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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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Kashmiris buy vegetable on the banks of the Dal Lake during curfew relaxation hours in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Authorities in Indian Kashmir relaxed a seven-day curfew allowing residents to buy food and other supplies after days of protests demanding an end to Indian rule in the region.
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Protesters march towards the Presidential Office for a rally in Taipei in Taipei August 30, 2008. Demonstrators marking Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou's 100th day in office gathered on Saturday to protest against the government's poor performance on the economy and to demand more to be done for the country's sovereignty.
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Anti-government protesters shout slogans in front of government offices during a demonstration at the Government House in Bangkok on August 30, 2008. Thai protesters broke into abandoned government offices in their escalating campaign to force Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej from office.
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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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Backdropped by U.S. and Palestinian flags and a photograph of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, top left, United States President George W. Bush talks during a joint news conference with Palestinian Presedent Mahmoud Abbas, unseen, after their meeting in Abbas's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. Bush on Thursday predicted that a Mideast peace treaty would be completed by the time he leaves office.
Palestinian Fatah supporters hold up flags with the picture of the popular Fatah leader jailed in Israel, Marwan Barghouti, as they celebrate at a rally marking the movement's 43rd anniversary in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008. On a banner in the background are the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right.
Palestinians hold torches next to portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (L) and current president Mahmud Abbas (R) during a rally marking the 43rd anniversary of the Fatah movment in Salem village near the West Bank city of Nablus 31 December 2007. Abbas said today that he was ready to "open a new page" with Hamas if the Islamist movement gave up its control of the Gaza Strip. Abbas's statement came at a gathering of Fatah officials marking 43 years since the secular party first declared itself an armed Palestinian resistance movement.
A Palestinian man recites poems while standing between posters of former slain Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (L) and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) during a gathering marking the anniversary of Saddam's execution, 31 December 2007 in the southern West Bank village of Halhul. The gathering was called by the Arab Liberation Front and some 700 people attended it. Saddam was hanged for crimes against humanity on December 30, 2006 in Baghdad.
A Palestinian child sells pictures of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) with executed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (C and L) outside a shop in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 30 December 2007. Saddam Hussein loyalists gathered at the ousted dictator's graveside today to mark the first anniversary of his execution, as former opponents expressed joy over the end of his rule.
A Palestinian woman peers from her doorway, which is decorated with posters of a militant jailed in Israel, right and center, and late leader Yasser Arafat, left, at Al-Amari refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. Israel has pledged to release about 450 of the more than 9,000 Palestinian prisoners it is holding, on Monday.
A Palestinian man browses goods at a shop featuring portraits of dismissed Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya (C) and late leader Yasser Arafat (R), in Khan Yunis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, 29 November 2007. Having revived their long-dormant peace talks at a US conference, Israeli and Palestinian leaders are heading home to radicals determined to derail the process, commentators said today while the vast majority of Israelis do not believe that Israel and the Palestinians will strike a final peace deal by the end of 2008 as said during the US conference, according to a poll published today.
A Palestinian shopper displays mugs for sale with a message regarding the upcoming Annapolis meeting and with portraits of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, bottom left, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, upper left, and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, at a souvenir shop in Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007. Israeli, Palestinian, Arab and world leaders are set to meet in Annapolis, Maryland this week at a U.S. hosted peace conference.
A Palestinian man holds a poster reading 'A dream of promise, one path' and bearing portraits of late leader Yasser Arafat (R) and current president Mahmud Abbas during a ceremony to mark the third anniversary Arafat's death in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 11 November 2007. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas today hailed an "historic opportunity" for peace as his people marked the third anniversary of Arafat's death. The United States is expected to host an international peace meeting in Annapolis, Maryland later this year aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process after a seven-year hiatus since Arafat's last round of negotiations.
With huge portraits of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, Fatah supporters attend a ceremony to mark the third anniversary of Arafat's death and the opening to the public of his new grave at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007. Arafat died Nov. 11, 2004 after leading the Palestinians for nearly four decades.
A Palestinian vendor displays medallions with portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, top , and late Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara in the West Bank city of Jenin, Sunday, Nov.11, 2007. Speaking under a giant mural of a smiling Yasser Arafat, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas used a rally commemorating the deceased Palestinian leader Sunday to lash out at his rivals from the Islamic group Hamas. Arafat died in a Paris hospital on Nov. 11, 2007.
Palestinian students raise their hands towards a portrait of late leader Yasser Arafat (C) at the Arab-American University near the West Bank town of Jenin during a rally marking the third anniversary of his death, 10 November 2007. Dozens of Palestinian leaders and foreign dignitaries gathered in the West Bank city of Ramallah today to open a new mausoleum complex for Arafat. The ceremony will launch a series of events to commemorate Arafat -- widely considered the father of the Palestinian cause -- three years after he died of an unknown ailment in a Paris hospital 11 November 2004.
A member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security force keeps guard next to a banner showing Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque, late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, and Abbas during a ceremony marking the third anniversary of Arafat's death at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. Palestinians unveiled a stone mausoleum for Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday. The building, made of glass and beige Jerusalem stone, is surrounded on three sides by water, and a piece of train track was entombed under Arafat's grave. The water and the track are meant to symbolize that the mausoleum is temporary and that Arafat, who died in 2004, has not reached his final resting place.
Palestinian officers walk in front of a huge poster depicting the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the images of current Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and of the late leader Yasser Arafat (R) as preparations are made for the inauguration of the newly finished mausoleum over the grave of Arafat in the grounds of the Palestinian Authority's Muqataa headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 09 November 2007. Preparations are afoot in the Palestinian territories to mark the third anniversary of Arafat's death at a hospital in the French capital Paris on 11 November 2004.
Palestinian officers walk in front of a huge poster depicting the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the images of currecnt Palestinian leader Mahmus Abbas and of the late leader Yasser Arafat (R) as preparations are made for the inauguration of the newly finished mausoleum over the grave of Arafat in the grounds of the Palestinian Authority's Muqataa headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 09 November 2007. Preparations are afoot in the Palestinian territories to mark the third anniversary of Arafat's death at a hospital in the French capital Paris on 11 November 2004.
