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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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North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan, right, walks to address the media after his meeting with top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill on Friday Dec. 5, 2008 in Singapore.
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Britain's Amy Williams speeds down the track during the second run at the women's Skeleton World Cup at the German resort of Altenberg December 5, 2008. Germany's Anja Huber won the race ahead of her compatriot Kerstin Szymkowiak and Switzerland's Maya Pedersen.
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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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Ghulam Nabi Azad (L), former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurate a hydropower project at Chanderkote, about 145 km (90 miles) north of Jammu October 10, 2008. Thousands of Kashmiris staged a demonstration on Friday against the visit of India's prime minister to inaugurate a train link and power project in the disputed region that has seen the biggest anti-India protests in years. The 450-megawatt hydropower project is located at Baglihar Dam on the Chenab river which flows from Indian Kashmir into Pakistan.
Ghulam Nabi Azad (C), former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, pays his respects at "Martyrs' Graveyard" to mark the anniversary of Martyrs Day in Srinagar July 13, 2008. Dozens of Kashmiri were killed on July 13, 1931 by police during a protest against Hindu Maharaja Hari Singh, then ruler of the Himalayan region.
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad (R) speaks during a news conference in Srinagar June 29, 2008. Azad said on Sunday it would revoke its decision to transfer forest land to a Hindu shrine trust, a move that could defuse mass protests by Muslims across the Himalayan region. The week-long protests started when authorities said they transferred nearly 100 acres (40 ha) to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), a Hindu trust, to erect temporary shelters for thousands of Hindu pilgrims who annually trek to a cave shrine in Kashmir.
Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama (2L) is watched by the president of Jama Masjid United Forum (JMUF) Syed Yahya Bukhari (L), Indian Minister for Science Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal (2R) and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad (R) as he gestures while addressing an international Conference on terrorism in New Delhi on June 1, 2008. The Jama Masjid United Forum organized the conference on "Terrorism National and International" in which scholars, social activists, religious heads, and politicans from Indonesia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Maldives, Jordan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and India took part.
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, speaks as India's Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal (2nd R), Kashmir's Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad (R) and President of Jama Masjid United Forum (JMUF) Syed Yahya Bukhari (L) watches during the "Terrorism - National and International World Conference" organised by the JMUF in New Delhi June 1, 2008.
India's President Pratibha Patil (L) and Kashmir's chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad (C) arrive to attend the convocation ceremony of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) in Jammu May 26, 2008. Patil, who became India's first female president last year, began her five-day tour on Friday to Kashmir, a region wracked by nearly 20-years of bloody revolt against Indian rule.
The mother of a killed Indian policeman receives a medal from Kashmir's chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad (L) during a function in Jammu April 21,2008. Azad on Monday gave away medals to family member of 50 Indian police personnel who lost their lives while fighting separatist militants in the troubled Himalayan region.
Ghulam Nabi Azad attends a party function immediately after he resigned from the post of Kashmir's chief minister in Srinagar July 7, 2008. The top elected leader of Indian Kashmir resigned on Monday after a key ally withdrew support for his government over a controversial transfer of land to a Hindu shrine trust. The government land move sparked some of the biggest protests from Muslims since a separatist movement broke out in the region about two decades ago. At least six people were killed.
Kashmir's Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad salutes behind ceremonial flags outside the civil secretariat complex on the first day of the Darbar Move in Srinagar May 5, 2008. The civil secretariat, which houses the office of the chief minister and his colleagues, reopened in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK), after six months in Jammu, the winter capital. The Darbar Move is the age-old tradition of shifting the civil secretariat and other government offices to Jammu during the winter months and reopening in Srinagar in summer.
Kashmir's Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad (in civil dress) inspects the guard of honour outside the civil secretariat complex on the first day of the Darbar Move in Srinagar May 5, 2008. The civil secretariat, which houses the office of the chief minister and his colleagues, reopened in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK), after six months in Jammu, the winter capital. The Darbar Move is the age-old tradition of shifting the civil secretariat and other government offices to Jammu during the winter months and reopening in Srinagar in summer.
Kashmir's Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad lays a wreath at a memorial during Police Commemoration Day in Zewan on the outskirts of Srinagar October 21, 2007. The annual Police Commemoration Day is being observed on Sunday to remember and pay tribute to fallen policemen in the troubled Kashmir region. A total of 68 Indian police personnel have been killed while fighting against separatist militants in 2006 to 2007 in the troubled Kashmir region, authorities said.
Kashmir's chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad speaks from behind a bulletproof glass during India's Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar August 15, 2007. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking on the 60th anniversary of independence from British rule, said the country needed to work harder to fight poverty, ignorance and disease despite fast economic growth.
Kashmir's chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad unfurls an Indian flag during India's Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar August 15, 2007. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking on the 60th anniversary of independence from British rule, said the country needed to work harder to fight poverty, ignorance and disease despite fast economic growth.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh walks towards the dais to deliver his speech, as Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, far left, Indian Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz, second left, Junior Power Minister Jairam Ramesh, third left, and former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir state Ghulam Nabi Azad applaud during the inauguration of the 450 MW Baglihar power project at Chanderkot, about 154 kilometers (96 miles) north of Jammu, India, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The construction of the dam, built on the river Chenab, began in 2000, despite protests from Pakistan who fears it will cut crucial water supplies downstream to its key farming region of Punjab.
Kashmiri Muslims fish on the scenic Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 11, 2008. Indian Kashmir was put under federal rule following the collapse of the state government over a land row that prompted more than a week of rioting in the Muslim region, officials said. India's only Muslim-majority region was thrown into crisis when chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned on June 7 after a key political ally withdrew support, protesting the allocation of land to a Hindu pilgrim trust. It is the third time that the scenic Himalayan region will be directly ruled by New Delhi since an Islamic insurgency, which has left at least 43,000 people dead, broke out 18 years ago.
Kashmiri Muslims fish on the scenic Dal Lake in Srinagar on July 11, 2008. Indian Kashmir was put under federal rule following the collapse of the state government over a land row that prompted more than a week of rioting in the Muslim region, officials said. India's only Muslim-majority region was thrown into crisis when chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned on June 7 after a key political ally withdrew support, protesting the allocation of land to a Hindu pilgrim trust. It is the third time that the scenic Himalayan region will be directly ruled by New Delhi since an Islamic insurgency, which has left at least 43,000 people dead, broke out 18 years ago.
An Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier stands guard in Srinagar on July 11, 2008. Indian Kashmir was put under federal rule following the collapse of the state government over a land row that prompted more than a week of rioting in the Muslim region, officials said. India's only Muslim-majority region was thrown into crisis when chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned on June 7 after a key political ally withdrew support, protesting the allocation of land to a Hindu pilgrim trust. It is the third time that the scenic Himalayan region will be directly ruled by New Delhi since an Islamic insurgency, which has left at least 43,000 people dead, broke out 18 years ago.
An Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier stands guard in Srinagar on July 11, 2008. Indian Kashmir was put under federal rule following the collapse of the state government over a land row that prompted more than a week of rioting in the Muslim region, officials said. India's only Muslim-majority region was thrown into crisis when chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned on June 7 after a key political ally withdrew support, protesting the allocation of land to a Hindu pilgrim trust. It is the third time that the scenic Himalayan region will be directly ruled by New Delhi since an Islamic insurgency, which has left at least 43,000 people dead, broke out 18 years ago.
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