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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.
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.
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.
U.S. film director Oliver Stone speaks during the Global Brand Forum Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Stone on Friday slammed President George W. Bush, the subject of his latest movie, but voiced optimism that the next U.S. leader will have better answers to international troubles such as terrorism.
A man searches for usable coal at a cinder dump site in Changzhi, Shanxi province December 5, 2008. China's coal supply is expected to be abundant in 2009, but overall in balance with demand, the country's top economic planning body said on Friday.
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City.
A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93.
A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008.
Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.
People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.
About 22 per cent of the UK's carbon emissions come from transport, with 13 per cent of these from private cars. According to a study for the Department for Transport, widespread adoption of electric vehicles capable of a range of 50km or more could cut road transport carbon emissions in half. 
We are grateful for the German Federal Transport Department’s on-going commitment to hydrogen as a propulsion technology, and we are delighted that these high profile business partners have joined us as we take zero emission fuel cell technology forward with the HydroGen4 program
The key to investment is what you think the return is going to be. We will continually be under-investing as long as the forecasts are at the level the Department for Transport are saying they currently are.
A strong surveillance team, consisting of police, traffic and transport department officials and having representatives from transport workers' unions and NGOs, led by an officer not below the rank of Inspector General, should be constituted for enforcement on major roads
The system design should never had allowed the transfer of data of 25 million people's records to happen.
The register of information assets is a really big task if you have never done a proper information register before.
This is being done in a prioritised way. We are going to have to cope with a diminishing number of data breaches but there will still be data breaches
Speed cameras are one of many measures that have been shown to increase road safety. They have a role to play, along with a number of other techniques, such as road layout and traffic calming measures. What really matters is the combination.
This failure to take account of rtm effects leaves the door open for criticism.
