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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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In this photo released by the Pacific Sun cruise ship via NZPA, rescued yacht crew, from left, French citizens Paul Migno, Maud Moussette, Mark Iaconetti of the U.S. and New Zealand's Robert Cole, pose aboard the P&O cruise ship after their rescue near Noumea, New Caledonia, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Their 14-meter cutter-rigged sloop Sambaluka, struck a unchartered reef Thursday morning, when their emergency signal then alerted a French military aircraft which dropped a 15-man liferaft and the P&O ship which diverted from its course to Brisbane to rescue them.
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Panama's Celestino Caballero raises his hands in the air after defeating Canada's Steve Molitor, for the IBF and WBA unified title and championship in the junior featherweight/super bantamweight division in Orilla, Ontario November 21, 2008.
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 22: The team from the Ukraine compete in the Womens Team Pursuit qualifying during day three of the UCI Track World Cup at Hisense Arena on November 22, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia.
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A boy walks through a muddy puddle of water in a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Kibati, just north of the provincial capital city of Goma, on November 9, 2008. At least 100 cases of cholera have been reported in the Democratic republic of Congo's troubled eastern region, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) said on November 4, 2008."There have been 69 cases of cholera in the four displaced persons camps around Goma over the past week, and 20 in Kitchanga. In Buturande, near Rutshuru, there are five to 10 new cases per day," the medical charity said in a statement.
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GOMA, DR CONGO - NOVEMBER 10: A Congolese boy, ill with Cholera, is treated in a clinic at the Don Bosko orphanage November 10, 2008 in the town of Goma, Congo. Over 250,000 people have been displaced after fighting erupted between the rebel CNDP and the army in the last several weeks. According to reports, violence continues despite a cease fire declared by (CNDP) rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda, whose stated goal is to defend Congo's Tutsi minority from Hutu militias and to bring down a corrupt government.
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A Congolese holds the hand of a child suffering from cholera in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo in this November 11, 2008 photo released today by Medecins Sans Frontieres. Picture taken November 11, 2008.
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A cholera patient lies in a bed at the Don Bosco center in Goma in eastern Congo, November 20, 2008. Fighting in eastern Congo has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in recent weeks, with 386 familes taking shelter in the Don Bosco school compound. There are currently 43 cholera cases among the total of 1,519 people seeking refuge at the school.
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Iraqis gather during a protest to show their support of the Iraq-US accord in the southern city of Kut, some 175 kms from Baghdad, on November 20 2008. Iraq's parliament appeared likely to approve a comprehensive US military pact that would see all troops leave by the end of 2011 despite a loud and contentious debate of the measure today. The agreement would require US troops to pull out of Iraqi cities and towns by 2009 and withdraw from the entire country by 2011. In the meantime it would replace the troops' current UN mandate, which expires at the end of the year.
An Iraqi boy holds the national flag during a protest in support of the Iraq-US accord in the southern city of Kut some 175 kms from Baghdad, on November 20 2008. Iraq's parliament appeared likely to approve a comprehensive US military pact that would see all troops leave by the end of 2011 despite a loud and contentious debate of the measure today. The agreement would require US troops to pull out of Iraqi cities and towns by 2009 and withdraw from the entire country by 2011. In the meantime it would replace the troops' current UN mandate, which expires at the end of the year.
Corporal Chris Levi, an amputee hurt in Iraq, works with his therapist in the Chevrolet Colorado pick-up donated by General Motors, that has been transformed into a state-of-the-art driving simulator to help wounded service members learn to drive again at Walter Reed Army Medical Center' in Washington, DC Thursday, November 20, 2008.
Corporal Chris Levi, an amputee hurt in Iraq, works with his therapist in the Chevrolet Colorado pick-up donated by General Motors, that has been transformed into a state-of-the-art driving simulator to help wounded service members learn to drive again at Walter Reed Army Medical Center' in Washington, DC Thursday, November 20, 2008.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari speaks on the phone during a visit to the National Museum with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (unseen) in the capital Baghdad on November 20, 2008. Frattini urged the Iraqi government to protect minorities, namely Christians, after a wave of killings, during a surprise visit to Baghdad. Frattini also said, "We will continue to help Iraq restore its archeological treasures which are part of the world's cultural heritage".
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari stands next to an Italian security officer during a visit to the National Museum with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (unseen) in the capital Baghdad on November 20, 2008. Frattini urged the Iraqi government to protect minorities, namely Christians, after a wave of killings, during a surprise visit to Baghdad. Frattini also said, "We will continue to help Iraq restore its archeological treasures which are part of the world's cultural heritage".
Iraqis are taught de-mining techniques at their base just north of the city of Basra in southern Iraq on November 18, 2008. The students from the Rafedeen de-mining outfit are being partly trained by the United Nations and is a non governmental organization working in Iraq. They have two training facilities, one close to the southern Iraqi city of Basra and the other in Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
Massud Barzani, the regional president of Iraq's three largely-autonomous Kurdish provinces, looks up as he watches the guard of honour marching past the 150 coffins (unseen) during an official repatriation ceremony of coffins flown from the southern Iraqi city of Najaf to the northern Kurdish city of Arbil, on November 20, 2008. Iraq yesterday repatriated the remains of 150 Kurds killed in the 1980s during Saddam Hussein's rule and buried in a mass grave outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kms south of the capital Baghdad.
A man fills a tank with gazoline distributed by Iraqi government for ctitizens in Mosul. as U.S Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, check the process during a routine patrol, in Masariyah neighborhood, northwestern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008.
In this handout made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office on November 19 2008, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) meets with Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay (L) at his offices in Baghdad. Iraq, Turkey and the United States agreed today to form a joint committee to combat the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a guerilla movement based along the mountainous Iraq-Turkey border.
In this handout made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office on November 19 2008, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) shakes hands with Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay (R) at his offices in Baghdad. Iraq, Turkey and the United States agreed today to form a joint committee to combat the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a guerilla movement based along the mountainous Iraq-Turkey border.
A placard with the image of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (background) is held up as a Iraqi Shiite Muslims take to the streets of the city of Karbala, 120 kms south of the capital Baghdad, during a protest in support of the Iraqi-US accord, on November 19 2008. Sunni and Shiite Arabs demonstrated in four Iraqi cities in support of a US military pact that would allow troops to remain in Iraq for another three years.
Holding a placard with the image of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Shiite Muslims tribal leaders take to the streets of Karbala, 120 kms south of the capital Baghdad, during a protest in support of the Iraqi-US accord, on November 19 2008. Sunni and Shiite Arabs demonstrated in four Iraqi cities in support of a US military pact that would allow troops to remain in Iraq for another three years.
Holding a placard with the image of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Shiite Muslims tribal leaders and others take to the streets of Karbala, 120 kms south of the capital Baghdad, during a protest in support of the Iraqi-US accord, on November 19 2008. Sunni and Shiite Arabs demonstrated in four Iraqi cities in support of a US military pact that would allow troops to remain in Iraq for another three years.
Holding a placard with the image of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Shiite Muslims take to the streets of Karbala, 120 kms south of Baghdad, during a protest in support of the Iraqi-US accord, on November 19 2008. Sunni and Shiite Arabs demonstrated in four Iraqi cities in support of a US military pact that would allow troops to remain in Iraq for another three years.
A demonstrator displays a poster of Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during a march in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, November 19, 2008. Hundreds of people took to the streets of Basra on Wednesday to support the recently signed security agreement between the Iraqi and the U.S. government.
