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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.
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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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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, right, welcomes Israel's Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni, left, prior to their meeting at the EU Council building in Brussels, Tuesday Dec. 2 , 2008. The meeting will provide an opportunity to discuss the prospects and the latest developments in the Middle East Peace Process and EU-Israel relations.
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Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong of the U.S. gets on his bike at the start of a training session with his new team Astana in Tenerife, Spain's Canary Islands December 2, 2008. 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.
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French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (R) and his Luxembourg counterpart Jean Asselborn are pictured during the Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on December 2, 2008, in Brussels. NATO foreign ministers met aiming to overcome divisions about the best strategy for dealing with Russia and how to allow former Soviet Georgia and Ukraine to keep working toward membership.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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People watch the sentencing session of a trial of Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali" in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. A special Iraqi court has sentenced Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," to death for his role in the 1991 suppression of a Shiite uprising. Al-Majid is already under death sentence for the crackdown on Kurds in northern Iraq in the late 1980s.
A mourning tent is set-up close to a wall with graffiti that reads in Arabic, 'No, No to Occupation', in the impoverished eastern Sadr City district of Baghdad on November 29, 2008. Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, who has many supporters in this district, declared yesterday three days of mourning across Iraq in the wake of parliament's approval of a security pact with the United States.
Iraqis wade through flood waters on a main artery leaving Baghdad's eastern impoverished district of Sadr City on November 29, 2008. The Iraqi capital ground to a standstill today after a mid-afternoon rain and hail storm flooded city streets, leaving scores of cars stranded in muddy water half a metre (yard) deep.
An Iraqi woman walks past the closed offices of the Sadr movement, loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in the impoverished eastern Sadr City district of Baghdad on November 29, 2008. Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr declared yesterday three days of mourning across Iraq in the wake of parliament's approval of a security pact with the United States. Images over the door show from left to right:- Shiite Muslim Ayatollah Mohammed Sadq al-Sadr, assassinated by the regime of the Saddam Hussein in December 1999, and he is the father Moqtada Sadr (C) and Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Sadr, assassinated during the regime of ousted President Saddam Hussein on Aprith 9, 1980.
An Iraqi man sets-up a mourning tent close to a wall with graffiti that reads in Arabic right to lrft:-, 'No, No to Occupation' and 'yes yes to iraq', in the impoverished eastern Sadr City district of Baghdad on November 29, 2008. Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, who has many supporters in this district, declared yesterday three days of mourning across Iraq in the wake of parliament's approval of a security pact with the United States.
Vehicles stand stationary in flood waters on a main artery leaving Baghdad's eastern impoverished district of Sadr City on November 29, 2008. The Iraqi capital ground to a standstill today after a mid-afternoon rain and hail storm flooded city streets, leaving scores of cars stranded in muddy water half a metre (yard) deep.
Plastics chairs are set out in a mourning tent close to a wall with graffiti that reads in Arabic, 'No, No to Occupation', in the impoverished eastern Sadr City district of Baghdad on November 29, 2008. Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr declared yesterday three days of mourning across Iraq in the wake of parliament's approval of a security pact with the United States.
An Iraqi man rolls out a black mourning banner as he and others set-up a mouring a mourning tent in the impoverished eastern Sadr City district of Baghdad on November 29, 2008. Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, who has many supporters in this district, declared yesterday three days of mourning across Iraq in the wake of parliament's approval of a security pact with the United States.
An image of the father of radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Ayatollah Mohammed Sadq al-Sadr, assassinated by the regime of the Saddam Hussein in December 1999, is pinned to a black mourning banner, in the impoverished eastern Sadr City district of Baghdad on November 29, 2008. Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr declared yesterday three days of mourning across Iraq in the wake of parliament's approval of a security pact with the United States.
Demonstrators chant slogans as they march during a rally after Friday prayers in Kufa, 120 km (75 miles) south of Baghdad November 28, 2008. Thousands of followers of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr held protests in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities after parliament passed a pact allowing U.S. troops to remain through 2011.
Demonstrators march during a rally after Friday prayers in Kufa, 120 km (75 miles) south of Baghdad November 28, 2008. Thousands of followers of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr held protests in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities after parliament passed a pact allowing U.S. troops to remain through 2011.
Demonstrators march during a rally after Friday prayers in Kufa, 120 km (75 miles) south of Baghdad November 28, 2008. Thousands of followers of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr held protests in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities after parliament passed a pact allowing U.S. troops to remain through 2011.
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