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    • People watch fireworks during the first edition of 'Golden Nights' International Pyrotechnic Festival in Bucharest July 5, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      People watch fireworks during the first edition of 'Golden Nights' International Pyrotechnic Festival in Bucharest July 5, 2008.

    • Australian singer Kylie Minogue smiles as she poses for photographers with the OBE she received from Britain's Prince Charles for her services to music at Buckingham Palace in London July 3, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Australian singer Kylie Minogue smiles as she poses for photographers with the OBE she received from Britain's Prince Charles for her services to music at Buckingham Palace in London July 3, 2008.

    • Serena (L) and Venus Williams of the U.S. talk to each other during their quarter-finals doubles match against Bethanie Mattek of the U.S. and Sania Mirza of India at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 2, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.

      Serena (L) and Venus Williams of the U.S. talk to each other during their quarter-finals doubles match against Bethanie Mattek of the U.S. and Sania Mirza of India at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 2, 2008.

    • Acrobats perform during the presentation of A400M military aircraft in Seville, southern Spain June 26, 2008. Europe unveiled the A400M military aircraft on Thursday, giving the public a first glimpse of a powerful turboprop plane built to supply seven NATO countries with urgently needed strategic airlift capacity. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Acrobats perform during the presentation of A400M military aircraft in Seville, southern Spain June 26, 2008. Europe unveiled the A400M military aircraft on Thursday, giving the public a first glimpse of a powerful turboprop plane built to supply seven NATO countries with urgently needed strategic airlift capacity.

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    • Air conditioning pipes hang precariously after crashing through a temporary ceiling directly above the press area during a briefing by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping who was speaking at a briefing in Hong Kong on the city's preparedness ahead of the equestrian events of the forthcoming Olympic Games, Hong Kong, China, Sunday, July 6, 2008. Xi Jinping is tipped to become the next leader of China in five years time when Hu Jintao steps down. No one was hurt in the incident, although some officials in the room were left red-faced. From AP Photo by Alex Hofford.

      Air conditioning pipes hang precariously after crashing through a temporary ceiling directly above the press area during a briefing by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping who was speaking at a briefing in Hong Kong on the city's preparedness ahead of the equestrian events of the forthcoming Olympic Games, Hong Kong, China, Sunday, July 6, 2008. Xi Jinping is tipped to become the next leader of China in five years time when Hu Jintao steps down. No one was hurt in the incident, although some officials in the room were left red-faced.

    • Spain's Prime Minister and Socialists' party leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero gestures at the end of his party national congress in Madrid July 6, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Spain's Prime Minister and Socialists' party leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero gestures at the end of his party national congress in Madrid July 6, 2008.

    • Hungarian Daniel Varga (R) is fouled by Greek Georgios Ntoskas (2nd R)  as Greek Dimitrios Mazis (L) and Hungarian Norbert Madaras (R) look on in the aquatic center swimming pool of Spanish coastal city of Malaga on July 6,  2008 during a group match between their teams in the European Water Polo Championships. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      Hungarian Daniel Varga (R) is fouled by Greek Georgios Ntoskas (2nd R) as Greek Dimitrios Mazis (L) and Hungarian Norbert Madaras (R) look on in the aquatic center swimming pool of Spanish coastal city of Malaga on July 6, 2008 during a group match between their teams in the European Water Polo Championships.

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    • LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 12:  Actor Dustin Diamond (R) poses with a fan as he walks through the Adult Video News Adult Entertainment Expo at the Sands Expo Center January 12, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The three-day AVN expo is the largest adult entertainment trade show in the world, drawing over 29,000 people and featuring close to 340 vendors. The show runs through tomorrow.  (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dustin Diamond From Getty Images.

      LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 12: Actor Dustin Diamond (R) poses with a fan as he walks through the Adult Video News Adult Entertainment Expo at the Sands Expo Center January 12, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The three-day AVN expo is the largest adult entertainment trade show in the world, drawing over 29,000 people and featuring close to 340 vendors. The show runs through tomorrow. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dustin Diamond

    • PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 20:  Actor Dustin Diamond poses for a portrait during the 2007 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2007 in Park City, Utah. From Getty Images.

      PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 20: Actor Dustin Diamond poses for a portrait during the 2007 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2007 in Park City, Utah.

    • In this image released by Universal Studios, the Hulk is shown in a scene from, "The Incredible Hulk. " Now producing its own film adaptations for all but a few previously licensed superheroes, Marvel Studios unveils "The Incredible Hulk" on the heels of blockbuster "Iron Man," whose 2010 sequel will be followed by an ambitious Marvel lineup. With an estimated 5,000 characters and a wealth of stories dating back nearly 70 years, Marvel could spin an endless web of big-screen yarns. From AP Photo by Rhythm & Hues.

      In this image released by Universal Studios, the Hulk is shown in a scene from, "The Incredible Hulk. " Now producing its own film adaptations for all but a few previously licensed superheroes, Marvel Studios unveils "The Incredible Hulk" on the heels of blockbuster "Iron Man," whose 2010 sequel will be followed by an ambitious Marvel lineup. With an estimated 5,000 characters and a wealth of stories dating back nearly 70 years, Marvel could spin an endless web of big-screen yarns.

