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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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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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Bielefeld's Radim Kucera, left, and Markus Bollmann, right, challenge for the ball against Hamburg's Jose Paolo Guerrero, center, during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Arminia Bielefeld and Hamburger SV in Bielefeld, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Hamburg won 4-2.
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Gregory Havret of France tees off at the 11th hole during the third day's play at the Johnnie Walker Championship golf tournament at Gleneagles, Scotland, August 30, 2008.
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Stoke City's Dave Kitson (L) celebrates after scoring with team mate Ricardo Fuller during the English Premier league football match against Middlesbrough at The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough north-east England on August 30, 2008. AFP PHOTO/ANDREW YATES Mobile and website use of domestic English football pictures are subject to obtaining a Photographic End User Licence from Football DataCo Ltd Tel : +44 (0) 207 864 9121 or e-mail accreditations@football-dataco.com - applies to Premier and Football League matches.
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In this Wednesday, May 28, 2008 file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, talks with her husband Todd Palin, as the listen to state Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin speak in Anchorage, Alaska. John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A formal announcement was expected within a few hours at a campaign rally in swing-state Ohio.
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The shoes of US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (L) (R-AZ) and his vice presidential running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin are shown as they stand at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio August 28, 2008.
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Pensacola Junior College cheerleaders rally the crowd before the arrival of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at a campaign rally at Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008.
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A Turkish soldier stands on a tank as it moves past a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, during a military parade on the 86th anniversary of Victory Day in Ankara, August 30, 2008. Tensions between Turkey's government and its powerful generals will continue clouding the future of the European Union-applicant country, after the new military commander warned against the rising profile of Islam.
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An Israeli police officer argues with a bleeding Israeli Arab protester during a demonstration marking the Nakba, or the catastrophe, the Arabic term used to describe the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, in the northern Israeli village of Saffouri, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Israeli police clashed with Arab protesters after a march marking the Palestinian displacement of 1948, referred to in Arabic as "nakba," or catastrophe. The clash took place after thousands were leaving the march. Police said protesters hurled rocks at them, and at cars on a nearby highway. Protesters say they were provoked by right-wing Israelis yelling "death to the Arabs."
Israeli police officers clash with Israeli Arabs during a protest marking the Nakba, or the catastrophe, the Arabic term used to describe the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, in the northern Israeli village of Saffouri, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Israeli police clashed with Arab protesters after a march marking the Palestinian displacement of 1948, referred to in Arabic as "nakba," or catastrophe. The clash took place after thousands were leaving the march. Police said protesters hurled rocks at them, and at cars on a nearby highway. Protesters say they were provoked by right-wing Israelis yelling `'death to the Arabs."
A Palestinian displays a sign reading in Hebrew, �the Arab enemies should be expelled� near his damaged car after Jewish right wing demonstrators attacked Arab houses in Abu Tur neighborhood to avenge the killing of a eight Jewish students by a Palestinian gunman in a Jerusalem religious school, on March 17, 2008. Police yesterday clashed with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of the Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, an.
A Palestinian checks the damage inflicted to his car after Jewish right wing demonstrators attacked Arab houses in Abu Tur neighborhood to avenge the killing of a eight Jewish students by a Palestinian gunman in a Jerusalem religious school, on March 17, 2008. Police yesterday clashed with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of the Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, an.
A right-wing Jewish activist is detained by Israeli border police officers during a protest near Jabal Mukaber in East Jerusalem March 16, 2008. Dozens of right-wing Jewish activists broke through an Israeli police barrier near an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Sunday and hurled stones at houses and cars, police and witnesses said. The activists entered the neighborhood of Jabal Mukaber, which was home to Palestinian gunmen who earlier this month killed eight students at a Jewish seminary, the deadliest Palestinian attack on Israelis in two years.
Israeli right-wing protesters scuffle with police near the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested near the house of a Palestinian gunman in Jabel Mukaber who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
Israeli security forces arrest a right-wing activist as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
A right-wing activist shouts as Israeli police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
Israeli security forces arrest right-wing activists as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
Israeli right-wing youths shout slogans as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
Israeli security forces arrest right-wing activists as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
Israeli security forces arrest a right-wing activist as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
Israeli security forces arrest a right-wing activist as police clashed on March 16, 2008 with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis planning to destroy the Jerusalem home of a Palestinian behind a deadly attack this month on a Jewish religious school. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhood of Abu Tur chanting "Revenge" and "Death to the Arabs", before police moved in to disperse them, sparking clashes and rock-throwing, according to an.
An Israeli right-wing protester shouts at police during a protest near the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested near the house of a Palestinian gunman in Jabel Mukaber who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
An Israeli right-wing protester is arrested by police during a demonstration near the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested near the house of a Palestinian gunman in Jabel Mukaber who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
Israeli right-wing protesters react as they scuffle with police during a protest in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested in Jabel Mukaber near the house of a Palestinian gunman who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
Israeli police stand guard as Israeli right-wing protesters gather near the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested near the house of a Palestinian gunman in Jabel Mukaber who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
An Israeli right-wing protester is arrested by police in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested near the house of a Palestinian gunman in Jabel Mukaber who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
An Israeli right-wing protester is arrested by police in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested near the house of a Palestinian gunman in Jabel Mukaber who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
An Israeli right-wing protester is hit with an elbow as he is arrested by police in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested near the house of a Palestinian gunman in Jabel Mukaber who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
An Israeli right-wing protester shouts after entering the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 16, 2008. Right wing activists protested in Jabel Mukaber near the house of a Palestinian gunman who shot and killed eight students while they studied at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on March 6. Nine Israelis were arrested for throwing stones at police and causing a disturbance, Israeli police said.
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