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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.
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.
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.
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.
Russia's Elena Dementieva plays against Israel's Shahar Peer during their quarter-final match at the ASB Classic Women's Tennis Tournament, Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Dementieva won in straight sets 6-3 6-1.
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming reacts after making a basket late in the fourth quarter of their NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics in Boston, Massachusetts January 7, 2009.
Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic hits a forehand return to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International being played in Brisbane, on January 8, 2009. Azarenka won the match 7-6, 6-4 in the tournament used by top players as a warm-up for the Australia Open starting January 19, 2009.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It depends on the flow of the game but we’ll just let it unfold. The way it is right now, we’ll just take it a step at a time and get the most important part right. If frank can’t go then we’re not going to worry about anything else. If he can’t then we’ll look at Thomas Clayton. 
Three of us went to the same middle school and then we went to the same high school. And Bradenton Field is where the Pittsbugh Pirates would play for Spring Training, and the Red Sox and White Sox would do Spring Training in Sarasota. I was the biggest Frank Thomas fan ever growing up. But then the Devil Rays became a team and our loyalty shifted and Wade Boggs and Fred McGriff were our heros.
The Toronto Blue Jays, starting to reshape their roster for the 2007 season, are on the verge of signing veteran slugger Frank Thomas to a two-year deal.
That's no different than in baseball when Frank Thomas didn't know who Curt Flood was
I'm actually surprised that it (mild sprain) is only going to be a few days ... It looked like he was going to need an ambulance to get off the darn field. When I walked in the training room afterward, I was surprised to see him moving around. It was a reminder of a few seasons back when we lost Frank [Thomas] and Magglio [Ordonez] and it cost us a couple of chances to win a division.
There's no bitterness here for me, I understand the business of baseball. They're moving toward the future. It's a (good) situation for me because I didn't have to sit here and go through being benched
I’ve got a lot of respect for Jerry Reinsdorf, I do. But I really thought, the relationship we had over the last 16 years, he would have picked up the phone to say, `Big guy, we’re moving forward. We’re going somewhere different. We don’t know your situation or what’s going to happen.’ I can live with that, I really can ... But treating me like some passing-by-player. I’ve got no respect for that.
It should have been a double ... We're still in that phase, where on an instinct play, you've really got to haul. I'm not really allowed to do that yet.
