of the anti-Al-Qaeda "Sahwa" (Awakening) group also known as "Sons of Iraq" keeps watch in the Faduat Arab neighbourhood in downtown Baghdad on September 4, 2008. The US military will next month transfer responsibility for paying 100,000 mostly Sunni fighters battling Al-Qaeda to Baghdad's Shiite-led government, the military told AFP today. The government of Iraq and coalition forces have agreed in principle to transfer all 100,000 "Sons of Iraq" from October 1, US military spokesman Major John Hall told.
A member of the anti-Al-Qaeda "Sahwa" (Awakening) group also known as "Sons of Iraq" keeps watch in the Faduat Arab neighbourhood in downtown Baghdad on September 4, 2008. The US military will next month transfer responsibility for paying 100,000 mostly Sunni fighters battling Al-Qaeda to Baghdad's Shiite-led government, the military told AFP today. The government of Iraq and coalition forces have agreed in principle to transfer all 100,000 "Sons of Iraq" from October 1, US military spokesman Major John Hall told.
A member (R) of the anti-Al-Qaeda "Sahwa" (Awakening) group also known as "Sons of Iraq" requests documents from a driver in the Faduat Arab neighbourhood in downtown Baghdad on September 4, 2008. The US military will next month transfer responsibility for paying 100,000 mostly Sunni fighters battling Al-Qaeda to Baghdad's Shiite-led government, the military told AFP today. The government of Iraq and coalition forces have agreed in principle to transfer all 100,000 "Sons of Iraq" from October 1, US military spokesman Major John Hall told.
Iraqi security forces arrest a man suspected of being Al-Qaeda activist in Baghdad's Shiite-Sunni Jihad neighbourhood, formerly controlled by Al-Qaeda, on August 23, 2008. Some 240 Shiite families who left the mixed neighbourhood in 2006 following attacks by Al-Qaeda militants on Shiite residents returned home today under the protection of US and Iraqi security personnel to find an improved security situation in the area.
Iraqi security forces arrest a man suspected of being Al-Qaeda activist in Baghdad's Shiite-Sunni Jihad neighbourhood, formerly controlled by Al-Qaeda, on August 23, 2008. Some 240 Shiite families who left the mixed neighbourhood in 2006 following attacks by Al-Qaeda militants on Shiite residents returned home today under the protection of US and Iraqi security personnel to find an improved security situation in the area.
A portrait of Osama bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaida terrorist organization, painted at the back of a truck with description "Lion of Islam", travels in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Aug 1, 2008. Pakistan's government said it needs to purge Taliban sympathizers from the country's main intelligence agency.
An undated photo published by the al Qaeda-linked group 'Yemen Soldiers Brigades' July 27, 2008 shows Ahmed bin Saeed al-Mashjari (R) identifying him as alleged suicide driver in the car bomb attack on a police station that killed two people and injured 18 others in Yemen's south-eastern province of Hadramout province on July 25. The group has claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was in retaliation for the killing of al Qaeda militants in Yemen.
Georgian soldiers detain a US soldier acting as an "al-Qaeda terrorist" during a joint exercise with U.S. servicemen at the Vaziani base outside Tbilisi on July 24, 2008. Approximately 1200 US and 600 Georgian soldiers are participating in the joint peackeeping training activities that run until July 31.
Iraqi police detain a man they say is an al Qaeda decision-maker during their joint operation with U.S. soldiers from the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment near Muqtadiyah in Diyala province July 24, 2008. Sunni Islamist al Qaeda has sought to stoke tensions in Iraq's ethnically and religiously mixed northern cities, such as Diyala and Mosul, after military campaigns pushed its militants out of former strongholds in western Anbar province and Baghdad.
A handcuffed suspected al-Qaida member, left, and a neighbor, right, perform their afternoon prayers while being detained by U.S. troops during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. U.S. Army troops from Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment fanned out near the Iranian border to root out al-Qaida leadership and deny them safe haven as part of a renewed push to secure the Diyala province.
A handcuffed suspected al-Qaida member, center, sits between U.S. Army soldiers inside an armored Stryker vehicle during Operation Wolfpack Catseyenear Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. U.S. Army troops from Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment fanned out near the Iranian border to root out al-Qaida leadership and deny them safe haven as part of a renewed push to secure the Diyala province.
Aafia Siddiqui, whom police say a possible al-Qaida associate, covers her face along with her son as they were shown to the media in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Friday, July 18,2008. Aafia Siddiqui, an MIT-educated Pakistani woman once identified as a possible al-Qaida associate, has been brought to New York to face charges she tried to kill U.S. agents and military officers during an interrogation in Afghanistan, federal prosecutors said.
Aafia Siddiqui, whom police say a possible al-Qaida associate, is seen in the custody of Counter Terrrorism Department of Ghazni province in Ghazni City, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 17, 2008. Aafia Siddiqui, an MIT-educated Pakistani woman once identified as a possible al-Qaida associate, has been brought to New York to face charges she tried to kill U.S. agents and military officers during an interrogation in Afghanistan, federal prosecutors said.
A man suspected of belonging to a network financing Al-Qaeda linked terrorist groups is led away after being arrested in Huelva on July 1, 2008. Spanish police on tuesday arrested three Algerian-born men, two in Huelva and one in Azkoitia accused of financing terrorist organisations "directly" linked to Al Qaeda.
