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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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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 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 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.
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.
