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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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A sign for the Maple Leaf food processing plant is seen in Toronto August 21, 2008. Canadian health officials searched for more clues on Thursday into the source and extent of a listeriosis food poisoning outbreak that has made more than a dozen people sick and caused one death. The company and health officials found listeria monocytogenes in two products made by the company, although genetic testing has not yet determined whether it is the same strain that caused the outbreak, associate chief medical officer David Williams said.
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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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Myanmar's junta chief Than Shwe (L) waves as he leaves after attending the 63rd Armed Forces Day in administrative capital Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military. He reaffirmed that the military would hold a referendum in May on the constitution, but did not announce a date for the balloting.
Myanmar's junta chief Than Shwe (C) waves as he leaves after attending the 63rd Armed Forces Day in administrative capital Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military. He reaffirmed that the military would hold a referendum in May on the constitution, but did not announce a date for the balloting.
Myanmar's Junta Chief Senior General Than Shwe arrives at a dinner hosted to mark the 63rd Anniversary Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said on 27 March that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military.
Myanmar's Junta Chief Senior General Than Shwe (R) and Vice- Senior General Maung Aye (L) arrive to attend a dinner organised to mark the 63rd Anniversary Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said on 27 March that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military.
Myanmar's Junta Chief Senior General Than Shwe (C) and Vice- Senior General Maung Aye (L) arrive to attend a dinner organised to mark the 63rd Anniversary Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said on 27 March that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military.
Myanmar's Junta Chief Senior General Than Shwe (R) and Vice-Senior General Maung Aye arrive to attend a dinner organised to mark the 63rd Anniversary Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said on 27 March that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military.
Myanmar's junta chief Than Shwe (L) delivers his speech during a ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day in the administrative capital Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military. He reaffirmed that the military would hold a referendum in May on the constitution, but did not announce a date for the balloting.
Myanmar's junta chief Than Shwe (L) waves as he arrive to review guard of honour on the armed forces day in administrative capital Naypyidaw on March 27, 2008. Than Shwe said that civilians would take the reins of government after elections in 2010, once a constitution is approved giving broad powers to the military. He reaffirmed that the military would hold a referendum in May on the constitution, but did not announce a date for the balloting.
In this photo released by the Thai Spokesman Office, Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, left, talks with Myanmar's Chairman of State Peace and Development Council Senior Gen. Than Shwe, right, during their meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Friday, March 14, 2008. Samak was in Myanmar for a one-day visit in a bid to shore up economic ties between the two countries as Thailand is one of the biggest foreign investors and trading partners of military-ruled Myanmar.
Activists wearing masks of a portrait of Myanmar supreme leader Senior General Than Shwe (L) and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo protest outside the Singapore embassy in Bangkok November 16, 2007. Activists in both Thailand and the Philippines staged protests in front of the Singaporean embassies on November 16, to urge leaders o the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to play a tougher role against Myanmar's junta.
In this Myanmar News Agency photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Senior-Gen. Than Shwe, center, greets an unidentified diplomat during a state funeral for late Prime Minister Gen. Soe Win in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007. Soe Win died on Friday at the age of 59 in a military hospital after a long illness, the state media said.
United Nations official Ibrahim Gambari (L) poses with Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe (2L), Vice-Senior General Maung Aye (3L) General Thura Shwe Mann (2R) and Acting Prime Minister Lieutenant General Thein Sein (R) after a meeting in Myammar's administrative capital Naypyidaw, 02 October 2007. UN special envoy Gambari met with Myanmar's top general Than Shwe and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, wrapping up a mission aimed at halting a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests
Protesters display portraits of Myanmar's junta chief General Than Shwe (R) and detained opposition leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in front of the Myanmar embassy in Makati's financial district of Manila, October 1, 2007, to denounce the crackdown against peaceful demonstrators in military-ruled Myanmar.
Activists belonging to the Free Burma Coalition display a picture of Myanmar's military ruler Than Shwe (L) alongside that of Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in front of the Myanmar embassy in the Makati financial district of Manila September 28, 2007 to denounced the crackdown against demonstrators in military-ruled Myanmar.
This combo of file photos shows Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (L) in Myanmar's former capital Yangon and Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) smiling at a question during a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest on 06 May 2002. Myanmar's junta chief Than Shwe has offered to meet detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi if she ends her support for sanctions against the regime, state media said 04 October 2007
This combo of file photos shows Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (L) in Myanmar's former capital Yangon and Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) smiling at a question during a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest on 06 May 2002. Than Shwe has kept Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for most of the past 18 years, confining her to a rambling, lakeside home. Her latest house arrest began in 2003 after a brutal attack on her convoy that the NLD says left nearly 100 dead
Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (L) walks with Vice-Senior General Maung Aye (R) during a dinner to mark the country's Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, 27 March 2007. Myanmar put on a show of might and defiance at its annual military parade 27 March, with junta chief Than Shwe displaying few signs of his reported ill health in his new capital city
Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (L) salutes as members of the Myanmar military parade during ceremonies marking Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, 27 March 2007. Myanmar put on a show of might and defiance at its annual military parade, with junta chief Than Shwe displaying few signs of his reported ill health in his new capital city
Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (R) reviews a guard of honour during ceremonies marking Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, 27 March 2007. Myanmar put on a show of might and defiance at its annual military parade, with junta chief Than Shwe displaying few signs of his reported ill health in his new capital city
Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe (C) reviews a guard of honour during ceremonies marking Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, 27 March 2007. Myanmar put on a show of might and defiance at its annual military parade, with junta chief Than Shwe displaying few signs of his reported ill health in his new capital city
