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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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Russia President Dmitry Medvedev, center, inspects a joint guard of honor during his ceremonial reception in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Medvedev, on his first visit to India as president, said Russia can help India fight terrorism and investigate the deadly attacks in Mumbai.
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Refugees from Myanmar of Chin origin speak with each other as they sit in their class at a flat in Kuala Lumpur December 4, 2008. About 150 refugees between age 4 and 17 who left Myanmar for a better life attended classes taught by nine volunteer teachers as part of the preparation before they settle at their host countries. Photo taken December 4, 2008.
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NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City.
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A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93.
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A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008.
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Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.
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People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) shakes hands with the employees of the Complexo do Alemao slum during a visit to Rio de Janeiro December 4, 2008. In his highly-publicized visit to the slum, Lula da Silva inaugurated the "Territory of Peace Program " to control violence on Rio's Favelas.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) receives a plan to cut destruction in Amazon rainforest from Environment Minister Carlos Minc as Senator Renato Casagrande (C) looks on, during ceremony at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, December 1, 2008. Brazil announced on Monday a plan to cut destruction of its Amazon rain forest by more than half over the next 10 years, the first time it has set a deforestation target as it seeks to fight global warming.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) receives a plan to cut destruction in Amazon rainforest from Environment Minister Carlos Minc as Senator Renato Casagrande (C) looks on, during ceremony at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, December 1, 2008. Brazil announced on Monday a plan to cut destruction of its Amazon rain forest by more than half over the next 10 years, the first time it has set a deforestation target as it seeks to fight global warming.
Hand out picture released by the Planalto palace press office of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) flanked by his Minister of Environment Carlos Minc (R) and the Chief of the Civilian Household of the Presidency Dilma Rousseff as he glances through a book during the launching of the governmental programme on climate change on December 1st, 2008 in Brasilia. The Brazilian government announced the plan under which it would cut deforestation of the Amazon by 70 percent over the next decade. It is the first time Brazil, home to the largest area of tropical woodland on the planet, has set a target for reducing the damage wreaked by illegal loggers and ranchers.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) looks out from a helicopter at the flooded Itajai valley in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina November 26, 2008. Brazil sent hundreds of state and federal police officers on Wednesday to quell looting by homeless and hungry landslide victims facing the threat of disease after heavy flooding that authorities say killed more than 100 people and displaced 54,000.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) and Santa Catarina's governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira look out from a helicopter at the flooded Itajai valley in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina November 26, 2008. Brazil sent hundreds of state and federal police officers on Wednesday to quell looting by homeless and hungry landslide victims facing the threat of disease after heavy flooding that authorities say killed more than 100 people and displaced 54,000.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) and Santa Catarina' s Governor Luiz Henrique (2nd R) observe the flooded area as they overflies Navegantes, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, on November 26, 2008. Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain pounding southern Brazil for nearly two months have killed at least 84 people and forced more than 54,000 to flee. Lula da Silva annouced that the government will give an aid of 1,8 billions reals (785 million dollars) to the victims of the floods.
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