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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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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
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LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
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Anti-government demonstrators pass out free women's underwear to others Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, outside Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. Demonstrators continue to occupy the grounds of Government House and the surrounding area demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Andy Roddick of the U.S. celebrates a point against Ernests Gulbis of Latvia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York August 29, 2008.
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NEW YORK - AUGUST 29: Andy Roddick of the United States returns a shot against Ernests Gulbis of Latvia during Day 5 of the 2008 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 29, 2008 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the bench during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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India's bowler Harbhajan Singh brings water during the 5th and final One Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. India has an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the 5 match series.
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South Africa's AB de Villiers (L) is run out by England's Matthew Prior (R) during the third Natwest one day International between England and South Africa at The Brit Oval cricket ground, London, England, on August 29, 2008.
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Anti-government protesters lie down on the street to avoid tear gas during a demonstration at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on August 29, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas to try to break up about 2,000 anti-government protesters gathered outside the Bangkok police headquarters, an.
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Brazil's state oil company Petrobras President Jose Sergio Gabrielli (R) speaks during a meeting of the Economic and Development Council at Planalto Palace in Brasilia August 28, 2008. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L), Senate President Garibaldi Alves (C) and Political Coordinator Jose Mucio Monteiro looks on.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva (L) greets wellwishers as he walks toward the Metropolitan Cathedral to attend a religious ceremony during Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo's five-year term inauguration in Asuncion August 15, 2008. Former Bishop Lugo was sworn in on Friday as Paraguay's president in a ceremony attended by Latin America's socialist leaders, who have embraced him even as he has distanced himself from their policies.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) listens to a speech next to his Chief of Staff Dilma Roussef (L) during a ceremony at Vale mining company in Barcarena, some 110 km southwest from Para's northern capital Belem, Brazil, on August 14, 2008. Vale opened the world's biggest aluminium factory and announced 12,3 billion dollars of investment in the region to boost the output of several metals.
Hector Nunez, president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Brazil, second left, gives a miniature of a supermarket car to Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, during a meeting at the presidential palace, in Brasilia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. At right, Craig Herkert, president and chief executive officer of the Americas for Wal-Mart Stores and second from right is Michael Duke, vice chairman of Wal-Mart International Division.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) shakes hands with Spain's Princess Letizia (R) as her husband Spain's Crown Prince Felipe (back R) looks on in the VIP lounge at the National Stadium before the start of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 8, 2008. The 29th Olympic Games, costing an estimated 40 billion USD and shrouded by political controversies, burst into life with a spectacular start to the opening ceremony.
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