
Chief Executive Officer of InterContinental Hotels Andrew Cosslett poses at a Crowne Plaza Hotel in London March 4, 2008. The world's largest hotelier, InterContinental Hotels Group Plc, says forward booking and room cancellation rates in the United States show no signs of a downturn, while its big pipeline of new hotel openings will shelter it from any slowdown. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN)
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Chief Executive Officer of InterContinental Hotels Andrew Cosslett poses at a Crowne Plaza Hotel in London March 4, 2008. The world's largest hotelier, InterContinental Hotels Group Plc, says forward booking and room cancellation rates in the United States show no signs of a downturn, while its big pipeline of new hotel openings will shelter it from any slowdown. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN)
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A man reads the latest edition of Cuba's Granma newspaper in Havana, Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Former Cuban President Fidel Castro denounced the military attack by Colombia soldiers on leftist rebels in Ecuadorean territory, calling it a terrible precedent for the region and accusing the United States of involvement in the attack that killed the No. 2 leader of the the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
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Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe descends from his car after visiting Gloria Polanco, a hostage released last week by leftist rebels, at her home in Bogota, Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Uribe said that his government would ask the International Criminal Court to try Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez for financing and supporting the Revolutionary Armed Forces, FARC, the country's main rebel group. The Colombian government claims documents found in the laptop of a slain FARC commander indicate Chavez's government recently gave US$300 million to the rebel group. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)
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Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe left, speaks to reporters, after visiting Gloria Polanco, a hostage released last week by leftist rebels, at her home in Bogota, Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Uribe said that his government would ask the International Criminal Court to try Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez for financing and supporting the Revolutionary Armed Forces, FARC, the country's main rebel group. The Colombian government claims documents found in the laptop of a slain FARC commander indicate Chavez's government recently gave US$300 million to the rebel group. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)
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French sculptor and paintor, living in New York, Louise Bourgeois' works, are shown on March 04, 2008 at the Pompidou art center in Paris. A retrospective of her work including nearly 200 works (paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints) made between 1938 and 2007, takes place at the Centre Pompidou from March 5, to June 2, 2008. AFP PHOTO STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN (Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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A visitor takes a picture of French sculptor and paintor, living in New York, Louise Bourgeois' works, on March 04, 2008 at the Pompidou art center in Paris. A retrospective of her work including nearly 200 works (paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints) made between 1938 and 2007, takes place at the Centre Pompidou from March 5, to June 2, 2008. AFP PHOTO STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN (Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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French sculptor and paintor, living in New York, Louise Bourgeois' work called 'Arch of Hysteria' bronze, is shown on March 04, 2008 at the Pompidou art center in Paris. A retrospective of her work including nearly 200 works (paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints) made between 1938 and 2007, takes place at the Centre Pompidou from March 5, to June 2, 2008. AFP PHOTO STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN (Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures during a press conference with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (unseen) at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah on March 4, 2008. Rice arrived in Israel today on her latest trip aimed at pushing forward Middle East peace talks dealt a blow by a bloody assault on Hamas-run Gaza Strip. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)
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A woman enters the Saint Dominic Catholic Church polling station in Cleveland, Ohio, March 3, 2008. The fate of Hillary Clinton's U.S. Presidential bid rested with voters in Ohio and Texas on March 4, 2008 in her hard-fought Democratic duel with Barack Obama. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)
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