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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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Stoke City's Rory Delap prepares to launch a trademark long throw against Derby County during their English League Cup soccer match at The Britannia Stadium, Stoke, England, Tuesday Dec. 2, 2008.
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Ajax Amsterdam's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is seen on this Febuary 2, 2008 file picture during a soccer match against Feyenoord in Amsterdam. Real Madrid have reached an agreement to sign Huntelaar the Spanish champions said on December 2, 2008. The 25-year-old, who will sign a contract until 2013, will not be available for Real until January when he will be available to replace compatriot Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 03: The Te Waihono A Kupe Maori Cultural Group pose for a photo with the LA Galaxy after arriving at the Auckland International Airport on December 3, 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand. The LA Galaxy are playing a one off match against the Oceania All Stars in Auckland on December 06.
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DETROIT - NOVEMBER 20: Shuttered homes and businesses line a downtown street November 20, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. An estimated one in three Detroiters lives in poverty, making the city the poorest large city in America. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb to decline of the American auto industry. Detroit, home to the big three, would be hardest hit if the government lets the auto makers fall into bankruptcy.
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Actor Viggo Mortensen gestures during a news conference to promote his latest film "Alatriste" in Tokyo on December 1, 2008. The film will be on the screens on December 13. Alatriste, played in the film by 47 year old US actor, is a unscrupulous 17th century adventurer in the movie, set in Spain's "golden age" under King Philip IV which coincided with the emergence of artistic giants such as Velasquez and the development of the "New World."
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Chelsea Clinton (L) and former US President Bill Clinton watch as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at the National Building Museum in Washington June 7, 2008. Clinton endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to be the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate on Saturday and suspended her own White House bid less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough support to win the nomination. Clinton's endorsement of Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum marked the beginning of efforts to reunite the Democratic Party after a long and divisive campaign battle that ended on Tuesday when Obama won the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
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A tear runs down the face of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as he speaks about his grandmother who died earlier on Monday, during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. On the eve of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died after a battle with cancer.
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Radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speaks at a news conference in Najaf, 165 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, in this file photo from Oct. 14, 2003. Al- Sadr called for peaceful demonstrations Thursday June 14, 2007, and a three-day mourning period to mark the minarets' destruction. He appeared to take a conciliatory tone in a statement, saying that no Sunni Arab could have been responsible for Wednesday's attack on the Askariya Shiite shrine in Samarra.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr prays in the holy Shiite city of Kufa 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad on Friday, May 25, 2007. Al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday, delivering a fiery anti-American sermon to thousands of followers and demanding U.S. troops leave Iraq.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr prays in the holy Shiite city of Kufa 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad on Friday, May 25, 2007. Al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday, delivering a fiery anti-American sermon to thousands of followers and demanding U.S. troops leave Iraq.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr prays in the holy Shiite city of Kufa 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad on Friday, May 25,2007. Al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday, delivering a fiery anti-American sermon to thousands of followers and demanding U.S. troops leave Iraq.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr prays in the holy Shiite city of Kufa 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad on Friday, May 25,2007. Al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday, delivering a fiery anti-American sermon to thousands of followers and demanding U.S. troops leave Iraq.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr delivers his sermon before 6,000 worshippers in holy Shiite city of Kufa 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, May 25, 2007. Al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday, delivering a fiery anti-American sermon to thousands of followers and demanding U.S. troops leave Iraq.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr prays in the holy Shiite city of Kufa 160 kilometers, (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Friday, May 25, 2007. Firebrand cleric al-Sadr has quietly resumed seminary studies to attain the coveted title of a Shiite Ayatollah _ a goal that could make him and his Mahdi Army an even more formidable power broker in Iraq.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr prays in the holy Shiite city of Kufa 160 kilometers, (100 miles), south of Baghdad, Friday, May 25, 2007. Firebrand cleric al-Sadr has quietly resumed seminary studies to attain the coveted title of a Shiite Ayatollah _ a goal that could make him and his Mahdi Army an even more formidable power broker in Iraq.
Head of Al-Sadr parliamentary bloc Nassar Al-Rubaie (C) speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, 16 April 2007. Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr pulled his six ministers out of Iraq's beleaguered coalition government today, upping the political stakes after a weekend of savage sectarian violence. The Shiite hardliner -- who has not been seen in public since October -- was angered last week when street protests failed to persuade Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to set a date for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq
Influential member of Al-Sadr parliamentary bloc Bahaa Al-Arjee speaks to the media during press conference in Baghdad, April 16, 2007. The radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers in the Cabinet to abandon their posts on Monday, the head of the cleric's parliamentary bloc said, blaming the Iraqi leadership's refusal to respond to demands for a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr delivers a Friday sermon, in a Mosque, in Kufa, Iraq, Friday Sept. 22, 2006. The violent Shiite militia known as the Mahdi Army is splintering, with up to 3,000 gunmen now funded directly by Iran and no longer loyal to al-Sadr. Two commanders tell The Associated Press that hundreds have crossed into Iran for training by the elite Quds commandos _ an ominous development at a time when U.S. forces and the Iraqi government are struggling to get sectarian groups to lay down their arms. By Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, gestures while delivering a Friday sermon in Kufa, Iraq, in this Friday Sept. 22, 2006 file photo. Al-Sadr has called for restraint in an apparent bid to exert control over his Mahdi Army militia fighters. A statement read after Friday prayers June 13 2008 in the holy city of Kufa says the Shiite militia will continue to resist U.S.-led forces in Iraq but fighting should be limited to a select group.
The radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr delivers a sermon, in a Mosque, in Kufa, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, in this Friday Sept. 22, 2006, file photo. Britain's Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, handover of Basra province will have a limited effect on security in Iraq's biggest oil region because rival Shiite warlords and local officials have been wielding the real power in the area. The main players in Basra and southern Iraq are the powerful Shiite entities, al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia; Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the largest Shiite political party and the Badr Brigade militia, which has largely been absorbed into the Iraqi security forces; and the Fadhila party, which also has its own fighters and a member as Basra's governor.
The radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ,gestures while delivering Friday sermon, in a Mosque, in Kufa, 160 kilometers, (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday Sept. 22, 2006. Firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has quietly resumed seminary studies to attain the coveted title of a Shiite Ayatollah _ a goal that could make him and his Mahdi Army an even more formidable power broker in Iraq.
