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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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China's Qi Haifeng in action during the 110-meter hurdles of the decathlon at the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
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New York Yankees' Jason Giambi (R) is out on force at second with the tag by Toronto Blue Jays' Joe Inglett (L) in the seventh inning of their American League MLB baseball game in Toronto August 21, 2008.
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NEW YORK - AUGUST 21: Tennis Player Andy Roddick celebrates Lacoste's 75 Anniversary at Macy's Herald Square on August 21, 2008 in New York City.
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RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
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RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama listens to his introduction at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
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RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
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MARTINSVILLE, VA - AUGUST 20: Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) waits to speak during a campaign event at the Patrick Henry Community College August 20, 2008 in Martinsville, Virginia. Obama is expected to announce his Vice Presidential candidate before the start of the Democratic National Convention on August 25th.
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California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (C), Director of Department of Finance Mike Genest (L) and Director of Department of Personnel Administration Dave Gib take part in a news conference at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California July 31, 2008. Schwarzenegger announced on August 13, 2008 that he was issuing an executive order temporarily reducing state government workers' pay to stem California's looming cash crisis due to the failure passing the state budget. Picture taken July 31.
Neb. Gov. Dave Heineman delivers the keynote address at the "Fueling Revolution" ethanol trade show, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. The American Coalition for Ethanol's trade show began in Omaha less than a week after the Environmental Protection Agency gave the industry some good news by refusing to cut the federal ethanol mandate. But the ethanol industry has been hurt over the past year by criticism that linked the corn-based fuel to rising food prices.
The Star Wars character Yoda is shown in publicity photo from the upcoming animated feature "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" released to Reuters August 12, 2008. Director Dave Filoni directs the new tale that represents a shift in the stories that in six films, starting with 1977's "Star Wars," have raked in more than $4.3 billion at global box offices. It is expected to keep the "Star Wars" franchise flying into the future, and Filoni, 34, is the man with his hands on the spaceship's rudder.
The Star Wars character Anakin Skywalker is shown in publicity photo from the upcoming animated feature "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" released to Reuters August 12, 2008. Director Dave Filoni directs the new tale that represents a shift in the stories that in six films, starting with 1977's "Star Wars," have raked in more than $4.3 billion at global box offices. It is expected to keep the "Star Wars" franchise flying into the future, and Filoni, 34, is the man with his hands on the spaceship's rudder.
