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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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Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Embassy Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Negroponte said economic and political ties between China and the United States have expanded and matured over three decades to a level that "simply could not have been imagined." Negroponte is in China on a two-day visit to help commemorate 30 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries. He is standing in for U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was originally scheduled to attend but stayed in Washington D.C. to monitor the Gaza crisis.
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A Palestinian residents of Nicaragua hits a portrait of U.S. President George W. Bush with a shoe during a protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza in Managua January 7, 2009. Israeli warplanes bombed the Gaza Strip on Thursday and tanks pounded Palestinian guerrillas on the ground as U.S. backing for a proposed truce raised expectations of an end to the offensive. The word underneath the picture of Bush reads "Assassin".
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Lleyton Hewitt of Australia smashes a return against James Blake of the US during their singles match of the Hopman Cup in Perth on January 8, 2009. Blake won the match 6-2, 6-2.
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WASHINGTON - JANUARY 07: U.S. President George W. Bush (C) meets with President-elect Barack Obama (2nd-L), former President Bill Clinton (2nd-R), former President Jimmy Carter (R) and former President George H.W. Bush (L) in the Oval Office January 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama will be sworn in as the nations�s 44th president.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd R in the front row) visits the Chollima Steel Complex at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated picture released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) December 25, 2008.
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Balloons with anti-North Korea leaflets released by former North Korean defectors and anti-North Korea activists fly towards the North in Imjinkak pavilion, near the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, December 3, 2008. Dozens of activists, who demanded improvements of North Korea's human rights and the release of South Koreans abducted by the North, launched about 90,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets in helium-filled balloons near DMZ on Wednesday.
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An Israeli woman and her two children take cover during a rocket attack near Kfar Aza, just outside the northern Gaza Strip January 7, 2009. The woman came to meet her husband, an Israeli army officer currently serving on the Gaza border. Rockets exploded as they were waiting for him. Israel postponed on Wednesday a decision on whether to order its armed forces to storm the Gaza Strip's urban centres, an Israeli official said, citing Egyptian- and French-led efforts to secure a truce with Hamas.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and his wife Svetlana, right, attend an Orthodox Christmas Eve service in Moscow's Christ The Savior Cathedral, early Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attend a cabinet meeting in Moscow December 29, 2008. Russia's President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin called for unity during a time of crisis on Monday, following signs of disagreement among officials on emergency measures.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) speaks with Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow on December 25, 2008. Russia's budget deficit next year will be at least three percent of GDP under the most optimistic scenario, a senior Kremlin economic aide said Thursday.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) enters the hall for an interview with journalists of Russia's main TV channels in Moscow December 24, 2008. Medvedev threatened Ukraine with sanctions over its gas debt on Wednesday while a compromise floated by gas monopoly Gazprom could let Kiev, and Europe, receive gas after a Jan. 1 deadline.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) talks to journalists of Russia's main TV channels during his interview in Moscow, December 24, 2008. Medvedev threatened Ukraine with sanctions over its gas debt on Wednesday while a compromise floated by gas monopoly Gazprom could let Kiev, and Europe, receive gas after a Jan. 1 deadline.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Russian gas monopoly Gazprom Head Alexei Miller speak during a meeting with Serbian President Boris Tadic at the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. Russia and Serbia signed a controversial energy co-operation deal Wednesday that sees Russian gas giant Gazprom acquire Serbia's oil monopoly in exchange for the construction of a strategic Russian gas pipeline through Serbia.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Serbian President Boris Tadic applaud after their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. Russia and Serbia signed a controversial energy co-operation deal Wednesday that sees Russian gas giant Gazprom acquire Serbia's oil monopoly in exchange for the construction of a strategic Russian gas pipeline through Serbia.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Serbian President Boris Tadic exchange documents during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. Russia and Serbia signed a controversial energy co-operation deal Wednesday that sees Russian gas giant Gazprom acquire Serbia's oil monopoly in exchange for the construction of a strategic Russian gas pipeline through Serbia.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Serbian President Boris Tadic shake hands after their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. Russia and Serbia signed a controversial energy co-operation deal Wednesday that sees Russian gas giant Gazprom acquire Serbia's oil monopoly in exchange for the construction of a strategic Russian gas pipeline through Serbia. The deal _ whereby Gazprom's oil arm, Gazprom Neft, takes 51 percent of Serbia's NIS _ was signed in the Kremlin on Wednesday by the countries' presidents, Dmitry Medvedev and Boris Tadic.
