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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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Belgium's Kim Gevaert jubilates as she crosses the finish line to take first place during the 100 meter women's event at the Golden League athletic games in Brussels, Friday Sept. 5, 2008.
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England's Wayne Rooney (L) talks to Jermaine Jenas (C) and Ashley Cole during a team training session at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, September 5, 2008. England are due to play a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match against Andorra in Barcelona on September 6, 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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California winemaker Robert Mondavi arrives at a the Hall of Fame ceremony in Sacramento, California in this December 5, 2007 file photo. Mondavi, the man most credited with bringing the state's wines to worldwide attention, died on Friday at age 94 at his Napa Valley home, a spokeswoman for his winery said.
In this photo originally provided by Departures Magazine, wine makers, Robert Mondavi, left, and his brother Peter Mondavi, hold hands at the 26th annual Auction Napa Valley at Meadowwood Resort, on June 3, 2006, in St. Helena, Calif. Robert Mondavi, the pioneering vintner who put California wine country on the global map, died Friday, May 16, 2008. He was 94.
In this June 3, 2005 file photo, Peter Mondavi, left, and his brother Robert Mondavi, right, sit together during the festival event of the Napa Valley wine auction in St. Helena, Calif. A winery spokeswoman says California winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi died Friday, May 16, 2008, at his home in Yountville, Calif. He was 94.
Robert Mondavi, models a jacket made of corks as Jay Leno, background, auctions it off during the live auction event at the Napa Valley wine auction in St. Helena, Calif., on June 4, 2005. At left is Mondavi's son, Tim Mondavi, and at right is Mondavi's brother, Peter Mondavi. Robert, the pioneering vintner who put California wine country on the global map, died Friday, May 16, 2008. He was 94.
The Robert Mondavi Winery is seen in Oakville, Calif., Friday Sept. 17, 2004. Mondavi, the pioneering vintner who put California wine country on the global map, died Friday, May 16, 2008. He was 94. After the winery struggled from rising competition among other things in the mid-1990s and the company was bought out for $1.3 billion in 2004.
Vintner Linda Neal signs a guestbook at a memorial for winemaker Robert Mondavi (pictured rear), who died on May 16, at the 28th Auction Napa Valley in St Helena, California June 6, 2008. On the heels of an inauspicious 400-point plunge on the Dow Jones industrial average on Friday, Napa Valley vintners managed to raise $10.4 million for local charity, 5 percent more than last year and just shy of the record set in 2005. Photo taken June 6, 2008.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) gives winemaker Robert Mondavi a medal as he inducts Mondavi into the California Hall of Fame in Sacramento, California, December 5, 2007 in this file publicity photo from the Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mondavi, 94, died in Yountville, California at his home May 16, 2008 according to a Mondavi winery spokesperson. Woman (C) unidentified.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) gives winemaker Robert Mondavi a medal as he inducts Mondavi into the California Hall of Fame in Sacramento, California, December 5, 2007. The brainchild of Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife Maria Shriver, the Hall of Fame celebrates legends tied to the nation's most populous state, but some of the most famed have yet to make the cut.
In this file photo, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, talks with Margrit Mondavi and inductee Robert Mondavi before the California Hall of Fame ceremony at the California Museum of History, Women and Arts in Sacramento, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2007. A winery spokeswoman says the California winemaking patriarch is dead at 94.
Ernest Gallo sips a glass of wine at Robert Mondavi's 90th birthday party at the Mondavi Winery in Napa, Calif., June 18, 2003. Gallo, who parlayed $5,900 and a wine recipe from a public library into the world's largest winemaking empire, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at his home in Modesto, Calif. He was 97.
In this file photo, Winemaker Ernest Gallo, right, toasts winemaker Robert Mondavi at Mondavi's 90th birthday celebration in Oakville, Calif., Wednesday, June 18, 2003. Gallo, the marketing genius who parlayed $5,900 and a wine recipe from the Modesto Public Library into the world's largest winemaking empire, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at his home in Modesto, Calif., He was 97.
In this file photo, Winemaker Ernest Gallo, right, toasts winemaker Robert Mondavi at Mondavi's 90th birthday celebration in Oakville, Calif., Wednesday, June 18, 2003. Gallo, the marketing genius who parlayed $5,900 and a wine recipe from the Modesto Public Library into the world's largest winemaking empire, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at his home in Modesto, Calif., He was 97.
In this photo released by the 2007 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Peter Mondavi, left from, Magrit Mondavi, of Napa Valley, Calif., Martha Stewart and festival founder Lee Schrager, stand around Robert Mondavi, of Napa Valley, Calif., at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007. The 2007 Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival honors the Mondavi Brothers and Martha Stewart whose work in the realm of the food and wine hospitality industry has made a lasting impact.
The Robert Mondavi Winery in Oakville, Calif., is seen in a file photo from Oct. 29, 2004. Constellation Brands Inc., the world's biggest winemaker, said that its profit edged up 1 percent in its third quarter, helped by sales of imported beer and branded wine, which includes Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi wines. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
This April 19, 2005 file photo shows California winemaker Robert Mondavi after receiving the 2005 Ellis Island Family Heritage Award in the Great Hall at Ellis Island, in New York. Mondavi, a legendary Napa Valley vintner who helped bring California wine worldwide acclaim, died May 16, 2008 at his northern California home in Yountville at the age of 94, US media reported. The son of Italian immigrants, Mondavi founded a winery baring his name in Napa Valley in 1966 and went on to become one of the most prominent figures of the US wine industry, making famed Cabernets and Chardonnays.
