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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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A Palestinian boy stands in line as he waits to cross a checkpoint on his way to Jerusalem during the first Friday of Ramadan, in Bethlehem, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Around 90,000 Muslims congregated in Jerusalem for the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. He said "thousands" of police were deployed around the city to "prevent any disturbances."
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Soccer player Joey Barton arrives at the Football Association in London for a disciplinary hearing September 5, 2008.
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Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers stand guard as Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar on September 5, 2008. The three top separatist leaders in Muslim-majority Indian Kashmir were put under house arrest ahead of planned protests against Indian rule during weekly prayers, police said. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Geelani and Yasin Malik were locked in their homes with "strict instructions by police not to try to move out", a police official told.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick faces Judge David Groner as he agrees to a plea agreement and to resign from office in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Michigan September 4, 2008.
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Serena Williams (L) and her sister Venus (R), both of the U.S., each react in this combination photo during their quarter-final match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York September 3, 2008.
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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Republican U.S vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will accept The GOP nomination for U.S. President Thursday night.
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San Francisco Giants Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda, left, and Willie Mays, right, talk before a ceremony to commemorate the San Francisco Giants 50th anniversary and the actual day Major League Baseball was first played on the West Coast, in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 15, 2008. The ceremony was held on the site where Seals Stadium once stood, which was the Giants' home their first two seasons.
Baseball player Willie Mays (L) tips his hat as golfer Tiger Woods laughs before being inducted into the California Hall of Fame in Sacramento, California, December 5, 2007. The brainchild of Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife Maria Shriver, the Hall of Fame celebrates legends tied to the nation's most populous state, but some of the most famed have yet to make the cut.
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds is greeted by former Giants great Willie Mays (R) after breaking Major League Baseball's career home run record surpassing Hank Aaron by hitting his 756th home run in the fifth inning off Washington Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik during their MLB National League baseball game in San Francisco, California August 7, 2007.
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds, left, cries while making an emotional tribute to his late father Bobby Bonds, while standing with his godfather and Giants' Hall of Famer Willie Mays, right, after hitting his 756th career home run against the Washington Nationals during the fifth inning of their baseball game at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Tuesday August 7, 2007.
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds, left, cries while making an emotional tribute to his late father, Bobby Bonds, while standing with his godfather and Giants' Hall of Famer Willie Mays, right, after hitting his 756th career home run against the Washington Nationals during the fifth inning of their baseball game at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Tuesday August 7, 2007.
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds, left, points to the sky and remembers his late father, Bobby Bonds, while standing with his godfather and Giants' Hall of Famer Willie Mays, right, after hitting his 756th career home run against the Washington Nationals during the fifth inning of their baseball game in San Francisco, Tuesday August 7, 2007.
San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer Willie Mays, right, is hugged by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, left, during a dedication of the Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club in San Francisco's Hunters Point area, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. They are standing in front of photo of Mays playing stick ball in Harlem, N.Y. in his younger days. Selig is in San Francisco for the All-Star baseball game
San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer Willie Mays, left, is hugged by Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, during a dedication of the Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club in San Francisco's Hunters Point area, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Mays is in town for the All-Star baseball game. In background is artist drawing of planned club.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and a San Francisco police officer, right, helps San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer Willie Mays, center, with his cap during a dedication of the Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club in San Francisco's Hunters Point area, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Mays is in town for the All-Star baseball game.
San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer Willie Mays, right, waves his cap as he applauded by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, left, during a dedication of the Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club in San Francisco's Hunters Point area, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. They are standing in front of photo of Mays playing stick ball in Harlem, N.Y. in his younger days. Selig is in San Francisco for the All-Star baseball game.
SAN FRANCISCO - JUNE 24: Hall of Fame San Francisco Giants Gaylord Perry (L) and Willie Mays admire a pin commemorating the 1962 World series between the Giants and the New York Yankees before the San Francisco Giants 7-2 defeat of the New York Yankees at AT&T Park June 24, 2007 in San Francisco, California.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, center, laughs as she sits next to Hall of Fame baseball player Willie Mays, left, and Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer as they watch the Houston Astros play the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 23, 2007.
SAN FRANCISCO - APRIL 18: Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom (L) speaks at a press conference for the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Week as Barry Zito (C) and Willie Mays (R) look on at AT&T Park on April 18, 2007 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Gavin Newsom;Barry Zito;Willie Mays
SAN FRANCISCO - APRIL 18: Former San Francisco Giants Willie Mays (R) speaks with Giants pitcher Barry Zito at a press conference for the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at AT&T Park on April 18, 2007 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Willie Mays;Barry Zito
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