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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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People's Alliance for Democracy protesters listen to announcement of the victory from the leader from television at the besieged Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. A court dissolved Thailand's top three ruling parties for electoral fraud Tuesday and banned the prime minister from politics for five years, bringing down a government that has faced months of strident protests seeking its ouster.
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Former Austrian Social Minister Erwin Buchinger (L) and his successor Rudolf Hundstorfer gesture during the handing over of office in Vienna December 2, 2008. Austria's new broad coalition government was sworn in on Tuesday, two months after election.
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US soldiers gather at the 'Cross Swords' in Baghdad's secure 'Green Zone' on December 02, 2008. An Iraqi court today condemned Saddam Hussein's notorious hatchet-man "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid, 67-years-old, to death for war crimes over the crackdown of Shiites during their ill-fated 1991 uprising. Majid, already on death row after being convicted of genocide over the brutal campaign of oppression against Iraq's Kurds in the late 1980s, quietly listened to the verdict before muttering "Praise be to God."
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Actor Viggo Mortensen gestures during a news conference to promote his latest film "Alatriste" in Tokyo on December 1, 2008. The film will be on the screens on December 13. Alatriste, played in the film by 47 year old US actor, is a unscrupulous 17th century adventurer in the movie, set in Spain's "golden age" under King Philip IV which coincided with the emergence of artistic giants such as Velasquez and the development of the "New World."
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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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Rowa Mwanawasa, right, the sister of late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, sits with friends and relatives during his funeral ceremony at Percy Military hospital, in Clamart, south of Paris, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. President Mwanawasa died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, in a French military hospital where he had been treated since suffering a stroke in June, 2008.
This photo taken on June 25, 2008 shows Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa (L) and ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy's chief spokesman and deputy minister for works and supply Benny Tetamashimba (R) flashing the party symbol on arrival at Katiula village to drum up support for Milanzi MMD parliamentary candidate Reuben Chisanga Banda. Tetamashimba was facing the threat of expulsion on July 17, 2008 after he called for the succession of President Levy Mwanawasa who suffered a stroke last month, the party announced.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa (L) hold talks with Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on the sideline of the 4th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) at a hotel in Yokohama on May 28, 2008. Japan promised May 28 to use its technological prowess to help African nations double rice production within a decade and ease the burden of soaring food prices.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa (L) is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on the sideline of the 4th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) at a hotel in Yokohama on May 28, 2008. Japan promised May 28 to use its technological prowess to help African nations double rice production within a decade and ease the burden of soaring food prices.
Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa (R) waits for head of states before the start of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Lusaka April 12, 2008. Mwanawasa called the SADC summit to discuss Zimbabwe after a chorus of international demands for President Robert Mugabe to release the result of the presidential poll held two weeks ago.
Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa, left, welcomes Zimbabwe's Housing Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, right, at the Mulungushi International Conference Center in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday April 12, 2008, for an emergency summit of regional leaders who will discuss the political turmoil caused by the long delay in releasing Zimbabwe's election results. Mnangagwa, is representing the government after President Robert Mugabe snubbed fellow African leaders by refusing to attend the summit.
Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa, left, welcomes his counterpart President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, right, at the Mulungushi International Conference Center in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday April 12, 2008, for their emergency summit of the Southern African leaders post-election crisis in Zambia. African leaders hoped to find a resolution to Zimbabwe's deepening political crisis Saturday at an emergency summit in Zambia, but state media reported that President Mugabe would not attend the "unnecessary" meeting.
Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa, left, welcomes his counterpart President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, right, at the Mulungushi International Conference Center in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday April 12, 2008, for an emergency summit of regional leaders who will discuss the political turmoil caused by the long delay in releasing Zimbabwe's election results.
Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa (L), Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos (C) and South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki wait before the start of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit, to discuss rising fears of bloodshed over delayed Zimbabwean election results, in Lusaka April 12, 2008. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said he will not attend the SADC summit in Lusaka later on Saturday, called by Mwanawasa to discuss the impasse over Zimbabwe's disputed elections.
Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa arrives at a European Union and Africa summit 08 December 2007, in Lisbon. The leaders of Europe and Africa were to begin a landmark summit in Lisbon on Saturday, designed to forge a new partnership of equals but with expectations cooled by the long shadow of colonial history.
U.S. first lady Laura Bush, left, with Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa, center, and his wife Maureen, right, at the Zambian State House in Lusaka, Thursday, June 28, 2007. Laura Bush is using her trip to support the role of faith-based organizations in foreign aid efforts. She planned to visit two such efforts in Zambia, where the vast majority of people are churchgoing Christians.
This combo shows a recent picture of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa (L) dated 16 February 2007 at the 24th Africa-France summit, in Cannes, southern France, and a picture dated 11 July 2001 of Zambia's ex-president Frederick Chiluba at the closing session of the 37th African summit in Lusaka. Western aid donors hailed Zambia's anti-corruption fight 17 May 2007 in the light of ex-president Frederick Chiluba's conviction for conspiring to embezzle 46 million dollars of public money. Six European governments (Britain, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) and the United States said in a joint statement it was courageous for President Levy Mwanawasa and his government to have pursued the case against Chiluba despite him having served as a head of state. A London high court early this month ordered Chiluba and 18 of his cohorts to return 46 million dollars allegedly stolen from state coffers while he served as president between 1991 and 2001
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa (C) looks at traditional dancers and musicians upon his arrival 28 march 2007 in Dar es Salaam on the eve of the summit of southern African leaders. The emergency two-day summit of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC), hosted by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, was called amid a growing global outcry over turmoil in Zimbabwe
Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) shakes hands with Lusaka Mayor Susan Nakazwe (L) next to President Levy Mwanawasa (R), 05 February 2007, at Lusaka International Airport before departing from Zambia. Zambia's main opposition party, a virulent critic of Beijing, 05 February said it would sack a senior official for attending a state welcome for Chinese President Hu Jintao during his weekend visit. The Patriotic Front, whose leader Michael Sata accuses China of "dumping" people and goods in his country, said Susan Nakazwe, the mayor of the capital Lusaka, would be axed for insubordination
Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, inspects a model plan for Chinese investment in Zambia, while Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, center, looks on in Lusaka, Zambia, Feb, 4, 2007. From market stalls to mines, China is everywhere in Africa these days. The African continent is possibly the most visible example of how China _ in many ways a developing country itself _ is changing the rest of the developing world, faster than virtually anyone thought possible
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) shakes hand, 03 February 2007, with Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa (R) after a signing ceremony at the State House in Lusaka, Zambia. The Chinese president arrived in Zambia for a two-day visit amid growing discontent about Chinese investors, who are accused of violating labour laws and usurping mineral riches
Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) and his wife Liu Yongqing (L) are welcomed, 03 February 2007, by Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa (R) upon their arrival at the Lusaka International airport. Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Zambia on Saturday for a two-day visit amid growing discontent about Chinese investors, who are accused of violating labour laws and usurping mineral riches. The Chinese leader is on an eight-nation tour of Africa -- his third to the continent since coming to power in 2003 -- in a bid to increase China's share of Africa's oil and energy resources
Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) and his wife Liu Yongqing(L) are greeted 03 February 2007, by Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa (R) upon their arrival at the Lusaka International airport. Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Zambia on Saturday for a two-day visit amid growing discontent about Chinese investors, who are accused of violating labour laws and usurping mineral riches. The Chinese leader is on an eight-nation tour of Africa -- his third to the continent since coming to power in 2003 -- in a bid to increase China's share of Africa's oil and energy resources
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