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Aug 17 2008, AP

Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter of Britain have won the gold medal in lightweight men’s double sculls, the first British pair to ever win this Olympic event.

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Bolivian landless movement leader Valerio Queso, right, formerly known for playing president Evo Morales in the movie “Evo Pueblo,” waves as he leaves a tribunal in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivi, Wednesday, March 4, 2009.