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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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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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Women perform rituals, as they pray for the long life of their sons, on the occasion of Dhrubari, folk festival of the Dogra region, in Jammu, India, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008.
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A miner is rescued from a flooded coal pit in Yuzhou, Henan province September 7, 2008 in this photograph distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. Floodwaters trapped about 20 Chinese miners in the coal pit on Sunday, state media reported.
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DERBY, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 07: Tom Sykes of Great Britain and Rizla Suzuki in his garage during a warm up session ahead of race one of Round Eleven of the Superbike World Championship at Donington Park on September 7, 2008 in Derby, England.
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling party, Pakistan People's Party, chant slogans as they celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Islamabad September 6, 2008. Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 02: U.S. President George W. Bush address the convention via satellite video on day two of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.
ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 02: U.S. President George W. Bush address the convention via satellite on day two of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.
ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 02: U.S. President George W. Bush address the convention via satellite on day two of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.
ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 02: U.S. President George W. Bush address the convention via satellite on day two of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 2: U.S. President George W. Bush delivers remarks about Hurricane Gustav in the Roosevelt Room at the White House September 2, 2008 In Washington, DC. Looking on are Vice President Dick Cheney (L), Energy Secretary Sam Bodman (3rd R), Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthrone (4th R) and other members of his cabinet.
US President George W. Bush (R) talks about the aftermath from Hurricane Gustav during a briefing with members of his Cabinet including Vice President Dick Cheney on September 2, 2008 at the White House in Washington, DC. Bush on September 1, rushed to oversee emergency operations for Hurricane Gustav, three years after the bungled response to mega-storm Katrina dealt a huge political blow to his administration. With scores of emergency personnel, aid administrators and politicians at his side in his home state of Texas, Bush said emergency response to Gustav was much improved over the mismanaged 2005 reaction to Hurricane Katrina.
US President George W. Bush (R) talks about the aftermath from Hurricane Gustav during a briefing with members of his Cabinet including Vice President Dick Cheney (C) and Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters (L) on September 2, 2008 at the White House in Washington, DC. Bush on September 1, rushed to oversee emergency operations for Hurricane Gustav, three years after the bungled response to mega-storm Katrina dealt a huge political blow to his administration. With scores of emergency personnel, aid administrators and politicians at his side in his home state of Texas, Bush said emergency response to Gustav was much improved over the mismanaged 2005 reaction to Hurricane Katrina.
US President George W. Bush (R) talks about the aftermath from Hurricane Gustav during a briefing with members of his Cabinet including Vice President Dick Cheney on September 2, 2008 at the White House in Washington, DC. Bush on September 1, rushed to oversee emergency operations for Hurricane Gustav, three years after the bungled response to mega-storm Katrina dealt a huge political blow to his administration. With scores of emergency personnel, aid administrators and politicians at his side in his home state of Texas, Bush said emergency response to Gustav was much improved over the mismanaged 2005 reaction to Hurricane Katrina.
US President George W. Bush (R) talks about the aftermath from Hurricane Gustav during a briefing with members of his Cabinet including Vice President Dick Cheney on September 2, 2008 at the White House in Washington, DC. Bush on September 1, rushed to oversee emergency operations for Hurricane Gustav, three years after the bungled response to mega-storm Katrina dealt a huge political blow to his administration. With scores of emergency personnel, aid administrators and politicians at his side in his home state of Texas, Bush said emergency response to Gustav was much improved over the mismanaged 2005 reaction to Hurricane Katrina.
President Bush, center, speaks during a briefing on the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Seated with Bush are from left to right, Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Energy Secretary Samual Bodman, Dept. of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne.
President Bush, center, speaks during a briefing on the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Seated with Bush are from left, Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush and Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman.
