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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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Visitors are sen at a Honda showroom in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Honda will pull out of Formula One unless a new buyer can be found within three months, The Associated Press has learned. The Japanese car manufacturer has the operating budget to keep the team running into early 2009, but escalating operational costs amid the worldwide financial crisis have the Brackley-based outfit in danger of shutting down if a new sponsor is not found quickly. Takeo Fukui, CEO of Honda Motors, was due to hold a news conference regarding the F1 team in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 5, 2008.
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Wen Hua, who survived the Sichuan earthquake, holds a toy in her temporary home in Anxian county, Sichuan province December 4, 2008. Schools that collapsed during the earthquake killed more than 19,000 people, nearly a quarter of the total deaths, an official said, giving the first government estimate. Picture taken December 4, 2008.
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Members of a choir sing during a ceremony for Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 81st birthday at Sanam Luang square in Bangkok on December 5, 2008. The revered monarch turned 81 on December 5, 2008 but pulled out of his customary birthday address the previous day due to illness, ending hopes that he might offer guidance on a way out of the nation's long-running political crisis.
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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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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.
Infectious disease, Legionella experts speaking at a New York-area seminar on infection prevention, urged hospitals to take steps that protect patients and reduce costs. Left to right: Janet Stout, Ph.D., Microbiologist, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Besty McCaughey, Ph.D., Chair, Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID), and Joseph S. Cervia, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Medical Director, Pall Corporation.
World famous British scientist Stephen Hawking passes by a picture of Albert Einstein as he visit the Bloomfield Museum of Science in Jerusalem 10 December 2006. Hawking filled the hall to capacity with young Israeli scientists as he presented a lecture. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)
World renowned British scientist Stephen Hawking of Cambridge University, passes a poster of Albert Einstein as he arrives to the Bloomfield Museum of Science in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006. Hawking is on a week visit to to the region where he is to speak to students in Israel and the Palestinian Territories and meet local political leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A Christie's staff examines an Albert Einstein's first Scientific essay, sent to his uncle when he was sixteen, on display at Christie's in London, Friday, Dec. 8, 2006. The essay explores the properties of ether in a magnetic field and is the earliest foreshadowing of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
President Bush shakes hands with "Albert Hubo," a 54-inch-tall, two-legged robot topped with a head made in the image of Albert Einstein as leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum toured South Korea's hi-tech exhibition in Busan, South Korea, in this Nov. 18, 2005, file photo. David Hanson, owner of Hanson Robotics in Dallas, Texas, and creator of "Albert Hubo", is working on another robot made in the image of Einstein, which will have a head similar to Hubo's, but a different robotic body. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
David Hanson owner of Hanson Robotics in Dallas, Texas, works on a head made in the image of Albert Einstein in Dallas, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006. Hanson makes what he defines as "conversational character robots", which are are mostly human-looking heads, using a skin-like material that he invented called Frubber, are battery-powered, walk and are expressive, but from the neck down they don't look human at all. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)
David Hanson owner of Hanson Robotics in Dallas, Texas, works on a head made in the image of Albert Einstein in Dallas, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006. Hanson makes what he defines as "conversational character robots", which are are mostly human-looking heads, using a skin-like material that he invented called Frubber, are battery-powered, walk and are expressive, but from the neck down they don't look human at all. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)
David Hanson, owner of Hanson Robotics in Dallas, Texas, pulls on a wire that controls facial expressions on a head made in the image of Albert Einstein, that will go on the Einstein robot in Dallas, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006. Hanson makes what he defines as "conversational character robots", which are are mostly human-looking heads, using a skin-like material that he invented called Frubber, are battery-powered, walk and are expressive, but from the neck down they don't look human at all. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)
Photos of Albert Einstein are shown at Hanson Robotics in Dallas,Texas, where a robot is being built in the image of the scientist Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006. David Hanson, owner of Hanson Robotics and creator of the robot "Albert Hubo", the first robot made with a head in the image of Albert Einstein, is now making another Einstein robot, which will have a head similar to Hubo's, but a different robotic body. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)
Robot builder Bill Hicks adjust the hair over the skull of a robot made in the image of Albert Einstein at Hanson Robotics in Dallas, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006. Hanson Robotics owner David Hanson says he makes what he defines as "conversational character robots", which are are mostly human-looking heads, using a skin-like material that he invented called Frubber, are battery-powered, walk and are expressive, but from the neck down they don't look human at all. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)
