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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. From Getty Images.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Getty Images.

      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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    • U.S. Ambassador David Mulford, left, poses for a photograph with wife Genie at a luncheon farewell organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. From AP Photo by Mustafa Quraishi.

      U.S. Ambassador David Mulford, left, poses for a photograph with wife Genie at a luncheon farewell organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009.

    • Anna Chakvetadze of Russia returns a shot to Venus Williams of the U.S. during the JB Group Classic tennis tournament in Hong Kong January 9, 2009. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Anna Chakvetadze of Russia returns a shot to Venus Williams of the U.S. during the JB Group Classic tennis tournament in Hong Kong January 9, 2009.

    • GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 09:  Constable Stewart Campbell (L) and former sergeant Torquil Campbell, stand with their awards at Glasgow City Chambers on January 9, 2008 in Scotland. The two police officers, who attended the bomb attack on Glasgow Airport, were recognised for their actions on the day of the attack at the ceremony in Glasgow. From Getty Images.

      GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 09: Constable Stewart Campbell (L) and former sergeant Torquil Campbell, stand with their awards at Glasgow City Chambers on January 9, 2008 in Scotland. The two police officers, who attended the bomb attack on Glasgow Airport, were recognised for their actions on the day of the attack at the ceremony in Glasgow.

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    • An Israeli attack helicopter fires flares as seen from the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, ripping through a crowded nursing home and threatening to open a new front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with a bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 700 people. From AP Photo by Ariel Schalit.

      An Israeli attack helicopter fires flares as seen from the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, ripping through a crowded nursing home and threatening to open a new front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with a bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 700 people.

    • Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, with an altitude of 8,848 meters (29,028 feet), is seen in this aerial view taken from a passenger aircraft flying over Nepal at a height of 9,144 meters (30,000 feet), November 9, 2008. Everest is part of the Himalayan mountain range along the border of Nepal and Tibet. In background is the Tibetan Plateau. Picture taken November 9, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, with an altitude of 8,848 meters (29,028 feet), is seen in this aerial view taken from a passenger aircraft flying over Nepal at a height of 9,144 meters (30,000 feet), November 9, 2008. Everest is part of the Himalayan mountain range along the border of Nepal and Tibet. In background is the Tibetan Plateau. Picture taken November 9, 2008.

    • A Tibetan man ploughs a field near Gyabon Hamlet located near the base camp of Mount Everest, also known as Qomolangma, in the Tibet Autonomous Region May 9, 2008. An envoy to the Dalai Lama said on Thursday Chinese negotiators had shown a willingness to engage with the Tibetan side during recent talks, despite major differences on important issues. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      A Tibetan man ploughs a field near Gyabon Hamlet located near the base camp of Mount Everest, also known as Qomolangma, in the Tibet Autonomous Region May 9, 2008. An envoy to the Dalai Lama said on Thursday Chinese negotiators had shown a willingness to engage with the Tibetan side during recent talks, despite major differences on important issues.

    • The summit of the world's highest mountain Mount Everest, also known as Qomolangma, is covered in cloud as climbers from the Olympic torch relay team reach the top in the Tibet Autonomous Region May 8, 2008. Heavy snowfall during the past week had hampered efforts for the Olympic torch's ascent, but the team of 31 Chinese climbers, 22 of them ethnic Tibetans, reached Everest's summit with the Olympic flame this morning. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      The summit of the world's highest mountain Mount Everest, also known as Qomolangma, is covered in cloud as climbers from the Olympic torch relay team reach the top in the Tibet Autonomous Region May 8, 2008. Heavy snowfall during the past week had hampered efforts for the Olympic torch's ascent, but the team of 31 Chinese climbers, 22 of them ethnic Tibetans, reached Everest's summit with the Olympic flame this morning.

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...CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Dara Torres jokes that she had trouble reading the scoreboard after winning the first of two events at the Olympic swimming trials. We can't all be Olympians, but many could boost their athletic performance with Torres' excerises,...
...ANGELES (AFP) - In a sport littered with precocious prodigies, 41-year-old swimming mum Dara Torres shatters the mould. Torres was a talented teen herself when she won her first Olympic swimming gold in Los Angeles in 1984. Now she'll tackle her fifth Games...
...comeback with two more silver medals, missing gold by one hundredth of a second in the 50 freestyle. Forty-one-year-old Dara Torres had a 50 free gold snatched from her grasp by German Britta Steffen, but she burnished her standing Sunday as the oldest Olympic...
...soon, diners picked up the scent. One by one, they approached the table tucked in the back where the Olympic swimmer Dara Torres was having lunch Friday. “My fiancée told me not to bother you,” a white-haired gentleman said, “but I just had to come over and...
...the Beijing Olympics this past summer, 41-year-old Dara Torres became the oldest swimming medalist in Olympic history, hauling in three silver medals for Team USA. That made an even dozen career Olympic medals overall--an astonishing feat by anyone's yardstick....
...Torres prepares to dive in and stage her third comeback as she tries to make the U.S. Olympic swim team. Olympic swimmer Dara Torres is training to make her fifth Olympics. At 41 years old, she would be the oldest swimming competitor at the games. Torres...
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...Stewart, who won two golds and a bronze in 1992, wore the same goofy get-up, working as Goldblatt’s sidekick. Meanwhile, Dara Torres, who won the first of her nine Olympic medals in 1984, a year before Michael Phelps was born, stripped off her baggy T-shirt...
...soon diners picked up the scent, and one by one they approached the table tucked in the back where the Olympic swimmer Dara Torres was having lunch on Friday. "My fiancee told me not to bother you," a white-haired gentleman said, "but I just had to come over...
...dopers and doping, after talking at length to Dara herself and to others who ought to know, I believe she is clean. Dara Torres, 41, set the American record in winning the 50m freestyle at Olympic Trials. Torres also won the 100m free. Instead of viewing...

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