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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.
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.
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.
A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
Bielefeld's Radim Kucera, left, and Markus Bollmann, right, challenge for the ball against Hamburg's Jose Paolo Guerrero, center, during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Arminia Bielefeld and Hamburger SV in Bielefeld, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Hamburg won 4-2.
Gregory Havret of France tees off at the 11th hole during the third day's play at the Johnnie Walker Championship golf tournament at Gleneagles, Scotland, August 30, 2008.
Stoke City's Dave Kitson (L) celebrates after scoring with team mate Ricardo Fuller during the English Premier league football match against Middlesbrough at The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough north-east England on August 30, 2008. AFP PHOTO/ANDREW YATES Mobile and website use of domestic English football pictures are subject to obtaining a Photographic End User Licence from Football DataCo Ltd Tel : +44 (0) 207 864 9121 or e-mail accreditations@football-dataco.com - applies to Premier and Football League matches.
In this Wednesday, May 28, 2008 file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, talks with her husband Todd Palin, as the listen to state Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin speak in Anchorage, Alaska. John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A formal announcement was expected within a few hours at a campaign rally in swing-state Ohio.
The shoes of US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (L) (R-AZ) and his vice presidential running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin are shown as they stand at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio August 28, 2008.
Pensacola Junior College cheerleaders rally the crowd before the arrival of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at a campaign rally at Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008.
A Turkish soldier stands on a tank as it moves past a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, during a military parade on the 86th anniversary of Victory Day in Ankara, August 30, 2008. Tensions between Turkey's government and its powerful generals will continue clouding the future of the European Union-applicant country, after the new military commander warned against the rising profile of Islam.
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