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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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Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (R), addresses the European Parliament in Brussels December 4, 2008. China says there is no chance of embracing the Dalai Lama's demands for autonomy for Tibet, using the state media to condemn the exiled Buddhist leader's stance ahead of his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, holds a news conference after addressing the European Parliament in Brussels December 4, 2008. China says there is no chance of embracing the Dalai Lama's demands for autonomy for Tibet, using the state media to condemn the exiled Buddhist leader's stance ahead of his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, holds a news conference after addressing the European Parliament in Brussels December 4, 2008. China says there is no chance of embracing the Dalai Lama's demands for autonomy for Tibet, using the state media to condemn the exiled Buddhist leader's stance ahead of his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Chinese soldiers in riot gear walk past locals through the main square of the city of Kangding, located around 400km (250 miles) west of Chengdu in Sichuan Province March 20, 2008. China has been grappling to quell unrest in several Tibetan towns and villages in the country's west, after Buddhist monk-led demonstrations in Tibet's capital Lhasa turned violent on Friday. The government in recent days has asked foreigners in Tibet to leave and has suspended approving travel permits to the Himalayan region.
A Tibetan exile performs a street play during an anti-China protest in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri March 31, 2008. China has stepped up attacks on the Dalai Lama, blasting him for abusing religion, stirring protests in Tibet and preparing for independence as the Olympic flame arrived in Beijing on Monday under tight security.
A Tibetan activist shouts as she is driven away in the back of a police vehicle after being detained for protesting outside the visa section of the Chinese consulate in Kathmandu March 31, 2008. Over a hundred Tibetan refugees and activists were detained after shouting anti-China slogans and yelling "free Tibet" in Kathmandu on Monday.
Chinese security personnel shield themselves against stones thrown by protesters in Lhasa March 14, 2008. Protesters in Tibet's capital burnt shops and vehicles and yelled for independence on Friday as the region was hit by protests, prompting the Dalai Lama to urge Beijing to stop "brute force". The banner reads: "Enhancing public safety management, safeguarding political stability."
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama gestures during a meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme, on December 3, 2008 in Brussels. China said on November 28, it was forced to react over a planned meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama, after postponing a summit with the European Union. China decided on November 26, to scrap the summit scheduled for this week in France, which Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao had been due to attend. It directed its anger particularly at France because it holds the EU's rotating presidency and because Sarkozy has insisted he will meet the Dalai Lama in Poland on December 6. China has for many years opposed foreign leaders meeting the Dalai Lama, who it maintains is trying to win independence for his Himalayan homeland that has been under Chinese rule since 1951. The Dalai Lama in turn insists he only wants meaningful autonomy for Tibet under Chinese rule.
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf (L) and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani (R) stand during an Olympic torch ceremony in Islamabad April 16, 2008. Thousands of Pakistani police and paramilitary soldiers were deployed in Islamabad on Wednesday for the Olympic torch relay, as Australia braced for clashes between pro-Tibet supporters and Chinese students.
Tibetans attend their New Year celebrations at a monastery in Kathmandu February 9, 2008. The Tibetan New Year or "Losar" can be traced back to the pre-Buddhist period in Tibet. During the period when Tibetans practised the Bon religion, every winter a spiritual ceremony was held, in which people offered large quantities of incense to appease the local spirits, deities and protectors.
HAIXI, CHINA - DECEMBER 2: Two road workers carry out track maintenance along a line segment of the Qinghai-Tibet railway on December 2, 2008 in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefectur of Qinghai Province, China. The Qinghai-Tibet railway is a high-altitude railway linking Xining (in Qinghai Province) to Lhasa (in Tibet Autonomous Region) in China.
ANDUO COUNTY, CHINA - DECEMBER 03: A man walks along the Qinghai-Tibet railway track with his daughter on December 3, 3008 in Anduo County of Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The 1,956km Qinghai-Tibet railway crosses high altitudes to link Xining in Qinghai Province to Lhasa in Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Employment and wages have been boosted in construction, tourism and service industries in previously remote areas, with decreased transportation costs reducing prices of daily necessities and consumer durables in Tibet.
HAIXI, CHINA - DECEMBER 2: A road worker carries out track maintenance along a line segment of the Qinghai-Tibet railway on December 2, 2008 in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefectur of Qinghai Province, China. The Qinghai-Tibet railway is a high-altitude railway linking Xining (in Qinghai Province) to Lhasa (in Tibet Autonomous Region) in China.
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