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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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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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Maldivian fishermen unload their catch at a fishing harbor in Male, Maldives, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Longtime President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom will face five opponents in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election on Oct. 8. He has been credited with turning a sleepy string of fishing islands off the southwestern tip of India into a major tourism destination and filling its coffers with hard currency.
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A member of the staff of Bakrie Telecom makes a phone call at the Bakrie building in Jakarta October 7, 2008. The Indonesia Stock Exchange suspended trading on Tuesday in shares of six firms controlled by the family of chief social welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie, including coal miner Bumi Resources Tbk. Erry Firmansyah, the president director of the stock exchange, said that the bourse had suspended trading pending clarification from the companies on a number of issues. The stock exchange also halted trading in Bakrie & Brothers Tbk, Bakrie Telecom Tbk, Bakrieland Development Tbk, Bakrie Sumatra Plantations Tbk, and Energy Mega Persada Tbk.
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A Chinese diver feeds the fishes to entertain visitors at an aquarium in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province on October 7, 2008. China's tourism industry is expected to employ 100 million people by 2015, meaning one in every 14 Chinese will work in the sector then.
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LONDON - JULY 10: (UK TABLOID Singer and charity co-founder Alicia Keys arrives at the Black Ball UK in aid of 'Keep A Child Alive' HIV/AIDS charity at St John's, Smith Square on July 10, 2008 in London, England.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 06: Actress Alicia Keys from the film "The Secret Life Of Bees", poses for a portrait during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival at The Sutton Place Hotel on September 6, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 05: (L-R) Actresses Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah attend the "The Secret Life Of Bees" premiere after party during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival held at the Ultra Supper Club on September 5, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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Egyptian women wearing the niqab, the Islamic full face veil that leaves only a slit for the eyes, chat at the River Nile bank in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 14, 2007. An Egyptian supreme court ended Saturday June 9, a five year legal battle ruling that the American University in Cairo "AUC" cannot ban women from wearing face veil while on campus. The decision by the Supreme Administrative court will force other universities in Egypt to relinquish its ban on face veils on campus.
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US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) shows the revised 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout bill during a press conference October 3, 2008 in Washington, DC. The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of the bailout on September 29 by a vote of 228 to 205, voted 263 to 171 in favor of the largest US government economic intervention since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (R) shows the revised 700-billion-USD Wall Street bailout bill to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (L) and Majority Whip James Clyburn (L) during a press conference October 3, 2008 in Washington, DC. The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of the bailout on September 29 by a vote of 228 to 205, voted 263 to 171 in favor of the largest US government economic intervention since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
US Speaker of te House Nancy Pelosi (L) and Democratic Senator from Illinois Rahm Emanuel smile during a press conference at the Capitol in Washington on October 3, 2008 after the House of Representatives approved the plan, bowing to intense pressure to help avert a global economic meltdown. The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of the bailout on September 29 by 228 votes to 205, voted 263 for to 171 against in favor of the largest US government economic intervention since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) and Democratic Caucus Chairman Illinois Representative Rahm Emanuel speak during a press conference October 3, 2008 in Washington, DC after the House of Representatives approved a revised 700-billion-USD Wall Street bailout. The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of the bailout on September 29 by a vote of 228 to 205, voted 263 to 171 in favor of the largest US government economic intervention since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
US Speaker of te House Nancy Pelosi (R) and House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank arrive at a press conference at the Capitol in Washington on October 3, 2008 after the House of Representatives approved the plan, bowing to intense pressure to help avert a global economic meltdown. The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of the bailout on September 29, 228 votes to 205, voted 263 to 171 in favor of the largest US government economic intervention since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
US Speaker of te House Nancy Pelosi (C) smiles as she makes her way to a press conference at the Capitol in Washington on October 3, 2008 after the House of Representatives approved the plan, bowing to intense pressure to help avert a global economic meltdown. The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of the bailout on September 29 by 228 votes to 205, voted 263 for to 171 against in favor of the largest US government economic intervention since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
