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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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Anti-Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou protesters hold slogans during a rally, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. Several ten thousands demonstrators marched on the streets of Taipei to protest Ma's efforts to improve relations with rival China.
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Swiss Economy Minister Doris Leuthard of the Swiss Christian Democratic Party (CVP) makes a speech during a party meeting in Basel August 30, 2008.
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Bolivia's leftwing president Evo Morales (2nd L) is greeted by Libyan General Mustafa al-Kharubi (sun glasses), a member of Libya's Revolution Command Council upon his arrival at Benghazi airport on the Mediterranean coast on August 30 2008. Morales is on a two day visit to Libya and will head for Iran on September 01. Bolivia's diplomatic relations with Libya were opened on August 13 this year.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the bench during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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India's bowler Harbhajan Singh brings water during the 5th and final One Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. India has an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the 5 match series.
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South Africa's AB de Villiers (L) is run out by England's Matthew Prior (R) during the third Natwest one day International between England and South Africa at The Brit Oval cricket ground, London, England, on August 29, 2008.
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Anti-government protesters lie down on the street to avoid tear gas during a demonstration at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on August 29, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas to try to break up about 2,000 anti-government protesters gathered outside the Bangkok police headquarters, an.
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Sailors man the rails as the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives at a South Korean naval base in Busan, about 420 km (262 miles) southeast of Seoul, July 14, 2008. The U.S. aircraft carrier made a routine port call in South Korea on Monday, but North Korea usually bristles at such visits, calling them a prelude to invasion and nuclear war.
U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives at a South Korean naval base in Busan, about 420 km (262 miles) southeast of Seoul, July 14, 2008. The U.S. aircraft carrier made a routine port call in South Korea on Monday, but North Korea usually bristles at such visits, calling them a prelude to invasion and nuclear war.
U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives at a South Korean naval base in Busan, about 420 km (262 miles) southeast of Seoul, July 14, 2008. The U.S. aircraft carrier made a routine port call in South Korea on Monday, but North Korea usually bristles at such visits, calling them a prelude to invasion and nuclear war.
U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives at a South Korean naval base in Busan, about 420 km (262 miles) southeast of Seoul, July 14, 2008. The U.S. aircraft carrier made a routine port call in South Korea on Monday, but North Korea usually bristles at such visits, calling them a prelude to invasion and nuclear war.
Michael Reagan, son of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, left, and journalist Don F. Jordan, right, are seen prior to an event about a planned Ronald Reagan memorial in Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 30, 2008. Reagan wants Berlin to build a memorial to his father, who as U.S. president from 1981-1989 exhorted Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
Michael Reagan, son of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, left, and journalist Don F. Jordan, right, are seen during an information event about a planned Ronald Reagan memorial in Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 30, 2008. Reagan wants Berlin to build a memorial to his father, who as U.S. president from 1981-1989 exhorted Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
Republican presidential hopeful Ronald Reagan, right, listens to the Rev. Jerry Falwell during a campaign stop in Lynchburg, Va., in this Oct. 3, 1980 file photo. Falwell, the folksy, small-town preacher who used the power of television to found the Moral Majority and turn the Christian right into a mighty force in American politics during the Reagan years, died Tuesday, May 15, 2007. He was 73.
Former President Ronald Reagan, right, meets with then Soviet politician Boris Yeltsin, while Yeltsin was on an eight-day personal tour of the United States, Thursday Sept. 14, 1989 in Rochester, Minn. Reagan was recovering from a procedure to drain fluid from the surface of his brain. Yeltsin, who kicked the props out from under the tottering Soviet empire and then struggled to build a nation from its wreckage, died Monday April 23, 2007, after seeing many of his democratic reforms rolled back. The former Russian president was 76.
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, bottom, anchors as U.S. Aegis Ship passes after they arrive at Busan port for joint military exercises that North Korea has condemned as a rehearsal for an invasion in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 22, 2007. Carrying more than 5,000 crew, the nuclear-powered ship docked at a port in the southeastern city of Busan for weeklong war games that start Sunday and involve 29,000 U.S. troops and an undisclosed number of South Korean soldiers.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan, right, shakes hands with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev after the two leaders signed the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty to eliminate intermediate-range missiles during a ceremony in the White House East Room in Washington, D.C., in this Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1987 file photo. Speaking on a U.S. proposal to base a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic Russian missile forces chief Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov warned Monday Feb. 19, 2007 that the plan could prompt Moscow to target the former allies with its own missiles. Gen. Solovtsov said it would take only five, six years _ maybe less _ to build new, upgraded versions of Russian missiles scrapped under the INF Treaty.
In this photo released by Quaker Oatmeal, former first lady Nancy Reagan, center, cuts the red ribbon while joined Larry King, right, Mary Hart, left, and Duke Blackwood, executive director of the Reagan Library, during an unveiling of the 'First Ladies Red Dress Collection' at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, in Simi Valley, Calif. The collection features dresses worn by the seven living first ladies, and the exhibit aims to raise heart disease awareness and to turn that awareness into action with a heart-healthy diet.
U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, foreground, is escorted into the Navy base for making a routine port call as a huge container ship sails pass by at Busan port in Busan, southern South Korea, Monday, July 14, 2008. Carrying more than 5,000 crew, the nuclear-powered ship docked at a port in Busan.
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan poses in a replica of the Oval Office at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley,California in this July 15, 1997 file photo. The library has been asked November 8, 2007 to carry out a full inventory after an audit found that thousands of mementos are unaccounted for.
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan poses with a Los Angeles Dodger uniform bring displayed with other sports memorabilia at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley,California in this July 15, 1997 file photo. The library has been asked on November 8, 2007 to carry out a full inventory after an audit found that thousands of mementos are unaccounted for.
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan's first wife and Maureen Reagan's mother, Jane Wyman, (L) is escorted by Maureen's adopted daughter Rita Ravell as they go into the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament for the funeral of Maureen Reagan in this August 18, 2001 file photo. Wyman, the Oscar-winning Hollywood actress who was Ronald Reagan's first wife and went on to star on the popular 1980s television drama "Falcon Crest," died on September 10, 2007 at age 93. REUTERS/Susan Ragan/Files
U.S. President Ronald Reagan participates in a news conference meeting in the cabinet room with Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver (R) at the White House in Washington in this June 16, 1981 file photo. Deaver, a long-time friend and confidant of the president and his wife Nancy, has died at the age of 69, according to media reports on August 18, 2007.
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