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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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LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
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A plain clothed security official, bottom, grabs a Tibetan flag from three pro-Tibet activists as they gesture in protest opposite the National Stadium, where the Olympic athletics competition had just finished, Beijing, early Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Swarms of plainclothes police took away four foreign activists protesting Chinese rule over Tibet - the latest in a series of such demonstrations during the Olympics.
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England's Wes Brown (2) is congratulated by teammates after scoring against Czech Republic during their friendly international soccer match at Wembley Stadium in London August 20, 2008.
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BEIJING - AUGUST 20: Gold medalist Melaine Walker of Jamaica crosses the finish line to win the Women's 400m Hurdles Final at the National Stadium during Day 12 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 20, 2008 in Beijing, China.
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BEIJING - AUGUST 08: Gymnast Li Ning lights the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.
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Dancers from the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe perform the "Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva", or "Guan Yin" dance in Beijing on August 11, 2008. Founded in 1987, the unique troupe features a cast of more than 100 dancers and performers with physical disabilities, some who cannot hear and others who cannot see, including a vocalist with spina bifida. The group has performed worldwide since 2002 when it turned from amatuer to a non-profit and professional arts troupe, having travelled abroad 50 times to various countries across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Beijing, host city for the 2008 Olympic Games will also host the 2008 Paralympic Games beginning on September 6. MORE ON IMAGE FORUM.
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SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TX - MARCH 25: Students from the University of Texas El Paso drink beer from a funnel on the beach during the annual ritual of Spring Break March 25, 2008 on South Padre Island, Texas. The South Texas island is one of the top Spring Break destinations and attracts students from all over the country.
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MIAMI BEACH, FL - MARCH 12: University of Georgia student Casey Schnitzer (L) pours a beer into a funnel during spring break March 12, 2008 on South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida. The traditional break from college began this week.
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Lebanese men walk under posters of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, top, and his son leader of the parliamentary majority Saad Hariri at Sunni stronghold of Tarik Jadideh in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 16, 2008. For three years, Sunni Muslims have dominated Lebanon's government. Now they are bitter and fearful after Hezbollah's seizure of parts of Beirut in street gunbattles, an ominous sign of how the country's latest political crisis has sharply worsened sectarian tensions.
The faces of Sunni leader of the parliamentary majority Saad Hariri, right, and his father, Lebanon's slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, left, are seen vandalized on a street poster in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. An uneasy calm has descended on Beirut and other areas of Lebanon as a high-powered Arab League delegation arrived Wednesday to help mediate an end to street confrontations that have claimed more than 50 lives.
A Sunni woman, stands under a big poster showing the portraits of slain former prime minister Rafik Hariri , top, and his son, Sunni leader Saad Hariri, as she shouts slogans against Hezbollah leader sheik Hassan Nasrallah, in a Sunni neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday May 11, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out between pro and anti-government supporters in northern Lebanon lasting into the early hours Sunday morning, in the latest development in the Lebanese crisis, security officials reported.
Relatives and friends of Ali al-Masri who was killed after a Shiite gunman opened fire on a funeral procession Saturday, carry his coffin next to big poster showing the portraits of slain former prime minister Rafik Hariri, right, and his son, top Sunni leader Saad Hariri, left, during Masri's funeral procession in a Sunni neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday May 11, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out between pro and anti-government supporters in northern Lebanon lasting into the early hours Sunday morning, in the latest development in the Lebanese crisis, security officials reported.
Lebanese army soldiers patrol the streets past a poster showing the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, top right, and his son, the leader of the parliamentary majority Saad Hariri, following heavy fighting over night in the city of Tripoli, Lebanon Sunday, May 11, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out between pro and anti-government supporters in northern Lebanon lasting into the early hours Sunday morning, in the latest development in the Lebanese crisis, security officials reported.
Lebanese army soldiers patrol the streets past a poster showing the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, top right, and his son, the leader of the parliamentary majority Saad Hariri, following heavy fighting over night in the city of Tripoli, Lebanon Sunday, May 11, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out between pro and anti-government supporters in northern Lebanon lasting into the early hours Sunday morning, in the latest development in the Lebanese crisis, security officials reported.
Journalists hold a picture of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, top left, and copies of his newspaper, during a rally at the Future TV station studios that was forced to close by Hezbollah guerrillas in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, May 10, 2008. Dozens of journalists accompanied by about 300 people demonstrated in Beirut to protest Hezbollah's closure of the television station of top Sunni leader Saad Hariri.
A man distributes sweets to Lebanese pro-government supporters that have mounted a banner showing slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, center, Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, right, and Parliament's majority leader Saad Hariri, left, with a writing in Arabic that reads :" Hand in hand, we will continue the way," as they head to downtown Beirut to mark the third anniversary of Hariri's assassination, Lebanon Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Throngs of Lebanese were turning out Thursday for two opposing Beirut gatherings _ Shiite Muslims supporters of Hezbollah to bid farewell to its slain top commander Imad Mughniyeh, and their pro-Western opponents at a downtown square to mark former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's 2005 assassination.
