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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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A Buddhist monk looks on in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Buddhism is the predominate religion in Cambodia.
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The cast of "House" including actors Hugh Laurie (3rd R) and Jennifer Morrison (4th R), pose backstage after winning the award for Favorite TV Drama at the 35th annual People's Choice awards in Los Angeles January 7, 2009.
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TOKYO - JANUARY 08: Former sumo wrestler Jesse Takamiyama (L) demonstrates the ease of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) at the U.S. Embassy on January 8, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The system will become mandatory on January 12 to all nationals or citizens of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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British Under Secretary of State at the Home Office Vernon Coaker (2nd R) and British actor and human rights activist Emma Thompson (R) visit a container exhibit in Vienna February 13, 2008.'The Journey Against Sex Trafficking' uses seven transport containers to illustrate the brutal and harrowing experiences of women sold into the sex trade.
The executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Antonio Maria Costa (C), British human-rights activist and actress Emma Thompson (R) and the British chairman of the non-governmental organization (NGO) Stop the Traffick, Steve Chalke (L), hold a press conference on February 13, 2008, after the first session of a UN forum to fight human trafficking, organized by the UN Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (GIFT), in Vienna. The first-ever global forum to fight human trafficking is bringing together until February 15, 2008, in Vienna experts, legislators, law-enforcement teams, business leaders, NGO representatives and trafficking victims from 116 countries.
The executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Antonio Maria Costa (C), human rights activist, Actress and Chair of the Helen Bamber Foundation Emma Thompson (R) and British Chairman of the NGO "Stop the traffik" Steve Chalke (L) hold a press conference on the first day of "The Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking", organized by the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (GIFT) on February 13, 2008 in Vienna. The first-ever global forum to fight human trafficking will bring together from February 13 to 15, 2008, in Vienna experts, legislators, law enforcement teams, business leaders, NGO representatives and trafficking victims from 116 countries.
The executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Antonio Maria Costa (L) and human rights activist, Actress and Chair of the Helen Bamber Foundation Emma Thompson (R) hold a press conference on the first day of "The Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking", organized by the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (GIFT) on February 13, 2008 in Vienna. The first-ever global forum to fight human trafficking will bring together from February 13 to 15, 2008, in Vienna experts, legislators, law enforcement teams, business leaders, NGO representatives and trafficking victims from 116 countries.
Singer Ricky Martin, left, listens to British Oscar winning actress Emma Thompson, right, during the Vienna forum to fight human trafficking, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, at Vienna's Austria Center. Human trafficking is on the rise, but a simple thing like making sure girls receive birth certificates can make it harder for them to fall victim to the trade, Oscar-winning actress and advocate Emma Thompson said Tuesday.
British actor and writer Emma Thompson, right, speaks with panel members, from left to right, Rhadeena De Alwis, from Sri Lanka, Whitney Burton from Virginia, USA, and Gillon Bosman from Cape Town, South Africa during a working session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday Jan. 24, 2008. Climate change topped the agenda as well as pursuing a workable peace process in the Middle East and how technology is ushering in a new age of social networking that knows no borders.
British actor and writer Emma Thompson, left, reacts to a story told by Nick Henderson from Glasgow, Scotland during a working session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday Jan. 24, 2008. Climate change topped the agenda as well as pursuing a workable peace process in the Middle East and how technology is ushering in a new age of social networking that knows no borders.
