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Indian Air Force (IAF) advanced light helicopters display team "Sarang" perform during the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) at the Air Force Academy (AFA) in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad June 27, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder

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Gay Pride Parade... Participants march during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Toronto on Sunday, June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Nathan Denette)
Indian Air Force... Indian Air Force (IAF) advanced light helicopters display team "Sarang" perform during the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) at the Air Force Academy (AFA) in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad June 27, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder
798 Art Zone A sculpture at Beijing's 798 Art Zone, June 22, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Protests at Ssan... A supporter of striking workers at Ssangyong Motor scuffles against policemen as the police block a protest in front of the automaker's main plant in Pyeongtaek, about 70 km (40 miles) south of Seoul, June 27, 2009. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
World's Ugliest ... Pabst competes in the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on Friday, June 26, 2009, in Petaluma, Calif. The toothy 4-year-old Boxer mix won top honors. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Elephants painte... Elephants painted as pandas are seen at the Royal Elephant Kraal in Ayutthaya province, 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok, June 26, 2009. Five of the elephants were led on a walkabout to send a message to the Thai public not to ignore its elephants, the symbolic animal of Thailand. A female panda and its newborn baby in the Chiang Mai zoo have captured the attention of the public. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang
Shtandart Frigat... People look at fireworks with the Shtandart frigate with scarlet sails floating on the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia, early Sunday, June 21, 2009. St. Peter and St. Poul Cathedral are seen on the left. The frigate participated in festivities marking school graduation. This week graduation ceremonies and celebrations are held all over Russia as students of elementary and high schools and military academies finished their education. The Shtandart frigate is an exact copy of a vessel created in the early 18th century after the design of Russian Emperor Peter the Great. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Hindu devotee ba... A Hindu devotee bathes her infant after taking a holy dip in the Sangam, the confluence of three rivers, the Ganges, the Yamuna and the Saraswati, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad June 22, 2009. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash
Ritual for rain Children lie in sludge as a ritual to induce rain, Nari Bari, about 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Allahabad, India, Friday, June 26, 2009. At least 24 people have died in a scorching heat wave that has swept through at least half a dozen Indian states, the weather department and officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
F-16 Fighting Fa... A F-16 Fighting Falcon from the air force of the Netherlands performs during the Airpower 09 airplane show in Zeltweg, Styria, Austria, on Saturday, June 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
Motorcycle wipe ... Hiroshi Aoyama of Japan steers his Honda motorcycle to win the 250cc race in Assen as Alvaro Bautista of Spain crashes his Aprilia, northern Netherlands, Saturday June 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)
French Army at t... A French Army stunt-flying Robin performs a demonstration flight at Le Bourget, north of Paris, during the 48th Paris Air Show, Sunday June 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
'Hang' A member of the service staff cleans the floor near the sculpture group "hang" in Dresden, Germany, Monday, June 22, 2009. Students of classes theater painting and theater plastics of the Dresden Art Academy present their works under the title "imitation" in the atrium of the Saxony ministry for finance. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel)
Child weighed in... A lab technician weighs a child at a hospital in Daggar, located in Buner district, about 220 km (137 miles) by road northwest of Islamabad, June 22, 2009. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Tangled up with ... Michael Llodra of France falls against a ball girl during his match against Tommy Haas of Germany at the Wimbledon tennis championships, in London June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
St. Petersburg S... People stand on an embankment of the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia, early Sunday, June 21, 2009, as they await the beginning of the traditional festivities to mark school graduation. The setting sun projects St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral's shadow on thick clouds in the background.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Sand Animal German carver Johanna Landscheidt sculptures their mythical creature during a sand sculptures competition in Guenthersdorf, eastern Germany, Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)
Frisbee at the B... A man plays on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday , June 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Demonstrators in... A Filipino student activist shouts slogans during a rally outside the Pandacan oil depot in Manila, Philippines on Monday June 22, 2009. The demonstrators were protesting the continued rise of oil products in the country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Mortars in Afgha... U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines fire mortars at Taliban positions from inside their base at Now Zad in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday June 22, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Monsoon Season Monsoon clouds hover over the sky as youngsters play volleyball in Mumbai, India, Monday, June 22, 2009. India's annual monsoon has advanced into more parts of the Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh states, the India Meteorological Department said. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Train Crash in W... District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington, D.C. Monday, June 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Navy Guns U.S. Navy sailors fire 9mm pistols during target practice aboard the USS Arleigh Burke,Tuesday, June 22, 2009 as they sail in the Indian ocean. The guided missile destroyer based out of Norfolk, Virginia, is currently on a training mission in the Indian ocean in conjunction with members of the Kenyan navy that is receiving training onboard with the goal of improving maritime safety and security for the area off the Horn of Africa, that has been plagued with piracy .(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
