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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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Hanoi Catholic Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet attends the consecration ceremony for Father Laurent Chu Van Minh, the newly ordained Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of the Hanoi Diocese, 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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Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) attends a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in Nicosia, on November 15, 2008. Greek Cypriots engaged in peace talks on the decades-old Cyprus problem should stop trying to please the church and their "rejectionist" allies if they want progress, the Turkish Cypriot leader warned on Saturday.
Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (2R) attends a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in Nicosia, on November 15, 2008. Greek Cypriots engaged in peace talks on the decades-old Cyprus problem should stop trying to please the church and their "rejectionist" allies if they want progress, the Turkish Cypriot leader warned on Saturday.
A handout picture from the Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) shows Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (front 2nd L), his commissioner for the presidential palace George Iacovou (2nd R) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (L) listening to UN secretary general special envoy for Cyprus Alexander Downer (R) during a meeting in the UN Buffer Zone in the capital of the divided island of Cyprus, Nicosia, on November 11, 2008. Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held a new round of direct talks today in a bid to speed up slow-moving negotiations on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island.
A handout picture from the Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) shows Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (R) shaking hands with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (L) during a meeting in the UN Buffer Zone separating the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in the capital of the divided island of Cyprus, Nicosia, on November 11, 2008. Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held a new round of direct talks today in a bid to speed up slow-moving negotiations on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island.
A handout picture from the Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) shows Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (L) facing Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R) and his advisor Ozdel Nami (2-R) during a meeting in the UN Buffer Zone separating the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in the capital of the divided island of Cyprus, Nicosia, on November 3, 2008. Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held a new round of direct talks today in a bid to speed up slow-moving negotiations on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island.
A handout picture from the Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) shows Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (R) shaking hands with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (L) during a meeting in the UN Buffer Zone separating the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in the capital of the divided island of Cyprus, Nicosia, on November 3, 2008. Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held a new round of direct talks today in a bid to speed up slow-moving negotiations on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island.
Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, right, and Turkish Cypriot Mehmet Ali Talat, left, talks during their meeting at a UN compound in UN buffer zone in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Cyprus' rival community leaders discussed how they would share executive power in a future federation and other issues at a new round of talks Wednesday to reunify the island, officials said. It was the sixth meeting between President Dimitris Christofias, a Greek Cypriot, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat since the restart of peace talks last month to end a four-year stalemate.
A handout picture from the Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) shows Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (R) shaking hands with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (L) following a meeting in the UN Buffer Zone separating the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in the capital of the divided island of Cyprus on October 22, 2008. Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held a new round of direct talks today in a bid to speed up slow-moving negotiations on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island.
A handout picture from the Cyprus Information and Press Office (PIO) shows Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (R) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (L) drinking coffee during a meeting in the UN Buffer Zone separating the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in the capital of the divided island of Cyprus on October 22, 2008. Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held a new round of direct talks today in a bid to speed up slow-moving negotiations on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island.
A handout picture released by the Cypriot Press and Information Office on October 13, 2008 shows Cypriot President Demetris Christofias(R) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (L) posing for photographers before their meeting in the UN Buffer Zone seperating the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in the capital of the divided island of Cyprus. Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held a new round of direct talks today in a bid to speed up slow-moving negotiations on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island.
A handout picture released by the Cypriot Press and Information Office on October 13, 2008 shows Cypriot President Demetris Christofias(R) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (L) walking into a meeting in the UN Buffer Zone seperating the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in the capital of the divided island of Cyprus. Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held a new round of direct talks today in a bid to speed up slow-moving negotiations on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island.
Cypriot president Dimitris Christofias, right, Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, left, and U.N. envoy Alexander Downer, right rear, leave their meeting at a U.N. compound at the UN the buffer zone in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Oct. 10,2008. President Dimitris Christofias, a Greek Cypriot, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat met for the fourth time since relaunching talks last month to end a four-year stalemate. Both say they are committed to end the island's decades-old division. Downer, who moderated the talks, said Christofias and Talat agreed to meet once a week "to keep the momentum of the process going."
Archbishop Desmond Tutu (L) speaks to media accompanied by Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (R), in Nicosia, on October 9, 2008. Nobel peace laureates ex-US president Jimmy Carter and anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu arrived in Cyprus today to back UN-brokered efforts to reunite the Mediterranean island.
Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, second from left, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, left, talk with Christofias' top aide Giorgios Iakovou, right, before their meeting at a United Nations compound, in the U.N. buffer zone (Green Line), in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. Cyprus' rival leaders began their first substantive talks aimed at reunifying the war-divided island, meeting on Thursday at an abandoned airport inside the U.N.-controlled buffer zone.
Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (L) talks to Greek Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (R) during their meeting at the residence of the UN chief's special representative in Cyprus in the UN-patrolled buffer zone of Nicosia on September 11, 2008. The two rival leaders began negotiations today the thorny issues that have kept the Mediterranean island divided for 34 years, in what is seen as the best chance of peace for years despite their entrenched differences. Reunification of the island, which has been divided since Turkish forces invaded its northern third in 1974, is vital to Turkey's bid to join the European Union.
Greek Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (R) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat (L) arrive for a meeting at the residence of the UN chief's special representative in Cyprus in the UN-patrolled buffer zone of Nicosia on September 11, 2008. The two rival leaders began negotiations today the thorny issues that have kept the Mediterranean island divided for 34 years, in what is seen as the best chance of peace for years despite their entrenched differences. Reunification of the island, which has been divided since Turkish forces invaded its northern third in 1974, is vital to Turkey's bid to join the European Union.
Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, right, gestures as he speaks to the media, upon his arrival at the United Nations buffer zone to meet with Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, not seen, in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. Cyprus' rival leaders began their first substantive talks aimed at reunifying the war-divided island, meeting Thursday at an abandoned airport inside the U.N.-controlled buffer zone.
Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (L) shakes hands with Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat (C) as U.N. special envoy for Cyprus Alexander Downer looks on during a news conference after their meeting in Nicosia September 3, 2008. Christofias, representing the Greek Cypriot community, and Ali Talat, met for 90 minutes in the no man's land dividing their capital Nicosia, in what diplomats and analysts describe as the first opportunity for a breakthrough in years. Taye-Brook Zerihoun (Top row, 2nd L), head of the U.N. Mission on Cyrpus, looks on next to other officials.
Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (L) gestures next to Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat (C) and U.N. special envoy for Cyprus Alexander Downer during a news conference after their meeting in Nicosia September 3, 2008. Christofias, representing the Greek Cypriot community, and Ali Talat, met for 90 minutes in the no man's land dividing their capital Nicosia, in what diplomats and analysts describe as the first opportunity for a breakthrough in years. Taye-Brook Zerihoun (Top row, 2nd L), head of the U.N. Mission on Cyrpus, looks on next to other officials.
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