Addressing fellow politicians in the House of Commons Wednesday, a somber Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid tribute to the fallen.

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While the anniversary was an official holiday in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, it was a somber occasion in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

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A rain-soaked President Obama delivered a somber message from a Coast Guard station on Louisiana's threatened coastline.

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In the seaside village,Leone, others filled Holy Cross Catholic church for a more somber service.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Coming after a week of almost-universally upbeat economic data that buoyed U.S.markets, Wednesday's more-somber news is a reality-check, according to Alan Brown of Schroders, an asset management company.

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