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Texas candidate for governor Kinky Friedman visits the polls to cast his vote among fans and voters at the Kerrville Court House in Kerrville, Texas, on Oct. 23, 2006. Friedman, often thought of as a Texas Legend and the most colorful of the…

Texas candidate for governor Kinky Friedman, right, accompanied by friend Jewford, center, attends the 27th Annual Houston Margarita Ball in Houston, Texas on Oct. 7, 2006. Friedman, often thought of as a Texas Legend and the most colorful of the…

Texas candidate for governor Kinky Friedman gives a speech at the 27th Annual Houston Margarita Ball in Houston, Texas on Oct. 7, 2006. Friedman, often thought of as a Texas Legend and the most colorful of the candidates running for Texas governor…

Two weeks before the elections Texas candidate for governor Kinky Friedman, center, discusses his plans with campaign coordinator, Jewford, right, friend Barbara Bowman, left, and campaign manager Dean Barkley (feet showing) in Houston, Texas on Oct.…

Kinky Friedman on the monitor debates the other candidates at the 2006 Texas gubernatorial debate in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2006. Friedman, often thought of as a Texas Legend and the most colorful of the candidates running for Texas…

The shadows of mourning relatives fall on a mass grave, the result of the June 15th bus attack which killed more than 64 people, many of them women and children. The Sri Lankan government accuses the LTTE rebels of the terror, but the Tamil political…

Funeral workers care for child victims of the Sri Lankan political violence, as the country is at the brink of all-out war.

Family members of Sinhalese victims of the June 15 bus attack mourn before the mass burial. The attack was the biggest tragedy since the 2002 ceasefire agreement, although it has nearly been breached for the last six months. The Sri Lankan government…

Sri Lankan special forces patrol in a war-torn majority Tamil area in Jaffna.

At a religious poster shop in Tamil area in Sri Lanka, the photos of martyrs, or suicide bombers, are also displayed.