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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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The former Australian navy submarine HMAS Onslow is towed passed by the Sydney central business district skyline to a naval ship yard from the Maritime Museum in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. The Oberon class submarine which was decommissioned in 1999 after its 30-year service is to undergo extensive preservation work and a complete survey to ensure the integrity of its hull during its four weeks at the Garden Island dockyard.
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Dutch Minister of Development, Bert Koenders, arrives at the village of Eurowarte near Albina in the Marowijne district of eastern Suriname, October 15, 2008. Koenders is on six-day visit for talks on how to best use the aid his government gives to the former Dutch colony.
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HEMPSTEAD, NY - OCTOBER 15: Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during the third presidential debate in the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex at Hofstra University October 15, 2008 in Hempstead, New York. This is the final debate before voters will go to the polls in the 2008 general election on November 4.
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Jury President Sean Penn (R) and actor Robert de Niro (2nd L) pose with Special Prize recipient Catherine Deneuve and Best Actor Benicio Del Toro during the award ceremony at the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 25, 2008.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - SEPTEMBER 26: Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme and actress Claudia Bassol arrive for the red carpet and gala screening of 'Queeen of Langkasuka' during day four of the Bangkok International Film Festival 2008 at SF World Cinema, Centralworld on September 26, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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TV weather forecaster Louis Bourgougoin, right, and Belgian actor Jean Claude Van Damme, joke during the Cesars film award ceremony in Paris Friday, Feb. 22, 2008.
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Reality TV show star Lauren Conrad from "The Hills" poses backstage at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 21, 2008.
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Jeffrey Sachs, left, professor and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, interviews musician John Legend, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, in New York, during a taping of Sachs' Sirius radio show "One World. " After reading Jeffrey Sachs' book, "The End of Poverty," Legend was inspired to do what he can to raise awareness of and aid to the poorest places in Africa.
Jeffrey Sachs, left, professor and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, interviews musician John Legend, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, in New York, during a taping of Sachs' Sirius radio show "One World. " After reading Jeffrey Sachs' book, "The End of Poverty," Legend was inspired to do what he can to raise awareness of and aid to the poorest places in Africa.
Kofi Annan, center, President of the Foundation Board of the Global Humanitarian Forum, speaks next to Jeffrey Sachs, left, of the U.S. Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University of New York and member of the Forum's Foundation Board, and Indian Rajendra Pachauri, right, who is a member of the Forum's Foundation Board and Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), during the launch of the Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007.
Jeffrey Sachs, director of Earth Institute, speaks during a news conference in Nairobi May 7, 2008. Sachs and Sony Ericsson, Zain announced on Wednesday a joint partnership to provide telecommunication connectivity to the Millennium Village project in Garissa, northern Kenya. The partnership is designed to bring mobile communication and internet to approximately 400,000 people in 10 African countries where the project is operating.
Jeffrey Sachs, professor and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, interviews musician John Legend, not pictured, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, in New York, during a taping of Sachs' Sirius radio show "One World. " After reading Jeffrey Sachs' book, "The End of Poverty," Legend was inspired to do what he can to raise awareness of and aid to the poorest places in Africa.
Jeffrey Sachs, professor and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, interviews musician John Legend, not pictured, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, in New York, during a taping of Sachs' Sirius radio show "One World. " After reading Jeffrey Sachs' book, "The End of Poverty," Legend was inspired to do what he can to raise awareness of and aid to the poorest places in Africa.
(L-R) Panama's President Martin Torrijos, Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Jeffrey Sachs of the Earth Institute, Colombian singer Shakira, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, El Salvador's President Elias Antonio Saca attend a symposium titled "The Children of Latin America: A Future Without Poverty" in New York, September 24, 2008.
Hip Hop singer Wyclef Jean and economist Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute and counsellor to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, announce on May 20, 2008 the emergency formation of "Together for Haiti", an urgent humanitarian initiative in response to the recent food crisis in Haiti at UN headquarters in New York.
Musician John Legend speaks during a taping of Jeffrey Sachs' Sirius radio show "One World," Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, in New York. After reading Jeffrey Sachs' book, "The End of Poverty," Legend was inspired to do what he can to raise awareness of and aid to the poorest places in Africa. Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Musician John Legend speaks during a taping of Jeffrey Sachs' Sirius radio show "One World," Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, in New York. After reading Jeffrey Sachs' book, "The End of Poverty," Legend was inspired to do what he can to raise awareness of and aid to the poorest places in Africa. Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Musician John Legend performs during a taping of Jeffrey Sachs' Sirius radio show "One World," Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, in New York. After reading Jeffrey Sachs' book, "The End of Poverty," Legend was inspired to do what he can to raise awareness of and aid to the poorest places in Africa. Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Musician John Legend performs during a taping of Jeffrey Sachs' Sirius radio show "One World," Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, in New York. After reading Jeffrey Sachs' book, "The End of Poverty," Legend was inspired to do what he can to raise awareness of and aid to the poorest places in Africa. Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Kofi Annan, left, President of the Foundation Board of the Global Humanitarian Forum, listens to U.S.A.'s Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University of New York and member of the Forum's Foundation Board, during the launch of the Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007.
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