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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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A police officer looks down at the crashed Ferrari car allegedly driven by Manchester United soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo is seen in a tunnel near Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, Thursday Jan. 8, 2009. Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo escaped injury Thursday after crashing his sports car on the way to training. The Portugal winger's Ferrari collided with a roadside barrier in a two-lane tunnel near Manchester Airport at 10:20 a.m. (1020GMT), writing off the vehicle, police said.
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People carry a Kashmiri Shi'ite mourner after he fell unconscious while flagellating himself during a Muharram procession in Srinagar January 8, 2009. Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, during the first ten days of the Islamic month of Muharram. Imam Hussein was killed by his political rivals along with 72 companions in Iraq some 1,300 years ago.
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Customers use a cashpoint machine at a Barclays Bank branch in Hounslow, west London, on January 8, 2009. The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key lending rate by half a percentage point to an all-time low of 1.5 percent in a bid to stabilise inflation amid a deepening economic slowdown. The monetary policy committee's decision to cut the rate from 2.0 percent left British borrowing costs at their lowest level since formation of the Bank of England in 1694, 315 years ago.
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WASHINGTON - JANUARY 07: U.S. President George W. Bush (C) meets with President-elect Barack Obama (2nd-L), former President Bill Clinton (2nd-R), former President Jimmy Carter (R) and former President George H.W. Bush (L) in the Oval Office January 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama will be sworn in as the nations�s 44th president.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd R in the front row) visits the Chollima Steel Complex at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated picture released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) December 25, 2008.
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Balloons with anti-North Korea leaflets released by former North Korean defectors and anti-North Korea activists fly towards the North in Imjinkak pavilion, near the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, December 3, 2008. Dozens of activists, who demanded improvements of North Korea's human rights and the release of South Koreans abducted by the North, launched about 90,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets in helium-filled balloons near DMZ on Wednesday.
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An Israeli woman and her two children take cover during a rocket attack near Kfar Aza, just outside the northern Gaza Strip January 7, 2009. The woman came to meet her husband, an Israeli army officer currently serving on the Gaza border. Rockets exploded as they were waiting for him. Israel postponed on Wednesday a decision on whether to order its armed forces to storm the Gaza Strip's urban centres, an Israeli official said, citing Egyptian- and French-led efforts to secure a truce with Hamas.
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LAS VEGAS - DECEMBER 21: Entertainer Jacky Cheung (2L) and Caesars Palace President Gary Selesner (2R) pose with two actors dressed as Roman characters Cleopatra (L) and Julius Caesar at Caesars Palace December 21, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cheung is set to perform two sold-out shows at The Colosseum at Caesars this weekend.
Monks pray in Rome's Julius Caesar Hall in Campidoglio city hall, during a gathering against a military crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in Myanmar, Thursday Sept. 27, 2007. A large photo of detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen background. Soldiers fired automatic weapons into a crowd of anti-government demonstrators Thursday, during clashes that killed at least nine people including a Japanese national and injured 11 others.
Monks pray in Rome's Julius Caesar Hall in Campidoglio city hall, during a gathering against a military crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in Myanmar, Thursday Sept. 27, 2007. Soldiers fired automatic weapons into a crowd of anti-government demonstrators Thursday, during clashes that killed at least nine people including a Japanese national and injured 11 others.
U.S. actor George Clooney arrives for a press conference on the Sudanese region of Darfur, at Rome's Campidoglio Capitol hill, Thursday Dec. 13, 2007. Clooney and fellow U.S. actor Don Cheadle, received peace awards for their efforts to raise awareness on the plight of the millions who have fled their homes in the Sudanese region of Darfur. In the background is a statue of Roman emperor Julius Caesar.
A throne, similar to one found recently in an ancient Roman settlement near Naples, is shown in a painting from the same period in a photo released December 4, 2007. An ancient Roman wood and ivory throne has been unearthed at a dig in Herculaneum, Italian archaeologists said on Tuesday, hailing it as the most significant piece of wooden furniture ever discovered there. The throne was found during an excavation in the Villa of the Papyri, the private house formerly belonging to Julius Caesar's father-in-law, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, built on the slope of Mount Vesuvius.
A piece of a throne found in an ancient Roman settlement near Naples is shown in a photo released December 4, 2007. An ancient Roman wood and ivory throne has been unearthed at a dig in Herculaneum, Italian archaeologists said on Tuesday, hailing it as the most significant piece of wooden furniture ever discovered there. The throne was found during an excavation in the Villa of the Papyri, the private house formerly belonging to Julius Caesar's father-in-law, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, built on the slope of Mount Vesuvius.
