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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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This is a general view of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy II residence in Peredelkino, outside Moscow on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, died Friday Dec. 5, 2008, at his residence outside Moscow at the age 79.
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Swiss Minister of Justice Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf gestures during a news conference after the weekly meeting of the Federal Council in Bern December 5, 2008.
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NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City.
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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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European Union policemen, seen, wearing the bloc's insignia in Kosovo capital Pristina, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. The head of the European Union's police in Kosovo says the bloc will take over from the United Nations next week following the U.N. Security Council's go ahead for the mission to deploy. Yves de Kermabon says the mission will "take some time" to reach Serb-dominated areas, but insisted Thursday the mission "can be ready" to work across Kosovo early next month.
Head of EU mission for rule and law EULEX, Yves de Kermabon, center, surrounded by European Union policemen speaks to the media in Kosovo capital Pristina, on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. The head of the European Union's police in Kosovo says the bloc will take over from the United Nations next week following the U.N. Security Council's go ahead for the mission to deploy. Yves de Kermabon says the mission will "take some time" to reach Serb-dominated areas, but insisted Thursday the mission "can be ready" to work across Kosovo early next month.
European Union policemen, seen, wearing the bloc's insignia in Kosovo capital Pristina, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. The head of the European Union's police in Kosovo says the bloc will take over from the United Nations next week following the U.N. Security Council's go ahead for the mission to deploy. Yves de Kermabon says the mission will "take some time" to reach Serb-dominated areas, but insisted Thursday the mission "can be ready" to work across Kosovo early next month.
A European Union policemen, seen in Kosovo putting on the bloc's insignia, in Kosovo capital Pristina, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. The head of the European Union's police in Kosovo says the bloc will take over from the United Nations next week following the U.N. Security Council's go ahead for the mission to deploy. Yves de Kermabon says the mission will "take some time" to reach Serb-dominated areas, but insisted Thursday the mission "can be ready" to work across Kosovo early next month.
Head of EU mission for rule and law EULEX, Yves de Kermabon, right, speaks with an unidentified European Union policeman, in Kosovo capital Pristina, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. The head of the European Union's police in Kosovo says the bloc will take over from the United Nations next week following the U.N. Security Council's go ahead for the mission to deploy. Yves de Kermabon says the mission will "take some time" to reach Serb-dominated areas, but insisted Thursday the mission "can be ready" to work across Kosovo early next month.
European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) policemen prepare their uniforms prior EULEX Head of Mission French Lieutenant General Yves de Kermabon's (unseen) visit to Camp Laszlo, near the village of Kosovo Pole, on November 27, 2008. The UN's endorsement of a plan to deploy a European mission in Kosovo was welcomed by Serbia but seen as a major setback in the disputed Albanian-majority territory. In a unanimous vote, the 15-member UN Security Council endorsed the plan by UN chief Ban Ki-moon paving the way for the European Union's rule of law mission to be fully operational by December.
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.
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.
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