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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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Uruguay's Alvaro Gonzalez, top, celebrates with teammate Maximiliano Pereira at the end of a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match against Colombia in Bogota, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Uruguay won 1-0.
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Uruguay players celebrate after defeating Colombia during their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Bogota, 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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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) and the presumptive Republican nominee John McCain appear on a giant screen during a video presentation during the Republican National Convention 2008 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 2, 2008. Republican party officials announced earlier that the convention would get back to business as usual after being curtailed by Hurricane Gustav. The decision to resume normal programming was made after consultation with federal officials monitoring the aftermath of Gustav's path on the Gulf Coast.
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (C) speaks at a press conference hosted by the California Contract Cities Association and the Independent Cities Association on the state budget crisis in Los Angeles August 27, 2008 in this photograph released by the governor's office. Shown (L-R) front row are local politicians Los Angeles County 3rd District Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County 4th District Supervisor Don Knabe, California Contract Cities Association President and Rolling Hills Estates Mayor Frank Zerunyan, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Independent Cities Association President and Covina Mayor Kevin Stapleton and Los Angeles County 5th District Supervisor Michael Antonovich.
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 27: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attends a press conference with the California Contract Cities Association and the Independent Cities Association in support of his California budget proposal on August 27, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Schwarzenegger is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention but said he may cancel as law makers continue to struggle with a budget deadlock that the governor said could be the longest in state history. California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass had previously planned to not hold sessions for three days, allowing fellow Democrats to participate in the Democratic National Convention, but has decided to continue holding sessions all week. Hundreds of bills await votes as the state budget impasse drags on.
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 27: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attends a press conference with the California Contract Cities Association and the Independent Cities Association in support of his California budget proposal on August 27, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Schwarzenegger is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention but said he may cancel as law makers continue to struggle with a budget deadlock that the governor said could be the longest in state history. California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass had previously planned to not hold sessions for three days, allowing fellow Democrats to participate in the Democratic National Convention, but has decided to continue holding sessions all week. Hundreds of bills await votes as the state budget impasse drags on.
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 27: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attends a press conference with the California Contract Cities Association and the Independent Cities Association in support of his California budget proposal on August 27, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Schwarzenegger is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention but said he may cancel as law makers continue to struggle with a budget deadlock that the governor said could be the longest in state history. California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass had previously planned to not hold sessions for three days, allowing fellow Democrats to participate in the Democratic National Convention, but has decided to continue holding sessions all week. Hundreds of bills await votes as the state budget impasse drags on.
Mexican Governor Eduardo Bours Castelo of Sonora (C) holds an Ironwood carving of an Oscar statue which he presents to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) during closing ceremonies of the 26th Border Governors Conference at Universal Studios in Los Angeles August 15, 2008. Schwarzenegger has never won an Academy Award.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (C), Schwarzenegger's Cabinet Secretary Dan Dunmoyer and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff (R) discuss U.S.-Mexico border issues at the 26th Border Governors Conference at Universal Studios in Los Angeles August 14, 2008 in this photo released by Schwarzenegger's office.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) delivers the keynote speech at the 26th Border Governors Conference at Universal Studios in Los Angeles August 14, 2008 in this photo released by Schwarzenegger's office. Governors shown (L-R) Chihuahua Governor Jos�eyes Baeza Terrazas, Coahuila Governor Humberto Moreira Vald� Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, Nuevo Leon Governor Jos�atividad Gonz�z Par� Sonora Governor Eduardo Bours Castelo, Baja California Governor Jos�uadalupe Osuna Mill� New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Tamaulipas Governor Eugenio Hern�ez Flores.
California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (C), Director of Department of Finance Mike Genest (L) and Director of Department of Personnel Administration Dave Gib take part in a news conference at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California July 31, 2008. Schwarzenegger announced on August 13, 2008 that he was issuing an executive order temporarily reducing state government workers' pay to stem California's looming cash crisis due to the failure passing the state budget. Picture taken July 31.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger , center, looks at a television monitor where Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, left, discusses the need for expanded protection of the ocean during a video news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Schwarzenegger, Kulongoski, and Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, right, called on Congress to create a national ocean trust to help fund ocean protection efforts along the West coast.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (C) chats with members of the U.S. Olympic team at the Olympic processing center at San Jose State University in San Jose, California, July 25, 2008. Over 600 athletes of the United States Olympic team have been at the university to register, pick up their visas and other materials before heading to the summer games in China.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, shakes hands with Orange Cove Mayor Victor Lopez, during a water rally held at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, July 23, 2008. More than 500 farm workers and their families rallied to call for the Legislature to approve a measure to place of a $9.3 billion water bond measure on the November ballot to build reservoirs, encourage conservation and restore the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, signs an autograph on a DVD of the movie Commando for Olympic field hockey player Dana Sensenig, center, during a tour of the Olympic Training Center, on Friday, July 18th, 2008, Chula Vista, Calif. In the background teammate Kate Barber, right, rejoices after getting her autograph.
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