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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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An Iraqi man holds up posters of Shiite Muslim anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (L) and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (R) during a protest following Friday noon prayers in Firdoos Square in central Baghdad on November 21, 2008. Thousands of mostly Shiite followers of the firebrand anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad to protest a security accord that would allow US troops to remain until 2011.
Iraqi Turkmen chant slogans and hold a portrait Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (L) during a demonstration in the northern city of Kirkuk on August 7, 2008. The protestors called for the removal of United Nations Special Representative to Iraq, Stephan de Mistura, due to a percieved pro-Kurdish bias in the matter of Kirkuk's status. Protests all over the northern part of Iraq have been taking place due to a UN proposal, which called for the provincial elections to be postponed in Kirkuk but to go ahead on schedule in Iraq's 17 other provinces. The proposal failed to win approval from various Arab, Turkmen and Kurd factions, who all lay claim to oil rich city of Kirkuk.
Iraqi Turkmen chant slogans and hold a portrait Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (L) during a demonstration in the northern city of Kirkuk on August 7, 2008. The protestors called for the removal of United Nations Special Representative to Iraq, Stephan de Mistura, due to a percieved pro-Kurdish bias in the matter of Kirkuk's status. Protests all over the northern part of Iraq have been taking place due to a UN proposal, which called for the provincial elections to be postponed in Kirkuk but to go ahead on schedule in Iraq's 17 other provinces. The proposal failed to win approval from various Arab, Turkmen and Kurd factions, who all lay claim to oil rich city of Kirkuk.
This is a Feb. 29, 2004 file photo, showing Iraqi Shiite Muslims marching in support of Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, displaying images of him at a rally in Najaf, Iraq. An official close to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, that Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric has "concerns" about the U.S.-Iraqi security pact. But the official says al-Sistani will let Iraqis decide the fate of the agreement to let U.S. forces stay in Iraq for three years in a nationwide referendum to be held by July 30.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees chief Antonio Guterres reaches out to shake hands following his visit with the Shiite Muslim Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the southern holy city of Najaf, some 160 kms from Baghdad on November 26 2008. Guterres and UN General Secretary's representative in Iraq Steffan De Mistura visited Sistani as Iraqi lawmakers struggled today to assemble a commanding majority to approve a wide-ranging US military pact held up by Sunni demands for greater amnesty for Saddam Hussein's Baath party.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees chief Antonio Guterres speaks to the press as UN General Secretary's representative in Iraq Steffan De Mistura listens on following their visit with the Shiite Muslim Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the southern holy city of Najaf, some 160 kms from Baghdad on November 26 2008. Guterres and Mistura visited Sistani as Iraqi lawmakers struggled today to assemble a commanding majority to approve a wide-ranging US military pact held up by Sunni demands for greater amnesty for Saddam Hussein's Baath party.
An Iraqi boy looks at music idol posters and gadgets on October 25, 2008 at a music store in Karbala, 120 kms South of Baghdad. A cleric's call to adopt the Islamic code of living has triggered a heated debate among the people of the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, just when they had begun living without the fear of militias. In his Friday sermons, Sheikh Abdel Mahdi al-Karbalaie, the representative of revered Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called upon the residents of Karbala to ban dancing, partying, listening to music loudly and displaying "provocative" women's garments in the shops.
An Iraqi boy goes through music tapes on October 25, 2008 at a music store in Karbala, 120 kms south of Baghdad. A cleric's call to adopt the Islamic code of living has triggered a heated debate among the people of the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, just when they had begun living without the fear of militias. In his Friday sermons, Sheikh Abdel Mahdi al-Karbalaie, the representative of revered Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called upon the residents of Karbala to ban dancing, partying, listening to music loudly and displaying "provocative" women's garments in the shops.
An Iraqi man listens to music on October 25, 2008 at a music store in Karbala, 120 kms South of Baghdad. A cleric's call to adopt the Islamic code of living has triggered a heated debate among the people of the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, just when they had begun living without the fear of militias. In his Friday sermons, Sheikh Abdel Mahdi al-Karbalaie, the representative of revered Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called upon the residents of Karbala to ban dancing, partying, listening to music loudly and displaying "provocative" women's garments in the shops.
Chaldean Catholic bishop of Baghdad Shlimon Warduni (C), Sabian religious leader Abdul Sattar al-Hely (3rd L) and other religious leaders walk trough a street in Najaf ahead of their meeting with Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, on October 20, 2008 to discuss minorities rights and the recent unrest regarding the Christian minority in Mosul. Twelve Christians have been killed in past weeks in Mosul, provoking more than 1,300 families of the mixed Christian minorities to flee their homes in the country's third largest city.
Shlimon Warduni, bishop of the Catholic Chaldean Church of Baghdad, crosses his arms outside al Sistani's office after their meeting, in Najaf,160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. The Christian delegation visited cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf Monday, seeking his influence to secure their rights.
Shlimon Warduni, bishop of the Catholic Chaldean Church of Baghdad, right, and head of the Mandaein ethnic group Sattar Haider, speak to the press after they leave al Sistani's office in Najaf,160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. The Christian delegation visited cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf Monday, seeking his influence to secure their rights.
Shlimon Warduni, bishop of the Catholic Chaldean Church of Baghdad, center, head of the Mandaein ethnic group Sattar Haider, left, and and director of the Christian endowment Abdullah al Noufali, leave al Sistani's office after their meeting, in Najaf,160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. The Christian delegation visited cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf Monday, seeking his influence to secure their rights.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prays on October 10, 2008 at Imam Ali's shrine during a visit to the holy city of Najaf in central Iraq to meet with Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Mourners shouted anti-American slogans as gunfire gripped the Baghdad Shiite district of Sadr City ahead of the burial today of a radical member of parliament killed in a roadside bombing. Maliki yesterday condemned the killing saying that he appointed a panel headed by Interior Minister Jawad Bolani to investigate.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prays on October 10, 2008 at Imam Ali shrine during a visit to the holy city of Najaf in central Iraq to meet with Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Mourners shouted anti-American slogans as gunfire gripped the Baghdad Shiite district of Sadr City ahead of the burial today of a radical member of parliament killed in a roadside bombing. Maliki yesterday condemned the killing saying that he appointed a panel headed by Interior Minister Jawad Bolani to investigate.
Iraqis hold a poster showing radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr during anti-U.S. protest in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Iraq's prime minister met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Friday and indicated the country's most influential Shiite cleric would not try to block a long-term U.S. security deal if it's approved by constitutional institutions. Thousands of supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr, who opposes an accord that would extend the U.S. presence beyond the end of the year, marched through eastern Baghdad to mourn the killing of a Sadrist lawmaker.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to the media after meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Al-Maliki met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Friday and indicated the country's most influential Shiite cleric would not try to block a long-term U.S. security deal if it's approved by constitutional institutions.
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