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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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Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley, left, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., celebrate with supporters at a news conference Thursday, Nov.6, 2008, in Portland, Ore. Despite his move to the political middle, two-term incumbent Republican Gordon Smith has lost his U.S. Senate seat to Merkley. Merkley's victory gives Democrats at least 57 votes in the U.S. Senate with the outcome of three other races yet to be determined.
Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley addresses supporters at a news conference to claim victory over incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008 in Portland, Ore. Despite his move to the political middle, two-term incumbent Republican Gordon Smith has lost his U.S. Senate seat to Merkley. Merkley's victory gives Democrats at least 57 votes in the U.S. Senate with the outcome of three other races yet to be determined.
Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., with his wife Mary Sorteberg, addresses supporters at a news conference to claim victory over incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., Thursday, Nov.6, 2008, in Portland, Ore. Despite his move to the political middle,Smith the two-term incumbent Republican his U.S. Senate seat to Merkley. Merkley's victory gives Democrats at least 57 votes in the U.S. Senate with the outcome of three other races yet to be determined.
Oregon Democratic Senatorial candidate Jeff Merkley, right, with his wife Mary Sorteberg, center, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Or, greets supporters at his election night party in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. Merkley held a narrow lead over incumbent GOP Sen. Gordon Smith late Tuesday night with a large block of votes left uncounted from Oregon's most liberal county.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, congratulates Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, on his recent marriage, Thursday, June 5, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Olmert, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Inouye, Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., and and Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn.
In this May 31, 2008 file photo, Jeff Merkley, the statehouse speaker and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, with his wife Mary Sorteberg, left, greets supporters with Sen. Ron Wyden, back, at a rally in Portland, Ore. A tough environment for Republicans has put Oregon into play in the 2008 Senate race, and Merkley is challenging Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., a two-term moderate Republican so eager to distance himself from his party that he ran an ad boasting of his ties to Obama.
Oregon Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Steve Novick re-creates a scene at a bar in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, from one of his campaign ads where he helps another patron struggling to open a bottle of beer by using the metal hook he uses for a left hand to pop the top. Novick, who is running against Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley in the primary, is hoping his humorous ads will help give him the chance to run against Republican incumbent Gordon Smith in the general election.
John Frohnmayer announces that he will enter Senate race as Independent during a press conference Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007, in Portland, Ore. The former head of the National Endowment for the Arts under President George H.W. Bush formally entered the race for Gordon Smith's U.S. Senate seat Wednesday, after months of hinting that he might seek the job.
John Frohnmayer announces that he will enter Senate race as Independent during a press conference Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007, in Portland, Ore. The former head of the National Endowment for the Arts under President George H.W. Bush formally entered the race for Gordon Smith's U.S. Senate seat Wednesday, after months of hinting that he might seek the job.
Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley is shown talking with reporters during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, in Portland, Ore. Merkley on Wednesday formally launched his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Gordon Smith, setting up a race that's expected to be a marquee national campaign in 2008.
Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley is shown talking with reporters during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, in Portland, Ore. Merkley on Wednesday formally launched his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Gordon Smith, setting up a race that's expected to be a marquee national campaign in 2008.
WASHINGTON - JULY 17: U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) (C) speaks as Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (R) and Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) listen during a news conference on the war in Iraq July 17, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate will go on an all night debate before voting on an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill, introduced by Levin and Reed, which will require the start of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in 120 days.
WASHINGTON - JULY 17: U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) (2nd L) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) listen during a news conference on the war in Iraq July 17, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate will go on an all night debate before voting on an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill, introduced by Levin and Reed, which will require the start of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in 120 days.
WASHINGTON - JULY 17: U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (4th L) speaks as (L-R) Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR), and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) listen during a news conference on the war in Iraq July 17, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate will go on an all night debate before voting on an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill, introduced by Levin and Reed, which will require the start of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in 120 days.
WASHINGTON - JULY 17: U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (2nd L) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) listen during a news conference on the war in Iraq July 17, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate will go on an all night debate before voting on an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill, introduced by Levin and Reed, which will require the start of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in 120 days.
WASHINGTON - JULY 17: U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (2nd L) speaks as (L-R) U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR), Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) listen during a news conference on the war in Iraq July 17, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate will go on an all night debate before voting on an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill, introduced by Levin and Reed, which will require the start of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in 120 days.