Suprised Robot Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays a surprised expression during a demonstration at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. KOBIAN which can express seven programmed emotions by using its entire body including facial expressions has been developed by researchers at Waseda's Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, led by Prof. Atsuo Takanashi, and robot manufacturer tmsuk, based in Kitakyushu, southern Japan. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Flooded Road in ... A woman and a car make their way on a flooded country road between Grabenstaett and Uebersee, southern Germany, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Hard rain had caused flooding in southern Bavaria. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
Ultra Orthodox J... Ultra Orthodox Jewish men pray at Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus, early Tuesday, June 23, 2009.The Israeli army allowed a few hundred religious Jews to pray at the the shrine which was partially destroyed by Palestinians during clashes in the year of 2000. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Airborne at the ... South Africa's Benson Mhlongo, left, is airborne after a challenge with Brazil's Ramires during their Confederations Cup semifinal soccer match at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Take Life by the... Zane Hankel wrestles his steer during the steer wrestling competition at the Reno Rodeo at the Reno Livestock Events Center in Reno, Nev., on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
King of Spain Vi... King Juan Carlos I of Spain, left, hongis (a traditional Maori greeting of pressing noses) with Rose White Tahuparae during his official welcome in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. King Juan Carlos l and Queen Sofia are on a five-day visit to New Zealand. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell)
Israeli Checkpoi... A Palestinian worker climbs through an opening in the barbed-wire as he joins others waiting to cross a checkpoint to work in Israel at the separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, early Sunday, June 21, 2009. Thousands of Palestinians cross daily into Israel as laborers who are required to have special permits issued by Israeli authorities. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Panda Cub An unnamed four-week old giant panda cub sleeps on the chest of its seven-year old mother, Lin Hui, at Thailand's Chiang Mai zoo in Chiang Mai province, Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Wichai Taprieu)
Mumbai Waves Children get drenched in a wave that hit the shore during high tide in the Arabian sea at the Worli promenade in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 23, 2009.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Roddick Serves Andy Roddick of U.S. serves on Jeremy Chardy of France during their first round singles match on centre court at Wimbledon, Tuesday, June23, 2009. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Almost A Diving ... LSU right fielder Jared Mitchell can't reach a double by Texas' Cameron Rupp in the third inning of Game 2 of the NCAA College World Series best-of-three baseball finals, in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Ted Kirk)
Dancing in the M... Menschen tanzen am spaeten Dienstagabend, 23. Juni 2009 vor der Kulisse der Werft Blohm und Voss in einem Beachclub in Hamburg Tango. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer) People dance tango in front of German shipyard Blohm&Voss at a beachclub in downtown Hamburg, Germany on late Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)
International Ma... A MiG-29 jet of aerobatics team the Strizhi (Swifts) performs during the International Maritime Defense show in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Big Hand A U.S. Army soldiers from the 37th Engineer Company is seen at the Crossed Swords monument in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The Iraqi government on Tuesday declared a public holiday to mark next week's withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Baghdad and other cities. American forces already have begun pulling back from outposts inside the cities ahead of a June 30 deadline, the first phase of a full withdrawal by the end of 2011.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Jellyfish Displa... A child looks into a jellyfish display tank at the Singapore Underwater World, Friday June 26, 2009 in Singapore.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Taking Flight South Africa's goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune dives for the ball during a training session at Rand Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. South Africa will face Brazil in a semifinal match in the Confederations Cup soccer tournament on Thursday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Gun Instruction Kenyan navy sailors watch as Gunners Mate First Class Benjamin O'Connor from Roanoke, Va., instructs them in the use of an M16 assault rifle aboard the USS Arleigh Burke, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 as they sail in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya. The USS Arleigh Burke is on a training mission in the Indian ocean with members of the Kenyan navy training onboard to improve maritime safety and security off the Horn of Africa, an area that has been troubled by pirates. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
Baby Elephant Asian calf elephant named Ko raya, who was born on March 15, 2009, takes a bath in the Berlin zoo on Friday, June 26, 2009 . (AP Photo/Fritz Reiss)
