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bd popeye · Aug 14, 2008

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An Israeli helicopter flies over army tanks during a military exercise in the Golan Heights.

A Palestinian youth was detained after throwing stones during clashes with Israeli troops in the village of Tafoh, near the West Bank city of Hebron.
Photo: Abed Al Hafiz Hashlamoun/European Pressphoto Agency

Russian soldiers point their guns to the Georgian troops on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of capital Tbilisi, Georgia.

A Russian military column rolls near the city of Gori, Georgia. Nerves frayed all day after a Russian tank battalion occupied Gori, a move Georgia condemned as flagrant defiance of a Western-brokered agreement struck only hours earlier. Gori is only 40 miles from Tbilisi, the capital, and rumors circulated all day of a military movement toward Tbilisi.
Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

bd popeye · Aug 15, 2008

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A Russian soldiers are seen on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Western leaders engaged in intense diplomacy Friday to persuade Russia to pull troops out of Georgia, but regional tensions soared after a top Russian general warned that Poland could face attack over its missile defense deal with the United States.

Russian soldiers are seen on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008.

Kashmiri Muslim protesters run for cover as policemen throw stones at them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Tens of thousands of Kashmiri Muslims again took to the streets Friday in India's part of Kashmir, ignoring a plea by the country's prime minister for an end to weeks of violence that has left 34 people dead.

A Tibetan monk in exile on hunger strike for the last nine days is carried by Indian policemen in New Delhi on August 14, 2008, after he was arrested during a hunger strike protest against The 2008 Beijing Olympics and before transfer to a hospital. The Tibetan Youth Congress organised the hunger strtike which has entered it's ninth day as part of Tibetan People's Mass Movement to protest against the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 60 years of Chinese rule in their homeland.

An Iraqi cleric (C) from the office of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr distributes bags of staple foods to Iraqi policemen stationed in the Baghdad district of Khadimiyah on August 14, 2008. The office of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr distributed food in Baghdad in what has been seen as a social approach on the part of Sadr and his Mahdi army organisation to renew relations with the Iraqi goverment.

A contingent of Pakistan's Navy parade during a ceremony at mausoleum of the founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. As Pakistan marked the 61st anniversary of its independence from Britain in ceremonies, Gilani pledged to defeat extremism, saying the fight was a "war of our own survival."

A Hawk MK 132 aircraft flies past at the HAL airport in Bangalore on August 14, 2008. HAL organised the function to hand over the first batch of Hawk MK 132 advance trainer aircraft to the Indian Air Force who will use the aircraft to provide basic, advanced weapon training to military pilots. In its operational role the aircraft can also be utilised for ground attack, capable of carrying and delivering a large selection of modern weapons.

bd popeye · Aug 16, 2008

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Iraqi soldiers examine confiscated munitions at an army headquarters in Baghdad August 16, 2008.

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers guard a checkpoint near Mingora, on the outskirts of the Swat valley, August 16, 2008. Pakistani artillery and helicopter gunships killed nine pro-Taliban militants in an assault on their hideouts in the restive northwestern Swat valley on Saturday, army officials said.

A soldier of Afghan National Army stands near the damaged vehicle after an explosion in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008. A bomb struck the convoy of Afghanistan's education minister on the outskirts of Kabul wounded one person after they were returning from distributing books to nomad children.

A Russian soldier looks is pictured in front of his APC in the village of Igueti, on the road from the flashpoint city of Gori to Tbilisi, on August 15, 2008.

A Russian soldier squats on top of an APC in the village of Igueti, on the road from Gori to Tbilisi, on August 15, 2008.

