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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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Honda Motor Co. CEO Takeo Fukui, right, speaks during a press conference at the firm's head office in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Japanese automaker Honda has pulled out of Formula One, citing a slowdown in the global economy.
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Honda Motor Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Takeo Fukui looks down during a news conference in Tokyo December 5, 2008. Honda pulled out of Formula One on Friday, dealing a major blow to the sport and ending a dream for Japan's number two carmaker.
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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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A painting of "Marie Antoinette with the Rose" by Louise Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun is seen in the chateau of Versailles' Petit Trianon, which used to be her refuge from the royalty, near the main castle in Versailles, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. The chateau will reopen Wednesday after a one-year, 5 million euro (US$ 7.3 million) renovation.
Marie Antoinette's personnal belongings in the chateau of Versailles' Petit Trianon, which was her refuge from the royalty, near the main castle in Versailles, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 that reopens after a one-year, 5 millions euros (about US$ 7,3 million) renovation funded by Swiss watchmakers Breguet.
View of Marie Antoinette's bedroom in the chateau of Versailles' Petit Trianon, which was her refuge from the royalty, near the main castle in Versailles, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 that reopens after a one-year, 5 millions euros (about US$ 7,332 millions) renovation funded by Swiss watchmakers Breguet.
View of Marie Antoinette's interior in the chateau of Versailles' Petit Trianon, which was her refuge from the royalty, near the main castle in Versailles, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 that reopens after a one-year, 5 millions euros (about US$ 7,332 millions) renovation funded by Swiss watchmakers Breguet.
View of Marie Antoinette's sitting room in the chateau of Versailles' Petit Trianon, which was her refuge from the royalty, near the main castle in Versailles, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 that reopens after a one-year, 5 millions euros (about US$ 7,332 millions) renovation funded by Swiss watchmakers Breguet.
Busts and portraits of Marie Antoinette are displayed at the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, Thursday March 13, 2008. Highlights of "Marie Antoinette," which opens Saturday March 15 at the Grand Palais, include the tragic queen's childhood sketches; the glamorous furniture and porcelain that she commissioned; her official portraits en famille; and revolutionary pamphlets portraying her as a sex-crazed monster.
Volunteer Marie Antoinette Verviale, left, guides Michel Dietrich to touch a replica of a Louis XIV sculpture as part of an exhibition for blind and visually-impaired people at Louvre Museum in Paris, Monday Feb. 18, 2008. The Louvre's Tactile Gallery is the only space in the Paris museum where visitors can touch the sculptures, with no guards or alarms to stop them. Its new exhibit there, targeted to the blind and children.
LONDON - SEPTEMBER 27: Marie Antoinette's necklace is modelled at Christie's London on September 27, 2007 in London, England. The pearl, diamond and ruby necklace is estimated between 350,000-400,000 GBP and will be auctioned on Wednesday December 12, 2007 as part of the 'Magnificent Jewellery' sale.
In this photo provided by the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, a gold and rock crystal pocket watch made for the French queen Marie Antoinette by the famed watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, seen, one of the items returned after Israeli police detectives have cracked a legendary clock heist at a Jerusalem museum after a 25-year search. The 1983 theft saw 106 clocks worth millions of dollars disappear from the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art.
View of the "Love Temple" in the garden of the chateau of Versailles' Petit Trianon, which used to be Marie Antoinette's refuge from the royalty, near the main castle in Versailles, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 that reopens after a one-year, 5 millions euros (about US$ 7.3 million) renovation funded by Swiss watchmakers Breguet.
View of French Pavillon next to the chateau of Versailles' Petit Trianon, which was Marie Antoinette's refuge from the royalty, near the main castle in Versailles, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 that reopens after a one-year, 5 millions euros (about US$ 7,332 millions) renovation funded by Swiss watchmakers Breguet.
View of the French Pavillon next to the chateau of Versailles' Petit Trianon, which was Marie Antoinette's refuge from the royalty, near the main castle in Versailles, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 that reopens after a one-year, 5 millions euros (about US$ 7,332 millions) renovation funded by Swiss watchmakers Breguet.
Swatch Group chairman and Swiss billionaire Nicolas Hayek displays a re-creation of a Breguet self-winding watch made for Marie Antoinette in the chateau of Versailles' Petit Trianon, near the main castle in Versailles, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. The Petit Trianon reopens after a one-year, 5 millions euro (about US$ 7,3 million) renovation funded by Swiss watchmakers Breguet.
Swatch Group chairman and Swiss billionaire Nicolas Hayek, left, displays a re-creation of a Breguet self-winding watch made for Marie Antoinette, next to Versailles President Jean Jacques Aillagon in the chateau of Versailles' Petit Trianon, near the main castle in Versailles, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. The Petit Trianon reopens after a one-year, 5 million euros (about US$ 7,332 million) renovation funded by Swiss watchmakers Breguet.
A re-creation of a Breguet self-winding watch made for Marie Antoinette in the chateau of Versailles' Petit Trianon, near the main castle in Versailles, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. The Petit Trianon reopens after a one-year, 5 millions euro (about US$ 7,3 million) renovation funded by Swiss watchmakers Breguet.
A replica of a dress worn by Marie Antoinette in the 18th century is exhibited at a gallery in Tokyo Friday, May 9, 2008. Noriko Unayama, shown in the photo, assistant manager of Maison des Musees de France, a gallery run by Japan's major printing company Dai Nippon Printing Co., said the dress is sewn with various types of printed papers to match closely to the original fabrics after studying her dresses drawn in paintings by using the company's latest printing technologies.
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