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U.S. Republican vice- presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Republican vice- presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to the crowd after U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain delivered his concession speech in Phoenix, November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during his visit to ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during his visit to the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Severodvinsk July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool

U.S. soldiers of Mortar Platoon from the 4-25FA Battalion, 3 ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. soldiers of Mortar Platoon from the 4-25FA Battalion, 3 Brigade, 10th Mountain Division fire shells for targeting as they prepare for possible attacks ahead of the United States Independence Day at the Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

U.S marines patrol in the Garmsir district of Helmand province ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S marines patrol in the Garmsir district of Helmand province July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev stands during the recording ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev stands during the recording of his Internet blog at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov

Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya light ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya light a flame from bottles of spray paint as they pass in front of the Congress building during a march in Tegucigalpa July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Henry Romero

A Pakistani soldier stands guard as an army helicopter flies ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Pakistani soldier stands guard as an army helicopter flies overhead in Swat district, May 22, 2009. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed

An Israeli Dolphin-class submarine docks in a file photo. REUTERS/File ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Israeli Dolphin-class submarine docks in a file photo. REUTERS/File

Police in full riot gear walk past residents in this undated ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Police in full riot gear walk past residents in this undated photo uploaded to Twitter July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Twitter

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (C), Chile's Finance Minister ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (C), Chile's Finance Minister Andres Velasco (centre L) and Mexico's Finance Minister Agustin Carstens (centre R) attend the opening ceremony of the Second Meeting of Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean, at Vina del Mar city July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Russian Matryoshka dolls decorated with images of U.S. President ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian Matryoshka dolls decorated with images of U.S. President Barack Obama (R), his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev (C) and Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are seen on display at a market in Moscow July 3, 2009. Obama leaves for Moscow Sunday to take part in talks with Russian officials. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov

Michael Jackson and former wife Debbie Rowe pose for a wedding ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Michael Jackson and former wife Debbie Rowe pose for a wedding photo minutes after the ceremony in California in this November 14, 1996 file photo. REUTERS/Handout/Files

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev listens during a visit to ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev listens during a visit to Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk July 2, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov

An Iranian cleric prays during Friday prayers in Tehran July ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Iranian cleric prays during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

A deserted village in South Wazirstan is seen in this May 18, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A deserted village in South Wazirstan is seen in this May 18, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Simon Cameron-Moore

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a joint news ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a joint news conference with Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso at the latter's official residence in Tokyo July 1, 2009. Ban has a rare meeting with Myanmar's top general on Friday where he will urge the secretive leader to free all political prisoners and ensure next year's elections are credible. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

U.S. Marines tear down a mud wall next to a compound which they ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Marines tear down a mud wall next to a compound which they will use as a base in the village of Sorkhdoz in Helmand River Valley, July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Baris Atayman

Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, is pictured ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, is pictured in an ambulance while arriving at the prison Stadelheim in Munich, May 12, 2009. REUTERS/Pool

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves upon his arrival ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves upon his arrival at Comalapa international airport, in San Salvador July 2, 2009. REUTERS/La Prensa Grafica/Milton Flores/Pool

Anti-North Korea protesters shout slogans behind North Korean ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Anti-North Korea protesters shout slogans behind North Korean flags and mock North Korean missiles at a rally denouncing the North's missile launch, in Seoul July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak

Presidential candidates Megawati Sukarnoputri (L) and Susilo ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Presidential candidates Megawati Sukarnoputri (L) and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono take part in a television debate in Jakarta July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi

Palaeontologist Scott Hocknull analyses the Diamantinasaurus ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palaeontologist Scott Hocknull analyses the Diamantinasaurus matildae fossils at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs facility in Winton, Western Queensland in this undated handout picture. REUTERS/Australian Age of Dinosaurs/Handout

Pop star Michael Jackson and his new wife Debbie Rowe pose for ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Pop star Michael Jackson and his new wife Debbie Rowe pose for a wedding photo minutes after the ceremony in California in this November 14, 1996 file photo. REUTERS/Handout/Files

A man, still holding his weapon in hand, lies on the ground ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man, still holding his weapon in hand, lies on the ground after being shot dead in a jungle in southern Thailand's Yala Province in this June 23, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom/Files

Activists of Amnesty International hold posters showing a picture ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Activists of Amnesty International hold posters showing a picture of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest to mark her 64th birthday in Berlin, June 19, 2009. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

A soldier stands guard as supporters of Honduras' ousted President ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A soldier stands guard as supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya hold a banner with Zelaya's picture during a march in Tegucigalpa July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Henry Romero

