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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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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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Oregon's Terence Scott celebrates with LeGarrette Blount (9) after he scores against Utah State in the second quarter of their NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, in Eugene, Ore. Oregon defeated Utah State 66-24.
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Mexico's Cuauhtemoc Blanca (Front) battles for the ball with Jamaica's Luton Shelton during their CONCACAF 2010 World Cup qualifier soccer match in Mexico City September 6, 2008.
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LAS VEGAS - SEPTEMBER 06: The exterior of a Silver State Bank branch September 6, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Regulators on Friday closed Silver State Bank as part of the ongoing credit crisis. Nevada State Bank acquired the insured deposits of Silver State Bank, which became the 11th failure of a federally insured bank this year.
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling party, Pakistan People's Party, chant slogans as they celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Islamabad September 6, 2008. Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.
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A small drawing by Albert Einstein is held by a worker, which is to be auctioned by Christie's in London, seen Tuesday June 26, 2007. The drawing by Einstein, theoretical physicist who is best known for his theory of relativity, is part of a collection of some 570 handwritten historic letters which will be sold July 3, at Christie's.
In this undated image made available by Bloomsbury Auctions in London Tuesday May 13, 2008, a letter by Albert Einstein outlining his views on God and religion is seen. The handwritten letter is being sold on Thursday and is expected to fetch from 6,000 to 8,000 pounds (US$12,000 to US$16,000; euro7,500 to euro10,000).
SWINDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 11: In this photo illustration, Head Site Librarian Nick Wyatt (unseen) holds a copy On Special and General relativity Theory (popularisation) by Albert Einstein at the Science Museum Library and Archives on March 11, 2008 in Swindon, England. The new facilities recently opened to the public after significant parts of the Science Museum's international archive, which includes works of Newton, Einstein, Darwin and Flamel, were moved from London to Swindon.
SWINDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 11: In this photo illustration, Head of Library and Archives Rupert Williams holds a copy On Special and General relativity Theory (popularisation) by Albert Einstein at the Science Museum Library and Archives on March 11, 2008 in Swindon, England. The new facilities recently opened to the public after significant parts of the Science Museum's international archive, which includes works of Newton, Einstein, Darwin and Flamel, were moved from London to Swindon.
Eric S. Maskin, left, one of three to win the Nobel prize in economics, is greeted by an unidentified friend outside his home in Princeton, N.J., Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. Maskin, who is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, says the house he lives in was once the home of Albert Einstein. The three winners "laid the foundations of mechanism design theory," which plays a central role in contemporary economics and political science, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
Eric S. Maskin, one of three to win the Nobel prize in economics, puts some papers into his backpack outside his home in Princeton, N.J., Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. Maskin, who is associated with the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, says the house he lives in was once the home of Albert Einstein. Americans Leonid Hurwicz, Maskin and Roger B. Myerson won the Nobel economics prize Monday for developing a theory that helps explain how sellers and buyers can maximize their gains from a transaction.
Keio University Professor Masaru Tomita, who heads the team of bacteria-encoding researchers, speaks about his study to use bacteria as a data storage medium at his laboratory in Fujisawa, west of Tokyo, Friday, April 20, 2007. Ink may fade, computers may crash, chips and disks may break _ but not the lowly bacteria, which reproduce and live for years, remembering data tucked away in their genetic coding. Tomita's team succeeded in inserting in a common bacterium Albert Einstein's "E equals MC squared" theory of relativity and "1905," the year the Nobel Prize-winning physicist came up with the discovery.
Keio University Professor Masaru Tomita, who heads the team of bacteria-encoding researchers, speaks about his study to use bacteria as a data storage medium, while showing images of parent bacteria his team used for the research at his laboratory in Fujisawa, west of Tokyo, Friday, April 20, 2007. Ink may fade, computers may crash, chips and disks may break _ but not the lowly bacteria, which reproduce and live for years, remembering data tucked away in their genetic coding. Tomita's team succeeded in inserting in a common bacterium Albert Einstein's "E equals MC squared" theory of relativity and "1905," the year the Nobel Prize-winning physicist came up with the discovery.
This undated file photo originally provided by Columbia University shows Paul Moravec, the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for music for his piece "Tempest Fantasy," has been named artist in residence at the think tank where Albert Einstein pondered the universe and will introduce new works and lead the Institute for Advanced Study's annual concert series, the institute announced this week.
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