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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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