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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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A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
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LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, meets with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao at the Ziguangge Pavilion in the Zhongnanhai leaders' compound in Beijing on Wednesday August 20, 2008.
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Tom Ashley of New Zealand sailing in RS:X Men waves as he gets on to the podium to receive the gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, Shandong province, August 20, 2008.
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In a handout picture released by the Iraqi Prime Minister's Office, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) shakes hands with his visiting Lebanese counterpart Fuad Siniora (L) as he arrives in Baghdad on August 20, 2008. Siniora was in Baghdad today for trade and policy talks, the first Lebanese leader to visit since the fall of Saddam Hussein more than five years ago.
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Local residents fish in the Black Sea, 50 km south of Sukhumi in the town Ochavchara on August 19, 2008 in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region. Russia and Georgia have agreed to allow 20 Organisation for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) unarmed military observers into Georgia, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, the organisation's chairman said.
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In this image provided Kellogg Co., a prototype of a box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes with U.S. swimming star Michael Phelps is seen. The record-setting swimmer will soon be appearing on boxes of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes. The winner of eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics will be featured cereal boxes expected to be in stores by mid-September.
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Supporters of Pakistani Islamist party celebrate President Pervez Musharraf's resignation in Multan August 19, 2008. Leaders of Pakistan's coalition government set about tackling pressing economic and security problems on Tuesday as a bomb at a hospital in a northwestern town killed 20 people. Coalition leaders were also due to discuss a replacement for Musharraf, the former army chief and key ally of the United States in its campaign against terrorism, who resigned as president on Monday to avoid impeachment.
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Pakistani citizens congratulate each others after the announcement of President Pervez Musharraf's resignation in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 87, 2008. Musharraf said he was handing in his resignation to avoid an impeachment battle that would harm the nation's interests.
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PHOTO) COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - NOVEMBER 22: Portrait of author Arthur C. Clarke at his office November 22, 2003 in Sri Lanka, Colombo. Arthur C. Clarke, 90, a world-acclaimed science fiction writer, died in Sri Lanka March 19, 2008, 1:30 a.m. local time, after suffering breathing difficulties. Arthur C. Clarke C.B.E., is the author of more than seventy books of popular science and science fantasy, including Childhood's End, The Nine Billion Names of God, Rendezvous with Rama, and Profiles of the Future. He is best known for his writing of 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968), for which Clarke wrote the script with Stanley Kubrick.
Science fiction writer Frederik Pohl works on his laptop at his Palatine, Ill. home July 22, 2008. During an interview with the Associated Press, Pohl discussed the book he co-wrote with longtime friend Arthur C. Clarke. "The Last Theorem," due in bookstores Aug. 5, represents a historic collaboration between two of the genre's most influential writers in the twilight of their careers. Clarke died in March at age 90; Pohl is 89. Clarke _ best known for his 1968 work, "2001: A Space Odyssey" _ originally intended "The Last Theorem" to be his final solo project, and began writing it in 2002. Poor health forced Clarke to search for a co-author.
Science fiction writer Frederik Pohl speaks at his Palatine, Ill. home July 22, 2008, during an interview with the Associated Press. Pohl collaborated with longtime friend Arthur C. Clarke on the book "The Last Theorem," due in bookstores Aug. 5. It represents a historic collaboration between two of the genre's most influential writers in the twilight of their careers. Clarke died in March at age 90; Pohl is 89.
Science fiction writer Frederik Pohl smiles at his Palatine, Ill. home July 22, 2008, during an interview with the Associated Press. Pohl discussed the book he co-wrote with longtime friend Arthur C. Clarke. "The Last Theorem," due in bookstores Aug. 5, represents a historic collaboration between two of the genre's most influential writers in the twilight of their careers. Clarke died in March at age 90; Pohl is 89. Clarke _ best known for his 1968 work, "2001: A Space Odyssey" _ originally intended "The Last Theorem" to be his final solo project, and began writing it in 2002. Poor health forced Clarke to search for a co-author.
Fred Clarke , second from left, younger brother of Arthur C. Clarke looks towards his brother's coffin during his funeral in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, March 22, 2008. Visionary science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was buried Saturday in a brief secular funeral in Colombo, the capital of his adopted country Sri Lanka.
An unidentified Sri Lankan woman pays her last respects to the remains of Arthur C. Clarke during his funeral in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, March 22, 2008. Visionary science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was buried Saturday in a brief secular funeral in Colombo, the capital of his adopted country Sri Lanka.
People pay their last respects at the coffin of science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke at his residence during the funeral procession in Colombo March 22, 2008. Visionary science fiction writer Clarke was buried on Saturday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, where the nation paused for an international "titan" it had adopted as its own.
Family members and mourners pay last respect to the remains of Arthur C. Clarke during his funeral in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, March 22, 2008. Visionary science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was buried in a brief secular funeral in Colombo, the capital of his adopted country Sri Lanka. Clarke died in hospital last Wednesday at the age of 90 after suffering breathing problems.
Family members and mourners pay last respect to the remains of Arthur C. Clarke during his funeral in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, March 22, 2008. Visionary science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was buried in a brief secular funeral in Colombo, the capital of his adopted country Sri Lanka. Clarke died in hospital last Wednesday at the age of 90 after suffering breathing problems.
People pay their last respects to science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke at his residence during the funeral procession in Colombo March 22, 2008. Visionary science fiction writer Clarke was buried on Saturday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, where the nation paused for an international "titan" it had adopted as its own.
People pay their last respects to science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke as his relatives mourn at his residence before the funeral procession in Colombo March 22, 2008. Visionary science fiction writer Clarke was buried on Saturday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, where the nation paused for an international "titan" it had adopted as its own.
People carry the coffin of science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke as students stand on the roadside during the funeral procession in Colombo March 22, 2008. Visionary science fiction writer Clarke was buried on Saturday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, where the nation paused for an international "titan" it had adopted as its own.
People pay their last respects at the coffin of science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke at his residence during the funeral procession in Colombo March 22, 2008. Visionary science fiction writer Clarke was buried on Saturday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, where the nation paused for an international "titan" it had adopted as its own.
