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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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Palestinians wait to cross a checkpoint as they travel to Jerusalem on the first Friday of Ramadan, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Around 90,000 Muslims congregated in Jerusalem for the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. He said "thousands" of police were deployed around the city to "prevent any disturbances."
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Pakistani Muslims pray on the first Friday of Ramadan in Lahore September 5, 2008. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
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Iranian women attend the weekly noon prayer sermon at Tehran university on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, on September 5, 2008. Muslims across the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth and holiest month of the Muslim calendar, which is traditionally determined by the sighting of a new crescent moon. Practicing Muslims desist from eating, drinking, smoking and any sexual activities from dawn to dusk during Ramadan.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick faces Judge David Groner as he agrees to a plea agreement and to resign from office in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Michigan September 4, 2008.
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Serena Williams (L) and her sister Venus (R), both of the U.S., each react in this combination photo during their quarter-final match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York September 3, 2008.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Republican U.S vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will accept The GOP nomination for U.S. President Thursday night.
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A poster showing Asif Ali Zardari, head of the ruling Pakistan People's Party and widower of two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is blown by strong wind before a storm in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Zardari will face off against two lightly regarded opponents when legislators meet Saturday to choose a president to fill the gap created when former military strongman Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure last month.
A poster showing Asif Ali Zardari, head of the ruling Pakistan People's Party and widower of two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is seen at the street before a storm in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Zardari will face off against two lightly regarded opponents when legislators meet Saturday to choose a president to fill the gap created when former military strongman Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure last month.
A poster showing Asif Ali Zardari, head of the ruling Pakistan People's Party and widower of two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is blown by strong wind before a storm in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Zardari will face off against two lightly regarded opponents when legislators meet Saturday to choose a president to fill the gap created when former military strongman Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure last month.
A Pakistani boy rides past a poster showing Asif Ali Zardari, head of the ruling Pakistan People's Party and widower of two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, before a storm in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Zardari will face off against two lightly regarded opponents when legislators meet Saturday to choose a president to fill the gap created when former military strongman Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure last month.
A poster showing Asif Ali Zardari, head of the ruling Pakistan People's Party and widower of two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is seen at the street in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Zardari will face off against two lightly regarded opponents when legislators meet Saturday to choose a president to fill the gap created when former military strongman Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure last month.
A poster showing Asif Ali Zardari, head of the ruling Pakistan People's Party and widower of two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is blown by strong wind from a storm in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Zardari will face off against two lightly regarded opponents when legislators meet Saturday to choose a president to fill the gap created when former military strongman Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure last month.
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JERUSALEM — For the first time since Golda Meir more than three decades ago, a woman is within reach of becoming the prime minister of Israel, a nation dominated by macho military men and a religious establishment with strict views on the role of women.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Shots were fired at the motorcade of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani of Pakistan on Wednesday afternoon near the capital, Islamabad, but Gilani was not in the motorcade at the time, Pakistani officials said.
The attack took place
IN THE next two days Pakistan is set to elect its new president after former President Pervez Musharraf had stepped down from the post. The assassination bid on Yousuf Gilani came when the prime minister was going from Lahore to Islamabad. The
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Shots were fired at the motorcade of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani of Pakistan on Wednesday afternoon near the capital, Islamabad, but Mr. Gilani was not in the motorc...
The attack took place in Rawalpindi, the garrison city near the capital. However, Sherry Rehman, the Pakistani information minister, said Mr. Gilani was not traveling in any of the cars in the motorcade. “This motorcade had left Islamabad to pick him
Anti-government protesters at Government House react as Prime Minister Samak tells the nation that he refuses to resign
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Samak Sundaravej, the prime minister of Thailand, has said he would not quit in the face of growing protests
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Koike, 56, a former television anchorwoman and environment minister, has stayed coy on whether she will contest a party vote on Sept 22.
Fukuda, who has faced months of low poll ratings, announced his resignation Monday, plunging Japans long-dominant
''Don't even think I am going to quit. The country needs a leader, and the world is watching us,'' the Prime Minister told the country amid widespread speculation that he would use the broadcast to announce his resignation or dissolution of Parliament.
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The prime minister just laughed off suggestions that the real prime minister has already returned. The prime minister said: 'Today is my day [as prime minister]'
said Supparat Nakbunnam
in AsiaMedia
It could not have gotten a head of steam again without some involvement of the prime minister's office . . . . I can't say the prime minister - but the prime minister's office
was said
in Macleans.ca
I really did it! Can you believe it? I'm Prime Minister! I'm Prime Minister! I'm Prime Minister!
was said
One of the most unique relationships I had as your president was with the prime minister of Japan, Prime Minister Koizumi ... He's no longer the prime minister, but for a good period of time during my presidency he was.
was said
in Keralanext
Lady Thatcher is a distinguished former prime minister. It is not unusual for a previous prime minister to meet a current prime minister
said Gordon Brown
in BBC News
