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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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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, front left, and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, front center, share a light moment after joining their delegations for a group photo to wrap up the two-day Strategic Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. The United States and China pledged US$20 billion to help finance trade amid a global credit crisis Friday as they wrapped up high-level talks marked by a Chinese appeal to Washington to stabilize its economy.
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Pratibha Patil during Medvedev's ceremonial reception at the presidential palace in New Delhi December 5, 2008. Medvedev said on Thursday Russia might lease out nuclear-powered submarines to India as part of deepening defence ties.
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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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An Uighur ethnic minority man stands near a statue of Uighur farmer Kurban Tulum, left, and Mao Zedong, right, shaking hands in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Saturday, April 5, 2008. Chinese authorities are blaming a radical Islamic group for instigating recent protests in the restive western region of Xinjiang, state media reported.
A Uighur ethnic minority man plays with a mobile phone near a statue of Uighur farmer Kurban Tulum, left, and Mao Zedong, right, shaking hands in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Saturday, April 5, 2008. While police presence is light one week after a protest in this Silk Road oasis, animosity between Muslims and Chinese runs deep. Aside from continuing unrest in Tibet, China faces simmering resentment in its traditionally Muslim Central Asian frontier.
An Uighur ethnic minority man plays with a mobile phone near a statue of Uighur farmer Kurban Tulum, left, and Mao Zedong, right, shaking hands in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Saturday, April 5, 2008. While police presence is light one week after a protest in this Silk Road oasis, animosity between Muslims and Chinese runs deep. Aside from continuing unrest in Tibet, China faces simmering resentment in its traditionally Muslim Central Asian frontier.
A policeman directs traffic in front of a billboard featuring portraits of Mao Zedong (L), Deng Xiaoping (C) and Jiang Zemin - Communist Party leaders from three generations - in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in this November 8, 2002 file photo. Whether Hu can name a protege as fifth-generation successor -- after Mao, Deng, Jiang and Hu Jintao himself -- at the October congress will be a barometer of his influence, analysts said. Picture taken November 8, 2002. To match feature CHINA-PARTY/HEIR. REUTERS/China Photo/Files
T-shirts featuring Mao Zedong, left, and Beijing Olympics, right, are sold in a street Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007 in Shanghai, China. China celebrated the one-year countdown to the start of the Beijing Games last week, however the Olympics chief warned that the capital's dirty air could force the rescheduling of some events.
A combo photo shows details of an oil on canvas painting by South Korean artist Kim Dong Yoo entittled "Mao Zedong (L) and Deng Xiaoping (R)" prior to it going under the hammer at Christie's Spring sale, in Hong Kong 27 May 2007. The painting was made with hundreds of tiny portraits of US actress Marilyn Monroe and is among hundreds of lots worth more than a billion dollars that will go under the hammer over the next four days in Christie's spring sale of Asian art, jewellery and watches
A prospective buyer views two paintings by South Korean artist Kim Dong Yoo entittled "Mao Zedong (L) and Deng Xiaoping (R)" prior to it going under the hammer at Christie's Spring sale, in Hong Kong 27 May 2007. The painting was made with hundreds of tiny portraits of US actress Marilyn Monroe and is among hundreds of lots worth more than a billion dollars that will go under the hammer over the next four days in Christie's spring sale of Asian art, jewellery and watches
Demonstrators holding a banner with pictures of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, left, Soviet leader Josef Stalin, center, and Chinese leader Mao Zedong, right, participate in a march celebrating Labour Day, in central London, Tuesday May 1, 2007. referring to Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, participates in a march celebrating Labour Day, in central London, Tuesday May 1, 2007.
A protestor holds a flag showing the portraits of late communist figures Chinese political leader Mao Zedong (R), Russian Communist movement leader Lenin (C) and German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary Karl Heinrich Marx, prior to a Labour Day rally in Hong Kong, 01 May 2007. Hundreds of thousands of workers around the world joined labour day protests
An image of the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is seen on a cigarette lighter, left, alongside images of Chairman Mao Zedong, top right, and Premier Zhou Enlai, on sale in Beijing Wednesday Feb. 14, 2007. Deng, who died 10 years ago on Feb. 19, 1997, is credited with kicking off China's economic boom when he introduced capitalist-style economic reforms in 1978, following years of stagnation in the chaos of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution.
Two former leaders, China's Mao Zedong (L) and Iraq's Saddam Hussein (2/L), once feared in person(s) but now used for marketing purposes on cheap merchandise sold for small profit, 07 February 2007 in Xian, in western China's Shaanxi province. While modernizing like the rest of the country, Xian's ancient history of terra-cotta warriors and a wealth of archaeological findings remain its top draw as one of the China's top tourist destinations
Mao Zedong's personal airplane, one of three that the Chinese airforce bought from Pakistan in 1969, which has been parked since 1999 outside a shopping centre in Zhuhai, southern China's Guangdong province on October 5, 2008. The 46-metre-long plane has been put up for sale by the owner to make more space for parking.
Mao Zedong's personal airplane, one of three that the Chinese airforce bought from Pakistan in 1969, which has been parked since 1999 outside a shopping centre in Zhuhai, southern China's Guangdong province on October 4, 2008. The 46-metre-long plane has been put up for sale by the owner to make more space for parking.
The portrait of Mao Zedong above Tiananmen gate is obscured by a bus crossing in front of it, on the streets of Beijing , China, Monday, July, 21, 2008. Monday was the first workday for restrictions on car use under a bold plan to clear the Olympic city of its notorious smog choked skies. The government has also improved public transportation options for the estimated 4 million extra people who will be off the road because of the traffic plan, the official news agency Xinhua said.
The portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong hanging in Beijing's Tiananmen Square can be seen through the head-dress of a traditionally dressed ethnic minority delegate from the National People's Congress (NPC) March 11, 2008. China's parliament, the NPC, continues to sit in the Great Hall of the People, with the main points of focus being on the risks that inflation poses to China's social fabric and double-digit growth, which has transformed the country into the world's fourth-biggest economy.
The portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong hangs behind red flags, raised during the sitting of parliament, and the Chinese national flag (R) in Beijing's Tiananmen Square March 3, 2008. Hundreds of thousands of police, security guards and volunteers patrolled Beijing on Monday to usher in China's annual session of parliament and pounce on the slightest hint of dissent in the Olympic host city.
Vendors, selling late Chairman Mao Zedong's memorabilia and antique items, wait for customers at a flea market in Beijing October 20, 2007. In Mao Zedong's day, the world was not even aware China's ruling Communist Party was holding one of its agenda-setting congresses until the whole event was over. The Mao era is long over, but the Party is still firmly in charge, and with its 17th Congress under way, the door to its secretive meetings is opening -- if only by a crack.
Vendors, selling late Chairman Mao Zedong's memorabilia and books, wait for customers at a flea market in Beijing October 20, 2007. In Mao Zedong's day, the world was not even aware China's ruling Communist Party was holding one of its agenda-setting congresses until the whole event was over. The Mao era is long over, but the Party is still firmly in charge, and with its 17th Congress under way, the door to its secretive meetings is opening -- if only by a crack.
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