Lawn Yawn A woman sleeps in a deckchair outside the National Theatre, during a hot weather spell in London, Wednesday June 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Wimbledon Fans Tennis fans during a break in play between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain during their second round singles match at Wimbledon, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Sunset Soccer in... The US national soccer team are seen before a training session at the Seisa Ramabodu Stadium, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Spain will face the USA Wednesday in a semifinal Confederations Cup soccer match. (AP Photo/Paul Thomas)
Heat Wave in Ind... Religious Muslim tourists on their way to Ajmer Sharif shrine take a nap under their tourist bus to keep off the heat as they visit the holy Muslim sites in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 26, 2009. At least 24 people have died in a scorching heat wave that has swept over half a dozen Indian states, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
Flood Waters A woman uses a bucket to empty water from the office of an insurance company after torrential rain flooded the streets of Koeszeg, 220 kms west of Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The level of the water reached 40-50 centimeters and residents of three family houses had to evacuated. (AP Photo/MTI, Andrea Gerencser)
Queens Posing fo... Queens, winners of different regional contests, pose for pictures as they take part in Saint John the Baptist celebrations in San Juan Sacatepequez, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Pile of Celebrat... LSU players, including Leon Landry (6), pile up after defeating Texas 11-4 in the deciding game of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, June 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Ted Kirk)
Protest Against ... Ultra-Orthodox Jews wearing sack cloths, a sign of mourning in the Jewish religion, react, during a prayer and protest against a gay pride parade taking place in another part of Jerusalem, Thursday, June 25, 2009. About 2,000 participants in a gay pride parade marched peacefully through Jerusalem, Thursday. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
Sliding to Safet... Sparks fly as American Stevie Bonsey crashes his Aprilia during the 250cc qualifying session in Assen, northern Netherlands, Friday June 26, 2009. Bonsey was uninjured and later walked back to the pit lane. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Demonstrator Sur... A Palestinian demonstrator reacts as he get caught in tear gas fired by Israeli troops, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, June 26, 2009. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
Ball Boy at Wimb... A young ball boy returns s ball from Germany's Tommy Haas, on the Number One court at Wimbledon, Wednesday June 24, 2009, when Haas' men's singles, second round match was abandoned, after opponent Michael Llodra of France collided with a ball girl, and retired injured from the match.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Parting the Wate... Filipinos support an image of the Virgin Mary as they cross floodwaters at a flood-prone area of Malabon, north of Manila, Philippines on Thursday June 25, 2009. Tropical storm Nangka cut across the northern Philippines, leaving at least eight killed and 11 missing amid widespread flooding, officials said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Tibetan Refugees... Tibetan refugees marching towards Tibet are taken by Nepalese police during their protest against the Chinese government at Andheri town, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the Nepal-China border, in Nepal, Friday, June 26, 2009. Officials say police in Nepal detained dozens of Tibetan refugees heading toward the Chinese border to protest. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Marine on Mars A U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, looks around the area after dismounting from his vehicle during a patrol near the town of Now Zad in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Russian Knights Su-27 jets of aerobatics team Russkiye Vityasy (Russian Knights) and MiG-29 of the Strizhi (Swifts) perform during the International Maritime Defense show in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Red Cross, Blue ... Red Cross personel, left, give a hand to a newly arrived migrant at Los Cristianos' port in Arona in the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife on Thursday, June 25, 2009. About 40 migrants were intercepted by Spanish cost guards 4 nautical miles from the coast. (AP Photo/Carlos Moreno)
Torpedo Launch A non-explosive training torpedo is launched from the deck of the USS Arleigh Burke Thursday June 25, 2009, as they sail in the Indian Ocean between the Kenyan coast and the Seychelles Islands. The USS Arleigh Burke is on a training mission in the Indian ocean with members of the Kenyan navy onboard in a program to improve maritime safety and security in East Africa, a part of the area troubled by piracy. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
Peering Through ... A displaced Pakistani boy peers through a hole in a kitchen tent to see when food will be available at the Jalozai refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. More than 2 million people have been uprooted by the fighting in the country's tumultuous Swat Valley, which exodus international aid agencies say is threatening to become a humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
What's Cooking i... Bulgarian Muslims cook as they stir "kurban", boiled mutton, in a pot during the traditional prayer for rich harvest, in the village of Topolovo, east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Sunday, June 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov)
Kayaking in a Fl... A man kayaks in a flooded road after heavy rainfall inundated St. Leonard am Forst, Lower Austria, Austria, on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
Phone Fans iPhone fans Mitsuru Ando, left, Ryota Musha, center, and Yoshiki Ono share a light moment while waiting outside a Softbank office before the ceremonial event for the first day sales of iPhone 3G S in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, June 26, 2009.(AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Lady Gaga perfor... Lady Gaga performs during the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto June 21, 2009. REUTERS/Mark Blinch