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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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Visitors are sen at a Honda showroom in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Honda will pull out of Formula One unless a new buyer can be found within three months, The Associated Press has learned. The Japanese car manufacturer has the operating budget to keep the team running into early 2009, but escalating operational costs amid the worldwide financial crisis have the Brackley-based outfit in danger of shutting down if a new sponsor is not found quickly. Takeo Fukui, CEO of Honda Motors, was due to hold a news conference regarding the F1 team in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 5, 2008.
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Wen Hua, who survived the Sichuan earthquake, holds a toy in her temporary home in Anxian county, Sichuan province December 4, 2008. Schools that collapsed during the earthquake killed more than 19,000 people, nearly a quarter of the total deaths, an official said, giving the first government estimate. Picture taken December 4, 2008.
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Members of a choir sing during a ceremony for Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 81st birthday at Sanam Luang square in Bangkok on December 5, 2008. The revered monarch turned 81 on December 5, 2008 but pulled out of his customary birthday address the previous day due to illness, ending hopes that he might offer guidance on a way out of the nation's long-running political crisis.
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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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UN humanitarian chief John Holmes (R) and Myanmar's deputy foreign affairs minister Kyaw Thu (L) visit the Irrawaddy delta on July 22, 2008 for rehabilitation after cyclone Nargis. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes left Myanmar after a three-day trip to see how the military-run nation was coping after a devastating cyclone.
UN humanitarian chief John Holmes (2L) and Myanmar's deputy foreign affairs minister Kyaw Thu (3L) visit the Irrawaddy delta on July 22, 2008 for rehabilitation after cyclone Nargis. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes left Myanmar after a three-day trip to see how the military-run nation was coping after a devastating cyclone.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right, talks with John Holmes, center, of U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at a lunch hosted by Myanmar Prime Minister Lt. General Thein Sein at the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) International Pledging Conference on Cyclone Nargis Sunday, May 25, 2008 in Yangon, Myanmar. Ban said he is hopeful "a turning point" had been reached in tackling Myanmar's cyclone crisis as an international conference convened Sunday to pledge funds for some 2.4 million survivors in need of aid.
Ban Ki-moon, U.N. Secretary-General, 2nd left, and U.N. Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, center, pose for a group photograph with Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win, left, and two other unidentified Myanmar officials at Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, May 22, 2008. Myanmar to try to persuade the country's ruling generals to let in a torrent of foreign assistance for cyclone victims rather than the current trickle.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) looks at a map with Surin Pitsuwan (2nd L), secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in Bangkok May 21, 2008. Accompanying Ban are Vijay Nambiar (R), U.N. Chef de Cabinet, and John Holmes (L), U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
In this photo released by Myanmar News Agency shows UN United Nations top disaster official John Holmes (C) talks with the cyclone survivors during a visit to the Myanmar's government organized relief camp in the cyclone-hit Labutta in the Irrawaddy division on May 19, 2008. About 70 percent of Myanmar's hungry cyclone survivors remain without UN food aid more than two weeks after the disaster, forcing them to leave their villages, relief workers said on May 19. With the junta so far resisting calls to allow enough foreign disaster experts in to help direct the emergency effort, supplies are stacking up in Yangon with only small trucks to get aid to some two million needy people.
In this photo released by Myanmar News Agency shows an unidentified Myanmar military officer escorts the UN United Nations top disaster official John Holmes (C) and other delegates during a visit to the government organized relief camp in the cyclone-hit Labutta in the Irrawaddy division on May 19, 2008. About 70 percent of Myanmar's hungry cyclone survivors remain without UN food aid more than two weeks after the disaster, forcing them to leave their villages, relief workers said on May 19. With the junta so far resisting calls to allow enough foreign disaster experts in to help direct the emergency effort, supplies are stacking up in Yangon with only small trucks to get aid to some two million needy people.
