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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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Former Enron executive Jeff Skilling leaves the courthouse after the verdict in his fraud and conspiracy trial Thursday, May 25, 2006, in Houston. Skilling's attorneys were set to argue on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, before a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Skilling's convictions should either be dismissed or he should be retried. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan.
Former Enron executive Jeff Skilling leave the courthouse after the verdict in his fraud and conspiracy trial in this May 25, 2006 file photo in Houston. Imprisoned former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling asked Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 for a new trial, saying the Justice Department used incorrect legal theories and "coercive and abusive tactics" to win a conviction.
Former Enron executive Jeff Skilling leaves the courthouse after the verdict in his fraud and conspiracy trial in this May 25, 2006 file photo, in Houston. Imprisoned former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling asked Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 for a new trial, saying the Justice Department used incorrect legal theories and "coercive and abusive tactics" to win a conviction.
Lead administrator from PriceWaterHouseCoopers Tony Lomas speaks at a press conference in the offices of Lehman Brothers in Canary Wharf, London, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. The administrators who have taken control of key Lehman Brothers businesses in the United Kingdom say that it could take years to dispose of the company's assets to pay off creditors. Lomas told a news conference that liquidating those assets is more complex than his company's experience of disposing of Enron's European assets, which took six years after the U.S. energy company's 2001 bankruptcy.
A man walks past a poster of a new film "Sarkar Raj" in Mumbai June 5, 2008. "Sarkar Raj", a new Bollywood film on a shrewd businesswoman's plan to build a power plant caught up in development politics, is drawing comparisons with the controversy behind the failed Indian project of U.S. utilities giant Enron.
Indian film actor Amitabh Bachchan attends the promotional event for his latest film 'Sarkar Raj' - Kingdom - in Mumbai on April 20, 2008. The film is loosely based on power company ENRON's plan to set up a power plant in Dabhol, Maharashtra that went defunct. His daughter-in-law, Aishwarya Rai represents the power company in the film that is again loosely based on former ENRON, CEO, Rebecca Mark.
Indian film actor Amitabh Bachchan, (C) along with his wife Jaya Bachchan, (2L) attends the promotional event for his latest film 'Sarkar Raj' - Kingdom - in Mumbai on April 20, 2008. The film is loosely based on power company ENRON's plan to set up a power plant in Dabhol, Maharashtra that went defunct. His daughter-in-law, Aishwarya Rai represents the power company in the film that is again loosely based on former ENRON, CEO, Rebecca Mark.
Indian film actor Amitabh Bachchan sits during the promotional event for his latest film 'Sarkar Raj' - Kingdom - in Mumbai on April 20, 2008. The film is loosely based on power company ENRON's plan to set up a power plant in Dabhol, Maharashtra that went defunct. His daughter-in-law, Aishwarya Rai represents the power company in the film that is again loosely based on former ENRON, CEO, Rebecca Mark.
Giles Darby, one of the three NatWest British bankers charged with Enron-related fraud, listens to an attorney's statement after leaving the Houston Federal Courthouse, after sentencing, February 22, 2008. A U.S. judge sentenced three British bankers, known as the "NatWest 3," to three years and one month each in prison on Friday for their role in an Enron-related fraud case. David Bermingham, Gary Mulgrew and Giles Darby received their sentences from U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr.
HOUSTON - FEBRUARY 22: Former NatWest banker Gary Mulgrew (R) arrives at the Bob Casey US Courthouse to be formally sentenced, having pled guilty to a charge of wire fraud, in relation to a secret investment with former Enron executives, Andrew Fastow and Michael Kopper, February 22, 2008 in Houston, Texas. Mulgrew and his codefendants accepted 37 month prison sentences and agreed to repay $7.3m to the Bank of Scotland - successor to NatWest - at a November 28, 2007 hearing.
HOUSTON - FEBRUARY 22: Former NatWest banker Gary Mulgrew arrives at the Bob Casey US Courthouse to be formally sentenced, having pled guilty to a charge of wire fraud, in relation to a secret investment with former Enron executives, Andrew Fastow and Michael Kopper, February 22, 2008 in Houston, Texas. Mulgrew and his codefendants accepted 37 month prison sentences and agreed to repay $7.3m to the Bank of Scotland - successor to NatWest - at a November 28, 2007 hearing.
HOUSTON - FEBRUARY 22: Former NatWest banker David Bermingham arrives at the Bob Casey US Courthouse to be formally sentenced, having pled guilty to a charge of wire fraud, in relation to a secret investment with former Enron executives, Andrew Fastow and Michael Kopper, February 22, 2008 in Houston, Texas. Bermingham and his co-defendants accepted 37 month prison sentences and agreed to repay $7.3m to the Bank of Scotland - successor to NatWest - at a November 28, 2007 hearing.
HOUSTON - FEBRUARY 22: Former NatWest banker David Bermingham arrives at the Bob Casey US Courthouse to be formally sentenced, having pled guilty to a charge of wire fraud, in relation to a secret investment with former Enron executives, Andrew Fastow and Michael Kopper, February 22, 2008 in Houston, Texas. Bermingham and his co-defendants accepted 37 month prison sentences and agreed to repay $7.3m to the Bank of Scotland - successor to NatWest - at a November 28, 2007 hearing.
HOUSTON - FEBRUARY 22: Former NatWest banker Giles Darby arrives at the Bob Casey US Courthouse to be formally sentenced, having pled guilty to a charge of wire fraud, in relation to a secret investment with former Enron executives, Andrew Fastow and Michael Kopper, February 22, 2008 in Houston, Texas. Darby and his codefendants accepted 37 month prison sentences and agreed to repay $7.3m to the Bank of Scotland - successor to NatWest - at a November 28, 2007 hearing.
HOUSTON - FEBRUARY 22: Former NatWest banker Giles Darby (L) arrives at the Bob Casey US Courthouse to be formally sentenced, having pled guilty to a charge of wire fraud, in relation to a secret investment with former Enron executives, Andrew Fastow and Michael Kopper, February 22, 2008 in Houston, Texas. Darby and his codefendants accepted 37 month prison sentences and agreed to repay $7.3m to the Bank of Scotland - successor to NatWest - at a November 28, 2007 hearing.
British banker Giles Darby, left, arrives at the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston, Texas Feb. 22, 2008 for sentencing for his part in the Enron scandal. British bankers David Bermingham,Gary Mulgrew and Darby each face up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when sentenced on Friday.
British banker David Bermingham, right, arrives at the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston, Texas, Feb. 22, 2008 for sentencing for his part in the Enron scandal. British bankers Gary Mulgrew, Giles Darby and Bermingham each face up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when sentenced on Friday.
British banker Giles Darby arrives at the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston, Texas, Friday. Feb. 22, 2008 for sentencing for his part in the Enron scandal. British bankers David Bermingham,Gary Mulgrew and Darby each face up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when sentenced on Friday.
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