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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.
Polar bear Knut sniffs at his birthday presents in the zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Knut the superstar polar bear turned two on Friday looking nothing like the button-eyed ball of white fluff who captured hearts around the world.
Minister of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications Moritz Leuenberger gestures during a news conference after the weekly meeting of the Federal Council in Bern December 5, 2008.
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I do want to come to London to study photography. I hear there are some really great art schools, so I would love to do that. I got to work with an amazing photographer. [Annie] Leibovitz was amazing and so talented ... And that’s what I want to do with my life. I would love to be a photographer. I would love to work with her again. 
Photographer Annie Leibovitz appears on Monday, November 10 to discuss her new book.
Ashley has dreamed of having her wedding on the French Riviera, and she's going to ask her favourite designer and friend, fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld, to create a custom-designed gown to the tune of a quarter-million dollars! She also wants Annie Leibovitz to capture the entire extravaganza on film.
There's a wonderful shot of Douglas Fairbanks and Joan Crawford on a beach with their backs together that is as modern as any picture you can take today ... And in the modern magazine, many of Annie Leibovitz's portraits, I love the picture of Robert Mitchum with his trench coat sort of billowing in the wind and he's smoking on a small cheroot. But in each case, there's something there that becomes slightly iconic about the person. And it's the picture you remember when you think of that person, if the photographer's done their job right.
You wouldn’t think that Annie Leibovitz would forget to put film in the camera!
From one of the most famous and gifted photographers of our time, this exquisite compendium marries the artist's personal photographs with her professional work. Chilling, expansive, and, at times, breathtaking.
