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Participants whirl symbolic fire brands around to form patterns in the air during the third Kiev Fire Fest in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, June 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

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A Roma woman gestures in front of her burning home at a Roma settlement in Sarajevo's suburb of Butmir June 3, 2009. The community set their homes on fire as they were forced to move to new houses provided by the local government. REUTERS/Stringer

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Sculpture of Oba... Sculptor David Adickes works on his sculpture of President Barack Obama Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at his studio in Houston. The 18 foot tall statue will be installed at President's Park in South Dakota where Adickes' sculptures of the previous 43 presidents are currently displayed. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Miss Tibet 2009 ... Participants of the Miss Tibet 2009 beauty pageant pose during the swimsuit round in Dharmsala, India, Friday, June 5, 2009. The winner will be announced in the final to be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
Horseman perform... A traditional Hungarian horseman performs in the historic Heroes Square in Budapest, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
Kiev Fire Fest Participants whirl symbolic fire brands around to form patterns in the air during the third Kiev Fire Fest in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, June 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Saint Bernard pu... Six fifteen-day-old Saint Bernard puppies sleep in a box at the breeding kennel of the Barry Foundation in the south-western Swiss town of Martigny June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Waiting for wave... A girl sits on the pavement as she waits for big waves to hit the sea wall Friday, June 5, 2009, along Roxas Blvd. in Manila, Philippines. A low pressure area located near the country brought rains and strong winds that submerge some low lying areas in the city. (AP Photo/ Pat Roque)

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A wildlife worker bathes a two month old leopard cub on a hot summer day at Manda Park in Jammu, India, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

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The "Pasture on water" installation piece by Bulgarian artist Pavel Koichev is displayed on the surface of a small lake near the village of Osikovitsa, some 70km (43 miles) north-east of Sofia, June 3, 2009. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

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Motorists flee their flooded vehicle Wednesday, June 3, 2009 in Greeensboro, N.C. after several inches of rain fell in the area. (AP Photo/ News and Record, H. Scott Hoffmann)

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A biker performs in front of the Serbian parliament building during the Red Bull Fighters International Freestyle Motocross 2009 Exhibition Tour in Belgrade May 31, 2009. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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A Palestinian protester uses a sling-shot as he prepares to hurl a stone at Israeli troops during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah, outside the Jewish settlement of Modin Illit, Friday, June 5, 2009. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Roberto Benigni ... Italian Oscar winning actor and comedian Roberto Benigni kisses a larger than life version of himself during a news conference in Montreal, Tuesday, June 2, 2009, where he will present his one man show "Tutto Dante" over the next two days. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)

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A Siberian tiger cub is seen with its mother at a zoo in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily

