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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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Civic activists pelt shoes on a poster of Haris Silajdzic, a Muslim member of Bosnia's tripartite inter-ethnic presidency, during an action named "Into the New Year with Shoe" in Sarajevo on January 3, 2009. A few hundred activists threw shoes at posters of Bosnian Serb, Muslim and Croat political leaders and the top international envoy, protesting against their policy in the ethnically divided Balkan country. The members of the social web-based network Facebook in Bosnia set up a group "With Shoe against Tirany - Bosnia-Herzegovina issue", a part of a global trend of Internet games inspired by an Iraqi journalist who had thrown a shoe on outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush.
Civic activists pelt shoes on a poster of Sulejman Tihic, the leader of the Bosnian Muslim largest SDA party, during an action named "Into the New Year with Shoe" in Sarajevo January 3, 2009. A few hundred activists threw shoes at posters of Bosnian Serb, Muslim and Croat political leaders and the top international envoy, protesting against their policy in the ethnically divided Balkan country. The members of the social web-based network Facebook in Bosnia set up a group "With Shoe against Tyranny - Bosnia-Herzegovina issue", a part of a global trend of Internet games inspired by an Iraqi journalist who had thrown a shoe on outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush.
Civic activists pelt shoes on posters of Bosnian Prime Minister Nikola Spiric (L) and international peace envoy Miroslav Lajcak (R) during an action named "Into the New Year with Shoe" in Sarajevo on January 3, 2009. A few hundred activists threw shoes at posters of Bosnian Serb, Muslim and Croat political leaders and the top international envoy, protesting against their policy in the ethnically divided Balkan country. The members of the social web-based network Facebook in Bosnia set up a group "With Shoe against Tirany - Bosnia-Herzegovina issue", a part of a global trend of Internet games inspired by an Iraqi journalist who had thrown a show on outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush.
This undated photo provided by Kelli Roman shows her breastfeeding her daughter Ivy. Facebook removed the photo from Roman's page after she had posted it, citing the company's policy barring people from uploading anything obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit" _ a policy that translates into a ban on pictures depicting certain amounts of exposed flesh.
Shown is the house at Wyselaskie Circuit in Canberra, where a legal summons was attempted to be served to the occupant via the Facebook web site, on Tuesday December 16, 2008. You've been "superpoked" _ and served. A court in Australia has approved the use of Facebook, a popular social networking Web site, to notify a couple that they lost their home after defaulting on a loan. The Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court last Friday approved lawyer Mark McCormack's application to use Facebook to serve the legally binding documents after several failed attempts to contact the couple at the house and by e-mail.
Shown is the house at Wyselaskie Circuit in Canberra, where a legal summons was attempted to be served to the occupant via the Facebook web site, on Tuesday December 16, 2008. You've been "superpoked" _ and served. A court in Australia has approved the use of Facebook, a popular social networking Web site, to notify a couple that they lost their home after defaulting on a loan. The Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court last Friday approved lawyer Mark McCormack's application to use Facebook to serve the legally binding documents after several failed attempts to contact the couple at the house and by e-mail.
Protesters gather at the central square in Zagreb, Croatia, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Up to 60,000 citizens, members of Facebook network socializing group were expected to demonstrate nationwide against government austerity measures, but only about 2,500 people protested in Zagreb and several hundred turned up in the second largest city of Split. Rallies were held in five other cities.
Protesters gather at the central square in Zagreb, Croatia, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Up to 60,000 citizens, members of Facebook network socializing group were expected to demonstrate nationwide against government austerity measures, but only about 2,500 people protested in Zagreb and several hundred turned up in the second largest city of Split. Rallies were held in five other cities.
Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader speaks to reporters in this file photo taken in Zagreb on February 11, 2008. Thousands of Croats have joined Facebook groups criticizing Sanader and calling for anti-government protests, after he banned Christmas parties and presents, citing the global financial crisis.
Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader pretends to take photographs in this file photo taken in Zagreb February 11, 2008. Thousands of Croats have joined Facebook groups criticizing Sanader and calling for anti-government protests, after he banned Christmas parties and presents, citing the global financial crisis.
Mohammad al-Qahtani, one of 13 activists who began a rare public hunger strike Thursday, poses for a picture at his home in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. The 13 Saudi activists who began a rare public hunger strike to demand judiciary reform and draw attention to the detention without trial of 11 political reformists. The 13 men posted a statement on the social networking site Facebook to announce the strike and urge other Saudis to participate. Fifty-two people have so far signed up to join the 13 activists. They include writers, lawyers and college students. Their action in a country that bans public gatherings, protests and political parties could land them in jail.
