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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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Belgium goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen gestures, during the friendly soccer match between Germany and Belgium in Nuremberg, southern Germany, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008.
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An Ecuadorean Indian holds a placard which reads, "Say yes for change" during a rally in support of the September 28 referendum to approve a new constitution, in Cayambe, 90km (56 miles) north of Quito August 20, 2008.
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China's Yao Ming (R) shoots as Lithuania's Simas Jasaitis defends during their men's quarterfinal basketball game at the Beijing 2008 Olympics on August 20, 2008 in Beijing. Lithuania beat China 94-68.
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Actress Angelina Jolie arrives for a gala screening of her film "A Mighty Heart" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 21, 2007. Jolie has been nominated for best leading actress and the film for best film in the 2008 Film Independent's Spirit Awards, announced November 27, 2007.
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LONDON - NOVEMBER 11: (UK TABLOID Actress Angelina Jolie arrives at the european premiere of 'Beowulf' at the Vue cinema on November 11, 2007 in London, England.
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BEIJING - AUGUST 08: Gymnast Li Ning lights the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.
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Dancers from the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe perform the "Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva", or "Guan Yin" dance in Beijing on August 11, 2008. Founded in 1987, the unique troupe features a cast of more than 100 dancers and performers with physical disabilities, some who cannot hear and others who cannot see, including a vocalist with spina bifida. The group has performed worldwide since 2002 when it turned from amatuer to a non-profit and professional arts troupe, having travelled abroad 50 times to various countries across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Beijing, host city for the 2008 Olympic Games will also host the 2008 Paralympic Games beginning on September 6. MORE ON IMAGE FORUM.
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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.
A Yemeni security guard (R) stands next to suspected Al-Qaeda members during a new hearing in their case at the state security court in Sanaa on June 28, 2008. A new hearing in the appeal of the 36 suspected members of the Al-Qaeda cell, accused of planning attacks in Yemen, took place this morning.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused al Qaeda mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, is pictured in this March 1, 2003 handout photo taken during his arrest in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed and four accused co-conspirators appeared in court at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base in Cuba for the first time on charges that could result in their execution.
A picture of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is seen in the headquarters of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) as plainclothes police search for members of FPI in Jakarta June 4, 2008. Indonesian police said they had detained 57 members of the hardline Islamic group for questioning on Wednesday morning following an attack on an interfaith rally in Jakarta on Sunday.
Yemeni-American Jaber al-Banna, also known as Jaber Elbaneh, an al Qaeda suspect on the U.S. list of most wanted militants, is taken to prison after a hearing at the state security court of appeals in Sanaa June 3, 2008. The court sent al-Banna back to jail last month after his release earlier this year prompted U.S. complaints.
Yemeni-American Jaber al-Banna, also known as Jaber Elbaneh, an al Qaeda suspect on the U.S. list of most wanted militants, is taken to prison after a hearing at the state security court of appeals in Sanaa June 3, 2008. The court sent al-Banna back to jail last month after his release earlier this year prompted U.S. complaints.
Mauritanian soldiers escort suspected al-Qaida members, including Maarouf Ould Haibi, center, in blue, into court in Nouakchott, Mauritania Monday, May 26, 2008. The court was expected Monday to indict 39 men suspected of participation in an al-Qaida-linked cell accused of leading attacks on the Israeli embassy and a group of French tourists. Haibi is alleged to have led the cell responsible for the Christmas-Eve killing of four French tourists.
Sunni Muslim members of the anti-Al-Qaeda Sahwa group, also known as the Sons of Iraq, play dominoes while taking a break at a checkpoint in an area south of Baghdad, on April 20, 2008. Loudspeakers at mosques in Baghdad's Shiite bastion Sadr City blared out a call to arms soon after radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr warned of a new uprising of his militiamen, residents said today. Iraqi security and medical officials, meanwhile, reported another eight people killed overnight in clashes between militiamen and US and Iraqi forces in the embattled township, where battles have been raging since late March.
Sunni Muslim members (orange jacket) of the anti-Al-Qaeda Sahwa group, also known as the Sons of Iraq, step over a palm tree trunk across a river to reach their checkpoint, in an area south of Baghdad, on April 20, 2008. Loudspeakers at mosques in Baghdad's Shiite bastion Sadr City blared out a call to arms soon after radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr warned of a new uprising of his militiamen, residents said today. Iraqi security and medical officials, meanwhile, reported another eight people killed overnight in clashes between militiamen and US and Iraqi forces in the embattled township, where battles have been raging since late March.
Senior Al-Qaeda figure Jaber al-Banna attends the fourth session of his appeal hearing at the state-security court in Sanaa on April 20, 2008. Banna, who was handed a 10-year jail term in absentia last year, is one of 36 convicted militants who are appealing prison sentences of between two and 15 years. He holds joint US-Yemeni citizenship and is wanted by the US on charges of providing material support to Al-Qaeda. Washington is offering a reward of up to five million dollars for his arrest.
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