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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.
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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.
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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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McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, center, the pole getter, Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland, right, second placed, and McLaren Mercedes driver Heikki Kovalainen of Finland, third placed, react after the qualifying session at the Fuji Speedway Formula One Grand Prix circuit in Oyama, Japan, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Formula One Japan Grand Prix is scheduled on Sunday on this circuit at the foot of Mont Fuji.
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McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates taking poll position with a team mate after the qualifying session for Sunday's Japanese F1 Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, central Japan, October 11, 2008.
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An Iraqi policeman isnspects the site of a car bomb explosion on October 11, 2008 at the Abu Dshir market in Baghdad's mainly Sunni quarter of Dora. Car bombs, roadside blasts and a shooting near the capital and the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk killed at least 19 people and wounded at least another 66 yesterday, police and security officials said. The worst single attack was in the Iraqi capital's Dora district where a car bomb blast at a crowded market killed 13 people and wounded 27 on October 10, police and the defence ministry said.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with Russia's Communist Party in Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Vladimir Putin said Thursday the wide-ranging financial crisis has irreparably damaged the image of the U.S. as the leader of the free world and the global economy.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin smiles as he poses with a tiger cub on October 10, 2008 which was presented to him on his bithday on October 7, in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
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U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) listens to questions from supporters as his vice presidential running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) looks on during a town hall meeting in Waukesha, Wisconsin October 9, 2008.
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Director Ridley Scott and girlfriend Giannina Facio attend the world premiere of 'Body Of Lies' at the Rose Hall Theater on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 in New York.
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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.
In this photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch site near Medora, N.D., is seen in on Sept. 17, 2007. Billings County officials want to build a crossing over the Little Missouri River and a road to cut commute times for locals. Opponents worry it would be a road heavy with oil traffic and RVs, ruining an area that inspired the conservation-minded president.
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
FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH MARCH 20, 2003 ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S.-LED INVASION OF IRAQ** An F/A-18 Hornet approaches for landing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier after flight operations in this Thursday, March 20, 2003 file photo. The first Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired early Thursday against Iraqi targets
(FILES) In this photograph dated 15 November 2001, a US sailor secures an F-14 "Tomcat" on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt after completion of another night of flight operations and strike missions over Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The eve of the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in response to the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States, which is credited with removing the Taliban from power, falls on 06 October 2006. AFP PHOTO/US NAVY/Chief Photographer's Mate Eric A. Clement (Photo credit should read ERIC A. CLEMENT/AFP/Getty Images)
