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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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A Balinese priest pray during a procession of Pelebon or The Royal Cremation Ceremony in Ubud, on the Indonesian island of Bali, July 13, 2008. Head of Ubud Royal family Tjokorda Gde Agung Suyasa, his nephew Tjokorda Raka, his aunt Desak Raka, and 68 Ubud villagers will be cremated on July 15. The cremation ceremony is a ritual, believed by locals, that will send the dead to their next lives.
Balinese dancers perform during a procession of Pelebon or The Royal Cremation Ceremony in Ubud, on the Indonesian island of Bali, July 13, 2008. The bodies head of Ubud Royal family Tjokorda Gde Agung Suyasa, his nephew Tjokorda Raka, his aunt Desak Raka, and 68 Ubud villagers will be cremated on July 15. The cremation ceremony is a ritual, believed by locals, to send the dead to their next lives.
Balinese young girls practice traditional dance at a gallery in Denpasar on the island of Bali on May 31, 2008. Bali also known as the island of God is the only part of Indonesia that remains "Hindu" and is still retaining elements of fusion of ethnic and Hindu cultures of more than a thousand years of cultural tradition.
Balinese young girls practice traditional dance at a gallery in Denpasar on the island of Bali on May 31, 2008. Bali also known as the island of God is the only part of Indonesia that remains "Hindu" and is still retaining elements of fusion of ethnic and Hindu cultures of more than a thousand years of cultural tradition.
Balinese young girls practice traditional dance at a gallery in Denpasar on the island of Bali on May 31, 2008. Bali also known as the island of God is the only part of Indonesia that remains "Hindu" and is still retaining elements of fusion of ethnic and Hindu cultures of more than a thousand years of cultural tradition.
Two retired Dutch men, who have lived in Bali for eight years, sit in a jacuzzi in front of their rented house in Seminyak January 11, 2008. Several Asian countries are stepping up marketing campaigns to attract investments from retirees. Asia's lure of cheap living and sun is strong, especially at a time when developed nations fear the surge of retirees will buckle their health and pension systems. But property experts say investors are taking big risks, although returns can compensate. Picture taken January 11, 2008.
Tourists visit a monument of the 2002 Bali bombing in Kuta on resort island of Bali, 03 January 2007. The three Bali bombers on death row, Imam Samudra, Amrozi and Ali Ghufron will have 30 days from 02 January to lodge an appeal for presidential clemency or their executions will be carried out, a state prosecutor said. The three Bali bombers played key roles in the 2002 bombings on the mainly Hindu resort island, which left 202 people dead, mostly foreign holiday makers.
Delegates visit a mangrove forestation centre in Denpasar, on Bali island, 06 December 2007, on the sideline of the UN Climate Change Conference 2007. US environmental group, the National Environmental Trust (NET) lashed the United States for greed and waste at a global forum on climate change, saying many US states emitted more carbon pollution individually than scores of poor nations combined. Nearly 190 nations meeting in the Indonesian resort of Bali, looking to take the first steps toward a new agreement to combat climate change when the current phase of the Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012.
Balinese hold a banner with a Hindu symbol during a demontration to urge the Malaysia government to stop discrimination against Malaysian Hindus, in Denpasar on the resort island of Bali, 29 November 2007. Malaysian police on 22 November 2007 arrested a leader of a Hindu rights group which organised the largest-ever mass demonstration by ethnic Indians in Kuala Lumpur last week to protest their alleged marginalisation in the country.
Balinese women walk back to their home after attending a religious ceremony in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesia's island of Bali November 27, 2007, a week before the U.N. climate summit in Bali. The United Nations hopes the two-week talks in Bali that begin on Monday will lead to an agreement to launch a two-year dialogue to decide on a successor to Kyoto, whose first phase ends in 2012.
Balinese women walk back to their home after attending a religious ceremony in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesia's island of Bali November 27, 2007, a week before the U.N. climate summit in Bali. The United Nations hopes the two-week talks in Bali that begin on Monday will lead to an agreement to launch a two-year dialogue to decide on a successor to Kyoto, whose first phase ends in 2012.
This combo of file photo photos shows convicted Bali bombers Ali Ghufron alias Mukhlas (L), Imam Samudera (C) alias Abdul Aziz and Amrozi (R) each during their trials in 2003 for the nightclub bombings on the resort island of Bali in 2002 that killed 202 people. A new report 08 October, 2007 said that the three Bali bombers on death row in Indonesia were ready to face their imminent execution. Indonesia's Supreme Court in August, 2007 rejected their appeal and the men have been quoted as saying they would not seek clemency from the president, their last avenue of appeal
This combination of file pictures shows convicted Bali bombers Ali Ghufron alias Mukhlas (L), Imam Samudera (C) alias Abdul Aziz and Amrozi (R) each during their trials in 2003 for the nightclub bombings on the resort island of Bali in 2002 that killed 202 people. Indonesia will execute the three Islamists convicted for the 2002 Bali bombings in early November 2008, an official said on October 24, 2008.
A Balinese chicken farmer waits to have a vaccination during a campaign against bird flu in Ayunan village of Badung in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. Indonesia confirmed its first human bird flu death on Bali on Monday, bringing the nation's overall toll to 82 and raising fears of an impact on tourism, the economic lifeline of the island.
