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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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LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
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Relatives of Sandeep Singh, a hostage who was killed, weep near his body before his cremation at Chinore village, on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Government forces ended a hostage crisis early Thursday when they killed the last of three rebels believed to have seized eight hostages in the mainly Hindu city of Jammu in Indian Kashmir, senior army official D.L. Chowdhary said. Two hostages died in the gun battle, along with the three militants, he said.
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A woman takes part in Mariamoba (Day of the Virgin Mary) commemorations outside the Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi August 28, 2008. Georgians flocked to churches on Thursday to pray for their country reeling from military defeat by Russia and the secession of two of its provinces. Hundreds of worshippers packed into the church for a three-hour service led by Orthodox Patriarch Ilia the Second to mark the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the entry into heaven of the mother of Jesus.
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VENICE, ITALY - AUGUST 28: Model Eva Herzigova arrives by boat for the ?Valentino:The last Emperor? premiere during the 65th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on August 28, 2008 in Venice, Italy.
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US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama (L) addresses supporters with Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius (C) and Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (R) during a rally in Kansas City, Missouri, 29 January 2008. Obama is on the campaign trail to try to clinch the Democratic Party ticket in the race to the White House.
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US actor George Clooney poses during the photo call of the movie 'Burn after reading' at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.
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VENICE, ITALY - AUGUST 27: Actor George Clooney during the 'Burn After Reading' Photocall part of the 65th Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on August 27, 2008 in Venice, Italy.
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U.S. actor George Clooney poses at the Film Festival in Venice August 27, 2008. Clooney stars in Ethan and Joel Coen's movie "Burn After Reading" which is shown out of the competition at the Venice Film Festival.
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Philippine Army troops walk beside armoured vehicles as they capture Camp Bilal in Poona Piagapo in The Lanao del Norte Province of the southern Philippines on August 28, 2008, the former base of Muslim rebel of Commander Abdurahman Macapaar, also known as Commander Bravo, one of the renegade Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels. Philippine troops overran the rebel Muslim stronghold after weeks of fighting that has left about 150 dead, a military spokesman said. The 100-hectare- (250-acre) training camp borders two remote villages from where Bravo's men had planned deadly August 18 raids against civilian communities. Commander Bravo's headquarters is seen at the centre.
Pakistani lawyers beat a poster of Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain ex-premier Benazir Bhutto and a leading presidential candidate to succeed Musharraf, during a protest in Islamabad on August 28, 2008. Pakistani lawyers staged protests in several cities to press for the reinstatement of judges sacked by the country's former president Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistani lawyers beat a poster of Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain ex-premier Benazir Bhutto and a leading presidential candidate to succeed Musharraf, during a protest in Islamabad on August 28, 2008. Pakistani lawyers staged protests in several cities to press for the reinstatement of judges sacked by the country's former president Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistani lawyers beat a poster of Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain ex-premier Benazir Bhutto and a leading presidential candidate to succeed Musharraf, during a protest in Islamabad on August 28, 2008. Pakistani lawyers staged protests in several cities to press for the reinstatement of judges sacked by the country's former president Pervez Musharraf.
