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BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.
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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
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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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Cmdr Peter Reesink, the commanding officer of the Dutch warship De Ruyter talking to The Associated Press during an interview on board the ship on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. The De Ruyter is escorting the MV Ibn Batouta, which is carrying 7,000 tonnes of sorghum destined for Somalia. The Dutch naval vessel is escorting the cargo ship in a bid to prevent any pirate attacks.
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Bosnian miners talk deep inside coal mine "Sretno" (Good Luck) near the central Bosnian town of Breza December 5, 2008. Bosnian miners, who often work in difficult conditions with outdated equipment, produce coal for the country's thermal power plants which makes up about 40 percent of the country's power generation.
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Pakistani firefighters extinguish tje fire after a bomb blast in Peshawar on December 5, 2008. At least 22 people were killed and dozens more wounded when two bomb blasts struck crowded markets in northwest Pakistan as shoppers prepared for the Eid Muslim festival.
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A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93.
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A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008.
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Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.
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People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.
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Portrait of Iraq's ex-dictator Saddam Hussein is seen on a barricade blocking the Lebanese-Syrian border crossing near Al-Masna, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Road blocks, erected by anti-government factions, and clashes have blocked the road at Al-Masna, the key crossing on the Lebanon-Syria border. Gunmen opened fire in the region on cars on several occasions over the past two days.
Supporters of Saddam Hussein (portrait) lay flowers over his tomb in the village of Awja, near the central city of Tikrit, on April 28, 2008. Sunni Arab supporters of Saddam Hussein marked the anniversary of the executed Iraqi dictator's birth on Monday with poems and songs of praise by his grave in his native village of Awja.
Supporters of Saddam Hussein pray over his tomb in a hall in the village of Awja near the central city of Tikrit, capital of Salaheddin province, on April 28, 2008. Sunni Arab supporters of Saddam Hussein marked the anniversary of the executed Iraqi dictator's birth on Monday with poems and songs of praise by his grave in his native village of Awja.
Saddam Hussein (3rd L), a member of the self proclaimed 'Army of National Liberation' poses with his comrades at a street in Baghdad's central Fadel area, 18 December 2007. In Fadel, a Sunni Muslim working-class quarter in central Baghdad, memories of the late dictator are fond, and a return to the past is the dream of the 6,000 or so families who live here.
Raghad, Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter attends a protest against the execution of her father Saddam Hussein in Amman, in this Monday, Jan. 1, 2007 file photo. Jordan said Monday that it was not ready to surrender Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter to the Iraqis, citing traditional Arab protection of the country's female guest. Iraqi government officials previously accused Raghad of similar crimes saying she was one of several wealthy Amman-based Iraqi Sunni Arabs who were funding militants, who have been fighting a bloody insurgency that bred sectarianism and brought the country to the brink of civil war.
Raghad, Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter attends a protest against the execution of her father Saddam Hussein in Amman, in this Monday, Jan. 1, 2007 file photo. Jordan said Monday that it was not ready to surrender Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter to the Iraqis, citing traditional Arab protection of the country's female guest. Iraqi government officials previously accused Raghad of similar crimes saying she was one of several wealthy Amman-based Iraqi Sunni Arabs who were funding militants, who have been fighting a bloody insurgency that bred sectarianism and brought the country to the brink of civil war.
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JUNE 24: Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hasan Al-Majid also known as Chemical Ali stands in court as he listens to his verdict beign pronounced by Chief Judge Mohammed Oraibi Al-Khalifa (not pictured) during the verdict trial session on June 24, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. Chemical Ali was sentenced to death along with two other former regime officials by hanging for their roles in a 1980s scorched-earth campaing that led to the death of 180000 Kurds.
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JUNE 24: Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hasan Al-Majid also known as Chemical Ali stands in court as he listens to his verdict beign pronounced by Chief Judge Mohammed Oraibi Al-Khalifa (not pictured) during the verdict trial session on June 24, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. Chemical Ali was sentenced to death along with two other former regime officials by hanging for their roles in a 1980s scorched-earth campaing that led to the death of 180000 Kurds.
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JUNE 24: Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hasan Al-Majid also known as Chemical Ali stands in court as he listens to his verdict beign pronounced by Chief Judge Mohammed Oraibi Al-Khalifa (not pictured) during the verdict trial session on June 24, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. Chemical Ali was sentenced to death along with two other former regime officials by hanging for their roles in a 1980s scorched-earth campaing that led to the death of 180000 Kurds.
