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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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Paraguay's former President Nicanor Duarte is seen on a TV camera screen as he leaves the Congress in Asuncion, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Duarte, was elected to the Senate during a general election in April but more than half of the senators boycotted his incorporation to the Congress on Thursday.
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An Egyptian Coptic holds his baby after immersing him in water during a celebration of the Feast of Assumption in Dronka village, outside Assiut, 400 km (310 miles) south of Cairo, August 21, 2008. The Feast of Assumption marks the Virgin Mary's ascension into heaven. Thousands of Coptic pilgrims and a handful of Muslims converged in Dronka village where they believe the Holy Family stayed.
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NEW HAVEN, CT - AUGUST 21: Andreas Seppi of Italy returns a shot to Luka Gregorc of Slovakia during Day 4 of Pilot Pen Tennis on August 21, 2008 at Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut.
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United States' Jeremy Wariner, front, reacts after United States' LaShawn Merritt, back, won the gold in the men's 400-meter final during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
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NAPLES, FL - AUGUST 19: A man hold his shoes while walking home from work in street flooding from Tropical Storm Fay August 19, 2008 in Naples, Florida. Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but failing to reach the minimal hurricane status that had been predicted.
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Tropical Storm Fay is pictured over the state of Florida in this satellite image taken on August 19, 2008. Fay, currently located inland about 30 miles east-southeast of Ft Myers on the west side of Lake Okeechobee, is expected to remain over Florida through Saturday.
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This August 20, 2008 NOAA satellite image shows Tropical Storm Fay located south of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Tropical Storm Fay was heading eastward toward Florida's Atlantic coast early August 20, with forecasters saying it will more than likely make a return trip to the waterlogged state after it finally moves offshore."This storm is going to be with us for a while. That's obvious now," Florida Governor Charlie Crist said late Tuesday."It looks like it could be a boomerang storm." Forecasters said Fay may stick around through Thursday or later. Fay on Tuesday slammed into Florida's southwest coast, buffeting the Sunshine State with severe winds and drenching rains, while also spawning tornadoes and severe flooding.
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This hand out picture shows Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) walking with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad for a meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta on July 14, 2008 before the ministerial conference on Capacity Building for Palestine. Some 218 participants from 53 Asian and African and two Latin American countries took part in the opening session of the ministerial conference on Capacity Building for Palestine hosted at the world's largest Muslim populated nation.
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is accompanied by Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) and South Africa's Minister for Social Development ZST Skweyiya (L) during the opening of the Asian Africa Strategy Partnership Ministerial Conference On Capacity Building for Palestine in the presidential palace in Jakarta July 14, 2008.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, hits a gong as Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, second right, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, left, and South African Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya, second left, look on during the opening ceremony of The Ministerial Conference on Capacity Building for Palestine at State Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, July 14, 2008.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Presidential palace in Jakarta on July 12, 2008. Lula and his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged cooperation on biofuels during an official visit in a bid to take advantage of surging oil prices.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2nd-R) walk together at the Presidential palace in Jakarta on July 12, 2008. Lula and his Indonesian counterpart pledged cooperation on biofuels during an official visit in a bid to take advantage of surging oil prices.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) joins hands after a joint press conference following their meeting at the Presidential palace in Jakarta on July 12, 2008. Lula and his Indonesian counterpart pledged cooperation on biofuels during an official visit in a bid to take advantage of surging oil prices.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva (R) speaks with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) during a family photo of G-8 and Outreach leaders at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa in Toyako on July 9, 2008 during the G-8 Summit. Major rich and developing nations agreed in a summit to work together for a long-term reduction of carbon emissions but failed to set any specific goals.
TOYAKO, JAPAN - JULY 09: In this handout image provided by Summit Photo Japan, U.S. President George W. Bush (L) and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attend the Outreach Working Lunch on July 9, 2008 in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan. During the 3-day G8 Summit meeting, the leaders of the world's eight major industrialized nations discuss issues including the world economy, environment and climate change as well as development in Africa.
In this photo released by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, talks with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, left, as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, is seen bottom, during the Major Economies' Leaders Meeting at the G8 Summit in the lakeside resort Toyako on Japanese northern main island of Hokkaido, Wednesday, July 9, 2008.
Japan Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) receives Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) on arrival at the G8 meeting in a mountain resort in Toyako on July 9, 2008. Leading scientists were critical of the G8's stance on global warming, saying its pledge was too vague and too distant to brake the oncoming juggernaut of climate change.
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, right, jokes with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, center, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, looks on, prior to an official group photograph between G8 leaders and its Outreach Countries at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on the last day of their three-day summit Wednesday July 9, 2008 in Japan.
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, right, jokes with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, center, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, looks on, prior to an official group photograph between G8 leaders and its Outreach Countries at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on the last day of their three-day summit Wednesday July 9, 2008 in Japan.
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, center, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, left, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pose for a photo during the opening of the D-8 Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Leaders and ministers from the D8 grouping of developing nations, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey meet in a two-day the summit.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, left, delivers a speech during the opening of the D-8 Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Leaders and ministers from the D8 grouping of developing nations, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey meet in a two-day the summit.
