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International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L) looks on during a meetingat Bilgi University during International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Meeting in Istanbul, on October 1, 2009. A protester threw a shoe at Strauss-Kahn, shouting 'IMF, get out of Turkey!'. The shoe fell short of the IMF chief and the protester was escorted out of the hall by security guards.



Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero, 3rd from right, and Madrid's bid team pose for photographers after a press conference of the Madrid bid team in Copenhagen, Thursday Oct. 1, 2009. Madrid is competing with Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday Oct. 2 in Copenhagen.



Indonesian soldiers and rescue workers search for earthquake victims trapped under a destroyed building in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. A second earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude rocked western Indonesia Thursday, a day after the region was devastated by an undersea quake of 7.6 magnitude.



Canadian soldiers patrol in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, October 1, 2009.



The shadow of a Canadian soldier is cast against a mud wall during a patrol in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province October 1, 2009.



TOKYO - OCTOBER 01: Model Meisa Kuroki receives the first Forevermark Awards at Park Hyatt Tokyo on October 1, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.



CHENGDU, CHINA - OCTOBER 1: Paramilitary policemen stand guard at the Tianfu Square where a slogan is installed for the National Day on October 1, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. The grand celebrations to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China included a military parade and mass pageant consisting of about 200,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square.



Bolivian President Evo Morales smiles as he attends a meeting with foreign press correspondents at the presidential palace in La Paz, October 1, 2009. Morales talked about his re-election campaign for next December 6.



Brawn Formula One driver Jenson Button, of Britain, front, laughs during a press conference ahead of Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit, in Suzuka, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Drivers from left, Sauber's Nick Heidfeld of Germany, Williams Kazuki Nakajima of Japan and Force India's Adrian Sutil of Germany, look on.



McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain walks on the track at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. The Japanese Grand Prix is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 4.



Ferrari Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella of Italy reacts in his team's garage at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. The Japanese Grand Prix is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 4.



CARNOUSTIE, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 01: Ernie Els of South plays off the 13th tee during the first round of The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Carnoustie Golf Club on October 1, 2009 in Carnoustie, Scotland.