US Speaker of te House Nancy Pelosi (R) talks with Democratic Representative fromIllinois Rahm Emanuel (2nd L) as House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank (L) and Majority Whip James Clyburn at the Capitol in Washington on October 3, 2008 after the House of Representatives, bowing to intense pressure to help avert a global economic meltdown, approved the controversial economic bailout plan. The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of the bailout on September 29 by 228 votes to 205, voted 263-171 in favor of the largest US government economic intervention since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C), House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank (L), Illinois Democratic Representative Rahm Emanuel (2nd L) arrive for a press conference on October 3, 2008 at the Capitol in Washington, DC after the House of Representatives, bowing to intense pressure to help avert a global economic meltdown, approved the controversial economic bailout plan. The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of the bailout on September 29 by 228 votes to 205, voted 263-171 in favor of the largest US government economic intervention since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C), House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank (L), Illinois Democratic Representative Rahm Emanuel (2nd L) arrive for a press conference on October 3, 2008 at the Capitol in Washington, DC after the House of Representatives, bowing to intense pressure to help avert a global economic meltdown, approved the controversial economic bailout plan. The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of the bailout on September 29 by 228 votes to 205, voted 263-171 in favor of the largest US government economic intervention since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 03: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) arrives with (L-R) Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), and House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) for a news conference after the vote of H.R. 1424 - Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 on Capitol Hill October 3, 2008 in Washington, DC. The House has passed the financial bailout bill 263 - 171.
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 03: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds up the HR1424 Financial Rescue package bill she just signed while House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) (L), James E. Clyburn (D-SC) (2nd-L), House Mahority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (R-IL) (R) stand nearby on Capitol Hill October, 3, 2008 in Washington, DC. Moments earlier the House of Representatives passed the revised version of the financial rescue package that failed to pass on Monday.
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 03: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds up the HR1424 Financial Rescue package bill she just signed while Chris Van Hollen (D - MD).(L) House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA)(2nd-L), James E. Clyburn (D-SC)(3rd-L), House Mahority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Rep. Rahm Emanuel (R-IL) (2nd-R) and Rep. John Larson (D-CT) (R) stand nearby on Capitol Hill October, 3, 2008 in Washington DC. Moments earlier the House of Representatives passed the revised version of the financial rescue package that failed to pass on Monday.
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 03: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) uses several pens to sign the HR1424 Financial Rescue package bill on Capitol Hill October, 3, 2008 in Washington DC. Moments earlier the House of Representatives passed the revised version of the financial rescue package that failed to pass on Monday.
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 03: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) signs the HR1424 Financial Rescue package bill while, James E. Clyburn (D-SC)(L), House Mahority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (2nd-L), Rep. Rahm Emanuel (R-IL) (3rd-L)) and Rep. John Larson (D-CT) (R) stand nearby on Capitol Hill October, 3, 2008 in Washington DC. Moments earlier the House of Representatives passed the revised version of the financial rescue package that failed to pass on Monday.
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 03: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) signs the HR1424 Financial Rescue package bill while, James E. Clyburn (D-SC)(L), House Mahority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (2nd-L), Rep. Rahm Emanuel (R-IL) (3rd-L)) and Rep. John Larson (D-CT) (R) stand nearby on Capitol Hill October, 3, 2008 in Washington DC. Moments earlier the House of Representatives passed the revised version of the financial rescue package that failed to pass on Monday.
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 03: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacts after singing the HR1424 Financial Rescue package bill while, James E. Clyburn (D-SC) (L), House Mahority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (2nd-L), Rep. Rahm Emanuel (R-IL) (3rd-L) and Rep. John Larson (D-CT) (R) stand nearby on Capitol Hill October, 3, 2008 in Washington, DC. Moments earlier the House of Representatives passed the revised version of the financial rescue package that failed to pass on Monday.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, hands off the financial rescue package that will be sent to the White House for President Bush to approve, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008 in Washington. Standing behind Pelosi are, Rep, Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. left, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD., right.
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