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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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Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic reacts after winning his quarterfinal match 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 against Sweden's Robin Soderling during the Brisbane International tennis tournament held in Brisbane, Australia, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009.
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Florida Gators David Nelson (R) catches a touchdown pass next to Oklahoma Sooners Keenan Clayton (L) during the fourth quarter in the NCAA's BCS National Championship football game in Miami, January 8, 2009.
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Aboriginal traditional dancers from Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory who call themselves the "Chooky Dancers" perform during a media preview for the Sydney Festival on January 9, 2009. The Chooky Dancers, who have become an international hit on the internet after their unique dance interpretation of Zorba the Greek, will perform at the Sydney Festival which will be held on January 10-31.
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An Israeli attack helicopter fires flares as seen from the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, ripping through a crowded nursing home and threatening to open a new front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with a bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 700 people.
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Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, with an altitude of 8,848 meters (29,028 feet), is seen in this aerial view taken from a passenger aircraft flying over Nepal at a height of 9,144 meters (30,000 feet), November 9, 2008. Everest is part of the Himalayan mountain range along the border of Nepal and Tibet. In background is the Tibetan Plateau. Picture taken November 9, 2008.
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A Tibetan man ploughs a field near Gyabon Hamlet located near the base camp of Mount Everest, also known as Qomolangma, in the Tibet Autonomous Region May 9, 2008. An envoy to the Dalai Lama said on Thursday Chinese negotiators had shown a willingness to engage with the Tibetan side during recent talks, despite major differences on important issues.
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The summit of the world's highest mountain Mount Everest, also known as Qomolangma, is covered in cloud as climbers from the Olympic torch relay team reach the top in the Tibet Autonomous Region May 8, 2008. Heavy snowfall during the past week had hampered efforts for the Olympic torch's ascent, but the team of 31 Chinese climbers, 22 of them ethnic Tibetans, reached Everest's summit with the Olympic flame this morning.
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Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu (C) stands beside the bed of a soldier, wounded during Israel's offensive in Gaza, at Soroka hospital in the southern city of Beersheba January 6, 2009. Israeli tank shells killed at least 40 Palestinians on Tuesday at a U.N. school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international pressure on Israel to halt a Gaza offensive.
Israeli right-wing Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) visits Afriat Yatir, an Israeli soldier who was wounded during the ongoing operation on the Gaza Strip, at the Beersheba hospital in southern Israel on January 6, 2009. Seven Israeli soldiers have now been killed since the December 27 launch of Operation Cast Lead which aims to halt Hamas rocket attacks from Gaza. Eighty-three have been wounded. According to Palestinian medics, at least 635 Palestinains have been killed in the Gaza Strip and another 2,900 wounded since the start of the operation.
Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu (C) speaks with children during a visit to a bomb shelter in the southern city of Ashkelon December 31, 2008. Israel on Wednesday said the time was not right for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and stepped up preparations for a possible ground offensive after Hamas's long-range rockets hit another major population centre.
Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks during a visit to the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, which has been hit in recently by rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, Wednesday, Dec. 31,2009. Israel rejected mounting international pressure to suspend its devastating air offensive against Palestinian militants whose rocket barrages are striking ominously close to the Israeli heartland, sending warplanes Wednesday to demolish smuggling tunnels that are the lifeline of Gaza's Islamic Hamas rulers.
Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for an interview at Reuters office in Jerusalem December 30 2008. Netanyahu, touted by opinion polls to become Israel's prime minister in a Feb. 10 election, said on Tuesday a government under his leadership would use "all means necessary" to end Hamas's rule over Gaza.
Israeli Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, center, tours the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. Barrages of rockets fired from Gaza hit Israeli towns, including Sderot, Sunday and the Israeli air force responded with a missile strike as violence surged following the official expiry date of a shaky truce.
Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) inspects a Sderot damaged house hit by a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip on December 21, 2008 in southern Israel. Israel weighed launching an offensive on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip today as violence simmered in the impoverished enclave days after a truce between the Jewish state and the Islamists ended. Gaza militants have launched several dozen rockets, causing damage and slightly wounding a handful of civilians, and the Israeli army has carried out air strikes, killing one militant and wounding three other Palestinians.
Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) inspects a Sderot damaged house hit by a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip on December 21, 2008 in southern Israel. Israel weighed launching an offensive on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip today as violence simmered in the impoverished enclave days after a truce between the Jewish state and the Islamists ended. Gaza militants have launched several dozen rockets, causing damage and slightly wounding a handful of civilians, and the Israeli army has carried out air strikes, killing one militant and wounding three other Palestinians.
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 15: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (L) shakes hands with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and offers her hand to Defence Minister Ehud Barak during a business conference on December 15, 2008 in Tel Aviv, Israel. In less than two months, when Israel goes to the polls on Febuary 10, 2009, Livni, who heads the ruling Kadima party, Netanyahu, who heads the opposition Likud party, and Barak, who heads the coalition Labor party, will challenge each other to be the next Prime Minister of Israel.
Israeli Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes hands with a supporter after casting his vote in primaries for the party's list in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu's hardline Likud Party is holding its primary elections and Monday's vote will decide Likud's candidates for parliament. Polls indicate Likud will sweep to power in the Feb. 10 general elections and a candidate who wins a high place in Tuesday's primary would be well-positioned for a senior Cabinet post in a Netanyahu government.
Israel's right-wing Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to cast his ballot in an internal party vote to determine their general election candidates at a polling station in Jerusalem on December 8, 2008. Israel's right-wing Likud party was voting today for a candidate list to run alongside chairman and former premier Netanyahu in a February general election it is widely tipped to win.
JERUSALEM - JULY 31: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R) and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) are separated by an empty chair during a memorial service for Zeev Zhabutinsky, Zionist leader and founder of the Israeli right-wing ideology, at a cemetery on July 31, 2008 IN in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel was bracing today for weeks of political turmoil after Olmert's shock announcement that he would step down in September, casting a shadow over Middle East peacemaking.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, and Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, are seen during a memorial ceremony for the late Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky at Mt. Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 31, 2008. A day after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced he would depart political life, top rival Benjamin Netanyahu, said Thursday that Israel should get rid of its current governing coalition and go straight to early elections. Olmert threw Israel's political system into turmoil on Wednesday by abruptly announcing he would step down after his Kadima Party's leadership race in September, called because of a series of corruption allegations swirling around him.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R) and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) are separated by an empty chair as they attend a memorial service for Zeev Jabotinsky, Zionist leader and founder of the Israeli right-wing ideology, at a cemetery in Jerusalem on July 31, 2008. Israel was bracing today for weeks of political turmoil after Olmert's shock announcement that he would step down in September, casting a shadow over Middle East peacemaking.
JERUSALEM - JULY 31: Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with an attendee as he leaves after attending a memorial service for Zeev Zhabutinsky, Zionist leader and founder of the Israeli right-wing ideology, at a cemetery on July 31, 2008 in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel was bracing today for weeks of political turmoil after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's shock announcement that he would step down in September, casting a shadow over Middle East peacemaking.
JERUSALEM - JULY 31: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stands between opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and President Shimon Peres (R) during a memorial service for Zeev Zhabutinsky, Zionist leader and founder of the Israeli right-wing ideology, at a cemetery on July 31, 2008 IN in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel was bracing today for weeks of political turmoil after Olmert's shock announcement that he would step down in September, casting a shadow over Middle East peacemaking.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, center, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and President Shimon Peres, right, are seem as they attend a memorial service for the late Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky at Mt. Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 31, 2008. A day after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced he would depart political life, top rival Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel should get rid of its current governing coalition and go straight to early elections. Olmert threw Israel's political system into turmoil on Wednesday by abruptly announcing he would step down after his Kadima Party's leadership race in September, called because of a series of corruption allegations swirling around him.
Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with an attendee as he leaves following a memorial service for Zeev Jabotinsky, Zionist leader and founder of the Israeli right-wing ideology, at a cemetery in Jerusalem on July 31, 2008. Israel was bracing today for weeks of political turmoil after Olmert's shock announcement that he would step down in September, casting a shadow over Middle East peacemaking.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stands between opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and President Shimon Peres (R) as they attend a memorial service for Zeev Jabotinsky, Zionist leader and founder of the Israeli right-wing ideology, at a cemetery in Jerusalem on July 31, 2008. Israel was bracing today for weeks of political turmoil after Olmert's shock announcement that he would step down in September, casting a shadow over Middle East peacemaking.
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