Lebanese anti-Syrian parliament members Solange Gemayel (L) and Ghinwa Jalloul (R) carry posters of assassinated former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri (R) and MP Pierre Gemayel at the parliament entrance in downtown Beirut September 25, 2007. Lebanon's deeply dvided parliament failed to elect a new president on Tuesday and speaker Nabih Berri deferred the vote until October 23.
Lebanese anti-Syrian lawmakers Ghenwa Jalloul, left, and Mohammed al-Amin Itani, right, sit near pictures of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, center, and legislator Walid Eido as they gather in the Parliament in downtown Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. Lebanon's parliament put off a session to elect a new president until Oct. 23 after the legislature failed to muster a quorum because of an opposition boycott.
A man looks on from the window of his house next to a poster with pictures of late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, left and his son, leader of the parliamentary majority Saad Hariri, at the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon Thursday, May 31, 2007. Syria and the Lebanese opposition it supports criticized the U.N. on Thursday for its decision to establish a tribunal to prosecute the killers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Pedestrians walk past a poster showing Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri, left, and his son Saad Hariri, right, above the words in english and arabic "The Truth", on a street in downtown Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, May 30, 2007. U.N. investigators have implicated top Syrian and Lebanese officials in the suicide truck bombing in Beirut that killed Rafik Hariri and 22 others in February 2005, and a vote on the Security Council resolution authorizing an international tribunal to try those suspected is scheduled to take place Wednesday.
A Lebanese pro-government supporter, hangs a huge poster showing slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, top, and his son Saad Hariri, during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of Hariri's assassination in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday Feb. 14, 2007. Tens of thousands packed into a city square Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination as hundreds of troops were deployed a day after bus bombings killed three people.
Journalists hold pictures for slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and copies of his newspapers, during a rally at Hariri's Future TV station studios that was forced to close by Hezbollah guerrillas in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, May 10, 2008. Dozens of journalists accompanied by about 300 people demonstrated in Beirut to protest Hezbollah's closure of the television station of top Sunni leader Saad Hariri saying the move is "a crime" against the media.
A poster of of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri catches fire after anti-government gunmen, loyal to a pro-Syrian group attacked and set on fire a two-story building that belongs to Hariri's Future TV in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday following the country's worst sectarian clashes since the bloody 15-year civil war. At least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in three days of street battles and gunfights, security officials said.
A photograph showing Rafik Hariri and his son Saad Hariri, right on photograph, is held amongst tens of thousands of Lebanese who packed into Martyr's square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon to mark the second anniversary of former prime-minister Rafik Hariri's assassination Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, a day after two bombs killed three people. The government deployed hundreds of troops to deter violence and hoped a large turnout would strengthen its position against the Hezbollah-led opposition.
Saad Hariri, son of Rafik Hariri, seen through bulletproof glass, shows his respect to the crowd as tens of thousands of Lebanese packed into Martyr's square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon to mark the second anniversary of former prime-minister Rafik Hariri's assassination Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, a day after two bombs killed three people. The government deployed hundreds of troops to deter violence and hoped a large turnout would strengthen its position against the Hezbollah-led opposition.
Saad Hariri, son of Rafik Hariri, seen through bulletproof glass, waves to the crowd as tens of thousands of Lebanese packed into Martyr's square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon to mark the second anniversary of former prime-minister Rafik Hariri's assassination Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, a day after two bombs killed three people. The government deployed hundreds of troops to deter violence and hoped a large turnout would strengthen its position against the Hezbollah-led opposition.
Saad Hariri, son of Rafik Hariri, seen through bulletproof glass, brings his hands to his face as the crowd observes a moment's silence, as tens of thousands of Lebanese packed into Martyr's square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon to mark the second anniversary of former prime-minister Rafik Hariri's assassination Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, a day after two bombs killed three people. The government deployed hundreds of troops to deter violence and hoped a large turnout would strengthen its position against the Hezbollah-led opposition.
A Lebanese woman holds a banner during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Dozens of Lebanese many with disabilities and members of non-governmental organizations held a sit-in on the road leading to Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport to sent a message to feuding Lebanese leaders meeting in Qatar to reach an agreement before coming back home. "If you don't reach an agreement, don't come back," read the title of the statement issued by the participants.
A Lebanese woman holds a banner during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Dozens of Lebanese and members of non-governmental organization held a sit-in on the road leading to Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport to sent a message to feuding Lebanese leaders meeting in Qatar to reach an agreement before coming back home. "If you don't reach an agreement, don't come back," read the title of the statement issued by the participants.
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