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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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Anti-government demonstrators pass out free women's underwear to others Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, outside Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. Demonstrators continue to occupy the grounds of Government House and the surrounding area demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Andy Roddick of the U.S. celebrates a point against Ernests Gulbis of Latvia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York August 29, 2008.
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NEW YORK - AUGUST 29: Andy Roddick of the United States returns a shot against Ernests Gulbis of Latvia during Day 5 of the 2008 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 29, 2008 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the bench during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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India's bowler Harbhajan Singh brings water during the 5th and final One Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. India has an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the 5 match series.
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South Africa's AB de Villiers (L) is run out by England's Matthew Prior (R) during the third Natwest one day International between England and South Africa at The Brit Oval cricket ground, London, England, on August 29, 2008.
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Anti-government protesters lie down on the street to avoid tear gas during a demonstration at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on August 29, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas to try to break up about 2,000 anti-government protesters gathered outside the Bangkok police headquarters, an.
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A Pakistani labourer throws a bag of potatoes onto a truck at the market in Islamabad on April 29, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on 29 April ordered a top level task force to take on the global crisis caused by rising food prices and urged key producer nations to end export bans. Rising populations, strong demand from developing countries, increased cultivation of crops for biofuels and increasing floods and droughts have sent food prices soaring across the globe.
A Pakistani labourer carries a bundle of sugarcane to load onto a van at the market in Islamabad on April 29, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on 29 April ordered a top level task force to take on the global crisis caused by rising food prices and urged key producer nations to end export bans. Rising populations, strong demand from developing countries, increased cultivation of crops for biofuels and increasing floods and droughts have sent food prices soaring across the globe.
Pakistani labourers load bundles of sugarcane onto a truck at the market in Islamabad on April 29, 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on 29 April ordered a top level task force to take on the global crisis caused by rising food prices and urged key producer nations to end export bans. Rising populations, strong demand from developing countries, increased cultivation of crops for biofuels and increasing floods and droughts have sent food prices soaring across the globe.
Pakistani devotees distribute rice to poor people at the Bari Imam Shrine in Islamabad on April 27, 2008. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was set to lead a concerted effort by 27 key UN agencies to tackle the growing crisis caused by a worldwide sharp rise in basic foodstuff prices. Rising populations, strong demand from developing countries, increased cultivation of crops for biofuels and increasing floods and droughts have sent food prices soaring across the globe.
Pakistani youth wait outside the rice distributing room of the Bari Imam Shrine in Islamabad on April 27, 2008. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was set to lead a concerted effort by 27 key UN agencies to tackle the growing crisis caused by a worldwide sharp rise in basic foodstuff prices. Rising populations, strong demand from developing countries, increased cultivation of crops for biofuels and increasing floods and droughts have sent food prices soaring across the globe.
Pakistani women wait outside the rice distributing room of the Bari Imam Shrine in Islamabad on April 27, 2008. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was set to lead a concerted effort by 27 key UN agencies to tackle the growing crisis caused by a worldwide sharp rise in basic foodstuff prices. Rising populations, strong demand from developing countries, increased cultivation of crops for biofuels and increasing floods and droughts have sent food prices soaring across the globe.
Pakistani women wait outside the rice distributing room of the Bari Imam Shrine in Islamabad on April 27, 2008. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was set to lead a concerted effort by 27 key UN agencies to tackle the growing crisis caused by a worldwide sharp rise in basic foodstuff prices. Rising populations, strong demand from developing countries, increased cultivation of crops for biofuels and increasing floods and droughts have sent food prices soaring across the globe.
Pakistani women receive rice from the distributing room of the Bari Imam Shrine in Islamabad on April 27, 2008. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was set to lead a concerted effort by 27 key UN agencies to tackle the growing crisis caused by a worldwide sharp rise in basic foodstuff prices. Rising populations, strong demand from developing countries, increased cultivation of crops for biofuels and increasing floods and droughts have sent food prices soaring across the globe.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) holds a bottle of biodiesel as she stands besides Tom Blades (R), chairman of the Choren company, and member of the Bundestag (lower house of parliaments) Veronika Bellmann (C) during the inauguration of the Choren company's refinery of "second generation" biofuels on April 17, 2008 in Freiberg, eastern Germany. The Choren group hopes to produce 18 million litres of biodiesel carburant there each year using wood residues.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) holds some wooden residues for the production of biodiesel as she stands besides Tom Blades (R), chairman of the Choren company, during the inauguration of the Choren company's refinery of "second generation" biofuels on April 17, 2008 in Freiberg, eastern Germany. The Choren group hopes to produce 18 million litres of biodiesel carburant there each year using wood residues.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd L) is flanked by Saxony's Prime Minister Georg Milbradt (L), member of the Bundestag (lower house of parliaments) Veronika Bellmann (2nd R) and Tom Blades (R), chairman of the Choren company, as she looks at so-called Sun Diesel during the inauguration of the Choren company's refinery of "second generation" biofuels on April 17, 2008 in Freiberg, eastern Germany. The Choren group hopes to produce 18 million litres of biodiesel carburant there each year using wood residues.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) takes a smell at so-called Sun Diesel as member of the Bundestag (lower house of parliaments) Veronika Bellmann (2nd R) and Tom Blades (R), chairman of the Choren company, look on during the inauguration of the Choren company's refinery of "second generation" biofuels on April 17, 2008 in Freiberg, eastern Germany. The Choren group hopes to produce 18 million litres of biodiesel carburant there each year using wood residues.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd L) is flanked by Saxony's Prime Minister Georg Milbradt (L), member of the Bundestag (lower house of parliaments) Veronika Bellmann (2nd R) and Tom Blades (R), chairman of the Choren company, as she takes a smell at so-called Sun Diesel during the inauguration of the Choren company's refinery of "second generation" biofuels on April 17, 2008 in Freiberg, eastern Germany. The Choren group hopes to produce 18 million litres of biodiesel carburant there each year using wood residues.
LONDON - APRIL 15: Environmental protestor's placards lampoon Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly and Prime Minister Gordon Brown outside the Department of Transport on April 15, 2008 in London. Phil Thornhill of Campaign against Climate Change and Andrew Boswell of Biofuelwatch, in a joint statement, said "The RTFO or 'Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation' will mandate 2.5percent biofuels at British fuel pumps from April 15th, and thereby hugely increase UK consumption of biofuels. The government is demonstrating a perverse obstinacy in ploughing ahead with this despite the overwhelming scientific evidence that far from helping in the struggle to control climate change, biofuels will accelerate climate change, and are a major cause of an emerging global food crisis that is creating starvation and food riots in several countries."
A campaigner protests against the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) outside the department of Transport, in central London, on April 15, 2008. According to the campaigners, the RTFO, which comes to force on Tuesday, will mandate 2.5% biofuels at British fuel pumps and thereby hugely increase UK consumption of biofuels and contribute to climate change.
