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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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Robbie McEwen aus Australien konzentriert sich am Sonntag, 7. Sept. 2008, vor dem Start zum Vattenfall Cyclassics Radrennen in Hamburg.
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Former Hong Kong Chief Secretary Anson Chan campaigns for the pro-democracy Civic Party during the Legislative Council election in Hong Kong September 7, 2008. Hong Kong residents voted to elect a new legislature on Sunday, with the bruised democratic camp trying to maintain its watchdog legislative role against resurgent pro- Beijing rivals.
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An activist riding a motorbike wears a scarf with the image of late human rights activist Munir Said Thalib during a procession to mark the fourth anniversary of Munir's death in Jakarta on September 7, 2008. Munir, an outspoken critic of Indonesia's military, died of arsenic poisoning while on board a Garuda flight to Amsterdam in 2004. Human rights groups have long accused Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency (BIN) in the killing, which it has denied.
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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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CORRECTING BYLINE --- Pope Benedict XVI arrives to meet the priests in the dome of Bressanone, near Bolzano, northern Italy, on August 6, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI said on August 5, that it was important that China "open up" to Christ, during a visit to the memorial of an Italian missionary who moved to the Asian country, ANSA news agency reported. The pope was speaking from Oies, a village near Bressanone in northern Italy where he is on holiday. He honoured the memory of Giuseppe Freinademetz, who left to preach the gospel in China in 1879 and died there of typhoid in 1908.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives to meet the priests in the dome of Bressanone, near Bolzano, northern Italy, on August 6, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI said on August 5, that it was important that China "open up" to Christ, during a visit to the memorial of an Italian missionary who moved to the Asian country, ANSA news agency reported. The pope was speaking from Oies, a village near Bressanone in northern Italy where he is on holiday. He honoured the memory of Giuseppe Freinademetz, who left to preach the gospel in China in 1879 and died there of typhoid in 1908.
Photo taken Tuesday Aug. 5, 2008 provided by the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper Wednesday Aug. 6, 2008, showing Pope Benedict XVI, right, with curator Pietro Ursala visiting the home of late missionary Josef Freinademetz, who was made saint after his mission in China, in Oies, Alta Badia, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. The Pontiff begun last week his Alpine vacation in this mountain resort of the Dolomites where he will remain until August 11.
BADIA, ITALY - AUGUST 05: Pope Benedict XVI (C) and his brother Georg Ratzinger (half covered by the Pope) are seen in front of the birth place of Saint Josef Freinademetz during his summer holidays on August 5, 2008 in Badia (Abtei), Italy. Josef Freinademetz, born as a farmer's son 1852 in Badia, spent his life as missionary in China and was canonized 2003 by Pope John Paul II.
BADIA, ITALY - AUGUST 05: Pope Benedict XVI (C) and his brother Georg Ratzinger (half covered by the Pope) are seen in front of the birth place of Saint Josef Freinademetz during his summer holidays on August 5, 2008 in Badia (Abtei), Italy. Josef Freinademetz, born as a farmer's son 1852 in Badia, spent his life as missionary in China and was canonized 2003 by Pope John Paul II.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives to pay a visit to the home of Josef Freinademetz a 19th century saint who died as a missionary in China, and to pray in the church devoted to him, in Oies, Alta Badia, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. Benedict XVI is urging China to open up to Christianity saying, "It is important for this great country to open itself to the Gospel."
BADIA, ITALY - AUGUST 05: Pope Benedict XVI (C) and his brother Georg Ratzinger (R) arrive in front of the birth place of Saint Josef Freinademetz during his summer holidays on August 5, 2008 in Badia (Abtei), Italy. Josef Freinademetz, born as a farmer's son 1852 in Badia, spent his life as missionary in China and was canonized 2003 by Pope John Paul II.
BADIA, ITALY - AUGUST 05: Pope Benedict XVI (C) arrives in front of the birth place of Saint Josef Freinademetz during his summer holidays on August 5, 2008 in Badia (Abtei), Italy. Josef Freinademetz, born as a farmer's son 1852 in Badia, spent his life as missionary in China and was canonized 2003 by Pope John Paul II.
BADIA, ITALY - AUGUST 05: Pope Benedict XVI (C) greets children arriving in front of the birth place of Saint Josef Freinademetz during his summer holidays on August 5, 2008 in Badia (Abtei), Italy. Josef Freinademetz, born as a farmer's son 1852 in Badia, spent his life as missionary in China and was canonized 2003 by Pope John Paul II.
BADIA, ITALY - AUGUST 05: Pope Benedict XVI (C) greets children arriving in front of the birth place of Saint Josef Freinademetz during his summer holidays on August 5, 2008 in Badia (Abtei), Italy. Josef Freinademetz, born as a farmer's son 1852 in Badia, spent his life as missionary in China and was canonized 2003 by Pope John Paul II.
BADIA, ITALY - AUGUST 05: Pope Benedict XVI (2L) is welcomed in front of the birth place of Saint Josef Freinademetz during his summer holidays on August 5, 2008 in Badia (Abtei), Italy. Josef Freinademetz, born as a farmer's son 1852 in Badia, spent his life as missionary in China and was canonized 2003 by Pope John Paul II.
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