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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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Austrailian actors Hugh Jackman, left, and Nicole Kidman, seen during a photocall before the screening of 'Australia' in Paris, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.
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Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez gestures during a news conference at the San Carlos palace in Bogota December 1, 2008. Colombia is worried about the wiretapping of one of its diplomats in Venezuela who was recorded expressing satisfaction at last month's opposition victory in local elections there, Bermudez said on Monday.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - DECEMBER 2: An anti-government protester points to broken glass inside Don Mueang Airport December 2, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. One person was killed and over 20 injured in a grenade explosion inside Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok early today.
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Chelsea Clinton (L) and former US President Bill Clinton watch as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at the National Building Museum in Washington June 7, 2008. Clinton endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to be the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate on Saturday and suspended her own White House bid less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough support to win the nomination. Clinton's endorsement of Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum marked the beginning of efforts to reunite the Democratic Party after a long and divisive campaign battle that ended on Tuesday when Obama won the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
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A tear runs down the face of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as he speaks about his grandmother who died earlier on Monday, during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. On the eve of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died after a battle with cancer.
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U.S. Democratic presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (R) share a hug at the conclusion of the CNN/Los Angeles Times Democratic presidential debate in Hollywood, California January 31, 2008.
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U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (near) answers a question as Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) looks at him during their debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee October 7, 2008.
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Palestinians herd their sheep near the closed Karni cargo crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. The Islamic militant Hamas on Saturday claimed responsibility for a mortar attack on an Israeli army base that injured eight Israeli soldiers. Israel has kept Gaza's borders closed since Nov. 5 to try to pressure militants to halt a wave of recent attacks that followed an Israeli raid earlier this month.
Palestinians ride a donkey cart near the closed Karni cargo crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. The Islamic militant Hamas on Saturday claimed responsibility for a mortar attack on an Israeli army base that injured eight Israeli soldiers. Israel has kept Gaza's borders closed since Nov. 5 to try to pressure militants to halt a wave of recent attacks that followed an Israeli raid earlier this month.
A Palestinian security force officer from Hamas stands guard at a gate near the closed Karni cargo crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. The Islamic militant Hamas on Saturday claimed responsibility for a mortar attack on an Israeli army base that injured eight Israeli soldiers. Israel has kept Gaza's borders closed since Nov. 5 to try to pressure militants to halt a wave of recent attacks that followed an Israeli raid earlier this month.
An Israeli tank takes position along the Israeli-Gaza border close to the Karni crossing point on November 16, 2008. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accused the Islamist Hamas movement today of "shattering" the Gaza truce, after two rockets hit Israel prompting an air strike which killed four Palestinian militants. Olmert told the weekly cabinet meeting that Israel could not stand idly by while it came under repeated rocket fire and said he had ordered security chiefs to draw up action plans against Hamas's 17-month-old rule in Gaza.
An Israeli tank takes position along the Israeli-Gaza border close to the Karni crossing point on November 16, 2008. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accused the Islamist Hamas movement today of "shattering" the Gaza truce, after two rockets hit Israel prompting an air strike which killed four Palestinian militants. Olmert told the weekly cabinet meeting that Israel could not stand idly by while it came under repeated rocket fire and said he had ordered security chiefs to draw up action plans against Hamas's 17-month-old rule in Gaza.
A Palestinian worker stands behind the closed gate of Karni crossing, between the Gaza Strip and Israel on November 10, 2008 east of Gaza City. Israel will keep its crossings with the Gaza Strip closed today following rocket attacks from the Hamas-ruled territory but may allow some fuel supplies in to ease major power cuts, an official said. Defence Minister Ehud Barak ordered the sealing of the crossings after Palestinian militants again fired a rocket against southern Israel on Sunday, causing no casualties but threatening a shaky ceasefire.
Palestinian workers pray near the closed gates of Karni crossing, between the Gaza Strip and Israel on November 10, 2008 east of Gaza City. Israel will keep its crossings with the Gaza Strip closed today following rocket attacks from the Hamas-ruled territory but may allow some fuel supplies in to ease major power cuts, an official said. Defence Minister Ehud Barak ordered the sealing of the crossings after Palestinian militants again fired a rocket against southern Israel on Sunday, causing no casualties but threatening a shaky ceasefire.
