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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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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during a global conference of political and business leaders in Cernobbio, by the Como lake, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Cheney renewed his call for cooperation between Europe and Washington over the Georgia crisis, Italy's foreign minister said Sunday.
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Deputy chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) Andrea Nahles arrives for a party leaders meeting at the resort hotel Schwielowsee in Werder, south of Berlin September 7, 2008. Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) will nominate Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday to run against Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's election, party members said.
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Performers realease balloons into the air in central Moscow on September 7, 2008 during celebrations for the 861st anniversary of the founding of Moscow.
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling party, Pakistan People's Party, chant slogans as they celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Islamabad September 6, 2008. Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.
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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 14: Lamar Odom #7 of the Los Angeles Lakers goes up for a dunk over Mehmet Okur #13 of the Utah Jazz in Game Five of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs at Staples Center on May 14, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. The Lakers defeated the Jazz 111-104.
LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 14: Lamar Odom #7 of the Los Angeles Lakers goes up for a dunk over Mehmet Okur #13 of the Utah Jazz in Game Five of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs at Staples Center on May 14, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. The Lakers defeated the Jazz 111-104.
Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko, left, of Russia, and Utah Jazz forward Mehmet Okur, right, of Turkey, pressure Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol, of Spain, during the fourth quarter in Game 5 of an NBA Western Conference semifinal basketball series at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday May 14, 2008. Lakers won, 111-104.
SALT LAKE CITY - MAY 11: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers is guarded by Mehmet Okur #13 of the Utah Jazz in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs on May 11, 2008 at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
SALT LAKE CITY - MAY 11: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers goes up to the hoop over Mehmet Okur #13 of the Utah Jazz in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs at EnergySolutions Arena May 11, 2008 in Salt Lake City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
SALT LAKE CITY - MAY 09: Mehmet Okur #13 of the Utah Jazz drives against Pau Gasol #16 of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs on May 9, 2008 at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
SALT LAKE CITY - MAY 09: Derek Fisher #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers passes the ball against Mehmet Okur #13 of the Utah Jazz in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs on May 9, 2008 at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
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