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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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Matamoros of Mexico's pitcher Sergio Rodriguez pitches to a batter from Maracaibo of Venezuela during the international semifinal of Little League Baseball World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania August 21, 2008.
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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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US President George W. Bush speaks under a portrait of former US President George Washington, on developing world food problems in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2008. Bush urged the US Congress to approve an additional $770 million USD in aid to cope with the worsening global food crisis.
US actor and pro-Tibetan activist Richard Gere (R) listens to the testimony of US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte at the Senate Foreign Relations' East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee hearing on the crisis in Tibet at the US Congress in Washington on April 23, 2008. The US warned China that failure to hold a dialogue now with Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama could harden the position of moderate pro-Tibetan groups. "If Beijing does not engage with the Dalai Lama now, it will only serve to strengthen those who advocate extremist views," Negroponte told a Senate hearing on China's crackdown in Tibet.
US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations' East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee on the crisis in Tibet at the US Congress in Washington on April 23, 2008 as actor and pro-Tibetan activist Richard Gere (R) looks on. The US warned China that failure to hold a dialogue now with Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama could harden the position of moderate pro-Tibetan groups. "If Beijing does not engage with the Dalai Lama now, it will only serve to strengthen those who advocate extremist views," Negroponte told a Senate hearing on China's crackdown in Tibet.
US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (L) testifies on April 23, 2008 during a Senate hearing on the crisis in Tibet, at the US Congress in Washington, DC. The US warned China that failure to hold a dialogue now with Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama could harden the position of moderate pro-Tibetan groups. "If Beijing does not engage with the Dalai Lama now, it will only serve to strengthen those who advocate extremist views," Negroponte told a Senate hearing on China's crackdown in Tibet.
Actor and Tibet activist Richard Gere (R) listens as US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (L) testifies on April 23, 2008 during a Senate hearing on the crisis in Tibet, at the US Congress in Washington, DC. The US warned China that failure to hold a dialogue now with Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama could harden the position of moderate pro-Tibetan groups. "If Beijing does not engage with the Dalai Lama now, it will only serve to strengthen those who advocate extremist views," Negroponte told a Senate hearing on China's crackdown in Tibet.
Actor and Tibet activist Richard Gere (R) listens as US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (L) testifies on April 23, 2008 during a Senate hearing on the crisis in Tibet, at the US Congress in Washington, DC. The US warned China that failure to hold a dialogue now with Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama could harden the position of moderate pro-Tibetan groups. "If Beijing does not engage with the Dalai Lama now, it will only serve to strengthen those who advocate extremist views," Negroponte told a Senate hearing on China's crackdown in Tibet.
US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (L) testifies on April 23, 2008 during a Senate hearing on the crisis in Tibet, at the US Congress in Washington, DC. The US warned China that failure to hold a dialogue now with Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama could harden the position of moderate pro-Tibetan groups. "If Beijing does not engage with the Dalai Lama now, it will only serve to strengthen those who advocate extremist views," Negroponte told a Senate hearing on China's crackdown in Tibet.
Actor and Tibet activist Richard Gere (R) listens as US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (L) testifies on April 23, 2008 during a Senate hearing on the crisis in Tibet, at the US Congress in Washington, DC. The US warned China that failure to hold a dialogue now with Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama could harden the position of moderate pro-Tibetan groups. "If Beijing does not engage with the Dalai Lama now, it will only serve to strengthen those who advocate extremist views," Negroponte told a Senate hearing on China's crackdown in Tibet.
A US soldier (R) from a military transition team (MITT) coaches Iraqi soldiers during a training exercise at a US military base in the restive Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, on March 14, 2008. US President George W. Bush will make a speech at the Pentagon next week, five years to the day after the US-led invasion of Iraq, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said today. Public opinion polls show that most Americans want to withdraw swiftly from Iraq, which clouds prospects for Bush's fellow Republicans in the November 2008 elections that will decide control of the White House and US Congress.
US army 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team Command Sergeant Major John Troxell (foreground) speaks to a class of Iraqi soldiers on a training exercise with US troops at a US military base in the restive Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, on March 14, 2008. US President George W. Bush will make a speech at the Pentagon next week, five years to the day after the US-led invasion of Iraq, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said today. Public opinion polls show that most Americans want to withdraw swiftly from Iraq, which clouds prospects for Bush's fellow Republicans in the November 2008 elections that will decide control of the White House and US Congress.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, second left, stands with US Congress members Representative Jane Harman, left, Senator Jon Kyl, center, Representative Elton Gallegly, second right, and Senator Sam Brownback, during their meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave his military a "free hand" to hit Gaza militants after a rocket slammed into a house in an Israeli town following a visit there by the new U.N. humanitarian chief, who called for an end to the daily salvos.
WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 14: The U.S. Congress holds a memorial service for House Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos (D-CA) in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Captiol February 14, 2008 in Washington, DC. A Holocaust survivor and a member of Congress since 1981, Lantos died of complications form cancer of the esophagus on February 11 at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center, Md.
Economic Policy Institute President Lawrence Mishel testifies before the US Congress Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill 16 January, 2008 in Washington, DC. Memebers of Congress and the witnesses said that tougher economic times are ahead, including a possible recession, but their suggestions to fix the problems were very different.
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers testifies before the US Congress Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill 16 January, 2008 in Washington, DC. Memebers of Congress and the witnesses said that tougher economic times are ahead, including a possible recession, but their suggestions to fix the problems were very different.
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers testifies before the US Congress Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill 16 January, 2008 in Washington, DC. Memebers of Congress and the witnesses said that tougher economic times are ahead, including a possible recession, but their suggestions to fix the problems were very different.
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers testifies before the US Congress Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill 16 January, 2008 in Washington, DC. Memebers of Congress and the witnesses said that tougher economic times are ahead, including a possible recession, but their suggestions to fix the problems were very different.
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 16: (L-R) U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee vice chairs Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) along with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) listen to testimony about what the federal government should do to avoid a economic recession on Capitol Hill January 16, 2008 in Washington, DC. Members of Congress and the witnesses said that tougher economic times are ahead, including a possible recession, but their suggestions to fix the problems were very different.
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 16: U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee member Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) (L) talks with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawerence Summers talk before a hearing about what the federal government should do to avoid a economic recession on Capitol Hill January 16, 2008 in Washington, DC. Members of Congress and the witnesses said that tougher economic times are ahead, including a possible recession, but their suggestions to fix the problems were very different.
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 16: (L-R) U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee vice chair Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) prepare for a hearing about what the federal government should do to avoid a economic recession on Capitol Hill January 16, 2008 in Washington, DC. Members of Congress and the witnesses said that tougher economic times are ahead, including a possible recession, but their suggestions to fix the problems were very different.
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 16: (L-R) U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee vice chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) (L) greets Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) ahead of a hearing about what the federal government should do to avoid a economic recession on Capitol Hill January 16, 2008 in Washington, DC. Members of Congress and the witnesses said that tougher economic times are ahead, including a possible recession, but their suggestions to fix the problems were very different.
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