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Serena celebrate... Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates after winning her match against Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic during the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Riot Police Hit ... Riot police are hit by a molotov cocktail during protests in Vigo, Spain, on Thursday, June 4, 2009. Hundreds of metal workers, most of whom work for ship building companies, clashed with riot police during a strike to demand a new wage agreement. (AP Photo/Jose Rodriguez)
Bold stunt A stuntman performs at the Heroes Square in Budapest, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Karoly Arvai
Leopard Bath A wildlife worker bathes a two month old leopard cub on a hot summer day at Manda Park in Jammu, India, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Burning Home in ... Bosnian Roma boy jumps from a wagon to get away from the intense heat while he observes his wooden home burning, in the suburb of Sarajevo, on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. The Roma population used to occupy small wooden huts that did not meet the minimum standards, so city authorities built new housing projects especially for the Roma population, and they are burning their own homes before moving into their new homes.(AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)
Getting Muddy in... A Hindu devotee smears his body with mud from the banks of the revered Ganges River before taking a ritual dip, in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Allahabad, at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati River, is an important Hindu pilgrimage center. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Highway Opening ... Albanians wave Albanian and NATO flags as they celebrate the opening of the first highway link through northern Albania's rugged mountains, near the town of Kukes on Sunday, May 31, 2009. Albania's and Kosovo's prime ministers inaugurated the opening of the road on Sunday at the site of the last tunnel to be dug on the 164 mile (265-kilometer) road. Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha said the highway is "the most beautiful dream come true" for Albanians.(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Out at Second Baltimore Orioles' Nick Markakis (21) is forced out at second as Seattle Mariners' shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt makes the throw to first to catch Aubrey Huff out for a double play for the third out during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Seattle, Monday, June 1, 2009. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Blue Man Group i... Members of the Blue Man Group pose for photographers in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 2, 2009. The Blue Man group will perform in Israel as part of their Megastar World Tour starting Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Vegetarian activ... A dog looks at a vegetarian activist of the Swiss animal right organization LausAnimaliste smeared with blood under cellophane during a protest action in the city center of Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday, June 6, 2009. Sticker reads: meat. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)
South Korean Pro... South Korean protesters chant slogans while setting a mock missile on fire during a rally against North Korea at a park in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday June 3, 2009. North Korea is assembling a long-range missile capable of reaching Alaska, a news report said Wednesday, as the communist regime prepared to test-fire a barrage of missiles from both coasts. The moves further heightened tensions in the region following North Korea's underground nuclear test last week. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Dust Storm in Pa... Displaced people line up as they wait for the daily food ration during a sand storm at the Chota Lahore refugee camp, at Swabi, in northwest Pakistan, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. The Pakistani armed forces have secured control over several key towns during the month-old campaign in the volatile northwestern region, but the fighting has uprooted some 3 million people and triggered suspected reprisal attacks elsewhere in the country. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Hungarian Horsem... A traditional Hungarian horseman rides five horses during a horse show in the Puszta, the great Hungarian plain, near Bugac (110 km south of Budapest), Hungary, Sunday, May 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Rare White Rhino... Rare new white rhino calf, lies next to his mother, named Marina, background, during its debut at the Madrid Zoo, Thursday, June 4, 2009. The unnamed white rhino calf is only the third in the world to have been conceived through artificial insemination. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Soviet founder V... Georgian soldiers participating in NATO training exercises walk near a broken statue of the Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, foreground, at Vaziani military base, a former Soviet military facility, outside Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday May 31, 2009. Russia has sharply criticized the war games, saying they raise the threat of renewed conflict in the country 10 months after the Russia-Georgia war. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
Egyptian Police ... An Egyptian police officer warns a young souvenir vendor to leave the site of Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Wednesday, June 3, 2009, a day before US President Barack Obama's visit to the city, for an address to the Muslim world. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
A Lone Protester A lone protester uses his bamboo pole to hit police as they clash near the presidential palace Thursday, June 4, 2009 in Manila, Philippines. The protesting farmers alleged that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo manipulated the House of Representatives to pass the constituent assembly or the charter change insted of the agrarian reform bill. (AP Photo/ Pat Roque)
Obama and Clinto... U.S. President Barack Obama, right, tours the Sultan Hassan Mosque with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Obama arrived in Egypt on Thursday for high level meetings before delivering a much heralded speech to an audience at Cairo University.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Talk to the Hand Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol (16) of Spain catches Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard (12) in the face as Howard shoots during the first half of Game 1 of the NBA basketball finals Thursday, June 4, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Bosnian Muslim w... A Bosnian Muslim woman cries during a mass funeral in the village of Memici near Zvornik, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Piggiebacking Pl... Accompanied by a chase plane, the space shuttle Atlantis, aboard a NASA 747, departs the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., enroute to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, beginning the last leg of STS-125, its mission to repair the Hubble space telescope, Monday, June 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Cuban Cost Guard... Cuban coast guards, right, stop seven men trying to migrate illegally to the US on a foam raft near Havana's Malecon, Thursday, June 4, 2009. No one was arrested, according to police. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
