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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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Maldivian fishermen unload their catch at a fishing harbor in Male, Maldives, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Longtime President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom will face five opponents in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election on Oct. 8. He has been credited with turning a sleepy string of fishing islands off the southwestern tip of India into a major tourism destination and filling its coffers with hard currency.
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A member of the staff of Bakrie Telecom makes a phone call at the Bakrie building in Jakarta October 7, 2008. The Indonesia Stock Exchange suspended trading on Tuesday in shares of six firms controlled by the family of chief social welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie, including coal miner Bumi Resources Tbk. Erry Firmansyah, the president director of the stock exchange, said that the bourse had suspended trading pending clarification from the companies on a number of issues. The stock exchange also halted trading in Bakrie & Brothers Tbk, Bakrie Telecom Tbk, Bakrieland Development Tbk, Bakrie Sumatra Plantations Tbk, and Energy Mega Persada Tbk.
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A Chinese diver feeds the fishes to entertain visitors at an aquarium in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province on October 7, 2008. China's tourism industry is expected to employ 100 million people by 2015, meaning one in every 14 Chinese will work in the sector then.
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LONDON - JULY 10: (UK TABLOID Singer and charity co-founder Alicia Keys arrives at the Black Ball UK in aid of 'Keep A Child Alive' HIV/AIDS charity at St John's, Smith Square on July 10, 2008 in London, England.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 06: Actress Alicia Keys from the film "The Secret Life Of Bees", poses for a portrait during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival at The Sutton Place Hotel on September 6, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 05: (L-R) Actresses Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah attend the "The Secret Life Of Bees" premiere after party during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival held at the Ultra Supper Club on September 5, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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Egyptian women wearing the niqab, the Islamic full face veil that leaves only a slit for the eyes, chat at the River Nile bank in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 14, 2007. An Egyptian supreme court ended Saturday June 9, a five year legal battle ruling that the American University in Cairo "AUC" cannot ban women from wearing face veil while on campus. The decision by the Supreme Administrative court will force other universities in Egypt to relinquish its ban on face veils on campus.
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Khem Ngun, center, a former Khmer Rouge soldier, is escorted by police out of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. Five former Khmer Rouge soldiers went on trial Friday for their alleged involvement in the killing of a British mine-clearing expert and his Cambodian colleague 12 years ago.
Visitors tour former Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, now known as Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The U.N.'s cultural agency said Wednesday a former Khmer Rouge's notorious prison is now on its way to get listing as a world memory status after receiving a regional registration from it recently.
A foreign tourist tours cells at the former Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, now known as Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The U.N.'s cultural agency said Wednesday a former Khmer Rouge's notorious prison is now on its way to get listing as a world memory status after receiving a regional registration from it recently.
A tourist watches portraits of former Khmer Rouge prisoners as she tours in Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Cambodian genocide researchers said Thursday as many as 177 prisoners were released from a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center despite the fact that thousands of others ended up being executed there.
A Cambodian man looks at skulls of the Khmer Rouge victims at Tuol Sleng Genocide museum in Phnom Penh on August 12, 2008. Cambodia's UN-backed tribunal on August 12, indicted a former Khmer Rouge prison chief for crimes against humanity and war crimes, ahead of the first trial of regime leaders expected later this year.
Former Khmer Rouge "First Lady" Ieng Thirith, 76, sits in the court room at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on July 9, 2008. Ieng Thirith, facing trial for crimes against humanity, lost her appeal on July 9 to Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court to be released from detention before her trial. The regime's former social affairs minister is one of five top cadres in the sights of the UN war crimes tribunal over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule.
Former Khmer Rouge "First Lady" Ieng Thirith (2nd R), 76, stands in the court room at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on July 9, 2008. Ieng Thirith, facing trial for crimes against humanity, lost her appeal on July 9 to Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court to be released from detention before her trial. The regime's former social affairs minister is one of five top cadres in the sights of the UN war crimes tribunal over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule.
Former Khmer Rouge "First Lady" Ieng Thirith (C-with glasses), 76, sits in the court room at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on July 9, 2008. Ieng Thirith, facing trial for crimes against humanity, lost her appeal on July 9 to Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court to be released from detention before her trial. The regime's former social affairs minister is one of five top cadres in the sights of the UN war crimes tribunal over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule.
