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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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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, left, and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney meeti in Kiev, Ukraine on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Cheney arrived in Ukraine, as part of a tour of several ex-Soviet republics amid an escalating standoff with Russia over the war in Georgia.
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Estonia's Minister of Finance Ivari Padar attends news conference in Trakai, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Vilnius, September 5, 2008.
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Pakistani activists shout anti-US slogans as they burn a US flag during a protest in Lahore on September 5, 2008. Pakistan has condemned a cross-border raid by Afghanistan-based international troops on a tribal village as "shameful" and unjustified, saying that only civilians had been targeted. The fiery criticism from the Pakistani foreign minister came after the US ambassador to Islamabad was summoned in protest at the incident in tribal South Waziristan, in which local officials said at least 15 people were killed.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 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.
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick faces Judge David Groner as he agrees to a plea agreement and to resign from office in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Michigan September 4, 2008.
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Serena Williams (L) and her sister Venus (R), both of the U.S., each react in this combination photo during their quarter-final match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York September 3, 2008.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Republican U.S vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will accept The GOP nomination for U.S. President Thursday night.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) talks with Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson (R) and Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness during a photocall in the garden of 10 Downing Street in central London, on June 6, 2008. Peter Robinson took over as Northern Ireland's new First Minister on June 5, 2008, vowing to heal continued rifts in the British province to create a better future. The 59-year-old, who leads the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), succeeds the veteran Ian Paisley, who resigned last month after four decades on the frontline of Northern Ireland's turbulent politics.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) talks with Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness during a photocall in the garden of 10 Downing Street in central London, on June 6, 2008. Peter Robinson took over as Northern Ireland's new First Minister on June 5, 2008, vowing to heal continued rifts in the British province to create a better future. The 59-year-old, who leads the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), succeeds the veteran Ian Paisley, who resigned last month after four decades on the frontline of Northern Ireland's turbulent politics.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) walks with Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson (C) and Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness during a photocall in the garden of 10 Downing Street in central London, on June 6, 2008. Peter Robinson took over as Northern Ireland's new First Minister on June 5, 2008, vowing to heal continued rifts in the British province to create a better future. The 59-year-old, who leads the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), succeeds the veteran Ian Paisley, who resigned last month after four decades on the frontline of Northern Ireland's turbulent politics.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) talks with Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson (R) and Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness during a photocall in the garden of 10 Downing Street in central London, on June 6, 2008. Peter Robinson took over as Northern Ireland's new First Minister on June 5, 2008, vowing to heal continued rifts in the British province to create a better future. The 59-year-old, who leads the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), succeeds the veteran Ian Paisley, who resigned last month after four decades on the frontline of Northern Ireland's turbulent politics.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) talks with Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson (R) and Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness during a photocall in the garden of 10 Downing Street in central London, on June 6, 2008. Peter Robinson took over as Northern Ireland's new First Minister on June 5, 2008, vowing to heal continued rifts in the British province to create a better future. The 59-year-old, who leads the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), succeeds the veteran Ian Paisley, who resigned last month after four decades on the frontline of Northern Ireland's turbulent politics.
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