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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. From Getty Images.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Getty Images.

      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 foreign tourist dances with Thai transvestite performers during a show organized by a local club to entertain thousands of tourists as they wait for a flight out of Thailand at the U-Tapao airport about 100 miles (160 km) south of Bangkok. Thai tourism authorities say over 300,000 travelers were stranded in Thailand, with 35,000 to 45,000 being added to that number each day the airports remain closed. From AP Photo by Ed Wray.

      A foreign tourist dances with Thai transvestite performers during a show organized by a local club to entertain thousands of tourists as they wait for a flight out of Thailand at the U-Tapao airport about 100 miles (160 km) south of Bangkok. Thai tourism authorities say over 300,000 travelers were stranded in Thailand, with 35,000 to 45,000 being added to that number each day the airports remain closed.

    • Newly elected President of the National Council Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi reacts after her election during the winter parliament session in Bern December 1, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Newly elected President of the National Council Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi reacts after her election during the winter parliament session in Bern December 1, 2008.

    • The William Webb Ellis Trophy is pictured prior to the IRB (International Rugby Board) Rugby World Cup 2011 Pool Allocation Draw in London, on December 1, 2008 in London. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      The William Webb Ellis Trophy is pictured prior to the IRB (International Rugby Board) Rugby World Cup 2011 Pool Allocation Draw in London, on December 1, 2008 in London.

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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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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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...Boris Johnson’s campaign uses the right wing dog-whistle politics that attack “political correctness." On road safety Ken Livingstone said: "Five hundred less children are killed and seriously injured a year as a result of the policies we have pursued....
...08: Ken Livingstone is a remarkable and far-sighted politician. Londoners would do well to vote him in for a third term Ken Livingstone has been a most unusual figure in British politics for almost 30 years. He is like no other. Demonised and then condemned...
...08: Ken Livingstone is a remarkable and far-sighted politician. Londoners would do well to vote him in for a third term Ken Livingstone has been a most unusual figure in British politics for almost 30 years. He is like no other. Demonised and then condemned...
...and Livingstone has played a decisive role in that. London is a fairer, more tolerant and sustainable city because of Ken Livingstone and all that is put in jeopardy unless we act. No doubt about it: it's Ken or no-one. The alternative is too horrible to contemplate. This...
...an Eighties-style economic policy and a rerun of the old fights over economic policy at the heart of the Labour Party… For Ken Livingstone the Tube has become an issue of economic dogma…The truth is that the Livingstone plan would gain London nothing." Strong...
...is. Dear Ken - why are you so silent about this tube scandal? You fought hard enough against this crap after all! @Ken Livingstone "Some of Andrew Gilligan's attacks are, however, particularly disgraceful. For example, he wrote of Doreen Lawrence and the Stephen...
...sound like a Guardian leader-writer, but I can see both points of view in the gigantic spat that has erupted of late between Ken Livingstone and his media critics, most recently the makers of Monday's Channel Four Dispatches programme on the London mayor (available...
...tempting to see Ken Livingstone as a symbol of hope for has-beens. The golden age of municipal lunacy brought him to fame, and when it faded, while others of his ilk fell by the wayside, Ken bided his time with his pet newts, nuclear-free zones and shrubbery-shaking...
...your way out Ken, now there's a nice chap. Love it, Ken out, Hain gone, what next i wonder.... Although very critical of Ken Livingstone I voted for him in the last two elections on the grounds that the alternatives were worse. It this post is all that the...
...farcical claim that Doreen Lawrence had become a spokesperson for London’s black people n the matter of the preservation of Ken Livingstone’s career at the expense of the democratic right of the people of London to exercise an effective say n the future 'governance'...

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