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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 young shoe vendor waits for customers at the Central Market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. As the global economy is expected to slow Cambodia is expected to feel the effects.
Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts accepts the award for Favorite Group at the 35th annual People's Choice awards in Los Angeles January 7, 2009.
An employee of Japan's auto giant Nissan Motor walks near the models of limited-production GT-R SpecV during a press conference at its showroom in Tokyo on January 8, 2009. Nissan will sale the sports car throughout Japan on February 2 with a price of 15.75 million yen (170,000 USD).
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.
When we first met in Miami, Stone brought along an old friend, Michael Caputo who has assisted him in various projects over the years. Caputo grew up in upstate New York, where his family runs an insurance business that had a dispute with Eliot Spitzer when he was attorney general. 
It's kind of ironic that the New York Times yesterday criticizes Palin and her top aides for using personal e-mails to conduct Alaska state business, yet when [former New York Gov.] Eliot Spitzer used personal emails to conceal his misuse of the state police, the New York Times said not a thing
I was actually represented in my court appearance by a young lawyer who was just out of the prosecutor’s office. His name was Eliot Spitzer
The worst year we ever had in this state was when Eliot Spitzer was elected breaking every record in front of us
Two payments to the Mayflower Hotel [NO!] in Washington were included in former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s latest campaign filing, released on Tuesday afternoon. The two payments, $411.06 apiece, were recorded on Jan. 14 — predating the now infamous February rendezvous with a prostitute that prompted his resignation — and the immediate purpose of the payments was not clear.
