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IN BAGHDAD the daily toll of death and kidnapping remains remorselessly high; the sectarian divisions just as deep; civil society in tatters; electricity sporadic; reconstruction barely begun; as the country drifts rudderless without a government nearly six months after elections. But for President Obama it is “time to turn the page”. Addressing the US public on Tuesday night in his second prime-time address from the Oval Office, he declared an end to the war. “Tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended,” he said, expressing the hope “that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilisation”. It is a hope sadly belied by the reality on the ground.

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Amira, 2, a flood victim suffering from skin and stomach problems, cries at a hospital in Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province September 1. Victims of Pakistan's floods queued at hospitals where scant resources were available to treat a rising number of patients. Aid agencies fear disease, food shortages and malnutrition may create new crises as people head back to their shattered towns and villages to rebuild their homes and lives. Photo: Damir Sagolj/REUTERS
Leah Callahan (back) of Canada lifts Cynthia Vescan of France during the preliminary round of the women's wrestling competition at the Combat Games in Beijing, China, September 1. The Combat Games are being held until September 4, with around 1600 athletes from 60 countries competing in 13 sports. Photo: David Gray /REUTERS
Yigithan Hantal of Turkey (right) fights for the ball with Stefano Luongo of Italy during their European Water Polo Championships preliminary match in Zagreb, Croatia, September 1. Photo:Laszlo Balogh/REUTERS
Actors perform during National Day celebrations in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 1. Vietnam's 65th National Day falls on September 2 with traditional celebrations taking place the day before. Photo: Kham/REUTERS
People mourn inside School Number One during a ceremony commemorating the victims of the 2004 hostage crisis in the southern Russian town of Beslan, September 1. One thousand children and parents were taken hostage by Chechen separatists on the first day of the new school year and 333 hostages, more than half of them children died when Russian forces stormed the school and some of the rebels blew themselves up. Photo:Kazbek Basayev/REUTERS
Sikh devotees carry their holy book Guru Granth Sahib in a palanquin during a religious procession inside the premises of the Golden Temple in the northern Indian city of Amritsar September 1. The procession was carried out to celebrate the 406th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, the religious book of Sikhs. Photo: Munish Sharma/REUTERS
Women play a 3D computer game at the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) consumer electronics fair in Berlin, Germany, September 1. The IFA opens its doors on September 3-8. Photo: Thomas Peter/REUTERS
Copies of the political memoirs of Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair, "A Journey", are displayed in a bookshop in London, England, September 1. Photo: Luke MacGregor/REUTERS
A visitor views 'Happiness' by Salikhitdin Aitbayev, part of the 'Treasures of Kazakhstan' exhibition, featuring Kazakh and Russian art from the Kasteev State Museum of Arts and private collections, at Christie's in central London, England on September 1. Photo : Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
Afghan women wearing burkhas walk past an Afghan soldier guarding a road in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 1. Photo: Erik de Castro /REUTERS

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