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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 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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Australia's Lote Tuqiri, left, avoids a tackle from South Africa's Bismarck du Plessis, right, during the Tri-Nations rugby match at the Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday Aug. 30, 2008.
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Karim Haggui (back) of Bayer Leverkusen tackles Demba Ba of TSG Hoffenheim during their German Bundesliga soccer match in Leverkusen August 30, 2008. Leverkusen won the match 5-2.
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VENICE, ITALY - AUGUST 30: Actress Charlize Theron leaves a charity event organised by Lancia at the Pagoda during the 65th Venice Film Festival on August 30, 2008 in Venice, Italy.
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Pensacola Junior College cheerleaders rally the crowd before the arrival of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at a campaign rally at Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008.
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A Turkish soldier stands on a tank as it moves past a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, during a military parade on the 86th anniversary of Victory Day in Ankara, August 30, 2008. Tensions between Turkey's government and its powerful generals will continue clouding the future of the European Union-applicant country, after the new military commander warned against the rising profile of Islam.
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Marion Bartoli of France returns to Lindsay Davenport of the US at the US Open tennis tournament August 29, 2008 in Flushing Meadows, NY. Bartoli won the match 6-1, 7-6(3).
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Sebastien Loeb from France and co-driver Daniel Elena in the Citroen Total world Rally team in their Citroen C4 WRC during day two of the WRC Rally of New Zealand, in Hamilton on August 30, 2008.
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Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of World Economic Forum speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, June 20, 2008. The world's developed countries should take the lead in the battle against global warming and push for halving global emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, the group of business leaders said Friday.
Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of World Economic Forum speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, June 20, 2008. The world's developed countries should take the lead in the battle against global warming and push for halving global emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, the group of business leaders said Friday.
Panellist of the World Economic Forum on East Asia take their seat in Kuala Lumpur June 16, 2008. They are (L-R), Chairman of Roux International Australia, Michael J. Roux, Indonesia's Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu, Chairman of Nestle Switzerland, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of Sime Darby, Musa Hitam and South Korea's Minister of Trade, Ahn Ho-yuang.
Panellist of the World Economic Forum on East Asia take their seat in Kuala Lumpur June 16, 2008. They are (L-R), Chairman of Roux International Australia, Michael J. Roux, Indonesia's Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu, Chairman of Nestle Switzerland, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of Sime Darby, Musa Hitam, South Korea's Minister of Trade, Ahn Ho-yuang and moderator Bernard Lo.
Speakers of the World Economic Forum on East Asia take their seat in Kuala Lumpur on June 16, 2008. They are (L-R), Chairman of Roux International Australia Michael J. Roux, Indonesia's Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu, Chairman of Nestle Switzerland Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of Sime Darby Musa Hitam, South Korea's Minister of Trade Ahn Ho-yuang and presenter Bernard Lo. The 17th World Economic Forum on East Asia returned to Malaysia, where leaders from over 20 countries are to convene to debate the challenges and priorities that will ultimately shape the regions' future agenda.
Panellist of the World Economic Forum on East Asia take their seat in Kuala Lumpur June 15, 2008. They are (L-R) Japan's Yasuchika Hasegawa, President of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Lord Levene, Chairman of Lloyd's United Kingdom, Rajat M. Nag. managing director of Asian Development Bank and Ralph R. Peterson, Chairman of CH2M Hill Companies U.S.
Lord Levene, Chairman of London-based Lloyd's, speaks during the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, June 15, 2008. Asia as the new center of the world must take the lead in finding solutions to current crises such as fuel and food prices because global bodies are proving to be impotent, business leaders said Sunday.
Panellist of the World Economic Forum on East Asia take their seat in Kuala Lumpur June 15, 2008. They are (L-R) Japna's Takao Kusakari, Chairman of Nippon Yusen Kabushi Kaisha, India's Member of Parliament, Yashwant Sinha, Japan's Minister of Financial Services Yoshimi Watanabe, Vietnam Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh and Marcus Agius, Chairman of Barclays of United Kingdom.
Vietnam's Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh speaks during the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Kuala Lumpur June 15, 2008. Vietnamese inflation is expected to ease to single digit levels next year, Vu said on Sunday, vowing to tame surging price pressures that are driving investors away from the emerging Southeast Asian economy.
Indonesian Minister of Trade Mari Pengtsu speaks at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Kuala Lumpur on June 15, 2008. The 17th World Economic Forum on East Asia returned to Malaysia, where leaders from over 20 countries are to convene to debate the challenges and priorities that will ultimately shape the region�s future agenda.
World Economic Forum Chairman Klaus Schwab speaks during a press conference at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Kuala Lumpur on June 15, 2008. The 17th World Economic Forum on East Asia returned to Malaysia, where leaders from over 20 countries are to convene to debate the challenges and priorities that will ultimately shape the region�s future agenda.
World Economic Forum Chairman Klaus Schwab reacts during a press conference at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Kuala Lumpur on June 15, 2008. The 17th World Economic Forum on East Asia returned to Malaysia, where leaders from over 20 countries are to convene to debate the challenges and priorities that will ultimately shape the region�s future agenda.
(L-R) Borge Brende, Managing Director of World Economic Forum, Japan's Takao Kusakari, Chairman of Nippon Yusen Kabushi Kaisha, India's Member of Parliament, Yashwant Sinha, Japan's Minister of Financial Services Yoshimi Watanabe, Vietnam Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh , Marcus Agius, Chairman of Barclays of United Kingdom and Azman Mokhtar, Managing Director of Khazanah Nasional of Malaysia attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Kuala Lumpur on June 15, 2008. The 17th World Economic Forum on East Asia returned to Malaysia, where leaders from over 20 countries are to convene to debate the challenges and priorities that will ultimately shape the region�s future agenda.
Speakers of the World Economic Forum on East Asia take their seat in Kuala Lumpur June 15, 2008. (L-R) Japan's Takao Kusakari, Chairman of Nippon Yusen Kabushi Kaisha, India's Member of Parliament, Yashwant Sinha, Japan's Minister of Financial Services Yoshimi Watanabe and Vietnam Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh. The 17th World Economic Forum on East Asia returned to Malaysia, where leaders from over 20 countries are to convene to debate the challenges and priorities that will ultimately shape the region�s future agenda.
(L-R) Borge Brende, Managing Director of World Economic Forum, Japan's Takao Kusakari, Chairman of Nippon Yusen Kabushi Kaisha, India's Member of Parliament, Yashwant Sinha, Japan's Minister of Financial Services Yoshimi Watanabe, Vietnam Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh , Marcus Agius, Chairman of Barclays of United Kingdom and Azman Mokhtar, Managing Director of Khazanah Nasional of Malaysia attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Kuala Lumpur on June 15, 2008. The 17th World Economic Forum on East Asia returned to Malaysia, where leaders from over 20 countries are to convene to debate the challenges and priorities that will ultimately shape the region�s future agenda.
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