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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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Visitors are sen at a Honda showroom in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Honda will pull out of Formula One unless a new buyer can be found within three months, The Associated Press has learned. The Japanese car manufacturer has the operating budget to keep the team running into early 2009, but escalating operational costs amid the worldwide financial crisis have the Brackley-based outfit in danger of shutting down if a new sponsor is not found quickly. Takeo Fukui, CEO of Honda Motors, was due to hold a news conference regarding the F1 team in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 5, 2008.
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Wen Hua, who survived the Sichuan earthquake, holds a toy in her temporary home in Anxian county, Sichuan province December 4, 2008. Schools that collapsed during the earthquake killed more than 19,000 people, nearly a quarter of the total deaths, an official said, giving the first government estimate. Picture taken December 4, 2008.
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Members of a choir sing during a ceremony for Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 81st birthday at Sanam Luang square in Bangkok on December 5, 2008. The revered monarch turned 81 on December 5, 2008 but pulled out of his customary birthday address the previous day due to illness, ending hopes that he might offer guidance on a way out of the nation's long-running political crisis.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A Lebanese couple looks at pictures of former pro-Syrian president Emile Lahoud (C) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad plastered in the morning on a wall in Beirut on May 9, 2008. Hezbollah fighters seized control of rival pro-government strongholds in Beirut today as gunbattles rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day, propelling the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war.
Outgoing Lebanese president Emile Lahoud (C) reviews the honour guard during a farewell ceremony as he leaves the Presidential Palace in Baabda, north of Beirut, early 24 November 2007. Lebanon faced an explosive power vacuum as Lahoud stepped down at the end of his term with no elected successor and a raging feud over who was in charge in the politically divided nation. Lahoud, who is backed by Syria and Iran, walked out of the presidential palace in a simple ceremony at midnight (2200 GMT).
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, center says goodbye to his staff as he leaves the presidential palace in the Beirut suburb of Baabda, Lebanon late Friday, Nov. 23, 2007. Lebanon's political tumult intensified as President Emile Lahoud said the country is in a "state of emergency" and handed security powers to the army before he left office Friday without a successor. The rival, pro-Western Cabinet rejected the declaration.
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, center says goodbye to his staff as he leaves the presidential palace in the Beirut suburb of Baabda, Lebanon late Friday, Nov. 23, 2007. Lebanon's political tumult intensified as President Emile Lahoud said the country is in a "state of emergency" and handed security powers to the army before he left office Friday without a successor. The rival, pro-Western Cabinet rejected the declaration.
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, right, reviews an honor guard on the way out of the presidential palace in the Beirut suburb of Baabda, Lebanon late Friday, Nov. 23, 2007. Lebanon's political tumult intensified as President Emile Lahoud said the country is in a "state of emergency" and handed security powers to the army before he left office Friday without a successor. The rival, pro-Western Cabinet rejected the declaration.
A picture dated 22 November 2007 and released by Dalati and Nohra photo agency shows outgoing Lebanese president Emile Lahoud (C) with chief of the Lebanese army General Michel Suleiman (2nd L) and other senior army officers at Lebanon's Presidential Palace in Baabda, north of Beirut. Lahoud will step down when his mandate ends at midnight today, but he is studying measures to ensure the country's security before he leaves, his spokesman Rafiq Shalala told AFP. He spoke shortly after parliament postponed until 30 November a session to elect a successor to Lahoud amid continuing deadlock between rival political factions.
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, right, shakes hands with Army commander Gen. Michel Suleiman, left, at the Presidential palace in the Baabda suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, in this picture taken on Thursday Nov. 22, 2007. Lahoud declared a state of emergency and ordered the army to take control, less than four hours before his terms ended. With Lebanon's presidency vacant and its politics in chaos, the national army stands as the last line of defense against greater turmoil. Suleiman himself has ordered his soldiers to ignore the politics and "listen to the call of duty."
In this photo released by Lebanon's official news agency, the Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, center, poses with the army commander, Gen. Michel Suleiman, second left, and other officers at the presidential palace in the Baabda suburb of Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007. President Emile Lahoud said Friday that Lebanon is in a "state of emergency" and ordered the army to take over security powers, hours before he was stepping down without a successor and leaving the divided country in a political vacuum. The government, loyal to the prime minister, rejected the move, hiking up tensions.
Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud (L) chats with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa (R) at presidential palace in Baabda near Beirut November 20, 2007. The Lebanese presidential election will be postponed for two days to Nov.23 to give rival leaders more time to agree on a successor to President Emile Lahoud, a siniore political source told Reuters on Tuesday.
In a handout picture from the Lebanese picture agency Dalati and Nohra, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (L) meets Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit (R) at Lebanon's Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, 25 October 2007. Abul Gheit arrived in Beirut for talks with Lebanese officials in a bid to push toward ending a long-running political crisis over presidency.
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (L) greets Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa prior a meeting in the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, 20 June 2007. Mussa is holding a second day of talks with Lebanese leaders on a tough mission aimed at bridging the chasm that has paralysed political life for the past seven months
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (L) shakes hands with Christian Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Butros Sfeir (R) during a meeting in Beirut, 29 May 2007. Lahoud proposed today forming a government of six members -- each minister representing one of the six main religious communities -- to solve the political crisis in Lebanon
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (L) meets with Christian Maronite Patriarch Mar-Nasrallah Butros Sfeir (R) at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, 11 May 2007. The rare meeting between the two men came amid a deep political deadlock as Lahoud's mandate, which was extended for three years in September 2004 under a controversial constitutional amendment passed with the support of Syria, which at the time was the key power-broker in Lebanon, expires in November. The extension of the pro-Damascus Christian president's term has been one of the major causes of a political crisis which has split Beirut into pro- and anti-Syrian camps
A handout picture from Lebanese picture agency Dalati and Nohra shows Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (L) shaking hands with UN Secretary General Ban Ko-moon, 28 March 2007, on the sidelines of the Arab Summit in Riyadh. Lebanon has sent two separate delegations to the summit, underscoring the deep divisions still plaguing the country since the civil war ended 17 years ago
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) speaks with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (L) before the group photo at the Arab Summit 28 March 2007 in Riyadh. Arab leaders kicked off a two-day summit in Saudi Arabia today aiming to revive a dormant plan for peace with Israel and launch a diplomatic offensive to resolve the Middle East conflict
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) speaks with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (C) before leaders pose for a group picture at the start of a two-day summit in the Saudi capital Riyadh, 28 March 2007. Lebanon has sent two separate delegations to the summit, underscoring the deep divisions still plaguing the country since the civil war ended 17 years ago
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - MARCH 27: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Lebanese counterpart Emile Lahoud meet in Riyadh ahead of tomorrow's Arab summit on March 27, 2007 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Omar Rashidi/PPO via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mahmoud Abbas;Emile Lahoud
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