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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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People search for usable coal at a cinder dump site on a hazy day in Changzhi, Shanxi province October 7, 2008. Negotiations seeking a global pact to tackle global warming are troubled and could end in disastrous failure, China's top climate change envoy warned on Monday, saying rich countries are failing to deliver on promises.
People search for usable coal at a cinder dump site on a hazy day in Changzhi, Shanxi province October 7, 2008. Negotiations seeking a global pact to tackle global warming are troubled and could end in disastrous failure, China's top climate change envoy warned on Monday, saying rich countries are failing to deliver on promises.
A man searches for usable coal at a cinder dump site on a hazy day in Changzhi, Shanxi province October 7, 2008. Negotiations seeking a global pact to tackle global warming are troubled and could end in disastrous failure, China's top climate change envoy warned on Monday, saying rich countries are failing to deliver on promises.
A man searches for usable coal at a cinder dump site on a hazy day in Changzhi, Shanxi province October 7, 2008. Negotiations seeking a global pact to tackle global warming are troubled and could end in disastrous failure, China's top climate change envoy warned on Monday, saying rich countries are failing to deliver on promises.
Greenpeace activists paint the slogan "Quit Coal" onto the side of the coal cargo ship Windsor Adventure near the northern Spanish city of Gijon early October 6, 2008. The activists were protesting against the Spanish government, which they said was causing climate change by relying so heavily on coal for the country's energy supply.
Greenpeace activists paint the slogan "Quit Coal" onto the side of the coal cargo ship Windsor Adventure near the northern Spanish city of Gijon early October 6, 2008. The activists were protesting against the Spanish government, which they said was causing climate change by relying so heavily on coal for the country's energy supply.
The slogan "Quit Coal", painted by Greenpeace activists, can be seen on the side of the coal cargo ship Windsor Adventure near the northern Spanish city of Gijon early October 6, 2008. The activists were protesting against the Spanish government, which they said was causing climate change by relying so heavily on coal for the country's energy supply.
In this photo released by Greenpeace, its activists paint the slogan "Quit Coal" in English and Spanish onto the side of the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship sailing from Colombia to Spain, early Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 in Gijon, Spain. Greenpeace said it conducted the protest against the Spanish government for causing climate change by relying so heavily on coal for the country's energy supply.
Greenpeace activists prepare to board the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship travelling from Colombia to Spain, early on October 6, 2008 off the coast of the northern Spanish town of Gijon. Greenpeace activists were protesting against the Spanish government for causing climate change by relying so heavily on coal for the country's energy supply.
A Greenpeace flag reading: "Carbon= Climate change" flaps int he wind as activists prepared to paint the slogan 'Quit Coal' onto the side of the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship travelling from Colombia to Spain, early on October 6, 2008 off the coast of the northern Spanish town of Gijon. Greenpeace activists were protesting against the Spanish government for causing climate change by relying so heavily on coal for the country's energy supply.
Greenpeace activists paint the slogan 'Quit Coal' onto the side of the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship travelling from Colombia to Spain, early on October 6, 2008 off the coast of the northern Spanish town of Gijon. Greenpeace activists were protesting against the Spanish government for causing climate change by relying so heavily on coal for the country's energy supply.
Greenpeace activists paint the slogan 'Quit Coal' onto the side of the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship travelling from Colombia to Spain, early on October 6, 2008 off the coast of the northern Spanish town of Gijon. Greenpeace activists were protesting against the Spanish government for causing climate change by relying so heavily on coal for the country's energy supply.
Greenpeace activists paint the slogan 'Quit Coal' onto the side of the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship travelling from Colombia to Spain, early on October 6, 2008 off the coast of the northern Spanish town of Gijon. Greenpeace activists were protesting against the Spanish government for causing climate change by relying so heavily on coal for the country's energy supply.
In this photo released by Greenpeace, its activists paint the slogan "Quit Coal" in English and Spanish onto the side of the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship sailing from Colombia to Spain, early Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 in Gijon, Spain. Greenpeace said it conducted the protest against the Spanish government for causing climate change by relying so heavily on coal for the country's energy supply.
Greenpeace unveils its new Stop Global Warming, Save the Climate hot air balloon in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. Greenpeace organizer Kristin Wheeler said with the annual international balloon fiesta starting Saturday, the group thought it would be a prefect time for the balloon's inaugural flight and to spread the group's message about climate change.
Greenpeace unveils its new Stop Global Warming, Save the Climate hot air balloon in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. Greenpeace organizer Kristin Wheeler said with the annual international balloon fiesta starting Saturday, the group thought it would be a prefect time for the balloon's inaugural flight and to spread the group's message about climate change.
French scientist Alexis Chaigneau (L) transports a thermal Glider unmanned submarine for a test at Callao port on the Pacific Ocean coast October 2, 2008. Scientists are launching a multi-pronged study this week to collect information on the peculiar climate of the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Chile and Peru. For two months, they will be using an unmanned submarine, weather balloons and several airplanes to gather data that they hope will allow them to form a better model on climate change and to understand why temperatures on the Peruvian coast have fallen over the last few decades.
Scientists take samples from a Rossette, which is used to collect water, at Callao port on the Pacific Ocean coast October 2, 2008. Scientists are launching a multi-pronged study this week to collect information on the peculiar climate of the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Chile and Peru. For two months, they will be using an unmanned submarine, weather balloons and several airplanes to gather data that they hope will allow them to form a better model on climate change and to understand why temperatures on the Peruvian coast have fallen over the last few decades.
Scientists display a Rossette used to collect water at Callao port on the Pacific Ocean coast October 2, 2008. Scientists are launching a multi-pronged study this week to collect information on the peculiar climate of the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Chile and Peru. For two months, they will be using an unmanned submarine, weather balloons and several airplanes to gather data that they hope will allow them to form a better model on climate change and to understand why temperatures on the Peruvian coast have fallen over the last few decades.
Scientists release a weather balloon for a test at Callao port on the Pacific Ocean coast October 2, 2008. Scientists are launching a multi-pronged study this week to collect information on the peculiar climate of the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Chile and Peru. For two months, they will be using an unmanned submarine, weather balloons and several airplanes to gather data that they hope will allow them to form a better model on climate change and to understand why temperatures on the Peruvian coast have fallen over the last few decades.
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