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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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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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Adrian Dantley delivers his induction speech at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday, Sept. 5, 2008.
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U.S. national team players practice during a team training session in Havana September 5, 2008. Cuba will play the United States on September 6 in a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer game in Havana. It will also be first time for more than 60 years the Americans have played in the capital Havana.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 05: Singer Mary J. Blige and Martin Kendu attend the Conde Nast Media Group's Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks at Radio City Music Hall on September 5, 2008 in New York City.
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LANCASTER, PA - SEPTEMBER 4: Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a rally at Buchanan Park September 4, 2008 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Obama is campaigning through Pennsylvania as U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) accepts the Republican nomination for U.S. President tonight.
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Italy's Claudia Pettazzoni (L) and Peru's Fidel Rios kiss each other to win the IKE, the International underwater kissing event in Riccione on July 20, 2008. The couple won the world's longest underwater kiss title with a time of 1 minutes and 51 seconds.
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A model presents a creation by Belarussian designer Dmitry Prigozhaev during the International Festival of Vanguard Art, Mammoth, in Minsk November 17, 2007.
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Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) arrives to accept the nomination. at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 4, 2008.
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US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R) poses with her Japanese counterpart Yohei Kono (L) before a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight (G8) major industrial nations in Hiroshima, western Japan, on September 2, 2008. Pelosi earlier in the day laid flowers at the memorial to the Hiroshima atomic bombing, becoming the highest-ranking sitting US official to pay respects at the site.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi presents a bouquet and bows at the altar for the atomic bomb victims -- the highest ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the US nuclear attack at the end of World War II -- in Hiroshima, western Japan, on September 2, 2008. Pelosi is here for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C-purple suit) listens to the director of the A-bomb Museum, Koichiro Maeda (L), speak about the atomic bomb blast in 1945, during a visit to the site in Hiroshima, western Japan, on September 2, 2008. Pelosi, the highest ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the US nuclear attack at the end of World War II, is here for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations. Pictured (R to L) are French Parliament Speaker Bernard Accoyer, Vice Speaker of EU Parliament Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (white suit), Russian Parliament Speaker Boris Gryzlov, German Parliament Speaker Norbert Lammert, Nancy Pesoli, interpreter and museum director Maeda. The red ball at the center represents the A-bomb blast point over the city.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) listens to the director of the A-bomb Museum, Koichiro Maeda (L), speak about the atomic bomb blast in 1945, during a visit to the site in Hiroshima, western Japan, on September 2, 2008. Pelosi, the highest ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the US nuclear attack at the end of World War II, is here for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations. Pictured (R to L) are Vice Speaker of EU Parliament Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (white suit), Russian Parliament Speaker Boris Gryzlov, German Parliament Speaker Norbert Lammert, Nancy Pesoli, an interpreter and museum director Maeda. The red ball at the center represents the A-bomb blast point over the city.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks under a replica of "Little Boy," the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, during a visit to the Atomic Bomb Museum in Hiroshima, western Japan, on September 2, 2008. Pelosi, the highest ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the US nuclear attack at the end of World War II, is here for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) listens to the director of the A-bomb Museum, Koichiro Maeda (L), speak about the atomic bomb blast in 1945, during a visit to the site in Hiroshima, western Japan, on September 2, 2008. Pelosi, the highest ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the US nuclear attack at the end of World War II, is here for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations. Pictured (L to R) are Vice Speaker of EU Parliament Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Russian Parliament Speaker Boris Gryzlov, German Parliament Speaker Norbert Lammert, Nancy Pesoli, interpreter, museum director Maeda. The red ball at the center represents the A-bomb blast point over the city.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) greets a Buddhist monk holding a Tibetan flag (not pictured) beside the altar for the atomic bomb victims during a ceremony in Hiroshima, western Japan, on September 2, 2008. Pelosi, the highest ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the US nuclear attack at the end of World War II, is here for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) holds hands with French Parliament Speaker Bernard Accoyer (L) and German Parliament Speaker Norbert Lammert (R) in front of the altar for the atomic bomb victims during a ceremony in Hiroshima, western Japan, on September 2, 2008. Pelosi, the highest ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the US nuclear attack at the end of World War II, is here for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi lays a bouquet at the altar for the atomic bomb victims -- the highest ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the US nuclear attack at the end of World War II -- in Hiroshima, western Japan, on September 2, 2008. Pelosi is here for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi presents a bouquet and bows at the altar for the atomic bomb victims -- the highest ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the US nuclear attack at the end of World War II -- in Hiroshima, western Japan, on September 2, 2008 as Japanese Lower House Speaker Yohei Kono (back L) looks on. Pelosi is here for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) carries a bouquet at the altar for the atomic bomb victims -- the highest ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the US nuclear attack at the end of World War II -- in Hiroshima, western Japan, on September 2, 2008 as Japanese Lower House Speaker Yohei Kono (back L) looks on. Pelosi is here for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, chats with Yohei Kono, speaker of Japan's House of Representatives, during their photo session for the G8 Speakers' Meeting at a hall in Hiroshima, western Japan Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Pelosi has paid her respects to victims of the world's atomic bombing, making the Democrat the highest-ranking American official to visit ground zero of the 1945 nuclear attack on Hiroshima.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks as she offers flowers to the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Pelosi became the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit ground zero of the world's first atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan. Pelosi is in Japan for a two-day meeting of top legislators from the Group of Eight industrialized countries. Russia's Chairman of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov is seen at back left, and Speaker of Japan's House of Representatives; Yohei Kono looks on behind her.
DENVER - AUGUST 28: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calls the convention to order on day four of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at Invesco Field at Mile High August 28, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is the first African-American to be officially nominated as a candidate for U.S. president by a major party.
DENVER - AUGUST 28: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks on stage to call the convention to order on day four of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at Invesco Field at Mile High August 28, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is the first African-American to be officially nominated as a candidate for U.S. president by a major party.
DENVER - AUGUST 28: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stands at the podium to call the convention to order on day four of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at Invesco Field at Mile High August 28, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is the first African-American to be officially nominated as a candidate for U.S. president by a major party.
Members of the Women of the US House of Representatives wave from the podium during the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on August 27, 2008. Democrats made history August 27 by nominating Barack Obama as the first black presidential nominee of a major US party. A state by state roll-call vote was dramatically suspended when Hillary Clinton appeared on the floor of the convention and called for Obama to be nominated by acclamation.
Members of the Women of the US House of Representatives wave from the podium during the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on August 27, 2008. Democrats made history August 27 by nominating Barack Obama as the first black presidential nominee of a major US party. A state by state roll-call vote was dramatically suspended when Hillary Clinton appeared on the floor of the convention and called for Obama to be nominated by acclamation.
Members of the Women of the US House of Representatives wave to the audience during the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver on August 27, 2008. Democrats made history by nominating Barack Obama as the first black presidential nominee of a major US party when Clinton appeared on the floor and called for Obama to be nominated by acclamation.
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