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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 woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
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Rescuers help people to safer areas in Patna, India, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. A rescue boat filled with flood victims capsized and killed 20 people in northern India, where monsoon flooding grew worse because of heavy rain and water flowing from neighboring Nepal, officials said Saturday.
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People wait for transport to take them to safer places in a flood-affected area of Nack Kati village in Coochbehar district, about 165 km (103 miles) north of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri August 30, 2008. Floods have killed more than 1,000 people in South Asia since the monsoon began in June, mainly in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where 785 people lost their lives, while other deaths were reported from Nepal and Bangladesh.
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Middlesbrough's Brazilian forward Afonso Alves (R) celebrates after scoring during the English Premier league football match against Stoke City at The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, north-east England, on August 30, 2008. AFP PHOTO/ANDREW YATES Mobile and website use of domestic English football pictures are subject to obtaining a Photographic End User Licence from Football DataCo Ltd Tel : +44 (0) 207 864 9121 or e-mail accreditations@football-dataco.com - applies to Premier and Football League matches.
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Pensacola Junior College cheerleaders rally the crowd before the arrival of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at a campaign rally at Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008.
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A Turkish soldier stands on a tank as it moves past a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, during a military parade on the 86th anniversary of Victory Day in Ankara, August 30, 2008. Tensions between Turkey's government and its powerful generals will continue clouding the future of the European Union-applicant country, after the new military commander warned against the rising profile of Islam.
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Marion Bartoli of France returns to Lindsay Davenport of the US at the US Open tennis tournament August 29, 2008 in Flushing Meadows, NY. Bartoli won the match 6-1, 7-6(3).
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Sebastien Loeb from France and co-driver Daniel Elena in the Citroen Total world Rally team in their Citroen C4 WRC during day two of the WRC Rally of New Zealand, in Hamilton on August 30, 2008.
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Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) speaks to Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej (front C) and members of his cabinet during the swearing-in ceremony at the Palace in Bangkok on February 6, 2008. Thailand's newly elected Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej unveiled his cabinet, bringing close aides to Thaksin Shinawatra back to government more than 16 months after the coup against him.
Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej leads his 36 cabinet members in a swearing in ceremony in front of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) at Chitrlada Palace in Bangkok February 6,2008. Thailand's new cabinet, packed with supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was sworn in on Wednesday, marking the return of elected government after a 2006 coup.
In this photo released by the Bureau of the Royal Household, Thailands King Bhumibol Adulyadej, left, and Queen Sirikit listen to monks pray near the coffin, seen at center, of the king's sister Princess Galyani Vadhana, at the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Wednesday Jan. 9, 2008. The praying is to mark the seventh day after Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died last Wednesday, prompting an outpouring of public mourning and a temporary halt to the country's tumultuous political activity. She was 84.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) and Queen Sirikit attend a ceremony for late Princess Galyani Vadhana at the Grand Palace in Bangkok January 2, 2008. The king declared a 100-day mourning period for palace officials and the funeral of the 84-year-old princess, who died in the early hours of Wednesday, would be held at Bangkok's glittering Grand Palace later on Wednesday, the statement said.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) and Queen Sirikit attend a ceremony for late Princess Galyani Vadhana at the Grand Palace in Bangkok January 2, 2008. The king declared a 100-day mourning period for palace officials and the funeral of the 84-year-old princess, who died in the early hours of Wednesday, would be held at Bangkok's glittering Grand Palace later on Wednesday, the statement said.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) and Queen Sirikit light candles during a ceremony for late Princess Galyani Vadhana at the Grand Palace in Bangkok January 2, 2008. The king declared a 100-day mourning period for palace officials and the funeral of the 84-year-old princess, who died in the early hours of Wednesday, would be held at Bangkok's glittering Grand Palace later on Wednesday, the statement said.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) attends a ceremony for late Princess Galyani Vadhana at the Grand Palace in Bangkok January 2, 2008. The king declared a 100-day mourning period for palace officials and the funeral of the 84-year-old princess, who died in the early hours of Wednesday, would be held at Bangkok's glittering Grand Palace later on Wednesday, the statement said.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) and Queen Sirikit attend to a ceremony for late Princess Galyani Vadhana at the Grand Palace in Bangkok January 2, 2008. The king declared a 100-day mourning period for palace officials and the funeral of the 84-year-old princess, who died in the early hours of Wednesday, would be held at Bangkok's glittering Grand Palace later on Wednesday, the statement said.
Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) and Queen Sirikit (C) preside over the royal bathing ceremony of the late Thai Princess Galyani Vadhana at Grand Palace in Bangkok, 02 January 2008. Thailand mourned Princess Galyani, only sister of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose death from cancer at the age of 84 also put a temporary halt to post-election coalition haggling.
Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) sits next to Queen Sirikit whilst presiding over the royal bathing ceremony of the late Thai Princess Galyani Vadhana at Grand Palace in Bangkok, 02 January 2008. Thailand mourned Princess Galyani, only sister of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose death from cancer at the age of 84 also put a temporary halt to post-election coalition haggling.
Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) and Queen Sirikit (C) light candles whilst presiding over the royal bathing ceremony of the late Thai Princess Galyani Vadhana at Grand Palace in Bangkok, 02 January 2008. Thailand mourned Princess Galyani, only sister of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose death from cancer at the age of 84 also put a temporary halt to post-election coalition haggling.
This handout photo shows UN chief Ban Ki-moon (L) talking with Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (C) and Queen Sirikit (R) at Chitralada Palace in Bangkok, 10 December 2007. Ban arrived 09 December for a three-day official visit and leaves for Indonesia 11 December to attend the UN's global-warming conference in Bali.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - DECEMBER 5: In this Royal Household Bureau handout photo, Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) and Queen Sirikit (R) wave to the crowd from the balcony of the Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall at the Grand Palace on December 5, 2007, in Bangkok, Thailand. Ten of thousands of people across the country celebrated the king's birthday, world's longest reigning monarch, with prayers and festivals.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - DECEMBER 5: In this Royal Household Bureau handout photo, Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L) and Queen Sirikit (R) wave to the crowd from the balcony of the Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall at the Grand Palace on December 5, 2007, in Bangkok, Thailand. Ten of thousands of people across the country celebrated the king's birthday, world's longest reigning monarch, with prayers and festivals.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - DECEMBER 5: In this Royal Household Bureau handout photo, (L to R) Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (L), Queen Sirikit (C) and Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn greets a crowd from the balcony of the Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall at the Grand Palace on December 5, 2007, in Bangkok, Thailand. Ten of thousands of people across the country celebrated the king's birthday, world's longest reigning monarch, with prayers and festivals.
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