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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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Melinda Gates, center, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shakes hands with Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, right, as foundation co-chair Bill Gates Sr., left, looks on after they ceremonially broke ground Tuesday, July 22, 2008, on the charity organization's new $500 million headquarters in Seattle. The Gates Foundation, started by Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates and his wife Melina Gates in 2000, is using its $37.3 billion endowment to fight diseases like AIDS and malaria, and to support numerous other causes throughout the world.
Melinda Gates, left, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, sits with Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, right, in front of a drawing of the charity organization's new $500 million headquarters in Seattle during a groundbreaking ceremony, Tuesday, July 22, 2008. The Gates Foundation, started by Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates in 2000, is using its $37.3 billion endowment to fight diseases like AIDS and malaria, and to support numerous other causes throughout the world.
Bill Gates, left, and Melinda Gates, center, answer questions as they sit with Dr. Regina Rabinovich, director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Infectious Diseases initiative Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, in Seattle. The Gates' appealed to more than 300 malaria scientists and policy makers at the forum to take steps towards eradicating the disease worldwide instead of just keeping it under control.
Bill Gates, left, and Melinda Gates answer questions as they sit with Dr. Regina Rabinovich, director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Infectious Diseases initiative, during a forum of 300 malaria scientists and policy makers Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, in Seattle. The Gates' appealed to the group to join in the goal of eradicating the disease worldwide--a day when no human being has the disease and no mosquito carries it.
Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates (L) and his Melinda Gates (C) listen as US investment guru Warren Buffett (R) addresses a press conference in this 26 June 2006 file photo in New York regarding his pledge of 10 million class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. US charitable giving hit a record 295.02 billion dollars in 2006 as Americans topped the philanthropic effort from major disasters a year earlier, a survey showed Monday. A report by Giving USA Foundation showed a third straight year of charity giving growth was fueled in part by mega-gifts from billionaires like Warren Buffet, but also from mainstream Americans, who donated roughly two percent of their incomes to various causes
CAMBRIDGE, MA - JUNE 7: Melinda Gates and Bill Gates Sr., applaud as Microsoft co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates, gives the commencement speech at Harvard University June 7, 2007 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gates, who enrolled at Harvard in a pre-law program in 1973 and left in his junior year, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree earlier in the day.
Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, left, and Melinda French Gates, arrive at a press conference to speak on behalf of the GAVI Alliance in a press conference during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 26, 2007. The GAVI Alliance is engaged in the supply and distribution of vaccines to children. Top business leaders, heads of state from around the world and NGOs gather here until Sunday.
Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, left, and Melinda French Gates, speak on behalf of the GAVI Alliance in a press conference during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 26, 2007. The GAVI Alliance is engaged in the supply and distribution of vaccines to children. Top business leaders, heads of state from around the world and NGOs gather here until Sunday.
Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, left, and Melinda French Gates, speak on behalf of the GAVI Alliance in a press conference during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 26, 2007. The GAVI Alliance is engaged in the supply and distribution of vaccines to children. Top business leaders, heads of state from around the world and NGOs gather here until Sunday.
Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates (L) and his Melinda Gates (C) listen as US investment guru Warren Buffett (R) addresses a press conference in this 26 June 2006 file photo in New York regarding his pledge of 10 million class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffet, the world's richest man, and Mars Inc, the US food and confectionary giant, plan to buy iconic US chewing gum maker Wrigley for more than 22 billion dollars (14 billion euros), the Wall Street Journal reported April 28, 2008.
In this June 15, 2006 file photo, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates, right, looks at Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer after Gates announced that he will transition from day-to-day responsibilities at the company he co-founded to concentrate on the charitable work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Two years later, Microsoft's iconic frontman is finally giving up his full-time gig at the company to devote more time to world health charity work.
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