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid known as "Chemical Ali" stands in court as he listens to the verdict being pronounced by Chief Judge Mohammed al-Oreibi al-Khalifah (not pictured) during the verdict trial session in Baghdad, 24 June 2007. An Iraqi court today sentenced "Chemical Ali," one of Saddam Hussein's notorious former henchmen, to death by hanging for genocide over the mass slaughter of Kurds in 1988. Two other defendants were also given the death penalty by the Iraqi High Tribunal over the campaign of bombings, mass deportation and chemical gas attacks known as 'Anfal' in which 3,000 villages were wiped out and an estimated 182,000 Kurds killed
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hasan Al-Majid known as " Chemical Ali" stands in court as he listens to his verdict being pronounced by Chief Judge Mohammed Oraibi Al-Khalifa, unseen, during the verdict trial session in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 24, 2007. Ali Hasan Al-Majid knowni was sentenced to death along with two other former regime officials by hanging for their roles in the use of chemical weapons in an offensive said to have killed some 180,000 people during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid known as "Chemical Ali" stands in court as he listens to the verdict being pronounced by Chief Judge Mohammed al-Oreibi al-Khalifah (not pictured) during the verdict trial session in Baghdad, 24 June 2007. An Iraqi court today sentenced "Chemical Ali," one of Saddam Hussein's notorious former henchmen, to death by hanging for genocide over the mass slaughter of Kurds in 1988. Two other defendants were also given the death penalty by the Iraqi High Tribunal over the campaign of bombings, mass deportation and chemical gas attacks known as 'Anfal' in which 3,000 villages were wiped out and an estimated 182,000 Kurds killed
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hasan Al-Majid known as " Chemical Ali" stands in court as he listens to his verdict being pronounced by Chief Judge Mohammed Oraibi Al-Khalifa, unseen, during the verdict trial session in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 24, 2007. Ali Hasan Al-Majid knowni was sentenced to death along with two other former regime officials by hanging for their roles in the use of chemical weapons in an offensive said to have killed some 180,000 people during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid known as "Chemical Ali" stands in court as he listens to the verdict being pronounced by Chief Judge Mohammed al-Oreibi al-Khalifah (not pictured) during the verdict trial session in Baghdad, 24 June 2007. An Iraqi court today sentenced "Chemical Ali," one of Saddam Hussein's notorious former henchmen, to death by hanging for genocide over the mass slaughter of Kurds in 1988. Two other defendants were also given the death penalty by the Iraqi High Tribunal over the campaign of bombings, mass deportation and chemical gas attacks known as 'Anfal' in which 3,000 villages were wiped out and an estimated 182,000 Kurds killed
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid known as "Chemical Ali" stands in court as he listens to the guilty verdict being pronounced by Chief Judge Mohammed al-Oreibi al-Khalifah (not pictured) in Baghdad, 24 June 2007, at the end of his genocide trial for over the mass slaughter of Kurds in 1988. Chemical Ali's planned execution has run into a legal hitch, 18 October 2007, two weeks after the passing of a deadline for his hanging.
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali" for his alleged use of chemical weapons against Iraqi Kurds, listens to prosecution evidence during the Operation Anfal trial, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007. Many in northern Iraq said they anticipate the harshest penalty possible against Ali Hassan al-Majid in the Sunday June 24, 2007 verdict against Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as Chemical Ali, and others accused in a 1980s crackdown against them. The case _ called Anfal after the codename for the campaign _ does not include the deaths of an estimated 5,600 people in a 1988 chemical weapons attack in Halabja, 150 miles northeast of Baghdad.
A statue of Saddam Hussein falls as it is pulled down by a US armoUred vehicle in Baghdad's al-Firdos square 09 April 2003. The world was stunned when iconic images of US marines and Iraqis pulling down a statue of Saddam Hussein flashed across television screens. The toppling of the statue was immediately seized on as symbolising the overthrow of one of the world's most notorious despots. But four years later, some Iraqis say the symbol has turned into a sign of the brutal violence that has devastated their country. The square and its surroundings have changed dramatically since the launch of the invasion in March 2003
Defense attorney for Saddam Hussein, Khalil al-Dulaimi denounces the legitimacy of the court during the first day of the Anfal Campaign trial in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone Monday, Aug. 21, 2006. Al-Dulaimi said Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007 he plans to publish a book in the coming year disclosing secret information about the executed Iraqi leader.
