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Villagers walk over a bridge, partly washed away by floodwaters in Kudadarahal village, some 370 Kilometers (230 miles) northwest of Bangalore, India, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. Flash floods and landslides triggered by four days of torrential rains have killed scores of people in southern India, news reports said Saturday. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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Fog rises off a lake in Highlands, N.Y., on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Taiwanese girls look out from the back of a military truck leaving their hometown in preparation for the arrival of Typhoon Parma in Baolai, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan. Taiwan issued a storm warning and began moving people out of villages in the southern county of Kaohsiung. (AP Photo) ** TAIWAN OUT **

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Residents line up to wait military trucks fleeing their mountain village of Baolai in preparation for the arrival of Typhoon Parma, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan. Taiwan issued a storm warning and began moving people out of villages in the southern county of Kaohsiung. (AP Photo) ** TAIWAN OUT **

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Evacuees line up in floodwaters to receive pack meals and bottled water at San Pedro township, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. Tropical storm Ketsana brought the worst flooding in metropolitan Manila and neighboring provinces in more than 40 years. Tens of thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second disaster just days after a storm killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Sick children-evacuees recuperate in a makeshift hospital as other evacuees line up to receive relief supplies (background) at an evacuation center at San Pedro township, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. Tropical storm Ketsana brought the worst flooding in metropolitan Manila and neighboring provinces in more than 40 years. Tens of thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second disaster just days after a storm killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Sick children-evacuees recuperate in a makeshift hospital as other evacuees line up to receive relief supplies (background) at an evacuation center at San Pedro township, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. Tropical storm Ketsana brought the worst flooding in metropolitan Manila and neighboring provinces in more than 40 years. Tens of thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second disaster just days after a storm killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Evacuees line up in floodwaters to receive pack meals and bottled water at San Pedro township, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. Tropical storm Ketsana brought the worst flooding in metropolitan Manila and neighboring provinces in more than 40 years. Tens of thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second disaster just days after a storm killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Evacuees line up in floodwaters to receive pack meals and bottled water at San Pedro township, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. Tropical storm Ketsana brought the worst flooding in metropolitan Manila and neighboring provinces in more than 40 years. Tens of thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second disaster just days after a storm killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Evacuees receive rice porridge and a cup noodle each from a distribution center at San Pedro township, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. Tropical storm Ketsana brought the worst flooding in metropolitan Manila and neighboring provinces in more than 40 years. Tens of thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second disaster just days after a storm killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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POTUS is an often used White House acronym that stands for "President of the United States." We just added the "H" in the title of this photo gallery to make a play on the acronym -- to indicate that this was a photo gallery that focused on events that revolved around Barack Obama's presidency. This photo gallery will be updated several times a week, as photos from behind the scenes of the presidency are released on the official White House photo feed on Flickr.com.
President Barack Obama ducks his head to get through an entranceway on a tour of the Pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt, June 4, 2009. At center-right is the hieroglyphic that the President comment on saying it looked like him. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama jokingly shows off the hat he was given during his tour of the Pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt on June 4, 2009.

Official White House photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama sits on the steps of the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Paris before returning to Washington, June 7, 2009.

Official White House photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama and First Lady Micelle Obama walk towards Marine One as they leave Normandy for Paris on June 6, 2009. Seeing them off are National Security Advisor James Jones, Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, and Senior Advisors Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod.

Official White House photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama marks the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion with veterans Clyde Combs and Ben Franklin as well as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and England's Prince Charles on June 6, 2009

Official White House photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama attends an expanded bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Dresden Castle, June 5, 2009.

Official White House photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama arrives at Ramstein Airbase in Germany, June 5, 2009.

Official White House photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama and White House staffers aboard Air Force One to Paris look at Reggie Love's photos of Egypt on June 5, 2009

Official White House photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama waves goodbye from the steps of Air Force One as he departs King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on his way to Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009.

Official White House photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama speaks at Cairo University in Cairo, Thursday, June 4, 2009. In his speech, President Obama called for a 'new beginning between the United States and Muslims', declaring that 'this cycle of suspicion and discord must end'.

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

At left a March 1, 2003 photo obtained by the Associated Press shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. At right, a photo downloaded from the Arabic language Internet site www.muslm.net and purporting to show a man identified by the Internet site as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sep. 11 attacks, is seen in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The picture was allegedly taken in July 2009 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and released only to the detainee's family under a new policy allowing the ICRC to photograph Guantanamo inmates, ICRC spokesman Bernard Barrett said Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.

