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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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Anti-government protesters leave Suvarnabhumi airport Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands of anti-government protesters who occupied and shut down Bangkok's main international airport for a week began leaving today as their leaders declared victory after a court verdict disbanding the ruling party.
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A young refugee from Myanmar sits on a bus as he arrives for a demonstration outside the United Nations High Commissioner (UNHCR) office in Kuala Lumpur December 3, 2008, before he was turned away by the police. About 150 Myanmarese of ethnic Rohingya origin gathered outside the UNHCR office on Wednesday to demand for their basic and fundamental rights, and assistance to their problems.
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NEW YORK - DECEMBER 02: Television personality Soledad O'Brien attends the Room to Grow 10th Anniversary benefit gala at Christie's on December 2, 2008 in New York City.
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Policemen stand guard at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, August 11, 2008. Olympic organisers vowed to tighten security in central Beijing on Sunday after an American tourist died in a stabbing attack, but they insisted the Chinese capital was safe and Western sightseers were unfazed.
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DETROIT - NOVEMBER 20: Shuttered homes and businesses line a downtown street November 20, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. An estimated one in three Detroiters lives in poverty, making the city the poorest large city in America. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb to decline of the American auto industry. Detroit, home to the big three, would be hardest hit if the government lets the auto makers fall into bankruptcy.
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Actor Viggo Mortensen gestures during a news conference to promote his latest film "Alatriste" in Tokyo on December 1, 2008. The film will be on the screens on December 13. Alatriste, played in the film by 47 year old US actor, is a unscrupulous 17th century adventurer in the movie, set in Spain's "golden age" under King Philip IV which coincided with the emergence of artistic giants such as Velasquez and the development of the "New World."
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Chelsea Clinton (L) and former US President Bill Clinton watch as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at the National Building Museum in Washington June 7, 2008. Clinton endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to be the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate on Saturday and suspended her own White House bid less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough support to win the nomination. Clinton's endorsement of Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum marked the beginning of efforts to reunite the Democratic Party after a long and divisive campaign battle that ended on Tuesday when Obama won the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
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Myanmar nationals, some holding photographs of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 27, 2008. Several dozen activists yelling "free Burma'" held a demonstration outside the embassy on the one-year anniversary of a deadly crackdown on protests against decades of army rule in the former Burma.
Myanmar nationals, holding images of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 27, 2008. Several dozen activists yelling "free Burma" held a demonstration outside the embassy on the one-year anniversary of a deadly crackdown on protests against decades of army rule in the former Burma.
Myanmar nationals, some holding photographs of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 27, 2008. Several dozen activists yelling "free Burma" held a demonstration outside the embassy on the one-year anniversary of a deadly crackdown on protests against decades of army rule in the former Burma.
Myanmar nationals, some holding photographs of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 27, 2008. Several dozen activists yelling "free Burma'" held a demonstration outside the embassy on the one-year anniversary of a deadly crackdown on protests against decades of army rule in the former Burma.
Holding the picture of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar residents in Japan and supporters join the demonstration march to commemorate the National League of Democracy's 20th anniversary at a park in Tokyo, on September 27, 2008. Hundreds of Myannmar residents and Japanese supporters participated in the anti-Myanmar government demonstration and carried posters of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Holding the pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar residents in Japan and Japanese supporters join a demonstration march to commemorate the National League of Democracy's 20th anniversary at a park in Tokyo, on September 27, 2008. Hundreds of Myannmar residents and Japanese supporters participated in the anti-Myanmar government demonstration and carried posters of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Holding the picture of Aung San Suu Kyi, A Myanmar resident in Japan joins the demonstration march to commemorate the National League of Democracy's 20th anniversary at a park in Tokyo, on September 27, 2008. Hundreds of Myannmar residents and Japanese supporters participated in the anti-Myanmar government demonstration and carried posters of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Student monks from Myanmar hold a Aung San Suu Kyi (R) photo and join the protest held to commemorate the annual memorial day of the Saffron Revolution in front of the Myanmar embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 26, 2008. The Saffron Revolution is a series of protests that began in Myanmar in 2007 and is led by Buddhist monks.
A student monk from Myanmar holds a Aung San Suu Kyi photo and joins the protest held to commemorate the annual memorial day of the Saffron Revolution in front of the Myanmar embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 26, 2008. The Saffron Revolution is a series of protests that began in Myanmar in 2007 and is led by Buddhist monks.
Student monks from Myanmar hold a Aung San Suu Kyi (R) photo and join the protest held to commemorate the annual memorial day of the Saffron Revolution in front of the Myanmar embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 26, 2008. The Saffron Revolution is a series of protests that began in Myanmar in 2007 and is led by Buddhist monks.
A man holds a portrait of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok on September 18, 2008. About two dozen human rights activists and Myanmar nationals living in Thailand chanted anti-junta slogans and waved placards while calling for the release of political prisoners during a demonstration outside the embassy.
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.
A supporter with a T-shirt of Aung San -- Myanmar pro-democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi's father -- joins others to mark Martyr's Day outside the headquarters of the National League for Democracy Party in Yangon on July 19, 2008. Myanmar pro-democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi was kept under house arrest on July 19 as others gathered to pay tribute to her late father on Martyr's Day. Martyr's Day commemorates the assasination of General Aung San and eight other leaders on July 19, 1942 while they were holding a meeting for Myanmar independence from Britian.
A protester wearing a mask of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi stands outside the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei June 19, 2008. Pro-Aung San Suu Kyi activists gathered on Thursday to send a letter of appeal to the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei, for Britain to halt financial ties with Myanmar and to ask the military junta to end Aung San Suu Kyi's latest stretch of detention.
A protester wearing a mask of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi stands outside the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei June 19, 2008. Pro-Aung San Suu Kyi activists gathered on Thursday to send a letter of appeal to the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei, for Britain to halt financial ties with Myanmar and to ask the military junta to end Aung San Suu Kyi's latest stretch of detention.
Protesters carry a huge portrait of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a march through a Tokyo street Thursday, June 19, 2008, marking her 63rd birthday. More than 100 protesters called for the Myanmar government to immediately release Suu Kyi who was extended her house arrest by the country's ruling junta last month.
