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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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Kosovo police officers guard the office of the European Union mission in Pristina, November 24, 2008. Germany declined to comment on Saturday on reports that three Germans arrested on suspicion of throwing explosives at an EU office in Kosovo were intelligence officers. The explosive charge was thrown on Nov. 14 at the International Civilian Office (ICO), the office of EU Special Representative Pieter Feith, who oversees Kosovo's governance, but caused only minor damage. The men were detained on Thursday.
Kosovo police officers guard the office of the European Union mission in Pristina, November 24, 2008. Germany declined to comment on Saturday on reports that three Germans arrested on suspicion of throwing explosives at an EU office in Kosovo were intelligence officers. The explosive charge was thrown on Nov. 14 at the International Civilian Office (ICO), the office of EU Special Representative Pieter Feith, who oversees Kosovo's governance, but caused only minor damage. The men were detained on Thursday.
Kosovo police officers guard the office of the European Union mission in Pristina, November 24, 2008. Germany declined to comment on Saturday on reports that three Germans arrested on suspicion of throwing explosives at an EU office in Kosovo were intelligence officers. The explosive charge was thrown on Nov. 14 at the International Civilian Office (ICO), the office of EU Special Representative Pieter Feith, who oversees Kosovo's governance, but caused only minor damage. The men were detained on Thursday.
NATO Secretary-General Dutch Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) and European Union's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana hold a press conference on November 24, 2008 after a meeting of the EU Political and Security Committee and the North Atlantic Council in Brussels at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
NATO Secretary-General Dutch Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) and European Union's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana hold a press conference on November 24, 2008 after a meeting of the EU Political and Security Committee and the North Atlantic Council in Brussels at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
NATO Secretary-General Dutch Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) and European Union's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana hold a press conference on November 24, 2008 after a meeting of the EU Political and Security Committee and the North Atlantic Council in Brussels at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
NATO Secretary-General Dutch Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (R) and European Union's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana (C) arrive for a press conference on November 24, 2008 before a meeting of the EU Political and Security Committee and the North Atlantic Council in Brussels at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
Secretary General of the European Union anti-fraud agency OLAF Franz-Hermann Bruener attends a news conference in Sofia November 20, 2008. Bruener is in Sofia to inspect measures taken by the Socialist-led government to fight rampant graft. The EU has punished Bulgaria for its failure to tame chronic corruption and crime by freezing over 500 million euros in aid.
Secretary General of the European Union anti-fraud agency OLAF Franz-Hermann Bruener attends a news conference in Sofia November 20, 2008. Bruener is in Sofia to inspect measures taken by the Socialist-led government to fight rampant graft. The EU has punished Bulgaria for its failure to tame chronic corruption and crime by freezing over 500 million euros in aid.
Secretary General of the European Union anti-fraud agency OLAF Franz-Hermann Bruener attends a news conference in Sofia November 20, 2008. Bruener is in Sofia to inspect measures taken by the Socialist-led government to fight rampant graft. The EU has punished Bulgaria for its failure to tame chronic corruption and crime by freezing over 500 million euros in aid.
Secretary general of the European Union anti-fraud agency OLAF Franz-Hermann Bruener (L) walks with Bulgarian deputy Prime Minister Meglena Plugchieva before their meeting in Sofia, November 20, 2008. Bruener is in Sofia to inspect measures taken by the Socialist-led government to fight rampant graft. The EU has punished Bulgaria for its failure to tame chronic corruption and crime by freezing over 500 million euros in aid.
France's Pierre Morel, EU Special Representative for Central Asia and chairman of the Geneva discussions, arrives to take part in the second round of Caucasus talks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. The European Union made a new attempt Wednesday to get fractious talks going to resolve security and refugee issues from the conflict between Russia and Georgia over its breakaway region of South Ossetia.
US Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, arrives to take part in the second round of Caucasus talks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. The European Union made a new attempt Wednesday to get fractious talks going to resolve security and refugee issues from the conflict between Russia and Georgia over its breakaway region of South Ossetia.
Serbian President Boris Tadic (R) talks to UN chief war crimes prosecutor Serge Brammertz (L) during their meeting in Belgrade on November 18, 2008. Brammertz, who has reportedly urged Serbia to arrest and transfer genocide suspect Ratko Mladic to the war crimes tribunal for ex-Yugoslavia by the year's end, is in the country to assess its cooperation with the UN court. But the Serbian government is doubtful that a bi-annual report he is to submit soon to the United Nations Security Council will be enough to unfreeze a trade and aid accord with the European Union.
UN chief war crimes prosecutor Serge Brammertz meets with Serbian President Boris Tadic (not pictured) in Belgrade on November 18, 2008. Brammertz, who has reportedly urged Serbia to arrest and transfer genocide suspect Ratko Mladic to the war crimes tribunal for ex-Yugoslavia by the year's end, is in the country to assess its cooperation with the UN court. But the Serbian government is doubtful that a bi-annual report he is to submit soon to the United Nations Security Council will be enough to unfreeze a trade and aid accord with the European Union.
Serbian President Boris Tadic (R) talks to UN chief war crimes prosecutor Serge Brammertz (L) during their meeting in Belgrade on November 18, 2008. Brammertz, who has reportedly urged Serbia to arrest and transfer genocide suspect Ratko Mladic to the war crimes tribunal for ex-Yugoslavia by the year's end, is in the country to assess its cooperation with the UN court. But the Serbian government is doubtful that a bi-annual report he is to submit soon to the United Nations Security Council will be enough to unfreeze a trade and aid accord with the European Union.
EU consumer affairs commissioner Meglena Kuneva (R) and Chinese Vice Minister Wei Chuanzhong exchange documents on November 17, 2008 during a signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding beetwen the European Union and the Chinese Product Safety Authority (AQSIQ) at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
