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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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Director Darren Aronofsky arrives for the screening of the movie 'The Wrestler' at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008.
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Italian director Ermanno Olmi (L) poses with actor and director Adriano Celentano with the Golden Lion prize for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival September 5, 2008.
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VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 05: Actors Mickey Rourke and Evan Rachel Wood attend the 'The Wrestler' premiere at the Sala Grande during the 65th Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2008 in Venice, Italy.
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Italy's Claudia Pettazzoni (L) and Peru's Fidel Rios kiss each other to win the IKE, the International underwater kissing event in Riccione on July 20, 2008. The couple won the world's longest underwater kiss title with a time of 1 minutes and 51 seconds.
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A model presents a creation by Belarussian designer Dmitry Prigozhaev during the International Festival of Vanguard Art, Mammoth, in Minsk November 17, 2007.
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Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) arrives to accept the nomination. at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 4, 2008.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 04: Republican U.S presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pauses while speaking during day four of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 4, 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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File picture of late US actor Richard Widmark at a press conference in Rome on April 3, 1958 after the screening of the film "Time Limit". Widmark died at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut on March, 24 2008, his wife Susan Blanchard told the New York Times. Widmark made more than 60 films in a career that spanned five decades which saw him carve out a reputation for playing villains and tough guys.
Tourists walk past a memorial wreath left on Richard Widmark's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Wednesday March 26, 2008. Widmark, who made a sensational film debut as the giggling killer in "Kiss of Death" and became a leading man in "Broken Lance," "Two Rode Together" and 40 other films, died at his home in Roxbury after a long illness. He was 93.
In this 1962 image originally released by United Artists, Richard Widmark portrays Col. Tad Lawson, right, in a scene with Maximilian Schell in "Judgment at Nuremberg." Widmark died at his home in Roxbury after a long illness. He was 93. Widmark's wife, Susan Blanchard, said he died Monday, March 24, 2008.
In this 1984 photo released by Columbia Pictures, actor Richard Widmark appears in a scene from the film "Against All Odds, with actress Jane Greer. Widmark, who made a sensational film debut as the giggling killer in "Kiss of Death" and became a Hollywood leading man in "Broken Lance," "Two Rode Together" and 40 other films, died Monday, March 24, 2008, after a long illness. He was 93.
