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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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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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Bielefeld's Radim Kucera, left, and Markus Bollmann, right, challenge for the ball against Hamburg's Jose Paolo Guerrero, center, during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Arminia Bielefeld and Hamburger SV in Bielefeld, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Hamburg won 4-2.
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Gregory Havret of France tees off at the 11th hole during the third day's play at the Johnnie Walker Championship golf tournament at Gleneagles, Scotland, August 30, 2008.
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Stoke City's Dave Kitson (L) celebrates after scoring with team mate Ricardo Fuller during the English Premier league football match against Middlesbrough at The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough north-east England on August 30, 2008. AFP PHOTO/ANDREW YATES Mobile and website use of domestic English football pictures are subject to obtaining a Photographic End User Licence from Football DataCo Ltd Tel : +44 (0) 207 864 9121 or e-mail accreditations@football-dataco.com - applies to Premier and Football League matches.
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In this Wednesday, May 28, 2008 file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, talks with her husband Todd Palin, as the listen to state Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin speak in Anchorage, Alaska. John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A formal announcement was expected within a few hours at a campaign rally in swing-state Ohio.
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The shoes of US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (L) (R-AZ) and his vice presidential running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin are shown as they stand at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio August 28, 2008.
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Pensacola Junior College cheerleaders rally the crowd before the arrival of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at a campaign rally at Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008.
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A Turkish soldier stands on a tank as it moves past a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, during a military parade on the 86th anniversary of Victory Day in Ankara, August 30, 2008. Tensions between Turkey's government and its powerful generals will continue clouding the future of the European Union-applicant country, after the new military commander warned against the rising profile of Islam.
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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
