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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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Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil steers his car seen through the trees of the nearby wood during the morning free practice for the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Friday Sept. 5, 2008.
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Members of dance crew JabbaWockeeZ perform during a tribute to the Jackson Five, recipients of the Icon Award, at the 8th annual BMI Urban Awards at the Wilshire theatre in Beverly Hills, California, September 4, 2008.
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Customers buy vegetables at a market in Quezon city suburban Manila on September 5, 2008. Inflation in the Philippines surged to 12.5 percent in August, a 17-year high, the government said September 5, warning that the rise could impact economic growth targets for this year.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick faces Judge David Groner as he agrees to a plea agreement and to resign from office in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Michigan September 4, 2008.
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Serena Williams (L) and her sister Venus (R), both of the U.S., each react in this combination photo during their quarter-final match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York September 3, 2008.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Republican U.S vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will accept The GOP nomination for U.S. President Thursday night.
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Myanmar protestors shout anti-military slogans as they display a portrait of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) during a demonstration to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy revolution, in New Delhi on August 8, 2008. People in Myanmar marked exactly 20 years on August 8 since the army crushed an "8-8-88" democracy uprising with the loss of an estimated 3,000 lives, although the only protests were likely to be outside the country.
Myanmar protestors shout anti-military slogans as they display a portrait of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) during a demonstration to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy revolution, in New Delhi on August 8, 2008. People in Myanmar marked exactly 20 years on August 8 since the army crushed an "8-8-88" democracy uprising with the loss of an estimated 3,000 lives, although the only protests were likely to be outside the country.
Myanmar protestors shout anti-military slogans as they display a portrait of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) during a demonstration to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy revolution, in New Delhi on August 8, 2008. People in Myanmar marked exactly 20 years on August 8 since the army crushed an "8-8-88" democracy uprising with the loss of an estimated 3,000 lives, although the only protests were likely to be outside the country.
Myanmar student Buddhist Monks, hold pictures of the country's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and her late father Gen. Aung San, who led the country's independence war, chant during a protest in front of Myanmar's Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. The protestors demanded that the military junta accept international aid for cyclone victims and release all political prisoners.
A poster of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) stands outside the head quarters of the National League for Democracy in Yangonon May 10, 2008. Polling stations opened on May 10 in parts of cyclone-hit Myanmar, as the military regime asked voters to approve a new constitution just one week after tens of thousands of people died in the storm. The military delayed the vote for two weeks in the areas hardest-hit by Cyclone Nargis, including in the main city and former capital of Yangon.
Myanmar's Labor Minister Aung Kyi (R) meets with emocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, 11 January 2008. Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met for one hour with a junta official, in what her party described as a positive sign nearly two months after her last contact with the regime. The Nobel Peace Prize winner was taken from her rambling lakeside home in Yangon, where she has been held under house arrest for a total of 12 years, to meet Labour Minister Aung Kyi at a nearby military facility.
In this Myanmar News Agency photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, meets with Myanmar Liaison Minister U Aung Kyi at the State Guest House in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov. 19, 2007. Suu Kyi met Monday for third time with the cabinet minister designated to handle relations with her in the latest effort to nudge along political reconciliation in Myanmar.
Two Myanmar activists chant slogans and hold the pictures of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and her father Gen. Aung San, right, during a protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007. About 30 activists took part in the protest against the ruling military government and demanded the release of Aung San Suu Kyi who still under house arrest.
Two Myanmar activists chant slogans and hold the pictures of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and her father Gen. Aung San, right, during a protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007. About 30 activists took part in the protest against the ruling military government and demanded the release of Aung San Suu Kyi who still under house arrest.
Myanmar activists chant slogans and hold the pictures of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and her father Gen. Aung San, right, during a protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007. About 30 activists took part in the protest against the ruling military government and demanded the release of Suu Kyi who still under house arrest.
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) meets with UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari during a meeting in Yangon, 08 November 2007. Gambari met Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after warning the junta against a return to the status quo before mass pro-democracy protests shook the nation. The meeting took about an hour at a government guest house in the main city of Yangon.
Supporters of the National League for Democracy gather beneath the portraits of slain leader Aung San, center, and others at party headquarters Monday, May 6, 2002. The party of Aung San Suu Kyi is calling for talks with Myanmar's military regime following a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters but urges the junta not to set conditions of any meetings.
Buddhist monks pray under a poster of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) hangs in Rome's Capitol hill during a protest, 27 September 2007. Nine people, including eight protesters and a Japanese man, were killed in Myanmar Thursday in a crackdown on anti-government protests, Myanmar's state media said
Buddhist monks pray under a poster of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) hangs in Rome's Capitol hill during a protest, 27 September 2007. Nine people, including eight protesters and a Japanese man, were killed in Myanmar Thursday in a crackdown on anti-government protests, Myanmar's state media said
Myanmar soldiers stand guard as Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, left in the background, pays respects to monks at the gate of her home in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday afternoon, Sept. 22, 2007. Hundreds of demonstrating Buddhist monks and sympathizers had been allowed past barricades to walk to the house where democracy leader Suu Kyi is being detained. She greeted them from her gate in her first public appearance in more than four years.
Nyan Win, spokesman for Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi answers questions from the press at the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters in Yangon on August 20, 2008. UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari was expected to meet with Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, sources in her National League for Democracy (NLD) party said.
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