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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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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, arrive for a meeting in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Medvedev, on his first visit to India as president, said Russia can help India fight terrorism and investigate the deadly attacks in Mumbai.
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Father Laurent Chu Van Minh, the newly ordained Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of the Hanoi Diocese, smiles after his consecration ceremony at Nam Dinh Church, 90 km (56 miles) outside Hanoi December 5, 2008. Father Laurent worked as a barber and teacher for 32 years before he was consecrated as a priest in 1994 at the age of 51. Vietnam has 8 million Catholics, the second largest community in Asia after the Philippines.
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NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City.
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A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93.
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A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008.
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Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.
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People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.
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A participant (L) gets information on a 100% ethanol powered aircraft made by Brazilian jet manufacturer Embraer, at a fair during the International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 18, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
Participants look at a 100% ethanol powered aircraft made by Brazilian jet manufacturer Embraer, at a fair during the International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 18, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
A woman is pictured as she gets out of the cabinet of a 100% ethanol powered aircraft made by Brazilian jet manufacturer Embraer, at a fair during the International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 18, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
People walk past an Indy racing car powered by ethanol and several flexfuel vehicles (background) made in Brazil in display during the International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 18, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
Participants get information about a hybrid electric/biodiesel bus made in Brazil, during the International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 18, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
Participants get information about a hybrid electric/biodiesel bus made in Brazil, during the International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 18, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
Brazil's Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff attends the opening of the five-day International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 17, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
Brazil's Chief of Staff Minister Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech on the opening of the five-day International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 17, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
Brazil's Chief of Staff Minister Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech on the opening of the five-day International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 17, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
Brazil's Chief of Staff Minister Dilma Rousseff appears on a giant screen while delivering a speech as Brazilian Ministers of, Mines and Energy, Edson Lobao (L, bottom); Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge (C); and Agriculture, Reinhold Stephanes (R), listen to her on the opening of the five-day International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 17, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
Brazil's Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff (C, background) delivers a speech next to a 100% ethanol powered aircraft made by Brazilian jet manufacturer Embraer, on the opening of the five-day International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 17, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
French flexfuel vehicles of carmakers Renault (L), Citroen (C) and Peugeot are displayed under a banner pointing out that there were 7 million flexfuel vehicles made in Brazil, on the opening of the five-day International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 17, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
Brazil's Chief of Staff Minister Dilma Rousseff (L) looks at a 100% ethanol powered motorcycle made in Brazil as she tours stands, on the opening of the five-day International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 17, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
Brazil's Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff (C, background) speaks with the Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Miguel Jorge (R) next to a 100% ethanol powered aircraft made by Brazilian jet manufacturer Embraer, on the opening of the five-day International Conference on Biofuels, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 17, 2008. An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change. The conference, started with three days of technical discussions before ministers take over for the final two days. Brazil is the biggest exporter of ethanol, which it makes from sugarcane, and the second-biggest producer, after the United States.
Brazil's presidential chief of staff Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of a five-day international conference on biofuels in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Expansion of vast sugarcane plantations across Brazil to meet growing worldwide demand for ethanol won't harm the Amazon, Rousseff said Monday.
An Indy racing car powered by ethanol is displayed in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. IRL President Terry Angstadt signed a memorandum of understanding with the Brazilian agency promoting biofuels on Monday, securing a supply of the alternative, agriculture-based fuel for all 23 races next year. The announcement was made by Brazil's presidential chief of staff Dilma Rousseff at the start of a five-day international conference on biofuels in Sao Paulo.
An ethanol powered aircraft, made by Brazilian manufacturer Embraer, is displayed at a five-day international conference on biofuels in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Expansion of vast sugarcane plantations across Brazil to meet growing worldwide demand for ethanol won't harm the Amazon, Rousseff said Monday.
An ethanol powered aircraft, made by Brazilian manufacturer Embraer, is displayed at a five-day international conference on biofuels in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Expansion of vast sugarcane plantations across Brazil to meet growing worldwide demand for ethanol won't harm the Amazon, Rousseff said Monday.
An Indy racing car powered by ethanol is displayed in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. IRL President Terry Angstadt signed a memorandum of understanding with the Brazilian agency promoting biofuels on Monday, securing a supply of the alternative, agriculture-based fuel for all 23 races next year. The announcement was made by Brazil's presidential chief of staff Dilma Rousseff at the start of a five-day international conference on biofuels in Sao Paulo.
Josh Taylor, front, a chemical engineer at Gevo, Inc., pours biogasoline into the tank of a Jeep Rubicon owned by Pat Gruber, back, chief executive officer of the firm, as he looks outside the company's laboratory in Englewood, Colo., on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. While ethanol reigns as the king of biofuels, several companies such as Gevo, which is backed by high-profile capitalists Richard Branson and Vinod Khosha, are taking a different route and betting on ethanol's cousin butanol to possibly overcome some of the fuel's shortcomings.
Yassin Al Obaidi, a chemist at Gevo, Inc., holds up a container of biogasoline produced in the company's laboratory in Englewood, Colo., on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. While ethanol might reign as the king of biofuels, several companies such as Gevo are betting on a close cousin - butanol - to overcome some of the fuel's shortcomings.
