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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.
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.
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.
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.
An elderly exile Tibetan prays near the Tsangpa Monastery in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Hundreds of Tibetan leaders debated how to advance their struggle for freedom Saturday in the last session of a pivotal weeklong meeting re-evaluating their decades-long strategy. Tibetans from all over the world have flocked to Dharmsala, home to the Dalai Lama and the self-declared government-in-exile, to discuss whether to press on with a measured path of compromise with China, or to call for independence for the Himalayan region. Many of the delegates argued for nuanced paths somewhere in between.
Wishroom Representative Director Masayuki Tsuchiya poses while wearing his company's men's bra in Tokyo November 22, 2008. The Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they've quickly become one of its most popular items.
MIYAZAKI, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 22: Henrik Stenson of Sweden plays a bunker shot on the 13th hole during the third round of the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament 2008 at Phoenix Country Club on November 22, 2008 in Miyazaki, Japan.
A boy walks through a muddy puddle of water in a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Kibati, just north of the provincial capital city of Goma, on November 9, 2008. At least 100 cases of cholera have been reported in the Democratic republic of Congo's troubled eastern region, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) said on November 4, 2008."There have been 69 cases of cholera in the four displaced persons camps around Goma over the past week, and 20 in Kitchanga. In Buturande, near Rutshuru, there are five to 10 new cases per day," the medical charity said in a statement.
GOMA, DR CONGO - NOVEMBER 10: A Congolese boy, ill with Cholera, is treated in a clinic at the Don Bosko orphanage November 10, 2008 in the town of Goma, Congo. Over 250,000 people have been displaced after fighting erupted between the rebel CNDP and the army in the last several weeks. According to reports, violence continues despite a cease fire declared by (CNDP) rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda, whose stated goal is to defend Congo's Tutsi minority from Hutu militias and to bring down a corrupt government.
A Congolese holds the hand of a child suffering from cholera in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo in this November 11, 2008 photo released today by Medecins Sans Frontieres. Picture taken November 11, 2008.
A cholera patient lies in a bed at the Don Bosco center in Goma in eastern Congo, November 20, 2008. Fighting in eastern Congo has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in recent weeks, with 386 familes taking shelter in the Don Bosco school compound. There are currently 43 cholera cases among the total of 1,519 people seeking refuge at the school.
I was shocked because I know - I know the truth of what happened and I know because I was there. 
His legacy is what it always was, which is that he kind of plucked that golden thread that connects everyone
Everyone was educated. It was amazing ... I don’t know what you call it in medicine, but in acting or art it would be a master class. The most brilliant minds in the aorta business were there.
The most amazing doctors in the world came on both sides ... And even though it was a debate, it was also this conversation that was so inspiring to our family because it was what we’ve been talking about for years — let’s get these guys together. So now we can do that outside of a courtroom to talk about disease, aortic research and aneurysms and dissection.
