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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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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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Maldivian fishermen unload their catch at a fishing harbor in Male, Maldives, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Longtime President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom will face five opponents in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election on Oct. 8. He has been credited with turning a sleepy string of fishing islands off the southwestern tip of India into a major tourism destination and filling its coffers with hard currency.
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A member of the staff of Bakrie Telecom makes a phone call at the Bakrie building in Jakarta October 7, 2008. The Indonesia Stock Exchange suspended trading on Tuesday in shares of six firms controlled by the family of chief social welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie, including coal miner Bumi Resources Tbk. Erry Firmansyah, the president director of the stock exchange, said that the bourse had suspended trading pending clarification from the companies on a number of issues. The stock exchange also halted trading in Bakrie & Brothers Tbk, Bakrie Telecom Tbk, Bakrieland Development Tbk, Bakrie Sumatra Plantations Tbk, and Energy Mega Persada Tbk.
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A Chinese diver feeds the fishes to entertain visitors at an aquarium in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province on October 7, 2008. China's tourism industry is expected to employ 100 million people by 2015, meaning one in every 14 Chinese will work in the sector then.
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LONDON - JULY 10: (UK TABLOID Singer and charity co-founder Alicia Keys arrives at the Black Ball UK in aid of 'Keep A Child Alive' HIV/AIDS charity at St John's, Smith Square on July 10, 2008 in London, England.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 06: Actress Alicia Keys from the film "The Secret Life Of Bees", poses for a portrait during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival at The Sutton Place Hotel on September 6, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 05: (L-R) Actresses Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah attend the "The Secret Life Of Bees" premiere after party during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival held at the Ultra Supper Club on September 5, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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Egyptian women wearing the niqab, the Islamic full face veil that leaves only a slit for the eyes, chat at the River Nile bank in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 14, 2007. An Egyptian supreme court ended Saturday June 9, a five year legal battle ruling that the American University in Cairo "AUC" cannot ban women from wearing face veil while on campus. The decision by the Supreme Administrative court will force other universities in Egypt to relinquish its ban on face veils on campus.
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WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 23: U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrives for the weekly Republican caucus policy meeting September 23, 2008 in Washington, DC. Both Democratic and Republican members of Congress continue to wrestle with the details of the proposed bailout of major parts of the financial industry.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 23: U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrives for the weekly Republican caucus policy meeting September 23, 2008 in Washington, DC. Both Democratic and Republican members of Congress continue to wrestle with the details of the proposed bailout of major parts of the financial industry.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 11: U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (L) and wife Lynne participate in a moment of silence to mark the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the South Lawn of the White House September 11, 2008 in Washington, DC. Bush will speak at a ceremony to dedicate the Pentagon Memorial to the memory of those killed on September 11, 2001 at the Pentagon.
ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 11: In this handout from the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD), Vice President Dick Cheney (R), first lady Laura Bush (2nd R) and other guests bow their heads during the Pentagon Memorial dedication ceremony September 11, 2008 in Arlington, Virginia. U.S. President George W. Bush will dedicate the memorial, made up of 184 "memorial units" each dedicated to an individual victim killed at the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Department of Defense's headquarters on September 11, 2001.
US Vice President Dick Cheney (L) looks on during a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) on September 09, 2008 in Rome's Palazzo Chigi. Cheney said that the world is united in deploring Russia's conduct in Georgia and that the former Soviet republic's border has been "violated. " "The international community is united in deploring Russia's military action and in condemning its unilateral efforts to alter by force of arms Georgia's internationally recognized boundaries," Cheney said after talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Their meeting came a day after Russia pledged anew to withdraw troops from parts of Georgia but also planned to keep a hefty military presence in South Ossetia and Abkhazia and began formal diplomatic ties with the two breakaway areas.
US Vice President Dick Cheney (L) shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as they meet in Rome's Palazzo Chigi on September 9, 2008. Cheney said that the world is united in deploring Russia's conduct in Georgia and that the former Soviet republic's border has been "violated. " "The international community is united in deploring Russia's military action and in condemning its unilateral efforts to alter by force of arms Georgia's internationally recognized boundaries," Cheney said after talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Their meeting came a day after Russia pledged anew to withdraw troops from parts of Georgia but also planned to keep a hefty military presence in South Ossetia and Abkhazia and began formal diplomatic ties with the two breakaway areas.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) gestures as he meets US Vice President Dick Cheney (L) on September 9, 2008 in Rome's Palazzo Chigi. Cheney said that the world is united in deploring Russia's conduct in Georgia and that the former Soviet republic's border has been "violated. " "The international community is united in deploring Russia's military action and in condemning its unilateral efforts to alter by force of arms Georgia's internationally recognized boundaries," Cheney said after talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Their meeting came a day after Russia pledged anew to withdraw troops from parts of Georgia but also planned to keep a hefty military presence in South Ossetia and Abkhazia and began formal diplomatic ties with the two breakaway areas.
US Vice President Dick Cheney (R) listens to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a joint press conference on September 09, 2008 in Rome's Palazzo Chigi. Cheney said that the world is united in deploring Russia's conduct in Georgia and that the former Soviet republic's border has been "violated. " "The international community is united in deploring Russia's military action and in condemning its unilateral efforts to alter by force of arms Georgia's internationally recognized boundaries," Cheney said after talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Their meeting came a day after Russia pledged anew to withdraw troops from parts of Georgia but also planned to keep a hefty military presence in South Ossetia and Abkhazia and began formal diplomatic ties with the two breakaway areas.
US Vice President Dick Cheney arrives in Rome's Palazzo Chigi for his meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on September 9, 2008. Cheney said that the world is united in deploring Russia's conduct in Georgia and that the former Soviet republic's border has been "violated. " "The international community is united in deploring Russia's military action and in condemning its unilateral efforts to alter by force of arms Georgia's internationally recognized boundaries," Cheney said after talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Their meeting came a day after Russia pledged anew to withdraw troops from parts of Georgia but also planned to keep a hefty military presence in South Ossetia and Abkhazia and began formal diplomatic ties with the two breakaway areas.
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, left, meets Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, right, at a global conference of political and business leaders in Cernobbio, by the Como lake, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Cheney has met Aznar on the sidelines of the global conference in northern Italy. Aznar said after the 40-minute talks that they had discussed "the international situation," including the Georgian crisis, Europe and NATO. He said the meeting "went well" and added that Cheney is "a good friend."
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, left, shakes hands with an unidentified interpreter of FAES (Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis) as he meets Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, second from right, at a global conference of political and business leaders in Cernobbio, by the Como lake, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Cheney has met Aznar on the sidelines of the global conference in northern Italy. Aznar said after the 40-minute talks that they had discussed "the international situation," including the Georgian crisis, Europe and NATO. He said the meeting "went well" and added that Cheney is "a good friend."
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, left, arrives at a global conference of political and business leaders in Cernobbio, by the Como lake, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Cheney is in this resort on Lake Como to attend an annual gathering of global political and business leaders. His visit is part of a tour that has also included Georgia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan.
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrives at a global conference of political and business leaders in Cernobbio, by the Como lake, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Cheney is in this resort on Lake Como to attend an annual gathering of global political and business leaders. His visit is part of a tour that has also included Georgia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan.
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