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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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Leaders of the Group of Eight take shovels to plant trees commemorating the G8 summit prior to a group photo session in Toyako on 08 July, 2008. L-R: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US President George W Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev. The Group of Eight powers was to meet on biofuels, with concern growing that the rise in their use is helping to drive world food prices higher and add to global warming.
Leaders of the Group of Eight Yasuo Fukuda and French President Nicolas Sarkozy prepare to plant trees commemorating the G8 summit prior to a group photo session in Toyako on 08 July, 2008. The Group of Eight powers was to meet on biofuels, with concern growing that the rise in their use is helping to drive world food prices higher and add to global warming.
Leaders of the Group of Eight French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Russian President Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev share a light moment during a tree planting ceremony commemorating the G8 summit prior to a group photo session in Toyako on 08 July, 2008. The Group of Eight powers was to meet on biofuels, with concern growing that the rise in their use is helping to drive world food prices higher and add to global warming.
Leaders of the Group of Eight take shovels to plant trees commemorating the G8 summit prior to a group photo session in Toyako on 08 July, 2008. L-R;German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US President George W Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev. The Group of Eight powers was to meet on biofuels, with concern growing that the rise in their use is helping to drive world food prices higher and add to global warming.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Russian President Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (R) talk as US President George W. Bush looks on during the Group of Eight after a working session in Toyako on July 8, 2008. The Group of Eight powers was to meet on biofuels, with concern growing that the rise in their use is helping to drive world food prices higher and add to global warming.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) shakes hands with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev prior to their meeting in Toyako on July 8, 2008. The Group of Eight powers was to meet on biofuels, with concern growing that the rise in their use is helping to drive world food prices higher and add to global warming.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's Yasuo (R), Sarah Brown(2nd-R), wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Laureen Harper (3rd-R), wife of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, are shown around the Zero Emission House in Rusutsu on July 8, 2008. The Group of Eight powers was to meet on biofuels, with concern growing that the rise in their use is helping to drive world food prices higher and add to global warming.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gestures as he speaks during a meeting with the CEOs of major foreign corporations at the 12th International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Medvedev blamed "aggressive" US policies for the world's current economic woes and put forward Russia's growing energy power as a possible solution, saying the United States were behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attends the Global Energy Awards Ceremony at the 12th International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Speaking to business executives, Medvedev blamed "aggressive" US policies for the world's current economic woes and put forward Russia's growing energy power as a possible solution, saying the United States were behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Gazprom CEO Alexei Milller (R) attend the �Global Energy� Awards Ceremony at the 12th International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Speaking to business executives, Medvedev blamed "aggressive" US policies for the world's current economic woes and put forward Russia's growing energy power as a possible solution, saying the United States were behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks to business executives during the �Global Energy� Awards Ceremony at the 12th International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. The Russian President blamed "aggressive" US policies for the world's current economic woes and put forward Russia's growing energy power as a possible solution, saying the United States were behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with President of Macedonia Branko Crvenkovski (L) at the International Economic Fourm in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Speaking at a meeting of high-powered business executives in Saint Petersburg, Medvedev said the United States was behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon (L) at the International Economic Fourm in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Speaking at a meeting of high-powered business executives in Saint Petersburg, Medvedev said the United States was behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) talks with President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev (L) at the International Economic Fourm in St. Petersburg on June 7, 2008. Speaking at a meeting of high-powered business executives in Saint Petersburg, Medvedev said the United States was behind a global credit crunch and that investment in biofuels had helped cause a world food crisis.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorin (L) shakes hand with his Slovenian counterpart Dimitrij Rupel after a meeting with the European Union Troika on June 6, 2008 in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia. Amorin met the European Union Troika for talks on biofuels and strategic ties between his country and the 27-member bloc.
Vendor Ousmane Cisse, center right, waits for customers in a market on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal Thursday, June 5, 2008. Cisse says he has had to increase the price of a kilo of rice, a staple of the Senegalese diet, by 30 percent since last year. Delegates to a Rome U.N. summit on rising food prices worked late into the night Wednesday to try to forge a compromise on a strategy to combat the crisis that is increasing hunger worldwide. The proposed final declaration calls for stepped up food production, reduced trade restrictions and more research on the contentious issue of biofuels.
Dried goods vendor Omar Diop, right, adjusts his wares as he waits for customers in a market on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal Thursday, June 5, 2008. Delegates to a Rome U.N. summit on rising food prices worked late into the night Wednesday to try to forge a compromise on a strategy to combat the crisis that is increasing hunger worldwide. The proposed final declaration calls for stepped up food production, reduced trade restrictions and more research on the contentious issue of biofuels.
