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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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Thai Buddhist monks wait for offerings early Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, near Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands continue to illegally occupy Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's office complex as the political standoff continues into its second week. The standoff stems from a campaign by the People's Alliance for Democracy, a loose-knit group of royalists, wealthy and middle-class urban residents, and union activists, to oust Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his government, accusing it of corruption and violating the constitution.
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Australia's Rebecca Keat celebrates winning the women's elite division of the Aviva Ironman 70.3 triathlon in Singapore September 7, 2008. Over 1,400 athletes took part in the event.
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Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang addresses a press conference after casting his vote in the territory's Legislative Council election in Hong Kong on September 7, 2008. Hong Kong's bedraggled democracy camp could suffer a bloody nose, as pro-Beijing parties bathe in a post-Olympic glow, politicians and analysts said.
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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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Pope Benedict XVI arrives on August 5, 2008 to pay a visit to the home of late missionary Josef Freinademetz, who was made saint after doing his mission in China, and pray in the church devoted to him, in Oies-Badia. The Pontiff begun last week his Alpine vacation in this mountain resort of the Dolomites where he will remain until August 11. The 81-year-old pontiff has another scheduled appearance on August 10, to deliver the Sunday noon Angelus prayer.
In this file photo dated Aug. 3, 2008 Pope Benedict XVI, right, greets the faithful with Bressanone Bishop Wilhem Egger, left, as they arrive for the Angelus prayer in Bressanone where he is vacationing, near Bolzano, northern Italy. On Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008 Benedict told pilgrims at his summer palace in Castel Gandolfo near Rome that he felt "profound emotion" when he learned of the death Saturday night of the 68-year-old Bressanone Bishop. Benedict said on Sunday that when he bid goodbye to the bishop on Aug. 11 in the mountain town that Egger seemed to be in good health.
Pope Benedict XVI, center foreground in white, leaves the seminary where he is vacationing, in background, on his way to the Angelus prayer in Bressanone, near Bolzano, northern Italy, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. The pontiff sent Sunday his greetings to China before the Olympics and said he hopes the Games offer an example of coexistence between people from different places. Meeting the faithful Benedict said he will follow the Olympics with a sense of deep friendship and hopes the sports can represent "a pledge of brotherhood and peace among people." At right, Bressanone Bishop Wilhem Egger; At second-left in background, Benedict's secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein; at letf partially visible, the pontiff's personal bodyguard, Domenico Giani.
Pope Benedict XVI, right, greets the faithful as he arrives for the Angelus prayer in Bressanone where he is vacationing, near Bolzano, northern Italy, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. The pontiff sent Sunday his greetings to China before the Olympics and said he hopes the Games offer an example of coexistence between people from different places. Meeting the faithful Benedict said he will follow the Olympics with a sense of deep friendship and hopes the sports can represent "a pledge of brotherhood and peace among people." At left, Bressanone Bishop Wilhem Egger.
Pope Benedict XVI, left, greets the faithful as he arrives for the Angelus prayer in Bressanone where he is vacationing, near Bolzano, northern Italy, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. The pontiff sent Sunday his greetings to China before the Olympics and said he hopes the Games offer an example of coexistence between people from different places. Meeting the faithful Benedict said he will follow the Olympics with a sense of deep friendship and hopes the sports can represent "a pledge of brotherhood and peace among people." At right, Benedict's secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein.
Pope Benedict XVI, center, looks on as he returns from the Angelus prayer in Bressanone where he is vacationing, near Bolzano, northern Italy, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. The pontiff sent Sunday his greetings to China before the Olympics and said he hopes the Games offer an example of coexistence between people from different places. Meeting the faithful Benedict said he will follow the Olympics with a sense of deep friendship and hopes the sports can represent "a pledge of brotherhood and peace among people." At left, Benedict's secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein; at right, the pontiff's personal bodyguard, Domenico Giani.
BRIXEN, ITALY - AUGUST 03: Pope Benedict XVI (R) (beside of bishop Wilhelm Egger of Bozen) waves to the people in front of Brixen Cathedral after a sunday Angelus prayer on August 3, 2008 in Brixen, Italy. Pope Benedict spends his summer holidays during a fortnight at the Cusanus academy as his residence in Brixen.
BRIXEN, ITALY - AUGUST 03: Pope Benedict XVI (R) (beside of bishop Wilhelm Egger of Bozen) waves to the people in front of Brixen Cathedral after a sunday Angelus prayer on August 3, 2008 in Brixen, Italy. Pope Benedict spends his summer holidays during a fortnight at the Cusanus academy as his residence in Brixen.
BRIXEN, ITALY - AUGUST 03: Pope Benedict XVI (L) (besides his secretary Georg Gaenswein) waves to the people in front of Brixen Cathedral ahead of a sunday Angelus prayer on August 3, 2008 in Brixen, Italy. Pope Benedict spends his summer holidays during a fortnight at the Cusanus academy as his residence in Brixen.