Former Khmer Rouge "First Lady" Ieng Thirith (2nd R), 76, sits in the court room at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on July 9, 2008. Ieng Thirith, facing trial for crimes against humanity, lost her appeal on July 9 to Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court to be released from detention before her trial. The regime's former social affairs minister is one of five top cadres in the sights of the UN war crimes tribunal over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule.
Former Khmer Rouge "First Lady" Ieng Thirith (C), 76, stands in the court room at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on July 9, 2008. Ieng Thirith, facing trial for crimes against humanity, lost her appeal on July 9 to Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court to be released from detention before her trial. The regime's former social affairs minister is one of five top cadres in the sights of the UN war crimes tribunal over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule.
Former Khmer Rouge "First Lady" Ieng Thirith (C), 76, sits in the court room at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on July 9, 2008. Ieng Thirith, facing trial for crimes against humanity, lost her appeal on July 9 to Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court to be released from detention before her trial. The regime's former social affairs minister is one of five top cadres in the sights of the UN war crimes tribunal over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule.
Former Khmer Rouge "First Lady" Ieng Thirith (C), 76, prepares to sit in the court room at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on July 9, 2008. Ieng Thirith, facing trial for crimes against humanity, lost her appeal on July 9 to Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court to be released from detention before her trial. The regime's former social affairs minister is one of five top cadres in the sights of the UN war crimes tribunal over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule.
Former Khmer Rouge "First Lady" Ieng Thirith, 76, sits in the court room at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on July 9, 2008. Ieng Thirith, facing trial for crimes against humanity, lost her appeal on July 9 to Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court to be released from detention before her trial. The regime's former social affairs minister is one of five top cadres in the sights of the UN war crimes tribunal over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule.
Former Khmer Rouge Social Affairs Minister Ieng Thirith (C) stands at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, July 9, 2008. The Khmer Rouge tribunal is to rule on appeal against the provisional detention of Ieng Thirith, wife of ex-foreign minister Ieng Sary and a member of Pol Pot's inner circle.
Former Khmer Rouge Social Affairs Minister Ieng Thirith stands at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, July 9, 2008. The Khmer Rouge tribunal is to rule on appeal against the provisional detention of Ieng Thirith, wife of ex-foreign minister Ieng Sary and a member of Pol Pot's inner circle.
Former Khmer Rouge Social Affairs Minister Ieng Thirith is stands at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, July 9, 2008. The Khmer Rouge tribunal is to rule on appeal against the provisional detention of Ieng Thirith, wife of ex-foreign minister Ieng Sary and a member of Pol Pot's inner circle.
Former Khmer Rouge Social Affairs Minister Ieng Thirith (C) is helped by police officials at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, July 9, 2008. The Khmer Rouge tribunal is to rule on appeal against the provisional detention of Ieng Thirith, wife of ex-foreign minister Ieng Sary and a member of Pol Pot's inner circle.
Former Khmer Rouge deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs Ieng Sary (C) stands with assistants in the Court room during the first public hearing against his detention at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on June 30, 2008. The first big test of the UN-backed Cambodian genocide court began when the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister appeared in court to appeal against his detention. Ieng Sary, 82, is one of five top regime cadres currently detained for crimes allegedly committed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-79 rule over Cambodia.
Former Khmer Rouge deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs Ieng Sary (L) is seen in the Court room during the first public hearing against his detention at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on June 30, 2008. The first big test of the UN-backed Cambodian genocide court began when the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister appeared in court to appeal against his detention. Ieng Sary, 82, is one of five top regime cadres currently detained for crimes allegedly committed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-79 rule over Cambodia.
Former Khmer Rouge deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs Ieng Sary (R) is seen in the Court room during the first public hearing against his detention at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on June 30, 2008. The first big test of the UN-backed Cambodian genocide court began when the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister appeared in court to appeal against his detention. Ieng Sary, 82, is one of five top regime cadres currently detained for crimes allegedly committed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-79 rule over Cambodia.
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