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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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Chicago White Sox's Gavin Floyd pitches against the Tampa Bay Rays in the first inning of Game 4 of the American League division baseball series Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, in Chicago.
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Tampa Bay Rays Cliff Floyd (R) is congratulated by teammate Jason Bartlett after he tripled and scored a run in the fourth inning of play against the Chicago White Sox during Game 4 of their MLB American League Divisional Series playoff baseball game in Chicago, October 6, 2008.
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 6: U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush make their way to their vehicle after exiting Marine One after landing on the grounds of the Washington Monument as Bush returns to the Capitol on October 6, 2008 in Washington, DC.
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Egyptian women wearing the niqab, the Islamic full face veil that leaves only a slit for the eyes, chat at the River Nile bank in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 14, 2007. An Egyptian supreme court ended Saturday June 9, a five year legal battle ruling that the American University in Cairo "AUC" cannot ban women from wearing face veil while on campus. The decision by the Supreme Administrative court will force other universities in Egypt to relinquish its ban on face veils on campus.
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Liverpool's English midfielder Steven Gerrard (R) is congratulated by team mates after scoring the winning goal against Middlesbrough during their English Premier League football match at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on August 23, 2008. AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS - Mobile and website use of domestic English football pictures are subject to obtaining a Photographic End User Licence from Football DataCo Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 207 864 9121 or e-mail accreditations@football-dataco.com - applies to Premier and Football League matches.
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German scientist Harald zur Hausen poses on October 6, 2008 in his former laboratory at the cancer research center (Krebsforschungszentrum DKFZ) of Heidelberg, southern Germany, after he heard he won the Nobel Medicine Prize, the first of the prestigious awards to be announced this year. French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer won the Nobel Medicine Prize 2008. Harald zur Hausen of Germany went against current dogma and claimed that human papilloma virus (HPV) causes cervical cancer, the second most common cancer among women, the jury said.
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German scientist Harald zur Hausen poses on October 6, 2008 in his former laboratory at the cancer research center (Krebsforschungszentrum DKFZ) of Heidelberg, southern Germany, after he heard he won the Nobel Medicine Prize, the first of the prestigious awards to be announced this year. French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer won the Nobel Medicine Prize 2008. Harald zur Hausen of Germany went against current dogma and claimed that human papilloma virus (HPV) causes cervical cancer, the second most common cancer among women, the jury said.
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L), Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (3rd L), Coca-Cola Chairman E. Neville Isdell (3rd R), Bono (2nd R) and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore (R) listen to Jordan's Queen Rania during the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 24, 2008. Established by former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 2005, the event is designed to bring donors together with people in need to try to solve global problems.
Coca-Cola Chairman E. Neville Isdell (L), Bono (C) and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore (R) participate during the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York September 24, 2008. Established by former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 2005, the event is designed to bring donors together with people in need to try to solve global problems.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore (R) and former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) listen to Bono during the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 24, 2008. Established by former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 2005, the event is designed to bring donors together with people in need to try to solve global problems.
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Musician Bono (L) speaks with former vice-president Al Gore during the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York City. President Clinton is hosting the fourth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a gathering of politicians celebrities, philanthropists and business leaders grouped together to discuss pressing global issues.
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Former Vice-President Al Gore speaks during the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York City. President Clinton is hosting the fourth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a gathering of politicians celebrities, philanthropists and business leaders grouped together to discuss pressing global issues.
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Former Vice-President Al Gore speaks during the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York City. President Clinton is hosting the fourth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a gathering of politicians celebrities, philanthropists and business leaders grouped together to discuss pressing global issues.
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Former Vice-President Al Gore speaks during the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York City. President Clinton is hosting the fourth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a gathering of politicians celebrities, philanthropists and business leaders grouped together to discuss pressing global issues.
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Bono (C) speaks with former Vice-President Al Gore (R) and former President Bill Clinton (L) during the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York City. President Clinton is hosting the fourth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a gathering of politicians celebrities, philanthropists and business leaders grouped together to discuss pressing global issues.
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Musician Bono (L) sits with former vice-president Al Gore during the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York City. President Clinton is hosting the fourth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a gathering of politicians celebrities, philanthropists and business leaders grouped together to discuss pressing global issues.
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Musician Bono (L) speaks with former vice-president Al Gore during the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York City. President Clinton is hosting the fourth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a gathering of politicians celebrities, philanthropists and business leaders grouped together to discuss pressing global issues.
Former US President George H.W. Bush (R) speaks as former US President Bill Clinton (C) and former US Vice-President Al Gore (L) listen at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York. The three-day event will bring together global leaders to develop and then implement workable solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges.
Bono (2nd L), lead singer U2 shakes hands with former US President Geroge H.W. Bush (2nd R) as E. Neville Isdell (L), Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Coca-Cola Company and former US Vice-President Al Gore (R) watch at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on September 24, 2008 in New York. The three-day event will bring together global leaders to develop and then implement workable solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges.
Bono (C), lead singer U2 and former US Vice-President Al Gore (R) listen to Bill Clinton (L), former President of the US at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York. The three-day event will bring together global leaders to develop and then implement workable solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges.
Bono (C), lead singer U2 speaks as former US Vice-President Al Gore (R) and E. Neville Isdell Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Coca-Cola Company listen at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York. The three-day event will bring together global leaders to develop and then implement workable solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges.
Queen Rania Al-Abdullah (L) of Jordan speaks to former US President Bill Clinton (C, back to camera) as E. Neville Isdell (2nd L), Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Coca-Cola Company and former US Vice-President Al Gore (R) listen at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York. The three-day event will bring together global leaders to develop and then implement workable solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges.
DENVER - AUGUST 28: Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore wave on stage after his speech on day four of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at Invesco Field at Mile High August 28, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is the first African-American to be officially nominated as a candidate for U.S. president by a major party.
DENVER - AUGUST 28: Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks on day four of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at Invesco Field at Mile High August 28, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is the first African-American to be officially nominated as a candidate for U.S. president by a major party.
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