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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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Derby County's Mile Sterjovski, left, challenges Manchester United's Carlos Tevez during their English League Cup semi-final first leg soccer match at Pride Park Stadium, Derby, England, Wednesday Jan. 7, 2009.
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Valencia's Vicente Rodriguez (L) fights for the ball with Racing Santander's Pablo Pinillos during their Spanish King's Cup soccer match in Santander January 7, 2009.
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Russian Artem Varentsov drives his Toyota during the eight stage between Bou Lanouar and Chinguetti (608 kilometers) of the first edition of the Africa Race on January 7, 2009. The Africa Race started on December 30 in Nador, Morocco, and continues over 13 days and 7.000 kilometres (4,375 miles) trough Mauritania to lac Rose in Senegal.
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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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Current Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, center, who is running for reelection for the Dominican Liberation Party, speaks to the media after casting his ballot at a polling station during presidential elections in Santo Domingo, Friday, May 16, 2008. President Leonel Fernandez was favored to win a third term on Friday, despite concerns over long-serving politicians in this Caribbean nation with a painful history of rule by strongmen.
Current Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, center, who is running for reelection for the Dominican Liberation Party, greets people after casts his ballot at a polling station during presidential elections in Santo Domingo, Friday, May 16, 2008. President Leonel Fernandez was favored to win a third term on Friday, despite concerns over long-serving politicians in this Caribbean nation with a painful history of rule by strongmen.
Current Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, center, who is running for reelection for the Dominican Liberation Party, greets people after casting his ballot at a polling station during presidential elections in Santo Domingo, Friday, May 16, 2008. President Leonel Fernandez was favored to win a third term on Friday, despite concerns over long-serving politicians in this Caribbean nation with a painful history of rule by strongmen.
Dominican presidential candidate, President Leonel Fernandez (L) and his running mate, current Vice-President Rafael Alburquerque, display a Dominican flag on May 12, 2008 in Santo Domingo during the closing rally of their campaign for the May 16 general elections. Fernandez, who according to the latest polls is leading the race for the presidency with enough votes to avoid a run-off, is seeking to win his third mandate.
An image on a screen in the press room shows Dominican President Leonel Fernandez (C) standing between Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe (L) and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, after they agreed to resolve the crisis set off by an attack on a FARC guerrilla camp inside Ecuadorian territory by the Colombian armed forces last week, at the 20th Group of Rio Summit in Santo Domingo March 7, 2008. The media was excluded from the meeting room at the time the conciliation occurred.
An image on a screen in the press room shows Dominican President Leonel Fernandez (C) standing between Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R), after they agreed to resolve the crisis set off by an attack on a FARC guerrilla camp inside Ecuadorian territory by the Colombian armed forces last week, at the 20th Group of Rio Summit in Santo Domingo March 7, 2008. The media was excluded from the meeting room at the time the conciliation occured. Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela ended a dispute on Friday, publicly shaking hands at a summit after a week of troop buildups that also saw several countries cutting ties with Colombia.
An image on a screen in the press room shows Dominican President Leonel Fernandez (C) standing between Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe (L) and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, after they agreed to resolve the crisis set off by an attack on a FARC guerrilla camp inside Ecuadorian territory by the Colombian armed forces last week, at the 20th Group of Rio Summit in Santo Domingo March 7, 2008. The media was excluded from the meeting room at the time the conciliation occurred.
TV grab taken from Venezuelan broadcast TELESUR as Colombian president Alvaro Uribe (L) approaches his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez for a hand shake after Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa said he puts behind the conflict sparked by Colombia over the strike inside Ecuador that killed 23 FARC guerrillas including a senior leader last weekend, during the Rio Group summit in Santo Domingo on March 7, 2008. Venezuela had backed Correa's grievance against Uribe. Dominican president Leonel Fernandez (C) witnesses the moment.
Dominican President Leonel Fernandez (C) talks with their Colombian and Venezuelan counterparts, Alvaro Uribe (L) and Hugo Chavez at the end of the XX Grupo de Rio summit at the Dominican's Foreign Office in Santo Domingo on March 07, 2008. With a simple handshake, the presidents of Ecuador and Colombia settled a bitter feud here Friday that had raised fears of a military confrontation between South American neighbors. After trading verbal blows during the Rio Group summit of Latin American nations in Santo Domingo, Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa and Colombia's Uribe agreed to end the crisis sparked last weekend by a Colombian cross-border raid against rebels.
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe (C) is greeted by his Chilean and Dominican counterparts, Michelle Bachelet and Leonel Fernandez (R) at the end of the XX Grupo de Rio summit at the Dominican's Foreign Office in Santo Domingo on March 07, 2008. With a simple handshake, the presidents of Ecuador and Colombia settled a bitter feud here Friday that had raised fears of a military confrontation between South American neighbors. After trading verbal blows during the Rio Group summit of Latin American nations in Santo Domingo, Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa and Colombia's Uribe agreed to end the crisis sparked last weekend by a Colombian cross-border raid against rebels.
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, center, speaks with the Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, right, as Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, looks on, minutes before closing the session of the 20th Rio Group Summit in Santo Domingo, Friday, March 7, 2008. The Latin American summit on calming a border crisis erupted into an angry showdown, with finger-jabbing lectures and passionate speeches before a plea for goodwill prompted stiff handshakes between the leaders of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, center, speaks with his counterparts Michelle Bachelet from Chile, left, and Leonel Fernandez from Dominican Republic, minutes before the closing the session of the 20th Rio Group Summit in Santo Domingo, Friday, March 7, 2008. The presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela agreed Friday to resolve the crisis triggered by Colombia's cross-border military attack.
In this photo released by the Rio Group Summit, Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, left, and Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, center, talk to Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during the Rio Group Summit in Santo Domingo, Friday, March 7, 2008. Uribe shook hands with the presidents of Ecuador and Venezuela, ending tense debate at the summit over Colombia's cross-border military raid in Ecuadorean soil.
Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, center, talks with Aristides Fernandez Zucco, President of the Dominican Energy Commission during the opening of the First International Energy Week in Santo Domingo, Monday, Jan. 14, 2008. During the conference, governments, scientists and investors will discuss the need to renovate and diversify sources of energy that cause as little environmental impact as possible.
Cuba's acting President Raul Castro (R) talks to Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez (C) before the official photo of a summit of Petrocaribe in Cienfuegos, Cuba December 21, 2007. A dozen heads of state are gathering to attend the opening of a Soviet-era refinery that was refurbished by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA.
Cuba's acting President Raul Castro (C-front) talks to Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L), Haiti's President Rene Preval (C) and President Leonel Fernandez (R) from Dominican Republic before the official photo of a summit of Petrocaribe in Cienfuegos, Cuba December 21, 2007. A dozen heads of state are gathering to attend the opening of a Soviet-era refinery that was refurbished by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA.
Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, left, speaks with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center right, as Belize's Prime Minister Said Musa, center left, and Cuba's acting President Raul Castro, listen, before the official photo at the IV Petrocaribe Summit, a petroleum summit of the Caribbean countries, in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Friday, Dec. 21, 2007.
Dominican president Leonel Fernandez (R) holds a meeting with his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales at the presidential palace in Santo Domingo, 04 November 2007. Morales arrived in the Dominican Republic to be honoured by the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo with the Doctor Honoris Causa degree.
