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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.
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.
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.
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.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men watch the funeral procession of American Leibish Teitelbaum, 38, who was killed in the Mumbai Jewish center attack, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Israelis on Tuesday began burying the six Jews killed in the murder spree in the Indian city of Mumbai, the grimness of the occasion deepened by the conviction that the victims were targeted because of their religion.
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong of the U.S. leaves his hotel and prepares to get on his bicycle for a training with his new team Astana in Tenerife, Spain's Canary Islands December 2, 2008. Seven-times winner Armstrong will make a Tour de France comeback next year, his spokesman told Reuters on Monday. The 37-year-old rider announced in September he was coming out of retirement for the 2009 season.
US President-elect Barack Obama (C) and US Vice President-elect Joe Biden speak during the National Governors Association annual meeting at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 2, 2008.
Actor Viggo Mortensen gestures during a news conference to promote his latest film "Alatriste" in Tokyo on December 1, 2008. The film will be on the screens on December 13. Alatriste, played in the film by 47 year old US actor, is a unscrupulous 17th century adventurer in the movie, set in Spain's "golden age" under King Philip IV which coincided with the emergence of artistic giants such as Velasquez and the development of the "New World."
Chelsea Clinton (L) and former US President Bill Clinton watch as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at the National Building Museum in Washington June 7, 2008. Clinton endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to be the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate on Saturday and suspended her own White House bid less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough support to win the nomination. Clinton's endorsement of Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum marked the beginning of efforts to reunite the Democratic Party after a long and divisive campaign battle that ended on Tuesday when Obama won the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
A tear runs down the face of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as he speaks about his grandmother who died earlier on Monday, during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. On the eve of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died after a battle with cancer.
U.S. Democratic presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (R) share a hug at the conclusion of the CNN/Los Angeles Times Democratic presidential debate in Hollywood, California January 31, 2008.
Prosecutor Gerhard Sedlacek briefs the media on Josef Fritzl in St. Poelten May 9, 2008. The Austrian court on. Friday ordered Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and had seven children with her, to be kept in custody for a further month, a court spokesman said. Fritzl is in prison in the Lower Austria regional capital of St Poelten after the case that shocked the world emerged nearly two weeks ago.
Gerhard Sedlacek, first prosecutor in St. Poelten, speaks during a press conference after Josef Fritzl is brought to the judge in St. Poelten, Austria, on Friday, May 9, 2008. The Austrian judge ruled Friday that the man accused of keeping his daughter captive in a dungeon for more than two decades should remain in custody.
Gerhard Sedlacek, first prosecutor in St. Poelten, speaks during a press conference after Josef Fritzl is brought to the judge in St. Poelten, Austria, on Friday, May 9, 2008. The Austrian judge ruled Friday that the man accused of keeping his daughter captive in a dungeon for more than two decades should remain in custody.
State Attorney Gerhard Sedlacek (R) and Police chief of Lower Austria Franz Prucher (L) chat after a press conference on the case of Austrian Josef Fritzl on May 05, 2008 in Zeillern. A lawyer for Josef Fritzl, the 73-year-old Austrian accused of keeping his daughter as a sex slave in an underground cellar for 24 years, defended his client's likely insanity plea on Monday. Fritzl has been remanded in custody since last week after he told police he imprisoned and sexually abused his daughter for more than two decades in a specially-built bunker underneath the family home.
(L to R) Colonel Franz Polzer, State Attorney Gerhard Sedlacek, and Police chief of Lower Austria Franz Prucher give a press conference on May 05, 2008 in Zeillern. A lawyer for Josef Fritzl, the 73-year-old Austrian accused of keeping his daughter as a sex slave in an underground cellar for 24 years, defended his client's likely insanity plea on Monday. Fritzl has been remanded in custody since last week after he told police he imprisoned and sexually abused his daughter for more than two decades in a specially-built bunker underneath the family home.
A person walks by the front of a house that was the scene of a crime of incest and abuse in Amstetten, Lower Austria, Saturday, May 3, 2008 as the gathering of evidence continues. A man allegedly held his daughter captive in a dungeon of his house for 24 years, abusing her and fathering her seven children. Authorities investigating the Austrian man accused of imprisoning and raping his daughter are awaiting old court records that media say document a 1967 rape allegation. Lower Austria prosecutor Gerhard Sedlacek told The Associated Press Saturday that he did not yet know the contents of the file. He refused to confirm reports that Fritzl had a previous record for a sexual crime.
I think it’s getting tight to have a trial before the end of the year but chances are that we will have a trial very early on next year ... One thing is for sure, the man will be put in a psychiatric institution, which could be the one in the prison, in addition to any sentence he’ll receive and he will face the full force of law. 
We don’t know about that yet. It remains to be seen how the defense reacts to that evaluation.
We hope to be able to hand the complete charges against him to the judge in the first week of November. The defense team will then have two weeks to object to the charges. Any objections will need to be ruled by Austria’s highest district court
Oesterreich reported that Fritzl had also locked up his own mother years ago, as an act of revenge against her for reportedly beating him as a child. She always beat me and she never gave me any love. Sometimes she would beat me until I was lying on the floor. I always felt so humiliated and weak. ...
My mother was a simple maid, and she was working all the time. She never kissed me, and she never hugged me, even though I always tried to please her
