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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.
Supporters of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn symbolic U.S. flags as they demonstrate against the security pact between Iraq and the U.S., in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008.
An aerial view of the cruise ship Ushuaia in Antarctic waters is seen in this photo released by the Chilean navy December 5, 2008. More than 100 passengers and crew were evacuated on Friday from a luxury Antarctic cruise ship that ran aground the previous day during a trip to observe seals, penguins and whales in the area. They boarded a Chilean navy ship that was to take them to Chile's Frei Base in Antarctica, which has an airstrip from which they can be flown out of the area, the Chilean navy said in a statement.
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.
El Salvador-based Taca [Airlines] released a statement saying local authorities did not give permission for passengers to go through customs and enter the country. However, U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Mike Fleming said the airline did not ask for permission to let the passengers disembark. 
passengers on a flight from El Salvador have been waiting on a Southern California regional airport's tarmac since about midnight after their plane was diverted from Los Angeles International Airport because of heavy fog
Recent research has taken me to volcanic 'bocas' in El Salvador, maar craters in Mexico and Barringer Impact Crater in Arizona ... All of this travel serves to foster ideas and connect the experiences to satellite research images and, subsequently, to the finished piece.
They come and go ... As soon as they arrive in El Salvador, they make some fast money through robberies, or kidnappings, and then go back to the United States to join their gangs. Once there, they push drugs on the streets, or steal cars, and we're even starting to see some cases where they carry out kidnappings.
One of the great advantages of having this database is that it will allow us to share it with local tour operators so they can count on a series of potential contacts for attracting foreign tourists
