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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.
In this Jan. 18, 2008 file photo, Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexi II holds a cross during the Epiphany service at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, who presided over a vast post-Soviet revival of faith but was criticized for bullying other denominations and making the church a force for nationalism, died Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, at age 79.
North Korea's nuclear negotiator Kim Kye-gwan listens to a reporter's question outside the North Korean embassy in Singapore December 5, 2008. Top U.S. nuclear diplomat Christopher Hill met his North Korean counterpart on Friday to try to agree final wording on a deal to dismantle Pyongyang's nuclear programme ahead of broader talks in Beijing next week.
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.
When else would I get a chance to do it at the White House? I'm happy (Barack) Obama is going to be president, but we have to hold Bush and (Vice President Dick) Cheney responsible for heinous crimes. If Bush shows up to this event, I'll tell him that. If Laura Bush comes, I'll say, 'I bet you're glad the last eight years are almost over.' 
If it’s not Bush, it’s Condoleezza Rice or Dick Cheney or John McCain or some other representative of the forces that aren’t trying all that hard not to look like an occupation.
This is a new market for us. Dick Cheney has helped raise awareness of accidents
We need to be attacked - it will be fun! With any luck I’ll be able to sell the fictionalized account as history, leading to money & power for me and all my pals! There’ll be no real danger - with Jack Bauer on on side, and Dick Cheney on the other, we’ll smash the criminal foreigners and show ‘em who’s boss.
In his normal dick-measuring contest with Congress, Cheney’s big mantra was trying to reclaim executive power that he thinks the executive branch lost after Watergate
The security is such these days that when (Vice President Dick) Cheney goes to work, he has a full motorcade with a decoy limousine, a firetruck and ambulance ... The security is just unbelievable.
