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                                                                                          The world was shocked


                                                                                          when Russian troops invaded


                                                                                          Georgia, under the order of


                                                                                          Putin, after a series of attacks


                                                                                          between the two countries.


                                                                                          The fear of another world war


                                                                                          distressed those around the


                                                                                          world. The violence ceased,


                                                                                          but the outcome is still unde­



                                                                                          termined.  (AFP Photo / Stringer)





































                                            Swimming legends from left,


                                            Ian Thorpe, Natalie Coughlin,


                                            Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff and



                                            Alex Popov speak to the audi­


                                            ence from the Beijing Olympics


                                            as the Beijing Omega Swim­


                                            ming Ambassadors. The Sum­


                                            mer games were the first time


                                            China had hosted the Olym­


                                            pics. (PRNewsFoto/OMEGA,


                                            Photopress/Michael Chan)



























                                            According to the United Na­


                                            tions or UN, the rising food



                                            prices have forced an addi­


                                            tional 75  million people under


                                            the hunger threshold. This has


                                            brought the number of under­


                                            nourished people around the


                                            world to almost one billion.


                                            People in  Haiti were forced


                                            to eat patties made of mud,


                                            sugar and oil. (PRNewsFoto/Diet


                                            Power, Inc.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Serbian  protestors march                                                   Boris Tadic said Belgrade would


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        against the new state of Koso­                                              react with  peaceful, diplomatic


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        vo. On February  17, Kosovo                                                 and legal means for annulling


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        declared its independence from                                              the declaration of indepen­



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Serbia, becoming the worlds                                                 dence. (REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        newest state. Serbian President                                             (REUTERS))
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