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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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LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
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Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, who is also Patron of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation, back left, stands with Australian sporting legend and Foundation Chairman John Bertrand, back right, Isabella, front left, and Harrison at the foundation office in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008.
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People hold up the proposed new constitution during a ceremony at the presidential palace in La Paz, August 28, 2008, where Bolivian President Evo Morales signed a decree to approve a national referendum to seek approval for a new constitution. Morales on Thursday set the date for a national referendum to seek approval for a new constitution strongly opposed by his rightist rivals.
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Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado, on August 28, 2008. Obama accepted the party's presidential nomination before a capacity crowd of 75,000 delirious supporters, becoming the first-ever black major-party White House pick, exactly 45 years after Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" anthem to racial harmony.
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SIERRA MADRE, CA - MAY 29: Seventieth anniversary cans of Spam, the often-maligned classic canned lunch meat made by Hormel Foods, are seen on a grocery store shelf May 29, 2008 in Sierra Madre, California. With the rise in food prices, sales of Spam are increasing as consumers look for ways to cut their food bills. According to the US Agriculture Department, the price of food is rising at the fastest rate since 1990. Increasingly expensive staples include such items as white bread, up 13 percent over last year, butter, up nine percent, and bacon at seven percent. The increasing sales have translated to 14 percent higher profits for Hormel. Spam was created in 1937 and was popularized as a staple food for World War II Western allied forces.
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Egyptian Coptic Christians demonstrate in front of the White House in Washington,DC on July 16, 2008. The protestors were demonstrating against recent attacks against Copts in Egypt and what they allege is forced Islamization.
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PHOENIX, AZ - AUGUST 25: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speaks during a news conference at Central High School August 25, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona. Sen. McCain made an appearance with Puerto Rican reggaeton musician Daddy Yankee.
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PHOENIX, AZ - AUGUST 25: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) greets students during a news conference at Central High School August 25, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona. Sen. McCain made an appearance with Puerto Rican reggaeton musician Daddy Yankee.
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Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (L) reacts after a press conference at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters after crucial trade talks collapsed on July 29, 2008, in Geneva. Efforts to forge a global trade pact collapsed because countries failed to bridge their differences on food tariffs, the WTO said, as ministers quit talks after days of bitter wrangling.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim arrives for a press conference at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters after crucial trade talks collapsed on July 29, 2008, in Geneva. Efforts to forge a global trade pact collapsed because countries failed to bridge their differences on food tariffs, the WTO said, as ministers quit talks after days of bitter wrangling.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (C), flanked by body guards, leaves the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters after crucial trade talks collapsed on July 29, 2008, in Geneva. Talks to agree a new global trade pact have "collapsed," Lamy told reporters."No use beating around the bush, this meeting has collapsed. Members have simply not been able to bridge their differences," Lamy said.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (L) speaks with Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu during a break of crucial trade talks at World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters on July 29, 2008 in Geneva. Tension rose sharply as gruelling WTO talks to hammer out a global trade pact ran into a ninth day with leading nations urging flexibility to avert an "appalling" collapse.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (C) pretends to make hitchhiking as he asks his car during a break of trade talks outside of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters on July 28, 2008 in Geneva. Hopes for a new global trade pact dimmed sharply Monday as a blame game broke out between major trading powers and a fracture opened within a key bloc, the European Union. As day eight of the marathon talks stretched into the evening, the United States accused India and China of delaying progress towards an agreement.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim arrives during the second week of the World Trade Organisation ministerial summit on trade liberalisation talks, at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, July 28, 2008. After nearly seven years of fruitless haggling, ministers will try to bridge gaps on trade-opening measures under the Doha Development Agenda launched in November 2001.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (C) leaves late on July 24, 2008 the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters in Geneva after WTO talks. Brazil's trade negotiator Amorim, said that July 25, would be make-or-break for crucial WTO trade talks taking place here as ministers finished talks for the day.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, left, speaks with Kamal Nath, right, Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry, after their bilateral meeting, during the third day of the World Trade Organization ministerial summit on trade liberalization talks, at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 23, 2008.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (L) speaks with Indian Trade Minister Kamal Nath a bilateral meeting during the third day of crucial trade talks at the WTO headquarters on July 23, 2008 in Geneva. Nath poured cold water here on attempts by the US and Europe to jolt stalled WTO talks forward, saying developed countries needed to propose "real" cuts. He stressed that the onus was on developed countries to make offers to reduce tariffs and subsidies to ensure the talks met the objective of reducing poverty in poor countries.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (L) leaves with Indian Trade Minister Kamal Nath a bilateral meeting during the third day of crucial trade talks at the WTO headquarters on July 23, 2008 in Geneva. Nath poured cold water here on attempts by the US and Europe to jolt stalled WTO talks forward, saying developed countries needed to propose "real" cuts. He stressed that the onus was on developed countries to make offers to reduce tariffs and subsidies to ensure the talks met the objective of reducing poverty in poor countries.
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