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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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New York Yankees starting pitcher Sidney Ponson delivers a pitch against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning of their American League baseball game in Seattle, Washington, September 6, 2008.
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German President Horst Koehler (2nd R) metts with Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd L), during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 7, 2008.
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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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Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, center, gestures as he poses for a photograph with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, left, and Myanmar's Foreign Minister U. Nyan Win before a meeting of members of BIMSTEC, or Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008.
Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pranab Mukherjee (R) talks with Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala during the 15th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC ) meeting in Colombo on August 1, 2008. Ministers from the SAARC countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Afghanistan who are attending the meeting on terrorism, food, drug offences, and arms smugging in the region.
Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pranab Mukherjee (R) shakes hand with Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala during the 15th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC ) meeting in Colombo on August 1, 2008. Ministers from the SAARC countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Afghanistan who are attending the meeting on terrorism, food, drug offences, and arms smugging in the region.
Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pranab Mukherjee (R) poses for photographers with Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala during the 15th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC ) meeting in Colombo on August 1, 2008. Ministers from the SAARC countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Afghanistan who are attending the meeting on terrorism, food, drug offences, and arms smugging in the region.
Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pranab Mukherjee (L) talks with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi during a bilateral meeting in Colombo on July 31, 2008. Colombo is hosting heads of state from The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperatuin (SAARC) countries for their annual two-day meeting from August 2.
India's Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) shakes hands with Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama (C) during the South Asian Association of Regional Corporation (SAARC) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Colombo July 31, 2008. Mukherjee handed over chairmanship of the council meeting to Bogollagama on Thursday.
India's Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) arrives for the South Asian Association for Regional Corporation (SAARC) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Colombo July 31, 2008. Mukherjee will hand over the chairmanship of the foreign ministers council meeting of the SAARC to Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) talks with Chairperson of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi (C) as Indian Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee (L) looks on during a UPA leaders meeting at The Prime Minister's residence in New Delhi on July 11, 2008. The leaders of the UPA allies met to finetune their political strategy as the ruling coalition braced for a trust vote in the Parliament in the wake of withdrawal of support by Left parties, plunging the Government into a minority. The UPA government has been reduced to a minority after the Left parties withdrew its support of 61 MPs due to differences over the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) speaks with his Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) as Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi watches during their meeting in New Delhi July 11, 2008. Singh on Thursday sought a vote of confidence in his government after his communist allies withdrew their support in protest against a nuclear deal with the United States.
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi look on during a joint press conference in New Delhi, Friday, June 27, 2008. The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan held talks Friday on the ongoing peace process between the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals, including their dispute over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi during a joint press conference in New Delhi, Friday, June 27, 2008. The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan held talks Friday on the ongoing peace process between the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals, including their dispute over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, looks on as his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi speaks during a joint press conference in New Delhi, Friday, June 27, 2008. The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan held talks Friday on the ongoing peace process between the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals, including their dispute over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, listens to this Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshii during a joint press conference after a meeting in New Delhi, Friday, June 27, 2008. The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan held talks Friday on the ongoing peace process between the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals, including their dispute over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.
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