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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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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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Attendees pose for a picture in a cut-out of one of the characters from the computer game "World of Warcraft" at the annual BlizzCon convention in the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California October 10, 2008. The annual BlizzCon convention which started in 2005 is a gathering of some 20,000 video game players who play the video game "World of Warcraft" made by Blizzard Entertainment.
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PHILADELPHIA - OCTOBER 10: Chase Utley #26 of the Philadelphia Phillies is walked in the bottom of the third inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game Two of the National League Championship Series during the 2008 MLB playoffs on October 10, 2008 at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with Russia's Communist Party in Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Vladimir Putin said Thursday the wide-ranging financial crisis has irreparably damaged the image of the U.S. as the leader of the free world and the global economy.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin smiles as he poses with a tiger cub on October 10, 2008 which was presented to him on his bithday on October 7, in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
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U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) listens to questions from supporters as his vice presidential running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) looks on during a town hall meeting in Waukesha, Wisconsin October 9, 2008.
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Director Ridley Scott and girlfriend Giannina Facio attend the world premiere of 'Body Of Lies' at the Rose Hall Theater on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 in New York.
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Asif Ali Zardari, husband of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto (L) and former premier Nawaz Sharif (R) shake hands upon their arrival at a joint press conference in Murree, some 60kms north of Islamabad on March 9, 2008. Pakistan's two major opposition leaders signed a formal declaration on forming a coalition government, and urged President Pervez Musharraf to convene parliament without delay. Asif Ali Zardari, widowed husband of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, and Nawaz Sharif signed the agreement at a news conference here after a fresh round of coalition talks following last month's general election. Zardari is the de facto leader of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, which won the most seats in the February 18 ballot and, along with Sharif's party, trounced Musharraf's political allies.
Asif Ali Zardari, husband of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto (R) and former premier Nawaz Sharif (L) shake hands upon their arrival at a joint press conference in Murree, some 60kms north of Islamabad on March 9, 2008. Pakistan's two major opposition leaders signed a formal declaration on forming a coalition government, and urged President Pervez Musharraf to convene parliament without delay. Asif Ali Zardari, widowed husband of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, and Nawaz Sharif signed the agreement at a news conference here after a fresh round of coalition talks following last month's general election. Zardari is the de facto leader of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, which won the most seats in the February 18 ballot and, along with Sharif's party, trounced Musharraf's political allies.
A cyclist rides past a billboard showing a portrait of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, center, and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, top, displayed along a roadside in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. Opposition parties dealt a crushing electoral blow to allies of President Pervez Musharraf, a private TV network reported Tuesday, winning enough seats to form a new government that could threaten the eight-year rule of America's close ally in its war on terror.
A cyclist rides past a billboard showing the portrait of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, right, and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, top, displayed along the road side in Rawalpindi, Pakistan Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. Opposition parties dealt a crushing electoral blow to allies of President Pervez Musharraf, a private TV network reported Tuesday, winning enough seats to form a new government that could threaten the eight-year rule of America's close ally in its war on terror.
A cyclist rides past a billboard showing the portrait of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, right, and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, top, displayed along the road side in Rawalpindi, Pakistan Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. Opposition parties dealt a crushing electoral blow to allies of President Pervez Musharraf, a private TV network reported Tuesday, winning enough seats to form a new government that could threaten the eight-year rule of America's close ally in its war on terror.
A cyclist rides past a billboard showing the portrait of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, right, and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, top, displayed along the road side in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Opposition parties dealt a crushing electoral blow to allies of President Pervez Musharraf, a private TV network reported Tuesday, winning enough seats to form a new government that could threaten the eight-year rule of America's close ally in its war on terror.
Asif Ali Zardari (C), widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, arrives to cast his vote at a polling station in Nawabshah, 320 km (200 miles) from Karachi February 18, 2008. Fears of violence kept many Pakistanis away from an election that could usher in a parliament set on driving President Pervez Musharraf from office, while Musharraf himself called for reconciliation after casting his vote.
A Pakistani commuter rides past an upcoming elections billboard showing slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto (R) and the candidate for the Pakistan People's Party (C), in Islamabad on February 8, 2008. British detectives said that Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not gunfire, backing the Pakistani government's version of how the opposition leader was assassinated.
Pakistani police inspector Chaudhry Abdul Majid, center, who is heading Pakistan's investigation of the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrives at a press conference in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. Scotland Yard said in a report released Friday that Bhutto died as a result of a suicide bomb blast, not a gunshot, findings that support the Pakistani government's version of the events. Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party immediately rejected the British conclusion and repeated its demand for a U.N. investigation.
A supporter of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, seen in poster in background, chants anti government slogans in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son was chosen Sunday to succeed her as chairman of her opposition party, extending Pakistan's most famous political dynasty but leaving the real power to her husband, who will serve as co-chariman.
Asif Ali Zardari, left, husband of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, seen in photo, addresses a news conference with his son Bilawal Bhutto who has been nominated Chairman of the party in Naudero, near Larkana, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. The party also decided to contest upcoming elections, apparently ending the threat of a wholesale boycott by Pakistan's political opposition as the key U.S. ally in its war on terror struggles to move to full democracy after years of military rule.
Ghinva Bhutto, center, estrange sister-in-law of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrives with her children Fatima Bhutto, left, and Zulfiqar to offer prayers at the grave of Bhutto in Gahri Khuda Bakhash near Larkana,Pakistan on Saturday,Dec. 29, 2007. Pakistan's government asserted Friday that al-Qaida was behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and offered the transcript of a conversation as proof.
Ghinwa Bhutto (C) sister-in-law of slain Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto, comforts crying party workers as Bhutto's niece, Fatima (R) sobs at Bhutto's ancestral mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Baksh, 29 December 2007. Pakistan's interior ministry said that 38 people have died in the unrest that has shaken the country since the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
Ghinwa Bhutto (L) sister-in-law of slain Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto, and Bhutto's niece, Fatima (2-L) pray at her grave at the Bhutto's ancestral mausolem in Garhi Khuda Baksh, 29 December 2007. Pakistan's interior ministry said that 38 people have died in the unrest that has shaken the country since the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
