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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 lone protestor stands outside the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. A rival group of protesters were hoping that Israeli player Shahar Peer would stand down from the tournament because of the killings in Gaza. Peer has rejected calls for her withdrawal from the tournament over Israel's operations in Gaza, saying she can take no responsibility for her nation's military action.
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Actress and singer Queen Latifah is greeted by fans as she arrives at the 35th annual People's Choice awards in Los Angeles January 7, 2009.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 08: A protester outside the ASB Tennis Centre confronts rally leader John Monto who is calling for Shahar Peer of Israel to leave the tournament because of her nation's military action in Gaza during day four of the ASB Classic at ASB Tennis Centre on January 7, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand.
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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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Germany's Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung (C) is welcomed by his counterpart of Djibouti Ougoureh Kifleh Ahmed (2nd R) after arriving at the airport in Djibouti on December 22, 2008. Jung took leave of German soldiers from the frigate "Karlsruhe" taking part in the Atalanta mission. The frigate will join European Union-led anti-pirate operations off the Horn of Africa.
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung (R) sits besides two generals of the German armed forces Bundeswehr as he attends the Congress on European Security and Defence on November 11, 2008 in Berlin. The two-day conference is themed "A roadmap to a Security and Defence Union". Minister Jung said in an interview before that Berlin would resist any US pressure to send troops to the strife-wracked south of Afghanistan, keeping its focus on the calmer north of the country.
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung (L) and German army Bundeswehr inspector general Wolfgang Schneiderhan hold a news conference in Berlin October 21, 2008, following the suicide bomb attack a convoy of German troops on Monday in northern Afghanistan. Two German soldiers were killed in the attack, bringing the total of German soldiers who have now died in Afghanistan to thirty. Jung said Germany remained committed to its mission in Afghanistan. "We'll fulfill our task because what is at stake is stopping the terror in Afghanistan before it comes to Germany," Jung told a news conference.
German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung, left, shakes hands with his Hungarian counterpart Imre Szekeres, right, during a round table meeting of NATO defense ministers in Budapest, Friday Oct. 10, 2008. NATO defense ministers are working to find an agreement that would authorize their troops in Afghanistan to attack the heroin trade blamed for bankrolling the growing insurgency against international forces.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) listens to German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung (L) during a meeting at The Presidential Palace in Kabul on September 3, 2008. Germany has some 3,500 soldiers stationed in northern Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which numbers about 53,000.
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung (R) walks with officials prior to a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at The Presidential Palace in Kabul on September 3, 2008. Germany has some 3,500 soldiers stationed in northern Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which numbers about 53,000.
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung (C) walks with officials prior to a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at The Presidential Palace in Kabul on September 3, 2008. Germany has some 3,500 soldiers stationed in northern Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which numbers about 53,000.
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung, left, gustures during a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential place in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Germany has around over 3, 300 soldiers as part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) serving in Afghanistan.
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung, right, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and the chief of the general staff of the Bundeswehr General Wolfgang Schneiderhan review the troops when 500 soldiers of the German Bundeswehr take their oath in front of the Reichstag in Berlin on July 20, 2008, commemorating the 64th anniversary of the failed assault on Nazi leader Adolf Hitler from July 20, 1944.
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung (L) congratulates a new recruit of German armed forces Bundeswehr after the swearing-in at the Reichstag in Berlin, July 20, 2008. The swearing-in ceremony is held annually on July 20 to commemorate the failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 and the execution of its plotters.
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung, right, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and the chief of the general staff of the Bundeswehr General Wolfgang Schneiderhan review the troops when 500 soldiers of the German Bundeswehr take their oath in front of the Reichstag in Berlin on Sunday July 20, 2008, commemorating the 64th anniversary of the failed assault on Nazi leader Adolf Hitler from July 20, 1944.
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