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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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Wales' Andy Powell, right, passes the ball past New Zealand's Jimmy Cowan, left, during the international rugby match between Wales and New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008.
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Thailand's Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat (L) is greeted by Peru's President Alan Garcia as he arrives at the Ministry of Defense Convention Center for the first meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, November 22, 2008.
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Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko sets a candle during a memorial service in Kiev on November 22, 2008. Ukraine on Saturday commemorated the millions who died in 1932-33 during Holodomor, famine that Kiev calls an act of genocide by the Soviets.
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Presidential candidates, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (L), U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (C) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ), meet onstage between back to back Republican and Democratic debates at St Anselem's College in Manchester, New Hampshire in this file image from January 5, 2008. According to a November 21, 2008 New York Times report, Clinton has accepted Obama's offer for the post of U.S. Secretary of State.
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US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) attend a campaign rally in Orlando, Florida, in this file image from October 20, 2008. Clinton has accepted an offer from President-elect Barack Obama to become U.S. Secretary of State, the New York Times said on November 21, 2008.
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A boy walks through a muddy puddle of water in a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Kibati, just north of the provincial capital city of Goma, on November 9, 2008. At least 100 cases of cholera have been reported in the Democratic republic of Congo's troubled eastern region, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) said on November 4, 2008."There have been 69 cases of cholera in the four displaced persons camps around Goma over the past week, and 20 in Kitchanga. In Buturande, near Rutshuru, there are five to 10 new cases per day," the medical charity said in a statement.
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GOMA, DR CONGO - NOVEMBER 10: A Congolese boy, ill with Cholera, is treated in a clinic at the Don Bosko orphanage November 10, 2008 in the town of Goma, Congo. Over 250,000 people have been displaced after fighting erupted between the rebel CNDP and the army in the last several weeks. According to reports, violence continues despite a cease fire declared by (CNDP) rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda, whose stated goal is to defend Congo's Tutsi minority from Hutu militias and to bring down a corrupt government.
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (R) is greeted by an unidentified awardee and principal of a school during the teachers and students awards ceremony at the convention center in Managua on September 13, 2008. Ortega, a former Marxist guerilla who had close ties to the ex-Soviet Union, went further than other leftist Latin American governments in his defiance of Washington by recognizing the two breakaway Georgian separatist provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia after an armed conflict between Moscow and Tbilisi last month.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (R) waves to supporters while his wife Rosario Murillo looks on during the teachers and students awards ceremony at the convention center in Managua on September 13, 2008. Ortega, a former Marxist guerilla who had close ties to the ex-Soviet Union, went further than other leftist Latin American governments in his defiance of Washington by recognizing the two breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia after an armed conflict between Moscow and Tbilisi over South Ossetia last month.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, left, embraces a student during an award ceremony for public school teachers and students in Managua, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. Ortega says he will reject an invitation to meet with George W. Bush out of "solidarity" with Bolivia in its diplomatic spat with Washington.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (R) beside to the General Commissioner and Nicaragua Police Chief Aminta Granera (L), review the troops during the ceremony of the 29th anniversary of the National Police, September 5, 2008 in Managua, Nicaragua. Granera start the third year like the Nicarguan police chief, and she is the second woman in charge of the police, after the former guerrilla commander Doris Tijerino whom was the Chief during the Sandinista govermment in the 80's.
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (2nd R) and his counterparts of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez (C) and Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega (L) wave next to Bolivian President Evo Morales (R, background) in Tegucigalpa on August 25, 2008, after the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) meeting, in which Honduras joined the organization.
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (L) speaks with his counterparts of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez and Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega (R) in Tegucigalpa on August 25, 2008, before the start of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) meeting, which will mark the joining of Honduras to the organization.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, left, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, and Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya talk during a signing ceremony at the presidential house in Tegucigalpa, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Honduras officially joined the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) trade alliance on Monday, which was created in 2004 with the participation of Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, and Nicaragua.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and former guerrilla commander Eden Pastora a.k.a. "Commander Zero" offer a clenched-fist salute on August 22, 2008, in Managua during the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the assault on the National Palace. The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN for its initials in Spanish) took the National Palace by force on August 22, 1978, with some 1,000 hostages which they used as ransom to free 59 political prisoners incarcerated by the government of Anastasio Somoza. The members of the commando group and the released prisoners subsequently fled to Panama and Cuba in exile.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and former guerrilla commander Eden Pastora a.k.a. "Commander Zero", wave to the crowd on August 22, 2008, in Managua during the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the assault on the National Palace. The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN for its initials in Spanish) took the National Palace by force on August 22, 1978, with some 1,000 hostages which they used as ransom to free 59 political prisoners incarcerated by the government of Anastasio Somoza. The members of the commando group and the released prisoners subsequently fled to Panama and Cuba in exile.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures while Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L), Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya (2nd R) and Paraguay's President-elect Fernado Lugo (R) look on during a celebration to mark the 29th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution in Juan Pablo II square in Managua July 19, 2008.
President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez deliver his speech next to Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L), Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya (2R), and Paraguay's Elected-president Fernando Lugo (R) during a celebration of the 29th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution which overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1979 in Managua on July 19, 2008.
Margot Honecker (2-L), the widow of the former head of East Germany, Erich Honecker (1976-1989), is honoured by Nicaragua's President, Daniel Ortega (L), during a celebration marking the 29th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution which overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1979, in Managua, on July, 19, 2008. Honecker received the �Augusto C. Sandino� decoration, named after the Nicaraguan national hero who fought against the US intervention in Nicaragua in 1927-1934.