A Georgian policeman patrols by a Russian army APC in the village of Igueti, on the road from the flashpoint city of Gori to Tbilisi, on August 15, 2008. Chaos reigned in Gori as Russian soldiers started moving out, leaving looters and criminals to take advantage of a power vacuum in the strategic Georgian town, residents said. Three days after a ceasefire was brokered between Moscow and Tbilisi and following protracted negotiations between Georgian and Russian officials, Russian troops appeared to have largely withdrawn from the city.

bd popeye · Aug 17, 2008

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Jerusalem, August 17, 2008. Some 1,000 Israelis of Ethiopian descent took part in a demonstration on Sunday calling on the Israeli government to grant permission for their relatives living in Ethiopia to immigrate.

An elderly Georgian woman passes in front a Russian armoured personnel carrier holding a position in Gori August 17, 2008.

One of the accused involved in Ahmadabad serial bomb blasts, wearing a black hood to conceal his identity until the police find evidences against him, is produced in the court in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. Police on Saturday said they arrested the alleged mastermind behind last month's serial blasts in western India that killed 58 people, linking him to a banned Islamic group.

Riot police block demonstrators from the Cambodian Confederation of Unions protesting against Thailand's deployment of troops at the disputed Preah Vihear and Ta Moan temples located at the Cambodian-Thai border, in Phnom Penh August 17, 2008.

Riot police walk near the Thai embassy as Cambodia deploys more security in the area after a demonstration organized by the Cambodian Confederation of Unions protesting against Thailand's deployment of troops at the disputed Preah Vihear and Ta Moan temples located at the Cambodian-Thai border, in Phnom Penh August 17, 2008. Cambodian and Thai troops started to pull their troops back from the disputed border area on Saturday, Cambodian army officers said, after a month-long stand-off centring on the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple.

An Afghan police officer frisks an Afghan man at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. Scores of police manned checkpoints around Afghanistan's capital Sunday after authorities ordered more than 7,000 officers to secure Kabul ahead of the country's Independence Day, an indication of how militants pose a growing threat to the capital.

An unexploded shell (?) lays on a military police car in the Port of Poti from previous days bombing on August 16, 2008. The Georgian Interior ministry on August 15, 2008 said Russian forces were "destroying" Gori, the Georgian city closest to disputed South Ossetia but only 85 kilometres (50 miles) from Tbilisi, and demolishing military facilities in the port of Poti.

Handicapped Bolivians and their suppourters classhed with riot police in Santa Cruz August 15, 2008. The protesters are demanding an annual bonus of Bs. 5000 ($700) from President Evo Morales' government or they will continue their nationwide strike campaign.

Abkhazian rebel fighters walk in the village of Azhara in the remote Kodori gorge bordering Georgia proper August 17, 2008. Abkhazia's separatist army said on Sunday it had defeated the Georgians without damaging a single home, but the captured villages it displayed to reporters were empty and the houses ransacked.

Russian army officers examine firearms allegedly captured from the Georgian military, in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. The conflict erupted after Georgia launched a massive barrage Aug. 7 to try to take control of South Ossetia. The Russian army quickly overwhelmed its neighbor's forces and drove deep into Georgia, raising fears that of a long-term Russian occupation.

A Russian soldier guards armored vehicles allegedly captured from the Georgian military, in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. The conflict erupted after Georgia launched a massive barrage Aug. 7 to try to take control of South Ossetia. The Russian army quickly overwhelmed its neighbor's forces and drove deep into Georgia, raising fears that of a long-term Russian occupation

bd popeye · Aug 18, 2008

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Sri Lankan soldiers of the Special Task Force are seen during a passing out ceremony at a training school in Kalutara, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Tens of thousands of Sri Lankans have been forced to flee their homes in the north in recent weeks as government forces seized large chunks of territory that had been controlled by the Tamil Tiger separatists, international aid groups said.

Armed police officers grab a spectator after he hit one of the officers during the first one-day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in Dambulla August 18, 2008.