Mohammad al-Qahtani, one of 13 activists who began a rare public hunger strike Thursday, chooses a book from from his library at his home in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. The 13 Saudi activists who began a rare public hunger strike to demand judiciary reform and draw attention to the detention without trial of 11 political reformists. The 13 men posted a statement on the social networking site Facebook to announce the strike and urge other Saudis to participate. Fifty-two people have so far signed up to join the 13 activists. They include writers, lawyers and college students. Their action in a country that bans public gatherings, protests and political parties could land them in jail.
Mohammad al-Qahtani, one of 13 activists who began a rare public hunger strike Thursday, poses for a picture with his daughter Norah at his home in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. The 13 Saudi activists who began a rare public hunger strike to demand judiciary reform and draw attention to the detention without trial of 11 political reformists. The 13 men posted a statement on the social networking site Facebook to announce the strike and urge other Saudis to participate. Fifty-two people have so far signed up to join the 13 activists. They include writers, lawyers and college students. Their action in a country that bans public gatherings, protests and political parties could land them in jail.
British student and murder victim Meredith Kercher appears in a photo on her Facebook account on November 2, 2007. A judge on October 28, 2008 convicted an African immigrant in the grisly death of Kercher and ordered two others, including an American university student, to stand trial. Rudy Guede, 21, born in the Ivory Coast, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in connection with the murder last November of 21-year-old Kercher, whose semi-naked body was found in her apartment in the university city of Perugia in central Italy.
A protestor holds a placard which reads "Edvige, I don't care, I am already on Facebook "during a demonstration in front of the National Assembly in Paris October 16, 2008. The French Government announced a project creating a huge database, EDVIRSP (Documentary exploitation and valorisation of information related to public security), the former EDVIGE project. The file will explicitly exclude information related to people�s health or sexual orientation, but will keep other sensitive personal data such as ethnical origin, as well as political, philosophical, religious opinions or union affiliation.
The Palm Centro for Sprint (shown here in new Olive green) lets users keep in touch with friends and family with voice, text, IM, email, web -- even using Facebook for Palm, which is pre-installed on the new Centro holiday colors. Facebook for Palm lets users connect with friends, respond to messages, upload photos and videos, receive status updates, browse friends' pro.
The Palm Centro for Sprint (shown here in new Olive green) lets users keep in touch with friends and family with voice, text, IM, email, web -- even using Facebook for Palm, which is pre-installed on the new Centro holiday colors. Facebook for Palm lets users connect with friends, respond to messages, upload photos and videos, receive status updates, browse friends' pro.
An undated handout picture from the US embassy in the Jordanian capital Amman shows missing US journalist Holli Chmela, 27 at an undisclosed location. Holli Chmela and friend Taylor Luck, a journalist with Jordan Times newspaper, have gone missing while on vacation in Lebanon for the past week after checking out of their hotel, Lebanese security officials told AFP today. The US embassy said the two had not been heard from since they reportedly left Beirut headed for Byblos and Tripoli in northern Lebanon, from where they planned to cross into Syria before returning to Jordan. Reporters at the Jordan Times newspaper told AFP that Luck was a staff member and Chmela, whose Facebook page links her to the New York Times, had just completed an internship there.
An undated handout picture from the US embassy in the Jordanian capital Amman shows missing US Taylor Luck, 23, a journalist with the Jordan Times newspaper posing at an undisclosed location. Luck and friend Holli Chmela, have gone missing while on vacation in Lebanon for the past week after checking out of their hotel, Lebanese security officials told AFP today. The US embassy said the two had not been heard from since they reportedly left Beirut headed for Byblos and Tripoli in northern Lebanon, from where they planned to cross into Syria before returning to Jordan. Reporters at the Jordan Times newspaper told AFP that Luck was a staff member and Chmela, whose Facebook page links her to the New York Times, had just completed an internship there.
An undated handout picture at an disclosed location shows US Taylor Luck, 23, a journalist with the Jordan Times newspaper posing for a picture with an unidentified friend. Luck and friend Holli Chmela, have gone missing while on vacation in Lebanon for the past week after checking out of their hotel, Lebanese security officials told AFP today. The US embassy said the two had not been heard from since they reportedly left Beirut headed for Byblos and Tripoli in northern Lebanon, from where they planned to cross into Syria before returning to Jordan. Reporters at the Jordan Times newspaper told AFP that Luck was a staff member and Chmela, whose Facebook page links her to the New York Times, had just completed an internship there.
An undated handout picture at an disclosed location shows US Taylor Luck, 23, a journalist with the Jordan Times newspaper posing for a picture at an archaeological site. Luck and his friend Holli Chmela, have gone missing while on vacation in Lebanon for the past week after checking out of their hotel, Lebanese security officials told AFP today. The US embassy said the two had not been heard from since they reportedly left Beirut headed for Byblos and Tripoli in northern Lebanon, from where they planned to cross into Syria before returning to Jordan. Reporters at the Jordan Times newspaper told AFP that Luck was a staff member and Chmela, whose Facebook page links her to the New York Times, had just completed an internship there.
