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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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Visitors are sen at a Honda showroom in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Honda will pull out of Formula One unless a new buyer can be found within three months, The Associated Press has learned. The Japanese car manufacturer has the operating budget to keep the team running into early 2009, but escalating operational costs amid the worldwide financial crisis have the Brackley-based outfit in danger of shutting down if a new sponsor is not found quickly. Takeo Fukui, CEO of Honda Motors, was due to hold a news conference regarding the F1 team in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 5, 2008.
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Wen Hua, who survived the Sichuan earthquake, holds a toy in her temporary home in Anxian county, Sichuan province December 4, 2008. Schools that collapsed during the earthquake killed more than 19,000 people, nearly a quarter of the total deaths, an official said, giving the first government estimate. Picture taken December 4, 2008.
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Members of a choir sing during a ceremony for Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 81st birthday at Sanam Luang square in Bangkok on December 5, 2008. The revered monarch turned 81 on December 5, 2008 but pulled out of his customary birthday address the previous day due to illness, ending hopes that he might offer guidance on a way out of the nation's long-running political crisis.
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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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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) talks with Lebanon's Minister of State Nassib Lahoud at the U.N. conference on financing for development in Doha November 29, 2008. Western leaders as well as the heads of the IMF and World Bank will not attend a U.N. conference in Doha on financing for development as the developed world remains preoccupied with global financial turmoil.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) arrives to the U.N. conference on financing for development in Doha November 29, 2008. Western leaders as well as the heads of the IMF and World Bank will not attend a U.N. conference in Doha on financing for development as the developed world remains preoccupied with global financial turmoil.
DOHA, QATAR - NOVEMBER 29: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. conference on financing for development November 29, 2008 in Doha, Qatar. The conference aims to track progress on development aid amidst fears that wealthy countries will cut back on aid as a result of the impending recession.
DOHA, QATAR - NOVEMBER 29: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. conference on financing for development November 29, 2008 in Doha, Qatar. The conference aims to track progress on development aid amidst fears that wealthy countries will cut back on aid as a result of the impending recession.
DOHA, QATAR - NOVEMBER 29: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. conference on financing for development November 29, 2008 in Doha, Qatar. The conference aims to track progress on development aid amidst fears that wealthy countries will cut back on aid as a result of the impending recession.
DOHA, QATAR - NOVEMBER 29: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. conference on financing for development November 29, 2008 in Doha, Qatar. The conference aims to track progress on development aid amidst fears that wealthy countries will cut back on aid as a result of the impending recession.
DOHA, QATAR - NOVEMBER 29: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) attends the U.N. conference on financing for development November 29, 2008 in Doha, Qatar. The conference aims to track progress on development aid amidst fears that wealthy countries will cut back on aid as a result of the impending recession.
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 27: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) President Mahmoud Abbas shakes hands with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, November 27, 2008 in Ramallah, West Bank. The meeting comes in the wake of Napolitano's meeting with Isreal's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 27: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) President Mahmoud Abbas stands with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano during a welcoming ceremony2, November 27, 2008 in Ramallah, West Bank. The meeting comes in the wake of Napolitano's meeting with Isreal's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad attend a special cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 25, 2008. On Sunday, Abbas pledged to hold presidential and parliamentary elections next year if an Egyptian-led bid to secure rapprochement between the rival Palestinian factions fails. Abbas could hold elections in the occupied West Bank alone if Hamas prevents the ballot from taking place in Gaza, an Abbas aide said on Monday.
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 24: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO). President Mahmoud Abbas during his inauguration speech as Palestinian state president on November 24, 2008 in Ramallah, West Bank. The Palestinian Authority's central council has appointed Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian state president, a position that been vacant since Yasser Arafat's death in 2004.
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 24: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO). President Mahmoud Abbas during his inauguration speech as Palestinian state president on November 24, 2008 in Ramallah, West Bank. The Palestinian Authority's central council has appointed Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian state president, a position that been vacant since Yasser Arafat's death in 2004.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center left, speaks at the PLO Central Committee meeting at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday said he would call new elections early next year if the rival Hamas movement does not open reconciliation talks with him, an ultimatum that threatened to deepen the rift that has left the West Bank and the Gaza Strip under separate rulers.
A member of the Palestinian security forces stands in front of a poster showing President Mahmoud Abbas, left and the late Yasser Arafat during a celebration marking Palestinian Independence Day and the fourth anniversary of the death of Arafat, in the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. Palestinians have marked Nov. 15 as their Independence Day since 1988 when the Palestine National Council unilaterally declared statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Arafat died on Nov. 11, 2004, in a Paris hospital.
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