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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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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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Maldivian fishermen unload their catch at a fishing harbor in Male, Maldives, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Longtime President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom will face five opponents in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election on Oct. 8. He has been credited with turning a sleepy string of fishing islands off the southwestern tip of India into a major tourism destination and filling its coffers with hard currency.
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A member of the staff of Bakrie Telecom makes a phone call at the Bakrie building in Jakarta October 7, 2008. The Indonesia Stock Exchange suspended trading on Tuesday in shares of six firms controlled by the family of chief social welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie, including coal miner Bumi Resources Tbk. Erry Firmansyah, the president director of the stock exchange, said that the bourse had suspended trading pending clarification from the companies on a number of issues. The stock exchange also halted trading in Bakrie & Brothers Tbk, Bakrie Telecom Tbk, Bakrieland Development Tbk, Bakrie Sumatra Plantations Tbk, and Energy Mega Persada Tbk.
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A Chinese diver feeds the fishes to entertain visitors at an aquarium in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province on October 7, 2008. China's tourism industry is expected to employ 100 million people by 2015, meaning one in every 14 Chinese will work in the sector then.
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LONDON - JULY 10: (UK TABLOID Singer and charity co-founder Alicia Keys arrives at the Black Ball UK in aid of 'Keep A Child Alive' HIV/AIDS charity at St John's, Smith Square on July 10, 2008 in London, England.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 06: Actress Alicia Keys from the film "The Secret Life Of Bees", poses for a portrait during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival at The Sutton Place Hotel on September 6, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 05: (L-R) Actresses Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah attend the "The Secret Life Of Bees" premiere after party during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival held at the Ultra Supper Club on September 5, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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Egyptian women wearing the niqab, the Islamic full face veil that leaves only a slit for the eyes, chat at the River Nile bank in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 14, 2007. An Egyptian supreme court ended Saturday June 9, a five year legal battle ruling that the American University in Cairo "AUC" cannot ban women from wearing face veil while on campus. The decision by the Supreme Administrative court will force other universities in Egypt to relinquish its ban on face veils on campus.
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Vice President of IBM, Site and Facilities Services, Steven Sams gestures during a media conference in Bangalore on July 18, 2008. IBM announced the launch of second phase of Project Big Green (PBG) in India, As part of PBG the company is introducing new products and services in the country to help enterprises build a greener technology infrastructure that can meet growing business requirments.
Vice President of IBM, Site and Facilities Services, Steven Sams gestures during a media conference in Bangalore on July 18, 2008. IBM announced the launch of second phase of Project Big Green (PBG) in India, As part of PBG the company is introducing new products and services in the country to help enterprises build a greener technology infrastructure that can meet growing business requirments.
Lead engineer Don Grice of IBM inspects the world's fastest computer in the company's Poughkeepsie, NY plant. The computer nicknamed "Roadrunner" was built for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration and will be housed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. IBM engineers in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Rochester, Minn., Austin, Texas and Yorktown Heights, N.Y., worked on the computer, the first to break a milestone known as a "petaflop" -- the ability to calculate 1,000-trillion operations every second. The computer packs the power of 100,000 laptops -- a stack 1.5 miles high. Roadrunner will primarily be used to ensure national security, but will also help scientists perform research into energy, astronomy, genetics and climate change.
Five of IBM's top scientists met with students and alumni of USC School of Cinematic Arts along with other invitees from the entertainment industry, to "Imagine the World in 2050" on April 30, 2008 in Los Angeles, Calif. Pictured (l. to r.) are renowned IBM scientists Jeff Jonas, Ajay Royyuru, Don Eigler, Sharon Nunes, and Bill Pulleyblank.
Union representative and former IBM employee Lee Conrad, right, leads a picket line in front of the Charlotte Convention Center during IBM's annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C. on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. At IBM's annual shareholder meeting in Charlotte, the board of directors upped the quarterly dividend to 50 cents per share. For the past four quarters it had been 40 cents per share.
Shareholder and IBM retiree Mike Saville of Salt Lake City, Utah, right, walks a picket line in front of the Charlotte Convention Center during IBM's annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C. on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. At IBM's annual shareholder meeting in Charlotte, the board of directors upped the quarterly dividend to 50 cents per share. For the past four quarters it had been 40 cents per share.
The stand of IBM is seen at the CeBIT in Hanover, northern Germany, on Monday, March 3, 2008. The world's biggest IT fair will be opened by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy Monday evening and runs through Sunday, March 9, 2008. Over 5,500 exhibitors show their latest products.
Trade fair hostesses look at a stand of IBM advertising environmental responsibility at the CEBIT trade fair on March 2, 2008. The world's biggest high-tech fair will be inaugurated on March 03 by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as France is this year's partner country. The fair officially runs from March 04 to 09 and will draw some 5,000 exhibitors.
The IBM booth is shown at the National Retail Federation convention in New York in this January 15, 2008 file photo. Wall Street reversed earlier losses and rallied Tuesday after IBM approved a $15 billion stock buyback, suggesting to investors that there are still some companies out there with financial muscle. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 100 points.
Guo Yue fixs one of his IBM laptop computers at his home in Beijing Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007. Guo, who works for Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce Foreign Investment, started his collection of IBM laptop computers since 2004. Majority of the laptops he bought are from the second hand market. He have collected more than 80 different models and he fixed them by himself, and most of them are still in working condition.
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