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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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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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Women perform rituals, as they pray for the long life of their sons, on the occasion of Dhrubari, folk festival of the Dogra region, in Jammu, India, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008.
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A miner is rescued from a flooded coal pit in Yuzhou, Henan province September 7, 2008 in this photograph distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. Floodwaters trapped about 20 Chinese miners in the coal pit on Sunday, state media reported.
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DERBY, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 07: Tom Sykes of Great Britain and Rizla Suzuki in his garage during a warm up session ahead of race one of Round Eleven of the Superbike World Championship at Donington Park on September 7, 2008 in Derby, England.
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling party, Pakistan People's Party, chant slogans as they celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Islamabad September 6, 2008. Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.
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New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (R) stands next to his wife Silda Wall Spitzer as he announces his resignation at his office in New York March 12, 2008. Spitzer faced pressure to quit since it was reported earlier in the week that he was caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a prostitute at a Washington hotel last month.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (R) stands next to his wife Silda Wall Spitzer as he announces his resignation at his office in New York March 12, 2008. Spitzer resigned on Wednesday amid a scandal over a $1,000-an-hour prostitute, cutting short a career built on pugnacious investigations of Wall Street crimes.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (R) walks to the podium with his wife Silda Wall Spitzer to announce his resignation at his office in New York March 12, 2008. Spitzer resigned on Wednesday amid a scandal over a $1,000-an-hour prostitute, cutting short a career built on pugnacious investigations of Wall Street crimes.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (R) stands next to his wife Silda Wall Spitzer as he announces his resignation at his office in New York March 12, 2008. Spitzer resigned on Wednesday amid a scandal over a $1,000-an-hour prostitute, cutting short a career built on pugnacious investigations of Wall Street crimes.
New York Governor elect Democrat Eliot Spitzer (L) raises arms with Lt. Governor Elect David Paterson, on their election night rally in New York, in this November 7, 2006 file photo. Paterson would become governor if Spitzer resigned his office or was impeached over a sex scandal that has raised questions over whether he could face criminal charges.
New York Governor elect Democrat Eliot Spitzer (L) embraces Lt. Governor Elect David Paterson, during their election night rally in New York, in this November 7, 2006 file photo. Paterson would become governor if Spitzer resigned his office or was impeached over a sex scandal that has raised questions over whether he could face criminal charges.
New York Governor elect Democrat Eliot Spitzer (L) embraces his wife Silda as Lt. Governor Elect David Paterson looks on (R) from their election night rally in New York, in this November 7, 2006 file photo. Paterson would become governor if Spitzer resigned his office or was impeached over a sex scandal that has raised questions over whether he could face criminal charges.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, center, accompanied by his wife Silda leave their Manhattan residence on their way to a news conference at the Governor's New York office Wednesday, March 12, 2008. Spitzer announced Wednesday, March 12, 2008, that he would resign effective March 17, completing a stunning fall from power after he was nationally disgraced by links to a high-priced prostitution ring.
Eliot Spitzer (C) is congratulated by his wife Silda Wall Spitzer and David Paterson (L) on election night in New York in this November 7, 2006 file photo. Paterson would become the first African-American governor of New York if the current governor, Spitzer, resigns in the wake of allegations of ties to prostitution. Paterson, who is legally blind, was elected lieutenant governor in November 7, 2006 together with Spitzer. The New York Times said the governor, a Democrat and former state attorney general, was caught on a federal wiretap last month as he arranged to meet a prostitute.
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