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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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An anti-goverment protester mans a barricade along the main highway to the Suvarnabhumi Airport early Tuesday Dec. 2, 2008 in Bangkok Thailand. Anti-government protesters reinforced their siege of Bangkok's two airports Monday as the politically paralyzed country struggled with more than 300,000 stranded travelers.
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Policemen block a member (C) from a progressive pro-unification group as an anti-North Korea group (unseen) prepares to release leaflets in Imjinkak pavilion near the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, December 2, 2008. An anti-North Korea group including former North Korean defectors living in the South demanded improvements of North Korea's human rights and the release of South Koreans abducted by the North. The group released anti-North Korean leaflets in a balloon towards the North on Tuesday as other protesters blocked them. North Korea has complained about the leaflets, threatened to attack the South and restricted entry to South Korean workers at an inter-Korean industrial enclave in the North.
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Auctioneer Charles Leski inspects the 1948 'Baggy Green' cap worn by Australian cricketing legend Don Bradman in his last Test match and which is up for auction in Melbourne on December 2, 2008. The cap is to be auctioned on December 15 and is expected to fetch between 600-750,000 Australian dollars (390-487,000 USD). It comes with a letter of authentication Bradman wrote to his godson who he gave the cap for his 12th birthday.
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Chelsea Clinton (L) and former US President Bill Clinton watch as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at the National Building Museum in Washington June 7, 2008. Clinton endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to be the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate on Saturday and suspended her own White House bid less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough support to win the nomination. Clinton's endorsement of Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum marked the beginning of efforts to reunite the Democratic Party after a long and divisive campaign battle that ended on Tuesday when Obama won the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
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A tear runs down the face of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as he speaks about his grandmother who died earlier on Monday, during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. On the eve of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died after a battle with cancer.
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U.S. Democratic presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (R) share a hug at the conclusion of the CNN/Los Angeles Times Democratic presidential debate in Hollywood, California January 31, 2008.
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U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (near) answers a question as Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) looks at him during their debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee October 7, 2008.
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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.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (L) gestures with Indian Trade Minister Kamal Nath after bilateral meeting during the third day of crucial trade talks at the WTO headquarters on July 23, 2008 in Geneva. All eyes will be on Indian Trade Minister Kamal Nath as he made his delayed arrival at crucial WTO talks which have so far yielded little convergence between rich and poor countries. Nath has already seen his political skin saved once this week after the Indian government narrowly won a confidence vote and will now enter another fraught arena at the World Trade Organisation headquarters in Geneva.
Brazil's foreign minister Celso Amorim (C) leaves the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters, on July 21, 2008 in Geneva. Amorim on Monday described the first day of meetings aimed at nailing down a global trade deal as "totally useless" due to the absence of new ideas. "Let's wait for tomorrow," he said, after a day of meetings at the WTO in Geneva, where ministers from 35 key nations are meeting this week in a bid for a global deal on the so-called Doha Development Round.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (C) is surrounded by journalists as he leaves the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters on July 21, 2008 in Geneva. Amorim on July 21, 2008 described the first day of meetings aimed at nailing down a global trade deal as "totally useless" due to the absence of new ideas. "Let's wait for tomorrow," he said, after a day of meetings at the WTO in Geneva, where ministers from 35 key nations are meeting this week in a bid for a global deal on the so-called Doha Development Round.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, right, and his Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, left, attend a session of the 35th Mercosur summit in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Mercosur is well-positioned to help member nations fight rising food prices and solve sporadic regional energy crunches, Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said.
