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BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.
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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
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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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South Korean kindergartens sing carols during a charity concert to raise money for the poor on a street in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea where over half of the population are Christians.
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China's Vice-Premier Wang Qishan (L) speaks during the opening session of the 5th U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing December 4, 2008. China urged the United States on Thursday to spare no effort to stabilise its economy and financial markets to help avert a global recession.
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Brazilian footballer Magrao (11) of Internacional vies for the ball with Argentine DeSabato (R) of Estudiantes on December 03, 2008 during the Sudamericana Cup final match at the Beira Rio stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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An Indian policeman keeps vigil outside an immigration centre at the military ceasefire line or Line of Control during the opening of a trade link at Chakka-da-Bagh, about 250 km (155 miles) northwest of Jammu, October 21, 2008. Trucks loaded with apples, onions and nuts crossed the frontier in divided Kashmir for the first time in decades on Tuesday as nuclear-armed India and Pakistan opened the trade link aimed at easing tension.
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Pakistani rangers stand near a hoarding on the military ceasefire line or Line of Control in Tetrinote, about 250 km (155 miles) northwest of Jammu, October 21, 2008. Trucks loaded with apples, onions and nuts crossed the frontier in divided Kashmir for the first time in decades on Tuesday as nuclear-armed India and Pakistan opened the trade link aimed at easing tension.
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SRINAGAR, INDIA - OCTOBER 17 : Children watch as family members work on copper handicrafts October 17, 2008 in Srinagar, Kashmir. The entire Kashmir handicrafts industry will be getting a boost in expected revenue after Line Of Control (LOC) Srinagar - Muzaffarabad road opens up today for commercial trade after decades of closure. Given the ongoing political turmoil, lack of tourism and constant threat of violence the opening of a new trade route with Pakistan is positive news for the economy. The region exports billions of Indian rupees, sources estimate about 15 billion making handicrafts the highest earner of foreign currency for the state.
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People relax on the sea front near the Trident hotel, one of the sites of the recent militant attacks, in Mumbai December 02, 2008. Pakistan offered on Tuesday to help India investigate the militant assault on Mumbai and said it would "frame a response" to an Indian demand that it hand over 20 of India's most wanted men. India has blamed Islamist militants based in Pakistan for last week's attacks in India's financial capital that killed 183 people.
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Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt speaks in front of portraits of former Palestinain leader Yasser Arafat (L) and current President Mahmud Abbas (R) during a press conference in the West Bank city of Nablus on April 9, 2008. The Israeli army arrested some 30 Palestinians from the rival Fatah and Hamas factions in the northern city of Nablus overnight, Palestinian security officials said today.
Under portraits of late leader Yasser Arafat, left and President Mahmoud Abbas, top right, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center right, walks with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney following a press conference at Abbas' office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, March 23, 2008. Vice President Dick Cheney began Easter Sunday with a prayer and the singing of "Amazing Grace" at a tiny chapel in Jerusalem, then launched into a day of talks about conflict: the Mideast peace process and the rising influence of Iran in the region.
With the portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the background, the Quartet's Mideast envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair gestures as he speaks during a press conference with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, right, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, March 11, 2008. The lead Palestinian negotiator on Tuesday said a new Israeli plan to expand a West Bank settlement endangers the struggling peace process, and he promised to raise the issue with a key U.S. mediator later this week. The negotiator, Ahmed Qureia, said Israel must freeze construction in areas claimed by the Palestinians in order to get peace talks back on track.
Seated under the portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, top left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, speaks with Abbas during their meeting in the Palestinian presidential headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Israeli aircraft sent missiles crashing into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, pressing an offensive against Palestinian rocket squads even as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the region to try to rescue peace talks amid the latest outbreak of violence. Rice hoped in a meeting later Tuesday to persuade Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to return to negotiations he cut off Sunday after more than 120 Gazans were killed in an Israeli operation against militants who bombard southern Israel with rocket and mortar fire.
With the background of the portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East Quartet envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks at a press conference during his visit to the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday Feb. 7, 2008. Israeli ground forces backed by warplanes exchanged fire with Hamas gunmen in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a teacher and six militants.
With the background of portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East Quartet envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks at a press conference during his visit to the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday Feb. 7, 2008. Israeli ground forces backed by warplanes exchanged fire with Hamas gunmen in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a teacher and six militants in escalating violence that is hobbling peace efforts.
Moroccan people waving Moroccan flags, hold photos of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, and late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, rear center, march during a protest against Israeli economic sanctions against Palestinians in the Gaza strip, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008 in Casablanca, Morocco. Earlier this month, Israel tightened its already stringent restrictions on the movement of goods into Gaza in response to ongoing rocket fire at southern Israel from the territory, causing a severe shortage of fuel, electricity cutbacks and a lack of some basic foods. About 1,000 people marched through the streets of Casablanca to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people.
A Palestinian police officer stands by a mural painting of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, and late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, left, during a march against Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. The international Red Cross issued a dire warning on the state of basic services in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, calling on Israel to lift a blockade it has imposed in response to rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.
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.
