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A Tibetan exile, wearing a Free Tibet headband, re-lights blown out candles after a candle-lit vigil at a peaceful anti-China protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

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Opening Ceremony A participant take part in the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
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Georgian Reservi... A Georgian reservist rests as a municipal worker cleans in central Gory 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. Russian forces battled Georgian troops in a breakaway part of Georgia in intensified fighting that sparked alarm in the West and heated exchanges at the United Nations reminiscent of the Cold War. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Hot Air Balloon ... A hot air balloon is prepared for flight at the International Balloon Fiesta near Bristol in western England August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico
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Bengal Tiger Cub One of a pair of rare Bengal tiger cubs, that were donated by a North Carolina animal sanctuary despite protests by animal rights activists, is shown to the media for the first time at the Baghdad Zoo in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. The animals, which were donated by the North Carolina-based Conservators' Center, arrived Monday after being flown to Baghdad from the United States in a US$66,000 trip funded by the U.S. Embassy and transported to the zoo by the U.S. military. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Peaceful Protest A Tibetan exile, wearing a Free Tibet headband, re-lights blown out candles after a candle-lit vigil at a peaceful anti-China protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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Tibetan Exiles Tibetan exiles participate in a candle-lit vigil during a peaceful anti-China protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)