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Cashew fruit or "apples", which encircle the cashew nut, are displayed on a bush road lined with cashew trees west of the capital Bissau June 26, 2008. Cashew nuts are the main export of Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony wedged between French-speaking Senegal and Guinea. Its 1.6 million people are ranked among the third poorest in the world in development terms by the United Nations. Picture taken June 26, 2008.
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BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND - JULY 09: Rachel Laurent of USA in action during the women's pole vault qualification during day two of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships at the Zawisca Stadium on July 9, 2008 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
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People watch fireworks during the first edition of 'Golden Nights' International Pyrotechnic Festival in Bucharest July 5, 2008.
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Australian singer Kylie Minogue smiles as she poses for photographers with the OBE she received from Britain's Prince Charles for her services to music at Buckingham Palace in London July 3, 2008.
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Brig. Gen. Aung Thein Linn, right, mayor of Yangon, takes position as two soldiers prepare to lay a wreath during the official Martyr's Day ceremony at the Martyr's Mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar Saturday, July 19, 2008. Myanmar marked the 61st anniversary Martyr's Day with a small ceremony attended by small group of government officials. The ceremony is held annually in memory of the assassination of the country's national hero late Gen. Aung San and eight others, who were gunned down during a cabinet meeting in Yangon in July 19, 1947. Gen. Aung San is the father of the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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A man sleeps in front of posters advertising Olympic sponsors in Beijing July 20, 2008. The International Olympic Committee recently praised Beijing for setting a "gold standard for the future" in its preparations for the Games, which begin in less than a month. China has transformed its capital for the August 8-24 Olympic Games, spending 140 billion yuan (US$20.34 billion) to combat chronic pollution and create a clean, green Beijing which it hopes will promote domestic stability and showcase a newly confident nation to the rest of the world.
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In this handout picture taken on July 17, 2008, A group of Afghan hostages rescued during a Afghan National Army (ANA) Commando-led raid of a Taliban compound associated with Nangialai Khan pose at an ANA Commando base near the Zer-e-Koh Valley, Shindand District of Herat Province. The commandos assisted by U.S. Special Operations Forces freed 16 men who were kidnapped by Khan and his men over a four-month period. The Commandos, with assistance from the SOF troops, were searching a compound where Taliban commander Nangialai Khan was known to have been when they discovered a building the Taliban had been using as a jail.
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Handout picture shows South Korean fire fighters examining the wreckage of a crashed helicopter carrying founder of the Unification Church Sun-Myung Moon and his wife were among several people slightly injured when a helicopter made an emergency landing in Gapyeong, 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Seoul, July 19, 2008.
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OMAHA, NE - JULY 04: Ian Crocker swims en route to winning his semfinal heat of the 100 meter butterfly during the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials on July 4, 2008 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
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In this image released by AMC, Jon Hamm stars as Don Draper in "Mad Men," returning July 27 for a second season on cable's AMC channel.
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Hezbollah members in fatigues salute as Lebanese civilians carrying Hezbollah and national flags look on during a memorial service for three Hezbollah fighters killed in the 2006 war with Israel in the southern Lebanese town of Ainata on July 19, 2008, after their remains were returned to Lebanon three days ago. Hundreds of people gathered outside the mosque in the southern town of Ainata today for a military-style memorial for three Hezbollah fighters, Zeid Haidar, Mussa Khanafer and Marwan Samhat, whose remains were handed over to the Islamist group as part of a swap with Israel.
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In this file photo, pilots of a U.S. Navy F14 Tomcat move into position at dawn for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001. At the U.N. Climate Conference Friday, April 4, 2008, some European nations are calling for tougher regulations of shipping and aviation emissions, saying they should be included in any new climate pact alongside pollutants from power plants and agriculture.
A small herd of elk roam the badlands inside Theodore Roosevelt National Park, near Medora, N.D., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2007. The number of elk roaming the nation's parks is booming, and that's bad news for them. A debate has started among wildlife and conservation officials about how the animals should be culled _ by sharpshooters' bullets or by their natural enemy, wolves.
Bill Whitworth, chief of resource management for Theodore Roosevelt National Park, uses binoculars to search for elk inside Theodore Roosevelt National Park near Medora, N.D., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2007. The number of elk roaming the nation's parks is booming, and that's bad news for them. A debate has started among wildlife and conservation officials about how the animals should be culled _ by sharpshooters' bullets or by their natural enemy, wolves.
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly sits in his office under a painting of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. President, during an interview, in New York, Tuesday Dec. 4 , 2007. Kelly chatted with ease about his law enforcement forefather, Theodore Roosevelt. Also about a new pet project, a "citizen satisfaction survey." And, of course, about a murder rate hitting historic lows. But when the subject turns to the buzz over whether he'll run for mayor, New York's top cop holsters his trademark crooked smile and cuts off the conversation with a polite, auto-pilot response. Heading the 36,000-officer New York Police Department, he insisted, consumes him.
