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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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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 Palestinian youth stands in Jerusalem's Old City near the entrance to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound , Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Around 90,000 Muslims congregated in Jerusalem for the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, it was reported by police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. He said thousands of police were deployed around the city to "prevent any disturbances."
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South Korea's top nuclear envoy Kim Sook arrives at a restaurant to meet his US and Japanese counterparts in Beijing September 5, 2008. South Korea's chief nuclear envoy on Friday pressed North Korea to halt plans to rebuild a mothballed nuclear plant that makes arms-grade plutonium and instead return to the bargaining table.
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VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 05: Actors Mickey Rourke and Evan Rachel Wood (R) pose with director Darren Aronofsky (C) at the 'The Wrestler' photocall at the Piazzale del Casino during the 65th Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2008 in Venice, Italy.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick faces Judge David Groner as he agrees to a plea agreement and to resign from office in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Michigan September 4, 2008.
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Serena Williams (L) and her sister Venus (R), both of the U.S., each react in this combination photo during their quarter-final match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York September 3, 2008.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Republican U.S vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will accept The GOP nomination for U.S. President Thursday night.
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British energy minister Malcolm Wicks answers journalists' questions during a press conference at the International Energy Forum in Rome on April 21, 2008. British energy minister Malcolm Wicks insisted that the problem of rising oil prices was not "a football match" that pitched producers against consumers.
British energy minister Malcolm Wicks answers journalists' questions during a press conference at the International Energy Forum in Rome on April 21, 2008. British energy minister Malcolm Wicks insisted that the problem of rising oil prices was not "a football match" that pitched producers against consumers.
Britain's Minister of State for Energy Malcolm Wicks looks through The Financial Times, ahead of an interview with Reuters in Abu Dhabi June 16, 2008. Britain welcomed news that top oil exporter Saudi Arabia planned to raise output but would like to see producers pump more to dampen high prices, Wicks said on Monday.
Karen Harbert (L), head of US delegation and Assistant Secretary of US Department of Energy, talks to the United Kingdom's Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks, at the 10th International Energy Forum in Doha, 23 ApriL 2006. The forum, going on until Tuesday, had kicked off unofficially a day earlier with meetings between some of the world's largest producers and the chief executive officers of several oil giants. AFP PHOTO/KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images)