United Nations top disaster official John Holmes (R) along with Myanmar's deputy foreign minister Kyaw Thu pose for the photographers at the airport in Yangon on May 18, 2008. John Holmes arrived in Myanmar on a three-day visit to convince the reluctant regime to open the doors to a massive relief effort after Cyclone Nargis. He arrived just hours after the latest UN emergency report on the country, where around two million survivors are lacking food and water more than two weeks after the storm hit, said basic needs were still critical.
Myanmar's deputy foreign minister Kyaw Thu (R) escorts United Nations top disaster official John Holmes (L) at the airport in Yangon on May 18, 2008. John Holmes arrived in Myanmar on a three-day visit to convince the reluctant regime to open the doors to a massive relief effort after Cyclone Nargis. He arrived just hours after the latest UN emergency report on the country, where around two million survivors are lacking food and water more than two weeks after the storm hit, said basic needs were still critical.
U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, left, and Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu, right, walk out of the Yangon International Airport in Myanmar Sunday, May 18, 2008. Holmes arrived in Myanmar to meet with the junta leaders and assess the needs of cyclone victims.
Kenyans who have been displaced by post-election ethnic violence look at U.N. Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, left, while he visited an IDP camp in Kirathimo, Kenya, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. More than 1,000 people have been killed and 300,000 displaced in rioting, tribal violence and police raids since the Dec. 27 elections that Kibaki officially won, but the opposition claims was rigged. Holmes is on a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country.
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes (C), tours a camp where Kenyans who have been displaced by post election ethnic violence have sought refuge in Nairobi on February 10, 2008. More than 1,000 people have been killed and 300,000 displaced in rioting, tribal violence and police raids since the December 27, 2007 elections that President Mwai Kibaki officially won, but the opposition claims was rigged. Holmes is in a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country.
The United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes (C), listens to an explanation as he is surrounded by Kenyans who have been displaced by post election ethnic violence while visiting a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) in Nairobi on February 10, 2008. More than 1,000 people have been killed and 300,000 displaced in rioting, tribal violence and police raids since the December 27, 2007, elections that President Mwai Kibaki officially won, but the opposition claims was rigged. Holmes is in a three-day mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country.
UN emergency relief coordinator John Holmes (L) talks to Clement Omomdi, 25, who had his arms broken during post-election violence in Nakuru, 156 km (95 miles) west of Nairobi, on February 9, 2008. Holmes is in a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country. The chief mediator in Kenya's crisis talks, Kofi Annan, urged Kenyans to be patient on February 9 as a deal to end weeks of violence was expected to be finalised in the coming days.
UN emergency relief coordinator John Holmes (L) visits people displaced during the post-election violence in Nakuru, 156 km (95 miles) west of Nairobi, February 9, 2008. Holmes is in a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country. The chief mediator in Kenya's crisis talks, Kofi Annan, urged Kenyans to be patient on February 9 as a deal to end weeks of violence was expected to be finalised in the coming days.
UN emergency relief coordinator John Holmes (R) talks with people displaced during the post-election violence in Nakuru, 156 km (95 miles) west of Nairobi, February 9, 2008. Holmes is in a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country. The chief mediator in Kenya's crisis talks, Kofi Annan, urged Kenyans to be patient on February 9 as a deal to end weeks of violence was expected to be finalised in the coming days.
UN emergency relief coordinator John Holmes (L) visits people displaced during post-election violence in Nakuru, 156 km (95 miles) west of Nairobi on February 9, 2008. Holmes is in a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country. The chief mediator in Kenya's crisis talks, Kofi Annan, urged Kenyans to be patient on February 9 as a deal to end weeks of violence was expected to be finalised in the coming days.
United Nations Undersecretary general John Holmes, left, meets with South Darfur governor Ali Mahmoud, right, in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. Holmes and Mahmoud sharply disagreed on the gravity of the humanitarian situation in Darfur, where Sudanese authorities say security is now greatly improved.
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