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is interviewed in his office in New York, Tuesday Dec. 4 , 2007. Kelly chatted with ease about his law enforcement forefather, Theodore Roosevelt. Also about a new pet project, a "citizen satisfaction survey." And, of course, about a murder rate hitting historic lows. But when the subject turns to the buzz over whether he'll run for mayor, New York's top cop holsters his trademark crooked smile and cuts off the conversation with a polite, auto-pilot response. Heading the 36,000-officer New York Police Department, he insisted, consumes him.
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is interviewed in his office in New York, Tuesday Dec. 4 , 2007. Kelly chatted with ease about his law enforcement forefather, Theodore Roosevelt. Also about a new pet project, a "citizen satisfaction survey." And, of course, about a murder rate hitting historic lows. But when the subject turns to the buzz over whether he'll run for mayor, New York's top cop holsters his trademark crooked smile and cuts off the conversation with a polite, auto-pilot response. Heading the 36,000-officer New York Police Department, he insisted, consumes him.
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is interviewed in his office in New York, Tuesday Dec. 4 , 2007. Kelly chatted with ease about his law enforcement forefather, Theodore Roosevelt. Also about a new pet project, a "citizen satisfaction survey." And, of course, about a murder rate hitting historic lows. But when the subject turns to the buzz over whether he'll run for mayor, New York's top cop holsters his trademark crooked smile and cuts off the conversation with a polite, auto-pilot response. Heading the 36,000-officer New York Police Department, he insisted, consumes him.
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly sits in his office under a painting of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. President, during an interview, in New York, Tuesday Dec. 4 , 2007. Kelly chatted with ease about his law enforcement forefather, Theodore Roosevelt. Also about a new pet project, a "citizen satisfaction survey." And, of course, about a murder rate hitting historic lows. But when the subject turns to the buzz over whether he'll run for mayor, New York's top cop holsters his trademark crooked smile and cuts off the conversation with a polite, auto-pilot response. Heading the 36,000-officer New York Police Department, he insisted, consumes him.
Barry Landau, author of "The President's Table: 200 Years of Dining and Diplomacy" holds a page from the Golden Banquet menu, part of his extensive collection of presidential memorabilia in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007. The menu is covered in red alligator leather and embossed in gold leaf. It dates from May 12, 1903, and was used for a banquet in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt in San Francisco.
Barry Landau, author of "The President's Table: 200 Years of Dining and Diplomacy" holds President Theodore Roosevelt's personal leather-bound gold menu from an April 2, 1903 Chicago dinner in his honor, part of Landau's extensive collection of presidential memorabilia at his apartment in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007.
Sgt. Curtis Dorr, 38, from Troy, Maine, left, and 1st Sgt. Aldo Galeana, 42, from San Diego, Calif. of Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment read a framed quotation from Theodore Roosevelt after they added Pfc. Joseph Anzack's photo, seen at bottom right, to the company's shrine to fallen soldiers in Quarghuli village near Youssifiyah, 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, May 26, 2007. Pfc. Anzack, 20, from Torrance, Calif. was captured two weeks ago in a May 12 ambush on his platoon and was killed in captivity. The search continues for his comrades, Spc. Alex Jimenez, 25, from Lawrence, Mass. And Pvt. Byron Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich.
Sgt. Curtis Dorr, 38, from Troy, Maine, left, and 1st Sgt. Aldo Galeana, 42, from San Diego, Calif. of Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment read a framed quotation from Theodore Roosevelt after they added Pfc. Joseph Anzack's photo, seen at bottom right, to the company's shrine to fallen soldiers in Quarghuli village near Youssifiyah, 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, May 26, 2007. Pfc. Anzack, 20, from Torrance, Calif. was captured two weeks ago in a May 12 ambush on his platoon and was killed in captivity. The search continues for his comrades, Spc. Alex Jimenez, 25, from Lawrence, Mass. And Pvt. Byron Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich.
This photo released by the US Navy shows an F-14D Tomcat making a near supersonic fly-by above the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt in a July 28, 2006 file photo. The Defense Department's effort to block Iran from obtaining much-needed hardware for its fleet of F-14 "Tomcat" fighter jets has led the military to pull far more than parts from F-14s out of its surplus auctions.
WASHINGTON - MARCH 19: Beneath a portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President George W. Bush speaks on the fourth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq March 19, 2007 at the White House in Washington, DC. Bush called on Congress to pass funding for the war "without strings." (Photo by Roger Wollenberg-Pool/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** George W. Bush
WASHINGTON - MARCH 19: Beneath a portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President George W. Bush speaks on the fourth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq March 19, 2007 at the White House in Washington, DC. Bush called on Congress to pass funding for the war "without strings." (Photo by Roger Wollenberg-Pool/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** George W. Bush
