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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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A Thai anti-government protestor wears a ski mask to cover his face early Friday morning, Sept. 5, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. Police warned students Friday to avoid street protests after a gunman shot and wounded two students demonstrating against Thailand's prime minister raising new fears of violence in the country's tense political crisis.
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A model displays a creation at the Raphus cucu 2009 Spring/Summer collection fashion show during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo September 5, 2008.
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Thai policemen rest as anti-government protesters are still holding demonstrations inside the Government House in Bangkok on September 05, 2008. Anti-government protesters stormed into Thai Government House compound on August 26 demanding Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej resign and that Thailand's democracy be curtailed, saying only 30 percent of seats in parliament should be elected.
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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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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero are pictured after a press conference at the Moncloa palace in Madrid, on September 2, 2008. UN chief Ban visited Italy and Switzerland before visiting Spain where he focused on climate change, water and sustainable development, his office said.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (obscured) are pictured before a press conference at the Moncloa palace in Madrid, on September 2, 2008. UN chief Ban visited Italy and Switzerland before visiting Spain where he focused on climate change, water and sustainable development, his office said.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, applauds Iraq's minister of Science and Technology, Raid J. Fahmi, left, and UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpadki, right, as they shake hands after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, and Iraq, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, UN, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.
NEW YORK - AUGUST 19: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends the commemoration ceremony of the fifth anniversary of the truck bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad August 19, 2008 at the UN headquarters in New York City. The attack killed 22 people, including the top UN envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and wounded more than 150.
NEW YORK - AUGUST 19: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the commemoration ceremony of the fifth anniversary of the truck bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad August 19, 2008 at the UN headquarters in New York City. The attack killed 22 people, including the top UN envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and wounded more than 150.
NEW YORK - AUGUST 19: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends the commemoration ceremony of the fifth anniversary of the truck bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad August 19, 2008 at the UN headquarters in New York City. The attack killed 22 people, including the top UN envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and wounded more than 150.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) bows before placing a wreath in front of a plaque during a commemoration on August 19, 2008 at UN headquarters in New York on the fifth anniversary of the bombing of the UN office in Baghdad that killed 22 staffers, including top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello. The UN flag (R) was recovered from the site of the bombing at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad.
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