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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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McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, center, the pole getter, Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland, right, second placed, and McLaren Mercedes driver Heikki Kovalainen of Finland, third placed, react after the qualifying session at the Fuji Speedway Formula One Grand Prix circuit in Oyama, Japan, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Formula One Japan Grand Prix is scheduled on Sunday on this circuit at the foot of Mont Fuji.
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McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates taking poll position with a team mate after the qualifying session for Sunday's Japanese F1 Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, central Japan, October 11, 2008.
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An Iraqi policeman isnspects the site of a car bomb explosion on October 11, 2008 at the Abu Dshir market in Baghdad's mainly Sunni quarter of Dora. Car bombs, roadside blasts and a shooting near the capital and the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk killed at least 19 people and wounded at least another 66 yesterday, police and security officials said. The worst single attack was in the Iraqi capital's Dora district where a car bomb blast at a crowded market killed 13 people and wounded 27 on October 10, police and the defence ministry said.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with Russia's Communist Party in Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Vladimir Putin said Thursday the wide-ranging financial crisis has irreparably damaged the image of the U.S. as the leader of the free world and the global economy.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin smiles as he poses with a tiger cub on October 10, 2008 which was presented to him on his bithday on October 7, in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
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U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) listens to questions from supporters as his vice presidential running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) looks on during a town hall meeting in Waukesha, Wisconsin October 9, 2008.
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Director Ridley Scott and girlfriend Giannina Facio attend the world premiere of 'Body Of Lies' at the Rose Hall Theater on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 in New York.
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Retiree John Abel works on a piece of furniture in his garage in the western Chicago suburb of St Charles, September 30, 2008. Like many other U.S. retirees, Abel and his wife Carol have pulled out of stocks and bonds and sought out safer assets, saying they do not have the time to wait years for a recovery to lift the markets again.
A reporter, right, listens as senior adviser for Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Charles Black gives reporters his take of the first presidential debate between McCain and Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Friday, Sept. 26, 2008.
FAIRBANKS, AK - SEPTEMBER 12: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO ARCHIVING, NO RESALE) In this photo provided by ABC News, anchor Charles Gibson talks to Republican vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a multi-part interview in Fairbanks, Alaska aired yesterday and September 12, 2008. Palin returned to her home state for first time since being named running mate to Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
FAIRBANKS, AK - SEPTEMBER 11: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO ARCHIVING, NO RESALE) In this photo provided by ABC News, anchor Charles Gibson (R) talks to Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as they walk along the Alaska Pipeline in a multi-part interview September 11, 2008 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Palin returned for her first public appearance in Alaska since the announcement of her candidacy with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
FAIRBANKS, AK - SEPTEMBER 11: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO ARCHIVING, NO RESALE) In this photo provided by ABC News, anchor Charles Gibson (R) talks to Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as they walk along the Alaska Pipeline in a multi-part interview September 11, 2008 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Palin returned for her first public appearance in Alaska since the announcement of her candidacy with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
FAIRBANKS, AK - SEPTEMBER 12: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO ARCHIVING, NO RESALE) In this photo provided by ABC News, anchor Charles Gibson talks to Republican vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a multi-part interview in Fairbanks, Alaska aired yesterday and September 12, 2008. Palin returned to her home state for first time since being named running mate to Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
FAIRBANKS, AK - SEPTEMBER 12: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO ARCHIVING, NO RESALE) In this photo provided by ABC News, anchor Charles Gibson talks to Republican vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a multi-part interview in Fairbanks, Alaska aired yesterday and September 12, 2008. Palin returned to her home state for first time since being named running mate to Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
FAIRBANKS, AK - SEPTEMBER 12: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO ARCHIVING, NO RESALE) In this photo provided by ABC News, anchor Charles Gibson talks to Republican vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a multi-part interview in Fairbanks, Alaska aired yesterday and September 12, 2008. Palin returned to her home state for first time since being named running mate to Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
FAIRBANKS, AK - SEPTEMBER 11: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO ARCHIVING, NO RESALE) In this photo provided by ABC News, anchor Charles Gibson (R) talks to Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a multi-part interview September 11, 2008 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Palin returned for her first public appearance in Alaska since the announcement of her candidacy with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
FAIRBANKS, AK - SEPTEMBER 11: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO ARCHIVING, NO RESALE) In this photo provided by ABC News, anchor Charles Gibson (R) talks to Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a multi-part interview September 11, 2008 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Palin returned for her first public appearance in Alaska since the announcement of her candidacy with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
FAIRBANKS, AK - SEPTEMBER 11: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO ARCHIVING, NO RESALE) In this photo provided by ABC News, anchor Charles Gibson (R) talks to Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a multi-part interview September 11, 2008 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Palin returned for her first public appearance in Alaska since the announcement of her candidacy with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
MINNEAPOLIS - SEPTEMBER 1: Former Louisiana Gov. Charles "Buddy" Roemer III, an advisor to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), introduces McCain's wife Cindy McCain at a breakfast with the Louisiana delegation at the Republican National Convention (RNC) September 1, 2008 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is unknown how much of the Republican National Convention's program, which is scheduled to run September 1-4 in St. Paul, Minnesota, will continue as planned due to Hurricane Gustav making landfall in Louisiana.
MINNEAPOLIS - SEPTEMBER 1: Former Louisiana Gov. Charles "Buddy" Roemer III, an advisor to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), introduces McCain's wife Cindy McCain at a breakfast with the Louisiana delegation at the Republican National Convention (RNC) September 1, 2008 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is unknown how much of the Republican National Convention's program, which is scheduled to run September 1-4 in St. Paul, Minnesota, will continue as planned due to Hurricane Gustav making landfall in Louisiana.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, member of the US House of Representatives from Michigan John Conyers (2nd L) and member of the US House of Representatives from New York Charles Rangel (R) address the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on August 26, 2008.
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