Myanmar Temple C... A Myanmar man walks past a collapsed ancient pagoda "Danok" Sunday, May 31, 2009 in Yangon, Myanmar. The 2,300-year-old Myanmar temple building collapsed Saturday while workers were attempting to repair it, killing at least two people and injuring scores more, security officials said. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
Somogybabod Inte... A man waits for help to extract the off road vehicle from the quagmire, after getting stuck in the mud, during the annual Somogybabod International Off Road Festival in Somogybabod, 165 km (102 miles) southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, May 31, 2009. Environmentalists call to ban the annual off road event, saying that the hundreds of 4X4 vehicles destroy the forest area close to the Lake Balaton, Hungary's largest water and tourist resorts, but the participants seem to enjoy it. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Columbian Fashio... A model wears a creation by designer Diego Morales during a fashion show in Palmira, Colombia, Thursday, June 4, 2009.(AP Photo/Christian Escobar Mora)
Diving Tag Cincinnati Reds shortstop Alex Gonzalez, left, tries to put a tag on St. Louis Cardinals' Skip Schumaker as Schumaker slides into second base during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2009, in St. Louis. The play was ruled dead and Schumaker was sent back to first after a ball hit by St. Louis Cardinals' Colby Rasmus was ruled foul. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
150th Anniversar... A man watches smoke rings being formed during an aerial demonstration by Japan's Air Self Defense Force team Blue Impulse during the 150th anniversary celebration of the opening of a port in Yokohama, Japan, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Lightning Strike... A lightning strike at the Southern California Golf Association (SCGA) Golf Course is shown Wednesday June 3, 2009 in Temecula, Calif. Lightning and rain caused a delay at the CIF/SCGA championship at the golf course. A slew of lightning strikes pelted the region late Wednesday afternoon, with one woman hit and killed by one as she stood outside a home in Fontana, Calif. (AP Photo/Frank Bellino)
'Madonna of the ... Rocio's Virgin sculpture is carried through streets during a procession on Monday, June 1, 2009 in the village El Rocio, Huelva, southern Spain. Nearly a million people from all over Spain and Andalucia make the long journey to gather for a festival in a small hamlet of El Rocio in the marshland of the Guadalquivir River delta, where the statue of the 'Madonna of the Dew' has been worshipped since 1280. (AP Photo/Miguel Angel Morenatti)
Ring-tailed Lemu... Ring-tailed Lemur helps his two-month-old baby at Chiba Zoological Park near Tokyo, Sunday, May 31, 2009.(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Watching Obama Palestinian militants from the Popular Resistance Committee wear masks to conceal their identities from the camera as they pose with their weapons while watching the televised speech of U.S. President Barack Obama in front of journalists at a training base in Gaza City, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Quoting from the Quran for emphasis, President Obama called for a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims" Thursday and said together, they could confront violent extremism across the globe and advance the timeless search for peace in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)
Mexican Soccer L... Fans wait for the Mexican soccer league final game between Pumas and Pachuca to begin in Pachuca, Mexico, Sunday, May 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)
Long Jumping in ... American Funmi Jimoh jumps during the women's long jump event at the FBK games in Hengelo, eastern Netherlands, Monday June 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Fast Fox A lion hounds a little fox at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, Friday, June 5, 2009. The fox got into the lions' enclosure by mistake, and obviously had no fun in playing with the big cats. He managed to escape unhurt. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Construction in ... Palestinian Said Eid stands next to his house, not seen, as construction continues on a new housing development in the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa in east Jerusalem, background, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under heavy U.S. pressure to get peacemaking back on track by recognizing the Palestinians' right to a state of their own and halting settlement expansion in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Shootout Damage ... A Palestinian police officer examines the damage to a house following a shootout between Palestinian policemen and Hamas gunmen in the West Bank town of Qalqilya, Sunday, May 31, 2009. Top Hamas fugitives lobbed grenades and fired automatic weapons Sunday to push back Palestinian security forces storming their hideout, leaving six dead in the bloodiest clash since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas launched a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank two years ago. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Grand Slam Alabama left fielder Whitney Larsen misses a grand slam by Florida's Ali Gardiner that won the game in the ninth inning of an NCAA softball championship tournament matchup in Oklahoma City, Sunday, May 31, 2009. Florida won 6-5, eliminating Alabama from the tournament. (AP Photo)
A North Korean S... A North Korean soldier stands guard behind a barbed wire fence on the North Korean river bank across from Hekou, northeastern China's Liaoning province, Wednesday, June 3 , 2009. A senior American diplomat warned Wednesday that North Korea's nuclear test, barrage of short-range missiles and preparations for a long-range missile launch have put the regime on the wrong path and urged Pyongyang to return to disarmament talks.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Air Force One On... Air Force One, with U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at King Khalid International Airport, Wednesday, June 3, 2009 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