Shiite pilgrims on their way to a religious festival in Karbala danced Friday with an Iraqi police officer at a rest stop in Baghdad.
Photo: Marko Georgiev for The New York Times

Iraqi policemen searched Shiite worshipers on Friday in the holy city of Karbala. Millions headed by foot, car and bus to the city south of Baghdad to celebrate the birthday of a ninth-century saint, the last of 12 imams revered by Shiites. Security forces seized cellphones, which can trigger bombs, and posters of Shiite religious leaders that might provoke attacks by followers of rival clerics. Security was tight after a suicide bombing on Thursday, in which a woman killed at least 18 people who were on their way to the celebrations.
Photo: Ali Abbas/European Pressphoto Agency

Russian soldiers are seen atop an armored vehicle near a Georgian army base under the control of Russian forces in Senaki, western Georgia.

An army helicopter carrying Mr. Musharraf left the presidential office after his announcement. Mr. Musharraf has been under strong pressure in the past few days, as the coalition government prepared impeachment charges centered on "gross violations" of the Constitution.
Photo: Farooq Naeem/Agence France-Presse -- ***** Images

Protesters wearing masks and holding miniatures of U.S. arms perform on a map of Korean peninsula as a South Korean army's truck passes by during an anti-war and anti-U.S. rally denouncing the Ulchi Focus Guardian (UFG) exercise, a joint military drill between South Korea and the U.S., in front of South Korea-U.S. War Command Centre TANGO in Seongnam, south of Seoul, August 18, 2008. The annual UFG exercise based upon computer simulation started on Monday.

Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel try to extinguish a fire from a police booth during a protest in Jammu August 18, 2008. Thousands of people on Monday were arrested in Jammu, the winter capital of Indian Kashmir, as part of the ongoing agitation over the land transfer row.

Heavily armed Philippine Army soldiers arrive in Lapayan village in Kauswagan town, Lanao del Norte province on August 18, 2008 after a raid by Muslim separatist rebels. At least 28 civilians and three soldiers were killed in a fresh wave of attacks by Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in southern Philippines, looting businesses, burning homes and randomly attacking the mostly Christian villagers, officials said.

Security forces attend the scene of a roadside bomb in which at least two police officers and a civilian were wounded, in the Karada district of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The blast was targeting a police patrol, police said.

bd popeye · Aug 19, 2008

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Polish Forces!!

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Poland, 09.08.2008: Holiday of soldiers from 10th Armoured Cavalry.

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Poland, 11.08.2008: Handing arms in 10th Armoured Cavalry.

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Poland, 15.08.2008: From Monday(11.08) to Friday(15.08) on Air Force Base in Mińsk Mazowiecki took a place grouping of planes from all formations of Polish Air force.

bd popeye · Aug 19, 2008

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Russian APCs and tanks leave their position during a pullback outside Gori 19 August 2008. A small column of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles left the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Tuesday, the first sign of a Russian pullback of troops from Georgia after a cease-fire intended to end fighting that reignited Cold War tensions

bd popeye · Aug 19, 2008

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A Russian soldier walks towards the gate of a Georgian army base that was occupied by the Russian military in Senaki, western Georgia, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008.

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Russian soldiers take position at the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Russian troops entered the port of Poti on Tuesday to take US military equipment left behind after a joint Georgian, US military exercise. The movements of Russian forces in Georgia raised questions about whether Russia was fulfilling its side of the cease-fire intended to end the short but intense fighting between Georgians, Russians and its allies.

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Russian soldiers in a armored personnel carrier tow away a US-built Humvee, in the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Russian troops entered the port of Poti Tuesday, to remove military equipment left behind after a joint Georgian, US military exercise.

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Russian soldiers drive a US-made military vehicle, after Russian troops removed it from the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008

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Georgians with their eyes covered sit atop of a Russian armored personnel carrier while being detained by Russian troops in the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Russian troops entered the port of Poti on Tuesday to detain Georgian people and to loot US military equipment left behind after a joint Georgian, US military exercise. The movements of Russian forces in Georgia raised questions about whether Russia was fulfilling its side of the cease-fire intended to end the short but intense fighting between Georgians, Russians and its allies

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Russian servicemen atop an armoured vehicle guard blindfolded Georgian servicemen in the city of Senaki, August 19, 2008. Georgia accused Russian forces of entering the oil shipment port of Poti on the Black Sea and detaining 20 Georgian police officers. A Reuters cameraman saw several men blindfolded and placed in Russian armoured personnel carriers (APCs), which then headed east to the town of Senaki

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Russian soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008.

