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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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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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Maldivian fishermen unload their catch at a fishing harbor in Male, Maldives, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Longtime President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom will face five opponents in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election on Oct. 8. He has been credited with turning a sleepy string of fishing islands off the southwestern tip of India into a major tourism destination and filling its coffers with hard currency.
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A member of the staff of Bakrie Telecom makes a phone call at the Bakrie building in Jakarta October 7, 2008. The Indonesia Stock Exchange suspended trading on Tuesday in shares of six firms controlled by the family of chief social welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie, including coal miner Bumi Resources Tbk. Erry Firmansyah, the president director of the stock exchange, said that the bourse had suspended trading pending clarification from the companies on a number of issues. The stock exchange also halted trading in Bakrie & Brothers Tbk, Bakrie Telecom Tbk, Bakrieland Development Tbk, Bakrie Sumatra Plantations Tbk, and Energy Mega Persada Tbk.
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A Chinese diver feeds the fishes to entertain visitors at an aquarium in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province on October 7, 2008. China's tourism industry is expected to employ 100 million people by 2015, meaning one in every 14 Chinese will work in the sector then.
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LONDON - JULY 10: (UK TABLOID Singer and charity co-founder Alicia Keys arrives at the Black Ball UK in aid of 'Keep A Child Alive' HIV/AIDS charity at St John's, Smith Square on July 10, 2008 in London, England.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 06: Actress Alicia Keys from the film "The Secret Life Of Bees", poses for a portrait during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival at The Sutton Place Hotel on September 6, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 05: (L-R) Actresses Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah attend the "The Secret Life Of Bees" premiere after party during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival held at the Ultra Supper Club on September 5, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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Egyptian women wearing the niqab, the Islamic full face veil that leaves only a slit for the eyes, chat at the River Nile bank in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 14, 2007. An Egyptian supreme court ended Saturday June 9, a five year legal battle ruling that the American University in Cairo "AUC" cannot ban women from wearing face veil while on campus. The decision by the Supreme Administrative court will force other universities in Egypt to relinquish its ban on face veils on campus.
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Samsung Electronics' shareholders walk past a Samsung banner after the company's annual shareholders' meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 28, 2008. Samsung Electronics Co. trimmed its sales forecast for this year on global economic woes, but said profit will increase, helped by earnings growth in key areas such as memory chips, flat-panel displays and mobile handsets.
Shareholders of South Korea's Samsung Electronics leave after the company's annual shareholder meeting at its headquarters in Seoul March 28, 2008. Samsung, the world's biggest maker of memory chips and TVs, cut its target for 2008 sales and issued a modest forecast for earnings growth in what it called a difficult global environment.
A shareholder of South Korea's Samsung Electronics leaves after the company's annual shareholder meeting at its headquarters in Seoul March 28, 2008. Samsung, the world's biggest maker of memory chips and TVs, cut its target for 2008 sales and issued a modest forecast for earnings growth in what it called a difficult global environment.
A shareholder of South Korea's Samsung Electronics listens to its CEO Yun Jong-yong during the company's annual shareholder meeting at its headquarters in Seoul March 28, 2008. Samsung, the world's biggest maker of memory chips and TVs, cut its target for 2008 sales and issued a modest forecast for earnings growth in what it called a difficult global environment.
South Korean models display Samsung Electronics' new digital mobile phone, Anycall Haptic SCH-W420, during its unveiling ceremony in Seoul, South Korea Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Samsung Electronics on Tuesday announced the launch of the new Samsung Anycall Haptic SCH-W420, a powerful high speed multimedia phone with a touch sensitive 16:9 wide screen and intuitive user interface.
An aerial view of Samsung Electronics' flat screen plant in Giheung, about 50 kms (31 miles) south of Seoul shown in this picture released on March 4, 2008. Samsung Electronics and Sony are likely to invest about $1.9 billion jointly in a new flat screen production line, a source at Samsung said on Tuesday.
Lee Jae-Yong, executive director of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives at a special prosecutor's office in Seoul on February 28, 2008. A special prosecutor probing corruption allegations involving Samsung Group summoned the son of Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of the country's biggest conglomerate, on suspicion of illicitly transferring company ownership.
Lee Jae-Yong (C), executive director of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives at a special prosecutor's office in Seoul on February 28, 2008. A special prosecutor probing corruption allegations involving Samsung Group summoned the son of Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of the country's biggest conglomerate, on suspicion of illicitly transferring company ownership.
Lee Jae-Yong (C), executive director of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives at a special prosecutor's office in Seoul on February 28, 2008. A special prosecutor probing corruption allegations involving Samsung Group summoned the son of Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of the country's biggest conglomerate, on suspicion of illicitly transferring company ownership.
A visitor looks at Samsung Electronics' flat screens displayed at SEMICON Korea 2008, an exhibition dedicated to semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing in Korea, in Seoul January 30, 2008. Makers of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels are set to enjoy a booming flat-screen TV market in 2008 from continuing solid demand and tight supplies, after a strong earnings recovery last year, which was mainly due to investment cutbacks.
A large flat screen of Samsung Electronics is on display at the company headquarters in Seoul January 15, 2008. Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips, reported on Tuesday a smaller-than-expected 7 percent fall in quarterly profit as strong results from flat screens offset a dismal showing by chips.
Samsung Electronics' flat screens are on display at the company headquarters in Seoul January 15, 2008. Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips, reported on Tuesday a smaller-than-expected 7 percent fall in quarterly profit as strong results from flat screens offset a dismal showing by chips.
A couple walks past a sign promoting a Samsung Electronics mobile phone in Seoul January 15, 2008. Samsung Electronics, the biggest maker of memory chips used in computers, cameras and music players, posted a smaller-than-expected 7 percent dip in quarterly profit, as strong sales of its TV and display screens eclipsed falling chip prices.
A student looks at Samsung mobile phones displayed at a showroom of Samsung Electronics, one of the subsidiary companies of Samsung Group, in Seoul December 6, 2007. The Samsung Group runs hospitals where Koreans are born, apartments for raising families, funeral halls for deaths and just about everything else for in between. Picture taken December 6, 2007.
