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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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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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Adrian Dantley delivers his induction speech at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday, Sept. 5, 2008.
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Beyonce performs during the 2008 Fashion Rocks concert to begin the 2009 Spring/Summer Fashion Week in New York September 5, 2008.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 05: Singer Mary J. Blige and Martin Kendu attend the Conde Nast Media Group's Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks at Radio City Music Hall on September 5, 2008 in New York City.
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LANCASTER, PA - SEPTEMBER 4: Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a rally at Buchanan Park September 4, 2008 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Obama is campaigning through Pennsylvania as U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) accepts the Republican nomination for U.S. President tonight.
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Italy's Claudia Pettazzoni (L) and Peru's Fidel Rios kiss each other to win the IKE, the International underwater kissing event in Riccione on July 20, 2008. The couple won the world's longest underwater kiss title with a time of 1 minutes and 51 seconds.
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A model presents a creation by Belarussian designer Dmitry Prigozhaev during the International Festival of Vanguard Art, Mammoth, in Minsk November 17, 2007.
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Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) arrives to accept the nomination. at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 4, 2008.
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Pakistani activists shout anti-US slogans as they burn a US flag during a protest in Lahore on September 5, 2008. Pakistan has condemned a cross-border raid by Afghanistan-based international troops on a tribal village as "shameful" and unjustified, saying that only civilians had been targeted. The fiery criticism from the Pakistani foreign minister came after the US ambassador to Islamabad was summoned in protest at the incident in tribal South Waziristan, in which local officials said at least 15 people were killed.
Pakistani activists shout anti-US slogans as they burn a US flag during a protest in Lahore on September 5, 2008. Pakistan has condemned a cross-border raid by Afghanistan-based international troops on a tribal village as "shameful" and unjustified, saying that only civilians had been targeted. The fiery criticism from the Pakistani foreign minister came after the US ambassador to Islamabad was summoned in protest at the incident in tribal South Waziristan, in which local officials said at least 15 people were killed.
Pakistani activists shout anti-US slogans as they burn a US flag during a protest in Lahore on September 5, 2008. Pakistan has condemned a cross-border raid by Afghanistan-based international troops on a tribal village as "shameful" and unjustified, saying that only civilians had been targeted. The fiery criticism from the Pakistani foreign minister came after the US ambassador to Islamabad was summoned in protest at the incident in tribal South Waziristan, in which local officials said at least 15 people were killed.
Activists of Pakistani Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami chant anti-government and anti-U.S slogans during a protest against a stepped up campaign by the U.S. against militants near the Afghan border, in Karachi September 5, 2008. Five Islamist militants were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border.
Indian Kashmiri Muslim men shout pro-independence slogans during a protest held after the Friday prayers in Srinagar on September 5, 2008. Hundreds of Muslims held fresh protests against Indian rule in Kashmir even as the three top separatist leaders in Muslim-majority region were put under house arrest. Muslims held sit-in protests as they emerged out of mosques at many places after taking part in weekly Friday prayers in summer capital Srinagar.
Activists of Pakistani Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami chant anti-government and anti-U.S slogans during a protest against a stepped-up campaign by the U.S. against militants near the Afghan border, in Mansehra September 5, 2008. Five Islamist militants were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border.
Activists of Pakistani Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami chant anti-government and anti-U.S slogans during a protest against a stepped up campaign by the U.S. against militants near the Afghan border, in Peshawar September 5, 2008. Five Islamist militants were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border. The banner reads "The ground attack of American army on Pakistan is a slap in the face of coward rulers".
Indian Kashmiri Muslim men shout pro-independence slogans during a protest held after the Friday prayers in Srinagar on September 5, 2008. Hundreds of Muslims held fresh protests against Indian rule in Kashmir even as the three top separatist leaders in Muslim-majority region were put under house arrest. Muslims held sit-in protests as they emerged out of mosques at many places after taking part in weekly Friday prayers in summer capital Srinagar.
Activists of Pakistani Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami chant anti-goverment and anti-U.S slogans during a protest against a stepped up campaign by the U.S. against militants near the Afghan border, in Peshawar September 5, 2008. Five Islamist militants were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border.
Pakistani NGO activists protest against recent honour killings in Babakot village, in Quetta September 5, 2008. Pakistan ordered an investigation on Monday into the killing of five women who rights groups say were shot and buried alive because three of them wanted to marry men of their choice. The killings have produced shock and outrage even in a country inured to the murder of women by male relatives in the name of family honour in conservative, rural areas where tribal traditions hold sway.