A piece of a throne found in an ancient Roman settlement near Naples is shown in a photo released December 4, 2007. An ancient Roman wood and ivory throne has been unearthed at a dig in Herculaneum, Italian archaeologists said on Tuesday, hailing it as the most significant piece of wooden furniture ever discovered there. The throne was found during an excavation in the Villa of the Papyri, the private house formerly belonging to Julius Caesar's father-in-law, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, built on the slope of Mount Vesuvius.
Opera Diva Danielle de Niese performs the role of Cleopatra with David Daniels as Julius Caesar during a dress rehearsal for the George Frideric Handel opera Guilio Cesare at the Chicago Lyric Opera in Chicago, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. With her dancer's body, huge brown eyes and California-casual personal style, soprano Danielle de Niese hardly fits the stereotype of an opera star. No horned helmet for her, as this season's poster outside Lyric Opera of Chicago attests. It shows the 27-year-old de Niese in a jewel-encrusted brassiere and rather little else.
Monks hold photos of detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rome's Julius Caesar Hall in Campidoglio city hall, during a gathering against a military crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in Myanmar, Thursday Sept. 27, 2007. Soldiers fired automatic weapons into a crowd of anti-government demonstrators Thursday, during clashes that killed at least nine people including a Japanese national and injured 11 others.
People walk along the street in Alexandria August 25, 2007. Egypt, the ancient city that is seeking to regain its status as a tourism destination. Alexandria, the Egyptian coastal city where Cleopatra had love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, is trying to regain some of its old glory as a tourism destination for European and Arab elites. Picture taken August 25, 2007. To match feature EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA/ REUTERS/Stringer
New buildings are seen along the waterfront in Alexandria August 25, 2007. Egypt, the ancient city that is seeking to regain its status as a tourism destination. Alexandria, the Egyptian coastal city where Cleopatra had love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, is trying to regain some of its old glory as a tourism destination for European and Arab elites. Picture taken August 25, 2007. To match feature EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA/ REUTERS/Stringer
Tourists enjoy the beach in Alexandria August 25, 2007. Egypt, the ancient city that is seeking to regain its status as a tourism destination. Alexandria, the Egyptian coastal city where Cleopatra had love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, is trying to regain some of its old glory as a tourism destination for European and Arab elites. Picture taken August 25, 2007. To match feature EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA/ REUTERS/Stringer
LAS VEGAS - JULY 19: (L-R) Caesars Palace general manager John Unwin, Roman character Julius Caesar, President of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Western Division Tom Jenkin, Roman character Cleopatra and Caesars President Gary Selesner, pose during a news conference at Caesars July 19, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harrah's announced a USD 1 billion expansion at Caesars that will include building a 665-room, 23-story tower to be named the Octavius Tower, and a 263,00-square-foot convention area.
LAS VEGAS - JULY 19: Caesars Palace general manager John Unwin (C) speaks as (L-R) Roman characters Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, and President of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Western Division Tom Jenkin, and Caesars President Gary Selesner, look on a during a news conference at Caesars July 19, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harrah's announced a USD 1 billion expansion at Caesars that will include building a 665-room, 23-story tower to be named the Octavius Tower, and a 263,00-square-foot convention area.
LAS VEGAS - JULY 19: (L-R) Roman characters Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, President of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Western Division Tom Jenkin, and Caesars President Gary Selesner, look on as Caesars general manager John Unwin speaks during a news conference at Caesars July 19, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harrah's announced a USD 1 billion expansion at Caesars that will include building a 665-room, 23-story tower to be named the Octavius Tower, and a 263,00-square-foot convention area.
LAS VEGAS - JULY 19: (L-R) Roman characters Cleopatra and Julius Caesar look on as Caesars Palace general manager John Unwin speaks during a news conference at Caesars July 19, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. announced a USD 1 billion expansion at Caesars that will include building a 665-room, 23-story tower to be named the Octavius Tower, and a 263,00-square-foot convention area.
LAS VEGAS - JULY 19: (L-R) Roman characters Cleopatra and Julius Caesar look on as President of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Western Division Tom Jenkin speaks during a news conference at Caesars Palace July 19, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harrah's announced a USD 1 billion expansion at Caesars that will include building a 665-room, 23-story tower to be named the Octavius Tower, and a 263,00-square-foot convention area.
LAS VEGAS - JULY 19: Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Western Division Tom Jenkin (C) speaks as (L-R) Roman characters Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, Caesars Palace President Gary Selesner, and Caesars general manager John Unwin, look on during a news conference at Caesars July 19, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harrah's announced a USD 1 billion expansion at Caesars that will include building a 665-room, 23-story tower to be named the Octavius Tower, and a 263,00-square-foot convention area.
LAS VEGAS - JULY 19: (L-R) Roman characters Cleopatra and Julius Caesar look on as Caesars Palace President Gary Selesner speaks during a news conference at Caesars July 19, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. announced a USD 1 billion expansion at Caesars that will include building a 665-room, 23-story tower to be named the Octavius Tower, and a 263,00-square-foot convention area.
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