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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. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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.

    • 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. From Getty Images.

      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.

    • 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. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      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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    • Palestinian children, one holding a Palestinian flag, participate a protest against the Israeli sanctions on Gaza in Gaza City Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. Israel has reduced shipments of fuel and other supplies into Gaza since Hamas took control of Gaza in June, 2007. From AP Photo by HATEM MOUSSA.

      Palestinian children, one holding a Palestinian flag, participate a protest against the Israeli sanctions on Gaza in Gaza City Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. Israel has reduced shipments of fuel and other supplies into Gaza since Hamas took control of Gaza in June, 2007.

    • A man clears debris from his shop that was destroyed during a bomb attack in Baghdad October 12, 2008. A car bomb killed nine people and wounded 13 in the Bayaa district of southern Baghdad on Sunday, police said. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      A man clears debris from his shop that was destroyed during a bomb attack in Baghdad October 12, 2008. A car bomb killed nine people and wounded 13 in the Bayaa district of southern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

    • US Air force rescue team members run from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the Air Power Day at the US airbase in Osan, south of Seoul on October 12, 2008. The event featured the display of aircrafts from South Korea and US air forces as well as Patriot missile system and security forces equipment. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      US Air force rescue team members run from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the Air Power Day at the US airbase in Osan, south of Seoul on October 12, 2008. The event featured the display of aircrafts from South Korea and US air forces as well as Patriot missile system and security forces equipment.

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    • Ukrainian-born actress and model Olga Kurylenko listens to Kateryna Yushchenko (unseen), wife of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, during their meeting at the Presidential home not far from Kiev on October 9, 2008. Olga Kurylenko is starring as James Bond girl Camille in the forthcoming 'Quantum of Solace' film. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      Ukrainian-born actress and model Olga Kurylenko listens to Kateryna Yushchenko (unseen), wife of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, during their meeting at the Presidential home not far from Kiev on October 9, 2008. Olga Kurylenko is starring as James Bond girl Camille in the forthcoming 'Quantum of Solace' film.

    • Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko is seen during a meeting with Ukrainian President wife, Kateryna Yushchenko, not seen, at Yushchenko's country house in Novye Bezradichi, outside Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Kurylenko stars in the new James Bond film "Quantum of Solace," scheduled for release soon. From AP Photo by Mikhailo Markiv.

      Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko is seen during a meeting with Ukrainian President wife, Kateryna Yushchenko, not seen, at Yushchenko's country house in Novye Bezradichi, outside Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Kurylenko stars in the new James Bond film "Quantum of Solace," scheduled for release soon.

    • LONDON - APRIL 16:  Vehicles used by James Bond in various movies are displayed at the 'For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond Press View' at the Imperial War Museum on April 16, 2008 in London, England. The exhibition focuses on the authour of the Bond novels, including research notes for the books and memorabilia from his time as a foreign correspondant in WWII. The exhibition also showcases props and collectables from 007 films. It opens on April 25 and runs until March 1, 2009. From Getty Images.

      LONDON - APRIL 16: Vehicles used by James Bond in various movies are displayed at the 'For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond Press View' at the Imperial War Museum on April 16, 2008 in London, England. The exhibition focuses on the authour of the Bond novels, including research notes for the books and memorabilia from his time as a foreign correspondant in WWII. The exhibition also showcases props and collectables from 007 films. It opens on April 25 and runs until March 1, 2009.

    • An Aston Martin, James Bond's iconic car, is fished out of Lake Garda, near Torbole, northern Italy, Saturday, April 19, 2008, after it plunged into the water during the drive to the set of the latest film in the 007 series. Producers of ''Quantum of Solace,'' which stars Daniel Craig, say the car was being delivered to the filming unit about 6:30 a.m. in heavy rain when the vehicle went off the lakeside road. From AP Photo by Pier Filippo.

      An Aston Martin, James Bond's iconic car, is fished out of Lake Garda, near Torbole, northern Italy, Saturday, April 19, 2008, after it plunged into the water during the drive to the set of the latest film in the 007 series. Producers of ''Quantum of Solace,'' which stars Daniel Craig, say the car was being delivered to the filming unit about 6:30 a.m. in heavy rain when the vehicle went off the lakeside road.

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...the visit of the U.N. leader to the hierarchy-obsessed nation had been enough to break the impasse. In contrast, Gen. Than Shwe declined to meet U.N. special envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, during a pre-cyclone visit earlier this year. Some U.N. officials...
...with self interest instead. Evil will never transmute to gold Than Shwe. Never. Not even if you name yourself, Than Than Than Shwe Shwe Shwe. _______ for more by dr.e. with spiritual perspective on Than Shwe’s corrupt rule of Burma, see “Facing Evil” article...
...leader of the country’s pro-democracy movement, will never be allowed to take her rightful office as leader of Burma. Than Shwe refuses to honor the people’s true vote from the 1990 general election, which was won by her, not by Than Shwe the interloper. Than...
...with an inch-thick flight schedule for an ever-expanding grid of airports. It is a publication that would surely please Than Shwe, because it appears to show how the country has prospered against the wishes of the west. On a shelf there are directories detailing...
...press. There was also little sign of life near some of the city's 1,200 new four-story apartment complexes. Once at Than Shwe's pillared compound, armed guards greeted the group, leading them through a two-story entrance hall that opened onto a 15-foot rock...
...intimidation and isolation has kept him and a coterie of hard-nosed generals in power here for 16 years. The 75-year-old Than Shwe has presided with an iron fist over a military regime that has been more successful at nurturing its power than its people, purging...
...also did not raid the monasteries, unlike in Yangon," said Win Min. "In Yangon, the special troops there are very close to Than Shwe." But even as Than Shwe might see over Maung Aye's subtle insubordination, he has not sacked him. His deputy has many regional...
...civilians, but few have been attested by so well placed a source as Major Aung Lin Htut. They come at a time when General Than Shwe and his regime are coming under intense scrutiny, after their refusal to allow a full scale relief operation for the victims...
...1992. And he has consolidated power so that he alone really runs things now. It used to be a triumvirate; it is now just Than Shwe. MARGARET WARNER: I'm sorry, just hold that thought, and let me get Ms. Clapp back in here. Tell us more about these generals,...
...the optimists were proven wrong. Opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has spent most of the time during Than Shwe's rule in prison or under house arrest, and the economy, the rice bowl of Asia at independence from Britain in 1948, has slid...

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