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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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Thai Buddhist monks wait for offerings early Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, near Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands continue to illegally occupy Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's office complex as the political standoff continues into its second week. The standoff stems from a campaign by the People's Alliance for Democracy, a loose-knit group of royalists, wealthy and middle-class urban residents, and union activists, to oust Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his government, accusing it of corruption and violating the constitution.
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Australia's Rebecca Keat celebrates winning the women's elite division of the Aviva Ironman 70.3 triathlon in Singapore September 7, 2008. Over 1,400 athletes took part in the event.
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Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang addresses a press conference after casting his vote in the territory's Legislative Council election in Hong Kong on September 7, 2008. Hong Kong's bedraggled democracy camp could suffer a bloody nose, as pro-Beijing parties bathe in a post-Olympic glow, politicians and analysts said.
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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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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center front, addresses an ad-hoc press conference in Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Wen said the rebuilding of houses and infrastructure shattered by the temblor was the country's most urgent disaster relief task, according to Xinhua.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with a student, who was injured in the May 12 earthquake, during a school-opening ceremony of Beichuan Middle School in Mianyang, Sichuan province, September 1, 2008. The school, collapsed during the May 12 earthquake in Beichuan County, has been relocated in Mianyang of Sichuan province, China Daily reported.
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao (R) holds the torch with sacred flame of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games during the lighting ceremony in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on August 28, 2008. Beijing Olympic organisers said they had scrapped plans for an international 2008 Paralympics torch relay, following protests that disrupted the global journey of the main Games torch.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, shakes hands with Deng Pufang, left, the President of the China Disabled Persons' Federation and son of late leader Deng Xiaoping, as Philip Craven, center, President of the International Paralympic Committee, looks on during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games torch lighting ceremony at the historic Temple of Heaven in Beijing Thursday Aug. 28, 2008. The torch relay will pass through 11 cities before arriving at the Paralympic Games opening ceremony in Beijing on Sept. 6.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown chat at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing August 22, 2008. Brown is attending the closing ceremony which will see new London Mayor Boris Johnson receive the flag from his Beijing counterpart, Guo Jinlong for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown chat at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing August 22, 2008. Brown is attending the closing ceremony which will see new London Mayor Boris Johnson receive the flag from his Beijing counterpart, Guo Jinlong for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown chat at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing August 22, 2008. Brown is attending the closing ceremony which will see new London Mayor Boris Johnson receive the flag from his Beijing counterpart, Guo Jinlong for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown chat at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Brown will attend the Olympic Games closing ceremony on August 24 during which the Olympic flag will be formally handed over by China to Britain where London is hosting the 2012 Olympics.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown chat at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing August 22, 2008. Brown is attending the closing ceremony which will see new London Mayor Boris Johnson receive the flag from his Beijing counterpart, Guo Jinlong for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) greets British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing August 22, 2008. Brown is attending the closing ceremony which will see new London Mayor Boris Johnson receive the flag from his Beijing counterpart, Guo Jinlong for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) greets British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing August 22, 2008. Brown is attending the closing ceremony which will see new London Mayor Boris Johnson receive the flag from his Beijing counterpart, Guo Jinlong for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown chat at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Brown will attend the Olympic Games closing ceremony on August 24 during which the Olympic flag will be formally handed over by China to Britain where London is hosting the 2012 Olympics.
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, right, greets British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse upon Brown's arrival in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Brown will attend the Olympic Games' closing ceremony on August 24 during which the Olympic flag will be formally handed over by China to Britain where London is hosting the 2012 Olympics.
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, right, greets British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse upon Brown's arrival in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Brown will attend the Olympic Games' closing ceremony on August 24 during which the Olympic flag will be formally handed over by China to Britain where London is hosting the 2012 Olympics.
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