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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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Anti-government demonstrators pass out free women's underwear to others Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, outside Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. Demonstrators continue to occupy the grounds of Government House and the surrounding area demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Andy Roddick of the U.S. celebrates a point against Ernests Gulbis of Latvia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York August 29, 2008.
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NEW YORK - AUGUST 29: Andy Roddick of the United States returns a shot against Ernests Gulbis of Latvia during Day 5 of the 2008 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 29, 2008 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the bench during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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India's bowler Harbhajan Singh brings water during the 5th and final One Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. India has an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the 5 match series.
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South Africa's AB de Villiers (L) is run out by England's Matthew Prior (R) during the third Natwest one day International between England and South Africa at The Brit Oval cricket ground, London, England, on August 29, 2008.
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Anti-government protesters lie down on the street to avoid tear gas during a demonstration at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on August 29, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas to try to break up about 2,000 anti-government protesters gathered outside the Bangkok police headquarters, an.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and ARD correspondent Thomas Rot seen during an interview with Germany's ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will not be isolated over its conduct in Georgia . The Russian prime minister is also warning Europe not to the bidding of the United States.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and ARD correspondent Thomas Rot seen during an interview with Germany's ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will not be isolated over its conduct in Georgia and warned the Europe not to "serve" the United States. He also stressed Russia does not fear any Western sanctions, saying that if forced to choose between life and sausage, "we choose life."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to ARD correspondent Thomas Rot during an interview with Germany's ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will not be isolated over its conduct in Georgia. The Russian prime minister is also warning Europe not to the bidding of the United States.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and ARD correspondent Thomas Rot seen during an interview with Germany's ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will not be isolated over its conduct in Georgia and warned the Europe not to "serve" the United States. He also stressed Russia does not fear any Western sanctions, saying that if forced to choose between life and sausage, "we choose life."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin seen during an interview with Germany's ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will not be isolated over its conduct in Georgia. The Russian prime minister is also warning Europe not to the bidding of the United States.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and ARD correspondent Thomas Rot seen during an interview with Germany's ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will not be isolated over its conduct in Georgia and warned the Europe not to "serve" the United States. He also stressed Russia does not fear any Western sanctions, saying that if forced to choose between life and sausage, "we choose life."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to CNN correspondent Matthew Chance during an interview in Moscow on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has suggested the United States pushed Georgia toward war and said he suspects a connection to the American presidential campaign.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with an unidentified journalist during an interview for CNN TV company in Sochi on August 28, 2008. Putin blasted US interference in Georgia, saying Americans on the ground there were "implementing orders" from their "leader" during the conflict, in comments aired on CNN.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, meets with Premier Vladimir Putin, right, in Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. Defying the United States and Europe, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Tuesday he has signed a decree recognizing the independence of the breakaway Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Premier Vladimir Putin, left, attend the Security Council meeting in Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia recognizes the independence of the breakaway Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In a televised address, on Tuesday, Medvedev said he had signed a decree on the decision.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) in Sochi on August 26, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced today he had signed a decree under which Russia formally recognises the rebel Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) in Sochi on August 26, 2008. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Tuesday he had signed a decree under which Russia formally recognises the rebel Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) meets with speaker of parliament Boris Gryzlov (R) in Moscow on August 25, 2008. Russia signalled it may break off some trade agreements it has concluded as part of its negotiations to join the WTO, news agencies reported, quoting Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. "Russia intends to inform various WTO partners of its withdrawal from accords that contradict its interests," the reports quoted First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov as saying, to which Putin replied: "That is reasonable."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C) speaks with wounded in South Ossetia Russian pilot and his relative in a hospital in Moscow on August 23, 2008. NATO insisted that Russian forces must retreat to the positions held before the conflict with Georgia, as Moscow brushed aside Western accusations it was failing to abide by a ceasefire deal.
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