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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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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, arrive for a meeting 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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Father Laurent Chu Van Minh, the newly ordained Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of the Hanoi Diocese, smiles after his consecration ceremony at Nam Dinh Church, 90 km (56 miles) outside Hanoi December 5, 2008. Father Laurent worked as a barber and teacher for 32 years before he was consecrated as a priest in 1994 at the age of 51. Vietnam has 8 million Catholics, the second largest community in Asia after the Philippines.
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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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Marty Markowitz, president of the Brooklyn borough of New York, breaks a bottle of egg cream, a traditional Brooklyn drink, on the first car of the Cyclone roller coaster to mark the opening of the season for Astroland amusement park in New York, Sunday, April 1, 2007. Astroland is opening for its last season; Thor Equities has bought the amusement park and intends to develop the area into a year-round destination with amusements, a hotel, and residential units.
The family of slain New York City Police Detective Dillon Stewart pose for photographs with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, center, during an indoor dedication of a Brooklyn playground in memory of Stewart in New York, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. From left are Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Stewart's widow Leslyn, his daughter Samantha, 2, New York Police Commissioner Kelly, Stewart's mother Winifred Flemming, and his daughter Alexis, 8.
Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz, left, applauds as New Jersey Nets chairman and principal owner Bruce Ratner, also president and CEO of Forest City Ratner Companies, is introduced during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007, announcing that Barclays PLC will spend as much as $400 million over the next 20 years to put its name on a new pro-basketball arena that is the centerpiece of Ratner's Atlantic Yards development project. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz, left, gestures to NBA commissioner David Stern as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, looks on during a news conference announcing that British bank Barclays PLC will spend as much as $400 million in the next 20 years to put its name on a planned pro-basketball arena in New York, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. Barclays PLC President Robert Diamond Jr, watches, second from left. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 18: Marty Markowitz Brooklyn Borough President speaks to the media at a press conference announcing a 20-year naming rights deal of the Barclay Center January 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Barclay Center designed by world famous architect Frank Gehry will be the new home of the Nets and will be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Marty Markowitz
Barclays President Robert E. Diamond Jr., right, congratulates Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz during a press conference announcing a multi-facted marketing partnership including the 20-year naming rights to the Barclays Center, the planned centerpiece of the Brooklyn-based Atlantic Yards development in New York, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. The arena will be the new home of the New Jersey Nets.(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Barclays Bank President Robert E. Diamond Jr., right, congratulates Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz during a press conference announcing a multi-facted marketing partnership including the 20-year naming rights to the Barclays Center, the planned centerpiece of the Brooklyn-based Atlantic Yards development in New York, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. The arena will be the home of the New Jersey Nets.(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
