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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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Toledo's Stephen Williams, left, catches the ball for a touchdown over Arizona's Marquis Hundley in the second half of an NCAA college football game in Tucson, Ariz., Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Arizona won 41-16.
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Sascha Kindred of Britain swims during the Men's 200m Individual Medley SM6 heat at the Paralympics in the National Aquatics Centre, also known as the Water Cube, in Beijing September 7, 2008.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 06: Actresses Dakota Fanning (L) and Queen Latifah from the film "The Secret Life Of Bees", pose for a portrait during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival at The Sutton Place Hotel on September 6, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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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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YINGXIU, CHINA - MAY 24: China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wave to soldiers in the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town May 24, 2008 Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province, China. Ban arrived in quake-hit southwest China today to meet victims and witness the devastation first-hand, after visiting neighbouring Myanmar to see the aftermath of a massive cyclone.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) walks with President Hu Jintao (R) upon Hu's arrival in Mianyang, a city in quake-hit southwestern Sichuan province on May 16, 2008. Hu flew into one of the areas worst hit by the earthquake, vowing no let-up in rescue work from the country's worst disaster in a generation, which officials estimate has killed 50,000 people.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center, waves to the victims settled temporarily at the Jiuzhou Gymnasium in earthquake-hit Mianyang of southwest China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. The deadliest earthquake to hit China in decades has killed at least 19,509 people and the toll is likely to rise sharply as tens of thousands more remain buried under debris three days after the Monday tremor.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) consoles the families in Beichuan, southwest China's Sichuan province on May 14, 2008. Seen repeatedly on state TV cradling infants and offering hope to earthquake victims, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is reprising his role as the kinder, friendlier face of a communist leadership often viewed as aloof and distant, as within hours of China's southwest being devastated by the worst quake disaster to strike the nation in a generation, Wen, 65, the smiling life-long party bureaucrat, was on his way to the worst hit areas.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) consoles the families in Beichuan, southwest China's Sichuan province on May 14, 2008. Seen repeatedly on state TV cradling infants and offering hope to earthquake victims, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is reprising his role as the kinder, friendlier face of a communist leadership often viewed as aloof and distant, as within hours of China's southwest being devastated by the worst quake disaster to strike the nation in a generation, Wen, 65, the smiling life-long party bureaucrat, was on his way to the worst hit areas.
This video grab taken on May 13, 2008 from China's CCTV shows Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) using a bullhorn to speak to people during a visit to the earthquake-hit area of Deyang county, north of Chengdu, in China's Sichuan province. The death toll from the powerful earthquake in China has exceeded 12,000 in Sichuan province alone, the official Xinhua news agency reported on May 13, quoting the local government.
This video grab taken on May 13, 2008 from China's CCTV shows Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) consoling victims of the massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Deyang county, north of Chengdu, in China's Sichuan province. The death toll from the powerful earthquake in China has exceeded 12,000 in Sichuan province alone, the official Xinhua news agency reported on May 13, quoting the local government.
This video grab taken on May 13, 2008 from China's CCTV shows Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) consoling victims of the massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Deyang county, north of Chengdu, in China's Sichuan province. The death toll from the powerful earthquake in China has exceeded 12,000 in Sichuan province alone, the official Xinhua news agency reported on May 13, quoting the local government.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) is seen helping out during the rescue operation after an earthquake in Dujiangyan, China's Sichuan Province May 13, 2008, in this image taken from CCTV television footage. Nearly 10,000 people were killed in the earthquake that hammered southwest China, officials said on Tuesday, as rescuers struggled to reach the worst-hit areas where many more may have died.
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center, and Communist Party leaders arrange relief work of the earthquake during his flight for the disaster area on Monday May 12, 2008. Premier Wen flew into southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday afternoon and left straight for the quake-hit county of Wenchuan to oversee rescue work there, Xinhua said.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) consoles residents in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan province on May 12, 2008 after an earthquake measuring 7.8 rocked the province. The death toll from China's worst earthquake in over three decades climbed to nearly 10,000 with many thousands more trapped under crushed houses, schools and factories.
