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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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The former Australian navy submarine HMAS Onslow is towed passed by the Sydney central business district skyline to a naval ship yard from the Maritime Museum in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. The Oberon class submarine which was decommissioned in 1999 after its 30-year service is to undergo extensive preservation work and a complete survey to ensure the integrity of its hull during its four weeks at the Garden Island dockyard.
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Montreal Canadiens Alex Tanguay (13) celebrates his winning goal against the Boston Bruins with teammates Maxim Lapierre (far L), Saku Koivu (11), Tom Kostopoulos (6) and Mathieu Dandenault (R) during their overtime shootout NHL hockey action in Montreal, October 15, 2008.
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HEMPSTEAD, NY - OCTOBER 15: Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during the third presidential debate in the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex at Hofstra University October 15, 2008 in Hempstead, New York. This is the final debate before voters will go to the polls in the 2008 general election on November 4.
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Jury President Sean Penn (R) and actor Robert de Niro (2nd L) pose with Special Prize recipient Catherine Deneuve and Best Actor Benicio Del Toro during the award ceremony at the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 25, 2008.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - SEPTEMBER 26: Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme and actress Claudia Bassol arrive for the red carpet and gala screening of 'Queeen of Langkasuka' during day four of the Bangkok International Film Festival 2008 at SF World Cinema, Centralworld on September 26, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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TV weather forecaster Louis Bourgougoin, right, and Belgian actor Jean Claude Van Damme, joke during the Cesars film award ceremony in Paris Friday, Feb. 22, 2008.
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Reality TV show star Lauren Conrad from "The Hills" poses backstage at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 21, 2008.
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, questions panel of doctors and health care experts testifying during a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee field hearing in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007, where the shortage of primary care physicians in Alaska and throughout the nation was addressed.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, questions panel of doctors and health care experts testifying during a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee field hearing in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday Feb. 20, 2007, where the shortage of primary-care physicians in Alaska and throughout the nation was addressed.
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, answers question about the November election after he was endorsed by the National Rife Association at a sporting goods store in Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday Aug. 27, 2008 as Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, listens. If Sen. Ted Stevens wins his seventh full term and refuses to resign in the face of federal charges, it could fall to his colleagues to decide whether he should be expelled.
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska,, right, stands with supporters as they watch election results at Stevens campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday Aug. 26, 2008. Stevens faced six opponents in Tuesday's primary election. Stevens won Tuesday's primary with 63 percent of the vote. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska is on the left in blue.
Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin, right, greets U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, with a hug at the governor's mansion, in Juneau, AK Tuesday, March 18, 2008. John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A formal announcement was expected within a few hours at a campaign rally in swing-state Ohio.
In this photo released by the Alaska National Guard, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, talks with Sgt. Jeff Kowchee, with the Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 297th Infantry, after a welcome home ceremony at Camp Shelby, Miss., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, for the unit. The approximately 575 Guardsmen were serving as security forces in northern Kuwait since October 2006.
Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, left, talks with Senate Energy Committee members Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, center, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, prior to testifying before the committee's hearing on the National Geothermal Initiative Act of 2007.
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, right, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, hold carved walrus tusks given to them at the airport in Shishmaref, Alaska, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007. Spellings, accompanied by Sens. Ted Stevens and Murkowski, visited schools in the Eskimo communities of Bethel and Shishmaref to find out how the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which is up for reauthorization this year, is working in rural Alaska.
In this photo provided by the office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Gen. Ray Odierno, left, the second in command of all U.S. forces in Iraq gives a tour to Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; and John Sununu, R-N.H.; in Iraq, Saturday, March, 17, 2007. Klobuchar made a surprise visit to Iraq on Saturday to meet with troops and gather information about the conflict that is nearly into its fifth year.
University of Washington medical student Ross Baldwin, from Kenai, Alaska, answers questions from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, during a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee field hearing in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday Feb. 20, 2007, where the shortage of primary care physicians in Alaska and throughout the nation was addressed. Baldwin is part of WWAMI, an acronym for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, that is a model of community-based training of medical students and residents and of interstate collaboration in medical education.
US Senator Trent Lott (R), R-MS, chats with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, as they walk to the old Senate chamber to vote for the new Republican leadership 15 November, 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Lott won the position of Minority Whip in a very close vote over Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
US Senator Trent Lott , R-MS, chats with Sen. Lisa Murkowski(L), R-AK, as they walk to the old Senate chamber to vote for the new Republican leadership 15 November, 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Lott won the position of Minority Whip in a very close vote over Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
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