North Korean soldiers walk along the North Korean/ Chinese border ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean soldiers walk along the North Korean/ Chinese border near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese city of Dandong, July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Jacky Chen

People stroll outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles in a ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People stroll outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles in a file photo. REUTERS/Sam Mircovich

A U.S. soldier shakes hands with a local elder, Mohammad Akbar, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier shakes hands with a local elder, Mohammad Akbar, in the village of Sorkhdoz in Helmand River Valley in Afghanistan July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in an Afghan valley on Thursday, marking the start of a major new effort by the Obama administration to regain the initiative in the war. Locals expressed cautious reactions to the arrival of the U.S. forces. REUTERS/Baris Atayman

Soldiers are seen behind shields at the National Congress in ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Soldiers are seen behind shields at the National Congress in Tegucigalpa July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

A convoy of U.S. army trucks in Taliban-held territory advances ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A convoy of U.S. army trucks in Taliban-held territory advances in the lower Helmand river valley July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Reuters TV

United States Vice-President Joe Biden (R) is greeted by U.S. ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - United States Vice-President Joe Biden (R) is greeted by U.S. Army General Raymond Odierno, the Commanding General of the Multi-Nation Force in Iraq, in Baghdad early July 2, 2009. Biden's three-day visit comes after President Barack Obama appointed him to help coordinate Iraq policy as U.S. officials lay the groundwork for a full withdrawal of U.S. forces by 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Quinn

Flowers are placed on the star of Michael Jackson on the Hollywood ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Flowers are placed on the star of Michael Jackson on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

A Palestinian man sits in front of a house destroyed during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian man sits in front of a house destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched in Gaza last December, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

U.S. Marines walk at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province July 2, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Marines walk at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Newly elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Newly elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Yukiya Amano of Japan briefs the media at Vienna's UN headquarters July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer

U.S. soldiers walk beside a convoy of U.S. army trucks in Taliban-held ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. soldiers walk beside a convoy of U.S. army trucks in Taliban-held territory advancing in the lower Helmand river valley July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Reuters TV

Debris from Air France flight AF447 float on the Atlantic Ocean, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Debris from Air France flight AF447 float on the Atlantic Ocean, some 745 miles (1,200 km) northeast of Recife, in this Navy handout released on June 17, 2009. REUTERS/Brazilian Navy/Handout

An ambulance escorts 14-year-old Franco-Comoran girl Bahia Bakari, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An ambulance escorts 14-year-old Franco-Comoran girl Bahia Bakari, the lone survivor of the crashed Yemenia aircraft, at the Le Bourget airport near Paris July 2, 2009, after her arrival in France. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he enters the ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he enters the room before meeting with Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum, in Tehran July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits to the Hamhung semiconductor ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits to the Hamhung semiconductor materials factory in South Hamgyong Province, North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on July 1, 2009. REUTERS/KCNA

Policemen and their vehicles are seen at the site of bomb attack ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Policemen and their vehicles are seen at the site of bomb attack in Baghdad's Abu Nawas, July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

An ambulance transports 14-year-old Franco-Comoran girl Bahia ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An ambulance transports 14-year-old Franco-Comoran girl Bahia Bakari, the lone survivor of the crashed Yemenia aircraft, at the Le Bourget airport near Paris July 2, 2009, after her arrival in France. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

A U.S. Marine aims his rifle while travelling in a convoy into ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A U.S. Marine aims his rifle while travelling in a convoy into Taliban-held territory during an assault in the lower Helmand river valley July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Peter Graff

An ambulance escorts 14-year-old Franco-Comoran girl Bahia Bakari, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An ambulance escorts 14-year-old Franco-Comoran girl Bahia Bakari, the lone survivor of the crashed Yemenia aircraft, at the Prince Said Ibrahim airport in Moronoi July 1, 2009, before Bakari was evacuated to France. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

A U.S. Marine from 5th Battalion 10th Marines patrols with a ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A U.S. Marine from 5th Battalion 10th Marines patrols with a member of an Afghan border guard unit in the desert of the lower Helmand River valley, in southern Afghanistan July 1, 2009. REUTERS/ Peter Graff

Amnesty International Researcher Donatella Rovera looks through ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Amnesty International Researcher Donatella Rovera looks through a copy of a report during an interview with Reuters at a television studio in Jerusalem July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

A Palestinian girl stands in front of a destroyed house in Khan ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian girl stands in front of a destroyed house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

A member of the Palestinian security forces walks past a mural ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A member of the Palestinian security forces walks past a mural depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) and the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the West Bank city of Jenin January 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Hefei, Anhui ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Hefei, Anhui province July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jianan Yu