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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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Spanish Renault Formula One driver Fernando Alonso contols his car in the rain along the main straight during a practice session at the 2008 Japan Formula One Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Japan, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008.
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The leader of Austria's Buendnis Zukunft Oesterreich (BZOe) party (Alliance for Austria's future) Joerg Haider delivers a speech during an election rally in Vienna in this September 22, 2008 file photo. Haider was killed in a car accident on October 11, 2008, the national news agency APA reported. It quoted police as saying Haider died after suffering severe head and chest injuries when a car he was driving went out of control and rolled over several times outside the southern city of Klagenfurt.
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL - OCTOBER 10: Starting pitcher James Shields #33 of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays walks off the field after being pulled from game one of the American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox during the 2008 MLB playoffs at Tropicana Field on October 10, 2008 in Tampa, Florida. The Red Sox defeated the Devil Rays 2-0 to take a 1-0 series lead.
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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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Israelis chant anti-Arab slogans during a protest in the mixed northern Israeli city of Acre, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Jews and Arabs swept up broken glass and replaced punctured tires Friday as others clashes with police after two days of rioting shook this working-class town on the Mediterranean coast and bared the ethnic fault lines that divide Israeli society. Jewish and Arab residents said they wondered whether the brittle coexistence between them had been irreparably damaged.
An Israeli youth carries a flag during a protest in the mixed northern Israeli city of Acre, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Jews and Arabs swept up broken glass and replaced punctured tires Friday as others clashes with police after two days of rioting shook this working-class town on the Mediterranean coast and bared the ethnic fault lines that divide Israeli society. Jewish and Arab residents said they wondered whether the brittle coexistence between them had been irreparably damaged.
An Israeli demonstrator waves a flag towards an Arab neighborhood during a protest by Jewish residents in the mixed city of Acre northern Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Jews and Arabs swept up broken glass and replaced punctured tires Friday as others clashes with police after two days of rioting shook this working-class town on the Mediterranean coast and bared the ethnic fault lines that divide Israeli society. Jewish and Arab residents said they wondered whether the brittle coexistence between them had been irreparably damaged.
Commuters on a bus, top, watch as demonstrators protest in central London's City financial district, Friday Oct. 10, 2008. Several hundred protesters turned out to demonstrate against the British government's bank bailout. Earlier this week, the government announced a 50 billion pound (US$86 billion) plan to partly nationalize major banks and guarantee a further 250 billion pounds (US$431 billion) of bank loans to shore up the lending sector.
An Israeli youth is arrested by police during a protest in the mixed northern Israeli city of Acre, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Police forces dispersed hundreds of Jewish protesters with water canons in Acre Friday, trying to ease tensions after two days of rioting shook the mixed Jewish-Arab community and bared the ethnic fault lines that divide Israeli society.
An Israeli youth is arrested by police during a protest in the mixed northern Israeli city of Acre, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Jews and Arabs swept up broken glass and replaced punctured tires Friday as others clashes with police after two days of rioting shook this working-class town on the Mediterranean coast and bared the ethnic fault lines that divide Israeli society. Jewish and Arab residents said they wondered whether the brittle coexistence between them had been irreparably damaged.
Paramilitary soldiers throw stones at Kashmiri Muslim protesters in Srinagar, India, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Police shot and killed two people and at least four protesters were wounded, as thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Indian Kashmir on Friday to protest the visit of India's prime minister, police and hospital officials said.
British police officers guard the entrance to a building as demonstrators protest in central London's City financial district, Friday Oct. 10, 2008. Several hundred protesters turned out to demonstrate against the British government's bank bailout. Earlier this week, the government announced a 50 billion pound (US$86 billion) plan to partly nationalize major banks and guarantee a further 250 billion pounds (US$431 billion) of bank loans to shore up the lending sector.
An Israeli demonstrator is arrested during clashes with police at a protest by Jewish residents in the mixed city of Acre northern Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Jews and Arabs swept up broken glass and replaced punctured tires Friday as others clashes with police after two days of rioting shook this working-class town on the Mediterranean coast and bared the ethnic fault lines that divide Israeli society. Jewish and Arab residents said they wondered whether the brittle coexistence between them had been irreparably damaged.
An Israeli demonstrator is arrested during clashes with police at a protest by Jewish residents in the mixed city of Acre, northern Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Police forces dispersed hundreds of Jewish protesters with water canons in Acre Friday, trying to ease tensions after two days of rioting shook the mixed Jewish-Arab community and bared the ethnic fault lines that divide Israeli society.
Israeli demonstrators try to take cover from police water cannons a protest by Jewish residents in the mixed city of Acre, northern Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Police forces dispersed hundreds of Jewish protesters with water canons in Acre Friday, trying to ease tensions after two days of rioting shook the mixed Jewish-Arab community and bared the ethnic fault lines that divide Israeli society.
An Israeli demonstrator is arrested during clashes with police at a protest by Jewish residents in the mixed city of Acre, northern Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Police forces dispersed hundreds of Jewish protesters with water canons in Acre Friday, trying to ease tensions after two days of rioting shook the mixed Jewish-Arab community and bared the ethnic fault lines that divide Israeli society.
British police officers guard a building as demonstrators protest in central London's City financial district, Friday Oct. 10, 2008. Several hundred protesters turned out to demonstrate against the British government's bank bailout. Earlier this week, the government announced a 50 billion pound (US$86 billion) plan to partly nationalize major banks and guarantee a further 250 billion pounds (US$431 billion) of bank loans to shore up the lending sector.
British police officers guard a building as demonstrators protest in central London's City financial district, Friday Oct. 10, 2008. Several hundred protesters turned out to demonstrate against the British government's bank bailout. Earlier this week, the government announced a 50 billion pound (US$86 billion) plan to partly nationalize major banks and guarantee a further 250 billion pounds (US$431 billion) of bank loans to shore up the lending sector.
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