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Russian soldiers sit as they wait for orders to leave their position outside the Georgian village of Ruisi, some 12 km (7 miles) west of Gori August 19, 2008. A column of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles left the strategic Georgian town of Gori on Tuesday, but NATO said it was freezing contacts with Moscow until all Russian forces were out of the Black Sea state

bd popeye · Aug 19, 2008

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Column of Russian troops are on the march from the district of the Georgian town of Gori following a withdrawal order, 19 August 2008. A small column of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles left the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Tuesday, the first sign of a Russian pullback of troops from Georgia after a cease-fire intended to end fighting that reignited Cold War tensions

bd popeye · Aug 20, 2008

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BETANIA, Nicaragua (Aug. 17, 2008) Canadian Air Force Pvt. Tabitha Beynen, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), uses a syringe to give de-worming medication into a child at the Betania medical clinic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Lange/Released)

Members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force receive holy communion during a send-off ceremony at a police headquarters in Taguig city, south of Manila, before they are deployed to intensify security operations in the South Philippine province in Mindanao August 20, 2008.

Members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force prepare to deploy during a send-off ceremony at a police headquarters in Taguig city, south of Manila, before they are deployed to intensify security operations in the South Philippine province in Mindanao August 20, 2008. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered troops to relentlessly pursue Muslim fighters who attacked two towns earlier in the week, a top aide said on Wednesday, while a rebel commander warned of all-out war.

Police officers are seen holding nets after seeking to catch a monkey at Tokyo's busy Shibuya station August 20, 2008. A monkey escaped through dozens of police officers and their nets at the busy station on Wednesday after it made a sudden appearance, drawing crowds of excited children and screaming passers-by.

A monkey sits atop a departure board at Tokyo's Shibuya station August 20, 2008. A monkey escaped through dozens of police officers and their nets at the busy station on Wednesday after it made a sudden appearance, drawing crowds of excited children and screaming passers-by.

Security personnel confront protestors in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Police using tear gas and batons clashed with Hindu protesters defying a fresh curfew in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday, injuring at least 25 people, medics and witnesses said. Hindu protestors have been demanding transfer of 99 acres (40 hectares) to a Hindu trust to build facilities for pilgrims.

Bolivian riot police officers try to stop supporters of President Evo Morales during a strike at the Che Guevara street in the popular quarter "Plan 3000" in Santa Cruz, August 19, 2008. Provinces of Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, Tarija and Chuquisaca called for general strikes demanding autonomy from the central government of President Evo Morales and a greater cut of the country's booming energy revenues.

A Pakistan police officer keeps position on an armored personnel carrier at a bazaar which is closed due to a strike to protest against Shiite Muslims killing in Tuesday's suicide blast in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. The suicide bomb attack killed 26 people and wounded 35 outside a hospital crowded with Shiite Muslims. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, saying it was targeting security forces.

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SINGAPORE (Aug. 18, 2008) Sailors of the Republic of Singapore Navy prepare to be inspected by Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead during a ceremony in which Roughead was awarded Republic of Singapore's Meritorious Service Medal. Roughead, along with Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Joe R. Campa Jr., is completing a 10-day, round-the-world trip to visit Sailors, express his appreciation and hear their thoughts firsthand. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiffini M. Jones/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (August 18, 2008) Members of the Brunei Special Forces await the start of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83). Howard, along with the Brunei Air Force and Royal Brunei Navy, are participating in South East Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) exercises off the coast of Brunei. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Scott (Released)

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