A North Korean P... A North Korean patrol boat is seen near a large octopus shaped kite along the Yalu river near Dandong, China, Tuesday, June 2 , 2009. North Korea pushed forward with preparations to test-fire more missiles in the wake of last week's nuclear test as leader Kim Jong Il moved to anoint his third son as heir to the world's first communist dynasty, reports and experts said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Displaced Girls ... Displaced girls line up as they wait for the daily ration during a food distribution at the Chota Lahore refugee camp, at Swabi, in northwest Pakistan, Monday, June 1, 2009. The Swat offensive has earned U.S. praise as troops have regained large swaths of the region from an estimated 4,000 militants. The fighting has forced up to 3 million people to evacuate. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Rebuilding in Ra... Jewish settlers remove soil from structures demolished earlier by Israeli troops in the illegal West Bank outpost of Ramat Migron, a hilltop site near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Under U.S. pressure, Israel has begun dismantling some two dozen illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank, sparking a spate of attacks from hard line Jewish settlers. On Wednesday, security forces dismantled two tiny outposts, including one that was rebuilt after it was taken down last week. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Thoroughbred at ... A thoroughbred works out on the muddy track at Belmont Park, Friday, June 5, 2009, in Elmont, N.Y. The 141st running of the Belmont Stakes is on Saturday.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Stanley Cup Fina... Detroit Red Wings center Darren Helm (43) checks Pittsburgh Penguins center Maxime Talbot into the boards in front of the Red Wings' bench in the first period of Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Fishing in Leoga... A woman holds a dish with filled with fish which is her daily payment payment after helping fishermen to pull their nets out of the ocean in Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Candlelight Vigi... Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria park Thursday, June 4, 2009, to mark the 20th anniversary of the June 4th military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Garbage Piled Hi... Residents walk past mounds of garbage piled up on the streets of the Sicilian capital of Palermo, southern Italy, Monday June 1, 2009. Garbage collectors are demanding more equipment to do their jobs. Residents are burning trash in an effort to reduce the amount of garbage, but, Sicilian officials warned that with the summer weather a health emergency is looming. (AP Photo/Alessandro Fucarini)
Horse and horsem... A traditional Hungarian horseman performs in the historic Heroes Square in Budapest, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
Royal Marines in... In this image made available by the Ministry of Defence in London, Wednesday June 3, 2009, sailors and Royal Marines from the Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland, intercept and board one of two pirate vessel during counter-piracy operations in coordination with a Spanish martime patrol aircraft, in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia, Tuesday June 2, 2009. The two pirate vessels which were found to be carrying extra barrels of fuels, grappling hooks, and a cache of weapons including rocket propelled grenades, machine guns and ammunition, were subsequently sunk by gunfire.(AP Photo,Alex Cave, Royal Navy, ho)
A Palestinian Sl... A Palestinian youth uses a sling-shot to hurl stones at Israeli troops, not pictured, during a protest against Israel's separation barrier before the televised speech of US President Barack Obama, in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Palestinian residents of Bilin hoped their protest on Thursday would bring their issue to the attention of Obama, as he delivers a speech in Egypt to connect with the Arab world. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Mime Soldier in ... A mime artist dressed as a Chinese PLA soldier marches during a street drama on a downtown street in Hong Kong Wednesday, June 3, 2009, to mark the 20th anniversary of the June 4th military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Spinning in Germ... German Philipp Boy spins during the men's Champiosn Trophy gymnastics event in Frankfurt, central Germany, Monday, June 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Sunset in the We... The sunset colors the sky behind a mosque minaret in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood, a promise to get out of Iraq quickly: That's what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia want to hear from President Barack Obama this week as he reaches out to them on Thursday in an anxiously anticipated speech. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
The Crew of Ende... The crew of space shuttle Endeavour, from back left, flight engineer Timothy Kopra, mission specialists Christopher Cassidy, David Wolf, and Thomas Marshburn, pilot Douglas Hurley, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette and commander Mark Polansky, leave the Operations and Checkout Building during dress rehearsal training for their upcoming launch at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, June 4, 2009. Endeavour is scheduled for a June 13 launch on a mission to the International Space Station.(AP Photo/John Raoux)
Jewish Settlers ... Jewish settlers rebuild a structure in the West Bank outpost of Maoz Esther, a hilltop site northeast of Ramallah, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Under U.S. pressure, Israel has begun dismantling some two dozen illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank sparking a spate of attacks from hardline Jewish settlers. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
A Gift from Saud... President Barack Obama takes off a gold chain for safekeeping after it was given to him by Saudi King Abdullah at the start of their bilateral meeting at the King's Farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Shiny New Car Journalists take photos of the first locally assembled Teana business-class sedan car during a ceremony marking the opening of Nissan assembly plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. The car plant is expected to produce 50,000 vehicles per year and to start rolling out cars at full capacity immediately after the opening, Nissan Motor Company said in a statement. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
The Bubble Theat... People watch a multimedia show in "The Bubble," a dome-shaped theater at the City of Dreams, one of the giant casino complex, in Macau, Monday, June 1, 2009. City of Dreams is an urban entertainment resort, feature a 420,000 square foot casino with an underwater theme. It's offer more than 500 gaming tables and 1,350 gaming machines. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)