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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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Pedestrians are reflected on a stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Japanese shares fell sharply in early trade Tuesday, briefly sending the country's benchmark index to its lowest level since December 2003.
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Minnesota Vikings tight end Vansanthe Shiancoe (81) celebrates after catching a touchdown pass from running back Adrian Peterson (28) against the New Orleans Saints during the second quarter of their NFL football game in New Orleans, October 6, 2008.
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 06: Writer Diablo Cody attends the 15th annual Women In Hollywood Tribute hosted by ELLE Magazine at the Four Seasons Hotel on October 6, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California.
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LONDON - JULY 10: (UK TABLOID Singer and charity co-founder Alicia Keys arrives at the Black Ball UK in aid of 'Keep A Child Alive' HIV/AIDS charity at St John's, Smith Square on July 10, 2008 in London, England.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 06: Actress Alicia Keys from the film "The Secret Life Of Bees", poses for a portrait during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival at The Sutton Place Hotel on September 6, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 05: (L-R) Actresses Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah attend the "The Secret Life Of Bees" premiere after party during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival held at the Ultra Supper Club on September 5, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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Egyptian women wearing the niqab, the Islamic full face veil that leaves only a slit for the eyes, chat at the River Nile bank in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 14, 2007. An Egyptian supreme court ended Saturday June 9, a five year legal battle ruling that the American University in Cairo "AUC" cannot ban women from wearing face veil while on campus. The decision by the Supreme Administrative court will force other universities in Egypt to relinquish its ban on face veils on campus.
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American al Qaeda militant Adam Gadahn speaks in this video grab from an Internet video posted October 4, 2008. Gadahn described Pakistan's new leaders as U.S. puppets in a war against Islamic militants, in an Internet video posted on Saturday. Gadahn, born Adam Pearlman, is a California-born convert to Islam and the first American to be charged with treason since the World War Two era.
American al Qaeda militant Adam Gadahn speaks in this video grab from an Internet video posted October 4, 2008. Gadahn described Pakistan's new leaders as U.S. puppets in a war against Islamic militants, in an Internet video posted on Saturday. Gadahn, born Adam Pearlman, is a California-born convert to Islam and the first American to be charged with treason since the World War Two era.
The mother of Al-Qaida suspect Aafia Siddiqui receives her grandson Ali Hassan who has been released by U. S. Forces from Afghanistan, in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Sept 19, 2008. The 12-year-old son of an al-Qaida suspect who was taken into U.S. custody with his mother and held for two months returned to his relatives in Pakistan on Monday, Sept. 15. Siddiqui was taken to a U.S. military base and then to New York, where she faces charges of assault on U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.
Fauzia Siddiqui, sister of al-Qaida suspect Aafia Siddiqui who detained in Afghanistan in July, leaves after a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. Fauzia told reporters that her sister is not a terrorist but a victim of terrorism. Aafia Siddiqui was taken to a U. S. military base and then New York, where she faces charges of assault on U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.
Fauzia Siddiqui, sister of al-Qaida suspect Aafia Siddiqui who was detained in Afghanistan in July, addresses a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. Fauzia told reporters that her sister is not a terrorist but a victim of terrorism. Aafia Siddiqui was taken to a U. S. military base and then New York, where she faces charges of assault on U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.
Senior al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, who was reported to have been killed last month, speaks in this image taken from internet video footage. Al Qaeda issued new threats against Denmark in an Internet video released on September 5, 2008, saying an attack on the Danish Embassy in Pakistan is just the start of its retaliation for perceived insults to the Prophet Mohammad.
A member of the anti-Al-Qaeda "Sahwa" (Awakening) group also known as "Sons of Iraq" keeps watch in the Faduat Arab neighbourhood in downtown Baghdad on September 4, 2008. The US military will next month transfer responsibility for paying 100,000 mostly Sunni fighters battling Al-Qaeda to Baghdad's Shiite-led government, the military told AFP today. The government of Iraq and coalition forces have agreed in principle to transfer all 100,000 "Sons of Iraq" from October 1, US military spokesman Major John Hall told.
A member of the anti-Al-Qaeda "Sahwa" (Awakening) group also known as "Sons of Iraq" keeps watch in the Faduat Arab neighbourhood in downtown Baghdad on September 4, 2008. The US military will next month transfer responsibility for paying 100,000 mostly Sunni fighters battling Al-Qaeda to Baghdad's Shiite-led government, the military told AFP today. The government of Iraq and coalition forces have agreed in principle to transfer all 100,000 "Sons of Iraq" from October 1, US military spokesman Major John Hall told.
A member (R) of the anti-Al-Qaeda "Sahwa" (Awakening) group also known as "Sons of Iraq" requests documents from a driver in the Faduat Arab neighbourhood in downtown Baghdad on September 4, 2008. The US military will next month transfer responsibility for paying 100,000 mostly Sunni fighters battling Al-Qaeda to Baghdad's Shiite-led government, the military told AFP today. The government of Iraq and coalition forces have agreed in principle to transfer all 100,000 "Sons of Iraq" from October 1, US military spokesman Major John Hall told.
Iraqi security forces arrest a man suspected of being Al-Qaeda activist in Baghdad's Shiite-Sunni Jihad neighbourhood, formerly controlled by Al-Qaeda, on August 23, 2008. Some 240 Shiite families who left the mixed neighbourhood in 2006 following attacks by Al-Qaeda militants on Shiite residents returned home today under the protection of US and Iraqi security personnel to find an improved security situation in the area.
Iraqi security forces arrest a man suspected of being Al-Qaeda activist in Baghdad's Shiite-Sunni Jihad neighbourhood, formerly controlled by Al-Qaeda, on August 23, 2008. Some 240 Shiite families who left the mixed neighbourhood in 2006 following attacks by Al-Qaeda militants on Shiite residents returned home today under the protection of US and Iraqi security personnel to find an improved security situation in the area.
A portrait of Osama bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaida terrorist organization, painted at the back of a truck with description "Lion of Islam", travels in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Aug 1, 2008. Pakistan's government said it needs to purge Taliban sympathizers from the country's main intelligence agency.
An undated photo published by the al Qaeda-linked group 'Yemen Soldiers Brigades' July 27, 2008 shows Ahmed bin Saeed al-Mashjari (R) identifying him as alleged suicide driver in the car bomb attack on a police station that killed two people and injured 18 others in Yemen's south-eastern province of Hadramout province on July 25. The group has claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was in retaliation for the killing of al Qaeda militants in Yemen.
Georgian soldiers detain a US soldier acting as an "al-Qaeda terrorist" during a joint exercise with U.S. servicemen at the Vaziani base outside Tbilisi on July 24, 2008. Approximately 1200 US and 600 Georgian soldiers are participating in the joint peackeeping training activities that run until July 31.
Iraqi police detain a man they say is an al Qaeda decision-maker during their joint operation with U.S. soldiers from the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment near Muqtadiyah in Diyala province July 24, 2008. Sunni Islamist al Qaeda has sought to stoke tensions in Iraq's ethnically and religiously mixed northern cities, such as Diyala and Mosul, after military campaigns pushed its militants out of former strongholds in western Anbar province and Baghdad.
A handcuffed suspected al-Qaida member, left, and a neighbor, right, perform their afternoon prayers while being detained by U.S. troops during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. U.S. Army troops from Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment fanned out near the Iranian border to root out al-Qaida leadership and deny them safe haven as part of a renewed push to secure the Diyala province.
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