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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.
A Buddhist monk looks on in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Buddhism is the predominate religion in Cambodia.
A farmer displays dead fish at a pond in Hexian county, Anhui province, January 7, 2009. The cause of the massive deaths of fish at the pond, weighing about 175,000 kg, is still under investigation, China Daily reported. Picture taken January 7, 2009.
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 08: Casey Dellacqua of Australia smiles after defeating Meghann Shaughnessy of the USA during day six of the 2009 Hopman Cup women's singles match between Australia and the USA at Burswood Dome on January 8, 2009 in Perth, Australia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I went to the backstretch (on the) morning after this year's race to express my sympathies to the connections of Eight Belles and brought my 5-year-old granddaughter, Caroline, with me. I was trying to gain some perspective to it all and decided to write the column 
Yeah, turns out Eight Belles legs weren't broken. They just exploded from so many steroids.
Larry has always been generous and gracious with publicists and reporters, but never was this clearer than in the aftermath of the tragic accident involving Eight Belles at the Kentucky Derby
It’s always in your mind when fillies cross over, not just Eight Belles ... I just didn’t feel it was the right thing to do. I felt it was important for her to win a Breeders’ Cup race and be a champion. That was more important than racing in the Classic.
I think that is great that they've banned steroids, I think they should have done it a while ago ... I think unfortunately Eight Belles accident was definitely one of the reasons that brought it to a head.
One hundred dead horses in only four months shows that the racing industry has done nothing to protect horses from suffering the same fate that Eight Belles did
If the Eight Belles tragedy makes us all more cooperative, less inward-looking, more proactive and more sensitive to how our sport is perceived by others, then Eight Belles may be viewed in years to come as one of the most important horses ever to step on a racetrack
Eight Belles seemed to give me a look at the Keeneland sales that begged me to be her owner
Despite multiple revisions to its execution protocol, Florida still inadequately trains its execution team and injects the paralytic agent that Justice Stevens has condemned in commenting that humans are executed with a chemical that veterinarians believe too painful to have used in euthanizing Eight Belles
typically jockeys are suspended for five days, maybe seven days, for riding infractions such as careless use of a whip. Jeremy has had two previous incidents; one was a $100 fine, one was a $200 fine. When you look at the film, this looks very bad. But I also think there were concerns. We're in a very serious environment after the death of Eight Belles.
