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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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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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Maldivian fishermen unload their catch at a fishing harbor in Male, Maldives, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Longtime President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom will face five opponents in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election on Oct. 8. He has been credited with turning a sleepy string of fishing islands off the southwestern tip of India into a major tourism destination and filling its coffers with hard currency.
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A member of the staff of Bakrie Telecom makes a phone call at the Bakrie building in Jakarta October 7, 2008. The Indonesia Stock Exchange suspended trading on Tuesday in shares of six firms controlled by the family of chief social welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie, including coal miner Bumi Resources Tbk. Erry Firmansyah, the president director of the stock exchange, said that the bourse had suspended trading pending clarification from the companies on a number of issues. The stock exchange also halted trading in Bakrie & Brothers Tbk, Bakrie Telecom Tbk, Bakrieland Development Tbk, Bakrie Sumatra Plantations Tbk, and Energy Mega Persada Tbk.
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A Chinese diver feeds the fishes to entertain visitors at an aquarium in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province on October 7, 2008. China's tourism industry is expected to employ 100 million people by 2015, meaning one in every 14 Chinese will work in the sector then.
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LONDON - JULY 10: (UK TABLOID Singer and charity co-founder Alicia Keys arrives at the Black Ball UK in aid of 'Keep A Child Alive' HIV/AIDS charity at St John's, Smith Square on July 10, 2008 in London, England.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 06: Actress Alicia Keys from the film "The Secret Life Of Bees", poses 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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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 05: (L-R) Actresses Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah attend the "The Secret Life Of Bees" premiere after party during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival held at the Ultra Supper Club on September 5, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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Egyptian women wearing the niqab, the Islamic full face veil that leaves only a slit for the eyes, chat at the River Nile bank in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 14, 2007. An Egyptian supreme court ended Saturday June 9, a five year legal battle ruling that the American University in Cairo "AUC" cannot ban women from wearing face veil while on campus. The decision by the Supreme Administrative court will force other universities in Egypt to relinquish its ban on face veils on campus.
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, center, speaks as Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, left, and Rwandan President Paul Kagame, right, listen during a news conference announcing the launch of a joint initiative to empower small farmers in Africa and elsewhere at United Nations headquarters in New York Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (C) shakes the hand of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki (R) on April 17, 2008 during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Kenyan coalition cabinet following the east African nation's worst political crisis since independence, which claimed hundreds of lives. Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga was the first to be sworn in before President Mwai Kibaki and former United Nations chief Kofi Annan, who mediated a power-sharing accord that curbed months of violence after contested elections in December 2007.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (L) and leader of South Sudan, Salva Kiir wave to residents of South Sudan soon after Museveni arrives in Juba on April 14, 2008. Museveni urged LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony to take a peace deal mediated by South Sudan government seriously after Kony failed to show up to a peace agreement signing ceremony at Rigkwamba, near the Sudan-Congo border on April 10.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (R) signs a visitors book near the grave of the late SPLA revolutionary leader John Garang in Juba, as leader of South Sudan Salva Kiir looks on, on April 14, 2008. Museveni urged LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony to take a peace deal mediated by South Sudan government seriously after Kony failed to show up to a peace agreement signing ceremony at Rigkwamba, near the Sudan-Congo border on April 10.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (L) and leader of South Sudan, Salva Kiir wave to residents of South Sudan soon after Museveni arrives in Juba on April 14, 2008. Museveni urged LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony to take a peace deal mediated by South Sudan government seriously after Kony failed to show up to a peace agreement signing ceremony at Rigkwamba, near the Sudan-Congo border on April 10.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (L) addresses the press at the Ministry of Presidenial Affairs of South Sudan in Juba on April 14, 2008 flanked Government of South Sudan President, Salva Kiir. Museveni urged LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony to take a peace deal mediated by South Sudan government seriously after Kony failed to show up to a peace agreement signing ceremony at Rigkwamba, near the Sudan-Congo border on April 10.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (L) addresses the press at the Ministry of Presidenial Affairs of South Sudan in Juba on April 14, 2008 flanked Government of South Sudan President, Salva Kiir. Museveni urged LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony to take a peace deal mediated by South Sudan government seriously after Kony failed to show up to a peace agreement signing ceremony at Rigkwamba, near the Sudan-Congo border on April 10.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (R) and his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir gesture after inspecting a guard of honour at the Juba airport April 14, 2008. Museveni accused fugitive rebel leader Joseph Kony on Monday of not being serious about peace talks and hinted his forces could resume operations against the guerrillas.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (R) receives North Korea's President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam on arrival at Uganda's state house in Entebbe town, 47km (29 miles) south of the capital Kampala, March 27, 2008. North Korea�s number two leader, Kim Yong-nam is on a four day visit to Uganda and is expected to sign trade and defence deals with the government there. Picture taken March 27, 2008.
Portraits of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi (R) and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (R) on the walls of the national mosque "Kadhafi" before its official opening on March 19, 2008 in Kampala. The Libyan leader, who is also the founder of the African Union, was one of the guest honours of the ceremonies also attended by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, and presidents of neighbouring African countries.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (L) and his wife Janet Kataha leave Westminster Abbey in central London, on March 10, 2008. Queen Elizabeth II made rare comments on the environment as she issued her Commonwealth Day message Monday, calling for action to meet the rhetoric on tackling climate change. The 81-year-old monarch, who heads the 53-nation global body of mainly former British colonies, said countries that pollute the least -- particularly the least-developed nations -- are often the worst affected by climate change.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (L) and his wife Janet Kataha leave Westminster Abbey in central London, on March 10, 2008. Queen Elizabeth II made rare comments on the environment as she issued her Commonwealth Day message Monday, calling for action to meet the rhetoric on tackling climate change. The 81-year-old monarch, who heads the 53-nation global body of mainly former British colonies, said countries that pollute the least -- particularly the least-developed nations -- are often the worst affected by climate change.
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