Pakistani NGO activists protest against recent honour killings in Babakot village, in Quetta September 5, 2008. Pakistan ordered an investigation on Monday into the killing of five women who rights groups say were shot and buried alive because three of them wanted to marry men of their choice. The killings have produced shock and outrage even in a country inured to the murder of women by male relatives in the name of family honour in conservative, rural areas where tribal traditions hold sway. The banner reads "Black deeds (and) honour killings are signs of monopoly of oppressors".
Moulana Showkat Ahamd Shah, a Kashmiri Muslim cleric, addresses a sit-in protest in Srinagar September 5, 2008. Thousands of people staged sit-in protests in several parts of Indian Kashmir on Friday demanding an end to New Delhi's rule in the disputed Himalayan region, witnesses said. Last month at least 35 protesters in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley have been killed by Indian security forces in some of the largest pro-independence demonstrations since a revolt against New Delhi's rule broke out in Kashmir in 1989.
Indian police personnel stand guard during a sit-in protest by Kashmiri protesters in Srinagar September 5, 2008. Thousands of people staged sit-in protests in several parts of Indian Kashmir on Friday demanding an end to New Delhi's rule in the disputed Himalayan region, witnesses said. Last month at least 35 protesters in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley have been killed by Indian security forces in some of the largest pro-independence demonstrations since a revolt against New Delhi's rule broke out in Kashmir in 1989.
Kashmiri protesters raise their arms while shouting pro-freedom slogans during a sit-in protest in Srinagar September 5, 2008. Thousands of people staged sit-in protests in several parts of Indian Kashmir on Friday demanding an end to New Delhi's rule in the disputed Himalayan region, witnesses said. Last month at least 35 protesters in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley were killed by Indian security forces in some of the largest pro-independence demonstrations since a revolt against New Delhi's rule broke out in Kashmir in 1989.
Kashmiri demonstrators attend a sit-in protest in Srinagar September 5, 2008. Thousands of people staged sit-in protests in several parts of Indian Kashmir on Friday demanding an end to New Delhi's rule in the disputed Himalayan region, witnesses said. Last month at least 35 protesters in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley were killed by Indian security forces in some of the largest pro-independence demonstrations since a revolt against New Delhi's rule broke out in Kashmir in 1989.
A Kashmiri protester shouts pro-freedom slogans during a sit-in protest in Srinagar September 5, 2008. Thousands of people staged sit-in protests in several parts of Indian Kashmir on Friday demanding an end to New Delhi's rule in the disputed Himalayan region, witnesses said. Last month at least 35 protesters in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley were killed by Indian security forces in some of the largest pro-independence demonstrations since a revolt against New Delhi's rule broke out in Kashmir in 1989.
Kashmiri protesters shout pro-freedom slogans during a sit-in protest in Srinagar September 5, 2008. Thousands of people staged sit-in protests in several parts of Indian Kashmir on Friday demanding an end to New Delhi's rule in the disputed Himalayan region, witnesses said. Last month at least 35 protesters in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley were killed by Indian security forces in some of the largest pro-independence demonstrations since a revolt against New Delhi's rule broke out in Kashmir in 1989.
Pakistani NGO activists protest against recent honour killings in Babakot village, in Quetta September 4, 2008. Pakistan ordered an investigation on Monday into the killing of five women who rights groups say were shot and buried alive because three of them wanted to marry men of their choice. The killings have produced shock and outrage even in a country inured to the murder of women by male relatives in the name of family honour in conservative, rural areas where tribal traditions hold sway. The banner reads "Black deeds (and) honour killings are signs of monopoly of oppressors".
Pakistani NGO activists protest against recent honour killings in Babakot village, in Quetta September 4, 2008. Pakistan ordered an investigation on Monday into the killing of five women who rights groups say were shot and buried alive because three of them wanted to marry men of their choice. The killings have produced shock and outrage even in a country inured to the murder of women by male relatives in the name of family honour in conservative, rural areas where tribal traditions hold sway.
South Koreans shout slogans during an anti-Japan rally denouncing Japan's sovereignty claim on Dokdo islets, in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul September 5, 2008. South Korea and Japan have a long-running territorial dispute over a remote crop of desolate volcanic islets between the two countries, which Seoul calls Dokdo and Tokyo calls Takeshima. The banner reads, "The protest demanding a withdrawal of Japan's sovereignty claim on Dokdo".
