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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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In this undated image released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT student Oliver Smoot is shown lying on the ground of the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge in Cambridge, Mass. Smoot was the shortest pledge in the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity in 1958 when its members decided to lay him on the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge. After discovering Smoot measured 5-foot-7 inches, they marked the bridge every five feet and seven inches, with an eventually exhausted Smoot getting up and down for each new measurement. They soon determined the bridge was 364.4 "Smoots" long. Smoot returned Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, to be honored at MIT, the school where he and his fraternity brothers invented the unique measurement 50 years ago.
Maria Zuber of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, right, with accompanied by former astronaut and retired Ohio Sen. John Glenn, left, and retired Lockheed Martin Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Norman Augustine, center, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2008, before a House Science and Technology Committee hearing on NASA's past accomplishments, and future opportunities and challenges, marking 50th anniversary of NASA.
Lawrence Vale, professor of urban planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, views the earthquake damage at the Erwang Temple Thursday, July 17, 2008, in Dujiangyan, China. A group of international urban planning experts have been brought in to offer their expertise as China begins planning its reconstruction. As China begins looking beyond emergency response toward long-term reconstruction, experts on post-disaster planning warn that expectations should be realistic since rebuilding will take years.
Bish Sanyal of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, second from left, Nicolas Retsinas, of Harvard, third from left, Hugo Priemus of Delft University in the Netherlands, fourth from left, and other experts tour the earthquake-damaged Erwang Temple, Thursday, July 17, 2008, in Dujiangyan, China. The group of international urban planning experts have been brought in to see the damage firsthand and offer their expertise as China begins planning its reconstruction. As China begins looking beyond emergency response toward long-term reconstruction, experts on post-disaster planning warn that expectations should be realistic since rebuilding will take years.
Susan Hockfield, left, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, listens to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., center, with G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., chairman and CEO of of General Motors, at an economic competitiveness summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penn. Thursday, June 26, 2008.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield, left, listens to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., center, with General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Officer G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., Thursday, June 26, 2008,, at a competitiveness summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Joseph DeSimone, Winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize Dr. Joseph DeSimone of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the 2008 recipient of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his inventions in green manufacturing, nanomedicine and medical devices, in addition to his lab-to-market entrepreneurship and commitment to mentorship. Here, polymer expert DeSimone holds a drum of his PRINT(R) molds, which can manufacture highly customizable and controllable nanobiomaterials for the diagnosis and treatment of disease. PRINT also has promising applications in other areas including optical films, solar cells and material sciences. Photo courtesy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
This artists rendition released by Jeffery Andrews-Hanna of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, shows an impact on the surface of Mars. Scientists say fresh evidence supports the theory that a monster impact punched the red planet, leaving behind perhaps the largest gash on any heavenly body in the solar system.
US professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Robert Lange smiles after receiving the Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki on June 11, 2008. Lang won the 800,000-euro (1.2-million-USD) prize for developing bio materials used in combating cancer and heart diseases. Langer has also made innovations in tissue engineering, including synthetic replacement for biological tissues such as artificial skin.
US professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Robert Lange (L) shakes hands with Finnish President Tarja Halonen as he receives the Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki on June 11, 2008. Lang won the 800,000-euro (1.2-million-USD) prize for developing bio materials used in combating cancer and heart diseases. Langer has also made innovations in tissue engineering, including synthetic replacement for biological tissues such as artificial skin.
US professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Robert Lange (L) and Finnish President Tarja Halonen pose at the winning ceremony at the Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki on June 11, 2008. Lang won the 800,000-euro (1.2-million-USD) prize for developing bio materials used in combating cancer and heart diseases. Langer has also made innovations in tissue engineering, including synthetic replacement for biological tissues such as artificial skin.
US professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Robert Lange sits at the winning ceremony at the Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki on June 11, 2008. Lang won the 800,000-euro (1.2-million-USD) prize for developing bio materials used in combating cancer and heart diseases. Langer has also made innovations in tissue engineering, including synthetic replacement for biological tissues such as artificial skin.
American professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Robert Lange looks on after winning the 800,000-euro (1.2-million-dollar) Millennium Technology Prize for developing bio materials used in combating cancer and heart diseases. Langer has also made innovations in tissue engineering, including synthetic replacement for biological tissues such as artificial skin.
WASHINGTON - APRIL 24: Melanie Kenderdine, associate director for strategic planning for the MIT Energy Initiative, testifies before a House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming hearing entitled "Pumping up Prices: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Record Gas Prices" at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 24, 2008 in Washington, DC.
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