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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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Director David Koepp poses for a portrait while promoting the movie "Ghost Town" in Toronto, Canada during the International Film Festival Saturday Sept. 6, 2008.
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Netherlands' players huddle during their wheelchair basketball preliminaries Group B match against Mexico at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, September 7, 2008. Netherlands won by 59-46.
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Colombia's Carlos Arciniegas (R) and Juan Correna (L) compete against Austria's Bryce Lindores and Steven George (behind them) in the men's individual pursuit (B&VI) cycling track competition during the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games on September 7, 2008 at the Laoshan Velodrome. More than 4,000 athletes from 150 countries are participating in the 20 Paralympics sports, the most in Paralympcs history, and organisers say they are making arrangements for tens of thousands of disabled people to attend the Games.
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling party, Pakistan People's Party, chant slogans as they celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Islamabad September 6, 2008. Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.
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UN peacekeepers use a stretcher to carry Chantal Pierre who is in labor at a UN base in Gonaives, Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. Pierre's baby was delivered successfully shortly after this picture was made. The city was flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna that swirled over Haiti for four days, dumping massive amounts of water and leaving at least 61 dead in its wake.
Argentine doctor Julio Cesar Lotero Polesez, member of the UN peacekeeping mission, holds two newborn babies at a U.N. compound in Gonaives, Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. The city was flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, that swirled over Haiti for four days, dumping massive amounts of water and leaving at least 61 dead in its wake. Some 250,000 people were affected in the Gonaives region, including 70,000 in 150 shelters across the city, according to an international official.
This photo released by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, shows a flooded area of Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The city was flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, that swirled over Haiti for four days, dumping massive amounts of water and leaving at least 61 dead in its wake.
This photo released by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, shows a flooded area of Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The city was flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, that swirled over Haiti for four days, dumping massive amounts of water and leaving at least 61 dead in its wake.
This photo released by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, shows a flooded area of Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The city was flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, that swirled over Haiti for four days, dumping massive amounts of water and leaving at least 61 dead in its wake.
This photo released by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, shows a flooded area of Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The city was flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, that swirled over Haiti for four days, dumping massive amounts of water and leaving at least 61 dead in its wake.
This photo released by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, shows a flooded area of Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The city was flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, that swirled over Haiti for four days, dumping massive amounts of water and leaving at least 61 dead in its wake.
Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias gestures to the media as UN special envoy for Cyprus Alexander Downer looks on before meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat at a U.N. compound, in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Cyprus' rival Greek and Turkish leaders have launched a new round of peace talks, seen as the most promising bid to reunite the island since war tore it apart 34 years ago. Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias met Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat Wednesday, inside the U.N.-patrolled buffer zone that separates the two communities.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (not pictured) at the Moncloa palace in Madrid, on September 2, 2008. UN chief Ban visited Italy and Switzerland before visiting Spain where he focused on climate change, water and sustainable development, his office said.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is pictured at a press conference at the Moncloa palace in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (not pictured), on September 2, 2008. UN chief Ban visited Italy and Switzerland before visiting Spain where he focused on climate change, water and sustainable development, his office said.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero are pictured after a press conference at the Moncloa palace in Madrid, on September 2, 2008. UN chief Ban visited Italy and Switzerland before visiting Spain where he focused on climate change, water and sustainable development, his office said.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (obscured) are pictured before a press conference at the Moncloa palace in Madrid, on September 2, 2008. UN chief Ban visited Italy and Switzerland before visiting Spain where he focused on climate change, water and sustainable development, his office said.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L) and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are pictured on Ban's arrival to the Moncloa palace in Madrid, on September 2, 2008. UN chief Ban visited Italy and Switzerland before visiting Spain where he focused on climate change, water and sustainable development, his office said.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L) and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shake hands on Ban's arrival to the Moncloa palace in Madrid, on September 2, 2008. UN chief Ban visited Italy and Switzerland before visiting Spain where he focused on climate change, water and sustainable development, his office said.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L) and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shake hands on Ban's arrival to the Moncloa palace in Madrid, on September 2, 2008. UN chief Ban visited Italy and Switzerland before visiting Spain where he focused on climate change, water and sustainable development, his office said.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L) and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are pictured on Ban's arrival to the Moncloa palace in Madrid, on September 2, 2008. UN chief Ban visited Italy and Switzerland before visiting Spain where he focused on climate change, water and sustainable development, his office said.
People cross the Ledra street next to the UN buffer zone (Green Line) that divides the Greek and Turkish Cypriot controlled areas in divided Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Leaders of Cyprus' rival communities are preparing for reunification talks, seen as the best chance in years of ending the island's division. Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias will begin formal negotiations Wednesday with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat.
