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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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Australia's Lote Tuqiri, left, avoids a tackle from South Africa's Bismarck du Plessis, right, during the Tri-Nations rugby match at the Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday Aug. 30, 2008.
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Karim Haggui (back) of Bayer Leverkusen tackles Demba Ba of TSG Hoffenheim during their German Bundesliga soccer match in Leverkusen August 30, 2008. Leverkusen won the match 5-2.
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VENICE, ITALY - AUGUST 30: Actress Charlize Theron leaves a charity event organised by Lancia at the Pagoda during the 65th Venice Film Festival on August 30, 2008 in Venice, Italy.
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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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Comcast Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian L. Roberts (C) speaks as Panasonic North America Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Yoshi Yamada (L) and Intel President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini look on during a panel discussion on "What's Now and What's New in Broadband Media" at The Cable Show May 18, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
PITTSBURGH - MAY 10: (L-R) President and C.O.O. of Comcast-Spectacor Peter Luukko, Assistant General Manager Barry Hanrahan and General Manager Paul Holmgren of the Philadelphia Flyers watch the off day skate of the NHL Eastern Conference Playoffs at the Mellon Arena May 10, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Comcast Cable technician Julio Rodriguez changes cable connections during a digital upgrade at a customers home in San Rafael, Calif., Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts is coming up in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009. And while consumers may still be puzzling over whether they need converter boxes for older TVs, there's far less mystery over which business interests could stand to gain from the shift.
Comcast Cable technician Julio Rodriguez changes cable connections during a digital upgrade at a customers home in San Rafael, Calif., Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts is coming up in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009. And while consumers may still be puzzling over whether they need converter boxes for older TVs, there's far less mystery over which business interests could stand to gain from the shift.
Comcast Cable technician Julio Rodriguez changes connectors for underground cables to verify signal quality during a digital upgrade of for customer Walt Ferris, right, who walks in his driveway in San Rafael, Calif., Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts is coming up in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009. And while consumers may still be puzzling over whether they need converter boxes for older TVs, there's far less mystery over which business interests could stand to gain from the shift.
Comcast Cable technician Julio Rodriguez, left, explains how a new digital converter cable box works after installation, to customers Roberta Goldberg and Walt Ferris, in their home in San Rafael, Calif., Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts is coming up in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009. And while consumers may still be puzzling over whether they need converter boxes for older TVs, there's far less mystery over which business interests could stand to gain from the shift.
Comcast Cable technician Julio Rodriguez, left, explains how a new digital converter cable box works after installation, to customers Roberta Goldberg and Walt Ferris, in their home in San Rafael, Calif., Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts is coming up in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009. And while consumers may still be puzzling over whether they need converter boxes for older TVs, there's far less mystery over which business interests could stand to gain from the shift.
Comcast Cable technician Julio Rodriguez, left, explains how a new digital converter cable box works after installation, to customers Roberta Goldberg and Walt Ferris, in their home in San Rafael, Calif., Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts is coming up in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009. And while consumers may still be puzzling over whether they need converter boxes for older TVs, there's far less mystery over which business interests could stand to gain from the shift.
Comcast Cable technician Julio Rodriguez works to install a new digital converter cable box at a customers home in San Rafael, Calif., Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts is coming up in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009. And while consumers may still be puzzling over whether they need converter boxes for older TVs, there's far less mystery over which business interests could stand to gain from the shift.
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts (R) shakes hands with Toshihiro Sakamoto, president of Panasonic AVC Networks, during Roberts' keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008. Panasonic and Comcast announced a series of new products powered by tru2way technology including DVRs and TVs.
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts (R) applauds as Toshihiro Sakamoto (L) , president of Panasonic AVC Networks, unveils an Anyplay portable DVR TV during Roberts' keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008. Panasonic and Comcast announced a series of new products powered by tru2way technology including the DVR which records Comcast programming and can then be carried anywhere for playback later.
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts speaks at a keynote address in front of the tru2way logo at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008. Tru2way is a new open-source platform allowing consumer electronics manufacturers to build products that receive cable broadcasts without a separate set-up box. Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable operator, and consumer electronics maker Matsushita Electric Industrial's Panasonic unit will launch the co-branded portable digital video player that can show videos like Apple Inc's iPod and record shows from any U.S. cable operator's system.
LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: Comcast Corp. Chairman and CEO Brian L. Roberts (L) and entertainment host Ryan Seacrest joke around during Roberts' keynote address at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Venetian January 8, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and features 2,700 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 140,000 attendees.
LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: Comcast Corp. Chairman and CEO Brian L. Roberts (L) and entertainment host Ryan Seacrest joke around during Roberts' keynote address at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Venetian January 8, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and features 2,700 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 140,000 attendees.
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