Palestinians ride a donkey cart on the main road leading to the Karni cargo crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. In the most recent breach of the cease fire Gaza militants fired a home made rocket into southern Israel Tuesday evening, and Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak responded by closing Gaza's commercial crossings, until further notice.
Two Thai laborers work on a field near the Karni crossing, on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip (background) on September 8, 2008. Almost four out of five Israelis favour trading jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier seized by Gaza militants in 2006, according to a poll released today.
An Israeli army vehicle drives past a blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian detainee who was stopped south of Karni crossing when a group of Palestinian men were crossing the fence which separates the Gaza Strip from Israel on July 7, 2008 in an army base near Kissufim crossing. A mortar round fired from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip struck southern Israel today without causing any casualties or damage in what the military slammed as a new breach of a two-week-old truce.
An Israeli soldier helps a blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian detainee who was stopped south of Karni crossing when a group of Palestinian men were crossing the fence which separates the Gaza Strip from Israel on July 7, 2008 in an army base near Kissufim crossing. A mortar round fired from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip struck southern Israel today without causing any casualties or damage in what the military slammed as a new breach of a two-week-old truce.
A Palestinian worker unloads fuel from storage tanks into Palestinian tankers on the Palestinian side of Karni crossing near the Israeli Kibbutz of Nahal Oz on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Sunday, July 6, 2008. Israel has opened Sunday its border crossings with the Gaza Strip after closing them once again because of Palestinian rocket fire.
A Palestinian fuel tanker arrives to load fuel from storage tanks on the Palestinian side of Karni crossing near the Israeli Kibbutz of Nahal Oz on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Sunday, July 6, 2008. Israel has opened Sunday its border crossings with the Gaza Strip after closing them once again because of Palestinian rocket fire.
Palestinian fuel tankers wait to load fuel from storage tanks at the Palestinian side of Karni crossing near the Israeli Kibbutz of Nahal Oz on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Sunday, July 6, 2008. Israel on Sunday reopened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip after closing them once again because of Palestinian rocket fire.
A Palestinian truck loaded with goods drives through into the Palestinian side of the Israeli Karni, crossing border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Israel reopened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to allow a trickle of goods into the territory, putting a rocky cease-fire back on course after Palestinian rocket fire last week led to a closure of the passages.
A Palestinian truck loaded with wheat, drives into the Palestinian side of the Karni crossing border, between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Israel reopened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to allow a trickle of goods into the territory, putting a rocky cease-fire back on course after Palestinian rocket fire last week led to a closure of the passages.
A Palestinian boy flies a kite on the main road leading to the Karni Cargo Crossing, background, between Israel and the Gaza Strip, southeast of Gaza City, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Palestinian militants on Tuesday that Israel would respond with force if attacks from the Gaza Strip persist in defiance of a recent truce. Earlier in the day, Israel once again closed its cargo crossings, accusing Palestinian militants of firing a rocket at southern Israel in violation of a shaky truce.
A Palestinian security forces officer from Hamas guards the main road leading to the Karni Cargo Crossing, background, between Israel and the Gaza Strip, southeast of Gaza City, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Palestinian militants on Tuesday that Israel would respond with force if attacks from the Gaza Strip persist in defiance of a recent truce. Earlier in the day, Israel once again closed its cargo crossings, accusing Palestinian militants of firing a rocket at southern Israel in violation of a shaky truce.
Palestinian fuel tankers wait to load fuel from storage tanks on the Palestinian side of Karni crossing near the Israeli Kibbutz of Nahal Oz on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel Sunday, June 29, 2008. Israel reopened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Sunday to allow a trickle of goods into the territory, putting a rocky cease-fire back on course after Palestinian rocket fire last week led to a closure of the passages.
A Palestinian worker unloads fuel on the Palestinian side of Karni crossing near the Israeli Kibbutz of Nahal Oz on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel Sunday, June 29, 2008. Israel reopened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Sunday to allow a trickle of goods into the territory, putting a rocky cease-fire back on course after Palestinian rocket fire last week led to a closure of the passages.
Palestinian children play near the Karni crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel on June 26, 2008. A rocket fired from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip hit southern Israel today, the fourth to do so since a truce between Israel and the Islamist movement took effect a week ago. Israel maintained the closure of Gaza's border crossings which it imposed yesterday after previous rocket attacks on June 24. The closure did not include the Erez terminal, which remained open for humanitarian purposes, according to Israeli military spokesman Peter Lerner.
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