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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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A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
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Flood victims wait for relief at a school in Saharsa, 270 kilometers (168 miles) northeast of Patna, India, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. A rescue boat filled with panicked flood victims capsized and killed 20 people in northern India, where monsoon flooding grew worse because of heavy rain and water flowing from neighboring Nepal, officials said Saturday.
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The Turkish Stars aerobatic team from the Turkish Air Force fly past a flag of the nation as they perform during a military parade on the 86th anniversary of Victory Day in Ankara, August 30, 2008. Tensions between Turkey's government and its powerful generals will continue clouding the future of the European Union-applicant country, after the new military commander warned against the rising profile of Islam.
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Soren Hansen of Denmark reacts after a missing putt on the 2nd green during the third round of The Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles on August 30, 2008 at the Gleneagles Hotel and Resort in Perthshire, Scotland.
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Marion Bartoli of France returns to Lindsay Davenport of the US at the US Open tennis tournament August 29, 2008 in Flushing Meadows, NY. Bartoli won the match 6-1, 7-6(3).
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Sebastien Loeb from France and co-driver Daniel Elena in the Citroen Total world Rally team in their Citroen C4 WRC during day two of the WRC Rally of New Zealand, in Hamilton on August 30, 2008.
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Italian Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi races his motorbike during the MotoGP free practice session at Misano track for the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano Adriatico on August 30, 2008.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the bench during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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In this Monday, Jan. 7, 2008 file photo, puppets of U.S. President George W. Bush, left, and al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, right, are displayed in a shop in the West Bank city of Ramallah. In his latest recorded message to the world, the fugitive leader of al-Qaeda portrays himself as a bitter enemy of Israel and the only true defender of the Palestinians. But the actual Palestinians, even the Islamic militants of Hamas, don't seem too enthusiastic about the bear hug from Osama bin Laden.
ROME - FEBRUARY 4: Omar Bin Laden, the 26-year-old son of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, arrives with his wife Jane Felix-Browne, 52, (Islamic name Zaina Mohammad) for the broadcast 'Niente di Personale' on Italian television channel 'La Sette', on February 4, 2008 in Rome, Italy. Omar Bin Laden has expressed an interest in being an 'ambassador for peace' between Islam and the West.
A reveller fancy dressed as Osama Bin Laden (L) holds an inflatable toy plane next to another reveller dressed as US president George W. Bush during the Galo da Madrugada (Rooster of the Dawn) street carnival parade in the northern Brazilian city of Recife, on February 2, 2008. Brazil's annual explosion of samba and sexual titillation began Friday, with scantily clad revellers hitting the streets from Rio to Recife to celebrate carnival. Jokes inspired by international or domestic events is one of the characteristics of the Brazilian carnival.
In this Jan. 11, 2008 file photo, Omar Osama bin Laden, right, and his British-born wife Jane Felix-Brown, now known as Zaina Alsabah, 52, speak during an interview with The Associated Press in Cairo, Egyp. The 27-year-old son of the al-Qaida leader has been denied British residency because London authorities believe his presence in the country would cause public concern, his wife said Thursday May 1, 2008.
Omar Osama bin Laden, right, and his British wife Jane Felix-Brown, now known as Zaina Alsabah, 52 are seen during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. The 26-year-old son of the al-Qaida leader does not renounce his father in an interview with The Associated Press, but says there is a better way to defend Islam: Omar wants to be an "ambassador for peace" between Muslims and the West.
Puppets of U.S. President George W. Bush, left, and al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, right, are displayed in a shop in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush scaled back hopes for a quick Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty in an interview before his Mideast trip this week, as he faces the same obstacles that have scuttled previous presidents and peace efforts.
A portrait of Osama bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaida terrorist organization, painted at the back of a truck with description "Lion of Islam", travels in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Aug 1, 2008. Pakistan's government said it needs to purge Taliban sympathizers from the country's main intelligence agency.
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden speaks at a news conference in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo. Bin Laden threatened the European Union with grave punishment on March 19, 2008 over the re-publication of cartoons of Islam's Prophet Mohammad that Muslims saw as offensive. In an audio recording posted on the Internet, bin Laden said that the drawings which were published by Danish and other newspapers were part of a "crusade" in which the Catholic Pope was involved.
Omar Osama bin Laden, 26, left and his British wife Jane Felix-Brown, now known as Zaina Alsabah, 52 use their laptop during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. The 26-year-old son of the al-Qaida leader does not renounce his father in an interview with The Associated Press, but says there is a better way to defend Islam: Omar wants to be an "ambassador for peace" between Muslims and the West.
Omar Osama bin Laden is seen during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. The 26-year-old son of the al-Qaida leader does not renounce his father in an interview with The Associated Press, but says there is a better way to defend Islam: Omar wants to be an "ambassador for peace" between Muslims and the West.
Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden talks at a news conference in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo. Bin Laden accused Washington of plotting to take control of Iraq's oil and urged Iraqis to reject efforts to rebuild a U.S.-backed national unity government there, in an audio recording posted on the Internet on Saturday.
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is seen speaking in this video grab provided to Reuters on September 11, 2007. Bin Laden eulogizes a September 11 hijacker as a rare and magnificent man in a tape released on Tuesday to mark the sixth anniversary of the attacks on the United States. The Al Qaeda leader's voice can be heard over a still image presenting the last testament of Waleed al-Shehri, and praising his role in the attacks. The 47-minute video did not appear to include any moving images of bin Laden, but it did include English subtitles. REUTERS/Internet
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is seen speaking in this video grab provided to Reuters on September 11, 2007. Bin Laden eulogizes a September 11 hijacker as a rare and magnificent man in a tape released on Tuesday to mark the sixth anniversary of the attacks on the United States. The Al Qaeda leader's voice can be heard over a still image presenting the last testament of Waleed al-Shehri, and praising his role in the attacks. The 47-minute video did not appear to include any moving images of bin Laden, but it did include English subtitles. REUTERS/Internet
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is seen speaking in this video grab provided to Reuters on September 11, 2007. Bin Laden eulogizes a September 11 hijacker as a rare and magnificent man in a tape released on Tuesday to mark the sixth anniversary of the attacks on the United States. The Al Qaeda leader's voice can be heard over a still image presenting the last testament of Waleed al-Shehri, and praising his role in the attacks. The 47-minute video did not appear to include any moving images of bin Laden, but it did include English subtitles. REUTERS/Internet
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden speaks in a video released on a web site September 7, 2007. Bin Laden said in the video issued ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks the United States was vulnerable despite its military and economic power. It was not clear when the tape, acquired by Reuters Television from a web trawler in Europe, was made. The authenticity of the tape could not be immediately verified, although bin Laden's image on an excerpt seen by Reuters matched a still photograph carried by an al Qaeda-linked Web site which had advertised the tape. REUTERS. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
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