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A school bus crash on Thursday morning sent more than 30 students to hospital with minor injuries.

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Manjit Singh grimaces as he pulls a double decker London bus for some 21.2 meters by his hair, to set a new Guinness world record, in London, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Singh was one of an estimated 200,000 people around the world will come together and attempt a wide range of records in celebration of the fifth annual Guinness World Records Day.

AP Photo/Alastair Grant

Taylor Swift sings at the 43rd Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

Chicago Blackhawks goalie Cristobal Huet, right, of France, blocks a shot by Colorado Avalanche's Darcy Tucker during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

A model displays a "Firework" hat designed by David Shilling of London during a high tea show in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. David Shilling, known as hat man showcasing his artworks designed first time in Beijing.

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British actor Michael Caine, left, and WBA Heavyweight champion of the World, British boxer David Haye, seen, as they arrive at the European Premiere of the film Harry Brown, at London's Leicester Square, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.

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A 22-tonne coil of steel fell from the back of a flatbed truck onto R.J. Wilhelm's SUV on an EC Row Expressway offramp Tuesday, Nov. 10. Wilhelm, 34, was on his way to the gym in his black GMC Jimmy SUV. As he exited the EC Row Expressway to head northbound on Lauzon Parkway, a flatbed truck driving next to him "started to get wobbly," he told CBC News. Wilhelm walked away unscathed.

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Carnival goers kiss, as they celebrate the start of the carnival season in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, where many of those celebrating wore masks to protect themselves against swine influenza. The motto of the season in Cologne is: "Kissed in Cologne".

AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz

A seagull flies along the Alabama Gulf Coast at sunrise as Tropical Storm Ida makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Ala., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.

AP Photo/Dave Martin

Intelligence officer and ex-diplomat Richard Colvin, right, arrives at a commons special committee on Afghanistan hears witnesses on transfer of Afghan detainees on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., on Wednesday November 18, 2009.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Sapper Steven Marshall, 24, was killed while on foot patrol in Panjwai district in Kandahar province.

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Canadian Lt. Justin Boyes is shown in a military handout photo. Lt. Boyes, 26, of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Light Infantry based in Edmonton, Alta., was killed when his foot patrol was struck by an improvised explosive device 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city.

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Rick Hillier says he argued for Canada to take over responsibility for the reconstruction of the airport in Kabul.

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Cpl. Matthew Wilcox, the 24-year-old soldier from Glace Bay, N.S., who was convicted in July of criminal negligence causing death and neglect of duty, is framed by a railing as he is escorted from his sentencing hearing in Sydney, N.S. on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Cpl. Kevin Megeney of Stellarton, N.S. was shot in his tent in Kandahar in March of 2007.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

The parents of Cpl. Kevin Megeney, Karen and Dexter Megeney enter the courtroom at the Victoria Park Garrison Tuesday, Sept.29, 2009 to hear the sentencing of Cpl. Matthew Wilcox. Wilcox has been found guilty of criminal negligence causing death and negligent performance of a military duty for the fatal shooting of Cpl. Megeney in March of 2007 in Afghanistan.Sentencing was postponed until Wednesday after morning proceedings Tuesday.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Vaughan Merchant

Relatives of Cpl. Matthew Wilcox, the 24-year-old soldier from Glace Bay, N.S., who was convicted in July of criminal negligence causing death and neglect of duty, heads from his sentencing hearing after his mother, Ann Wilcox, testified in Sydney, N.S. on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Cpl. Kevin Megeney of Stellarton, N.S. was shot in his tent in Kandahar in March of 2007.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Cpl. Matthew Wilcox, the 24-year-old soldier from Glace Bay, N.S., who was convicted in July of criminal negligence causing death and neglect of duty, arrives at his sentencing hearing in Sydney, N.S. on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Cpl. Kevin Megeney of Stellarton, N.S. was shot in his tent in Kandahar in March of 2007.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Pte. Jonathan Couturier, 23, has been identified as the victim of an IED strike southwest of Kandahar city. Couturier, 23, a member of 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment, based in Valcartier, Que., was killed when his vehicle detonated an improvised explosive device some 25 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city.

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This undated photo of Pte. Patrick Lormand, 21, who was killed by an IED strike southwest of Kandahar city on Sept. 13, 2009. Lormand, of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment was killed and four others were injured in a roadside IED blast approximately 13 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city.

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