    • The King Kong attraction on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot tour is shown in this undated publicity photo. A fire rages out of control at the backlot filled with movie sets at Universal Studios in Universal City, California June 1, 2008, 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles. It is believed that the King Kong attraction was destroyed. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      The King Kong attraction on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot tour is shown in this undated publicity photo. A fire rages out of control at the backlot filled with movie sets at Universal Studios in Universal City, California June 1, 2008, 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles. It is believed that the King Kong attraction was destroyed.

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The signature of President Abraham Lincoln is seen in this letter he wrote in 1854, and photographed at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. The library has unveiled for the first time for public display a series of letters owned by Kennedy that were written by former presidents. From AP Photo by Elise Amendola.
4 months ago: The signature of President Abraham Lincoln is seen in this letter he wrote in 1854, and photographed at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. The library has unveiled for the first time for public display a series of letters owned by Kennedy that were written by former presidents.
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  • A woman has her picture taken with actors portraying former US presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington before the start of the national Independence Day parade on July 4, 2008 in Washington, DC. The Parade consists of invited bands, fife and drum corps, floats, military and specialty units, giant balloons, equestrian, drill teams, VIP's, national dignitaries, and celebrity participants, and is a major national event which seeks to draw the attention of Americans to the real meaning for the holiday. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Jack Hiddlestone holds an old postcard of Lake Lincoln as he stands by a pool complex which has replaced the lake, at Nay Aug Park in Scranton, Pa., during an interview Monday, June 30, 2008. Sometime in the early decades of the 20th century, a 16-foot-tall statue of Abraham Lincoln, which was dedicated at Nay Aug Park with great fanfare on July 4, 1909, the centennial year of Lincoln's birth,  simply vanished. From AP Photo by Jimmy May.
  • A postcard in Jack Hiddlestone's collection, seen Monday June 30, 2008, shows Lake Lincoln swimming area at Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pa., with the missing monument to president Abraham Lincoln seen to the left of the bathhouse on the far shore. Sometime in the early decades of the 20th century, a 16-foot-tall statue of Abraham Lincoln, which was dedicated at Nay Aug Park with great fanfare on July 4, 1909, the centennial year of Lincoln's birth,  simply vanished. From AP Photo by AP.
  • A postcard in Jack Hiddlestone's collection is seen Monday June 30, 2008, and shows the missing monument to President Abraham Lincoln as it stood in the Nay Aug Park in Scranton, Pa.  Sometime in the early decades of the 20th century,  the 16-foot-tall statue of Abraham Lincoln, which was dedicated at Nay Aug Park with great fanfare on July 4, 1909, the centennial year of Lincoln's birth,  simply vanished. From AP Photo by JIMMY MAY.
  • SAN FRANCISCO - JUNE 17:  Same-sex couple Amber Weiss (R) and Sharon Papo (C) walk with Patty Weiss by an Abraham Lincoln statue after they were married at San Francisco City Hall June 17, 2008 in San Francisco, California. Same-sex couples throughout California are rushing to get married as counties begin issuing marriage licenses after a State Supreme Court ruling to allow same-sex marriage. From Getty Images.
  • This photo provided by the Sons of Confederate Veterans shows a statue of Jefferson Davis near completion in a studio in Lexington Va. on Tuesday June 17, 2008. The Statue has been commissioned by the Sons of Confederate Veterans for the American Civil War Center in Richmond. The Southern heritage group, Sons of Confederate Veterans, that opposed a statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the American Civil War Center is offering to donate the $100,000 statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis for the same site. From AP Photo by Gary Casteel.
  • Los Angeles Lakers assistant basketball coach Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is seen next to the the Larry O'Brien NBA championship trophy on display at the NBA Entertainment work room in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Abdul-Jabbar was NBA championship teams six times in his career. "For us, we're all about history, so you get someone like Kareem to come in, that's like our Abraham Lincoln," said Paul Hirschheimer, NBAE senior vice president of multimedia production. From AP Photo by Damian Dovarganes.
  • Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., views the presidential carvings at Mount Rushmore as she campaigns near Keystone, S.D., Wednesday, May 28, 2008. The presidents, from left, are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. From AP Photo by Elise Amendola.
  • Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., visits  the presidential carvings at the Mount Rushmore National Monument, near Keystone, S.D., Wednesday, May 28, 2008, as she campaigns in South Dakota. The presidents carved into the mountain are, left to right, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. From AP Photo by Elise Amendola.
  • Kurt Solmssen with the Fairmount Park Art Association performs annual conservation maintenance on an 1871 Randolph Rogers statue of Abraham Lincoln, along Kelly Drive  in Philadelphia, Friday, May 23, 2008. From AP Photo by Matt Rourke.
  • Oprah Winfrey speaks before presenting the Lincoln Leadership Award to Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at the Ritz-Carton Hotel in Chicago. Tutu is the second recipient, after retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was honored in 2006. His portrait will hang on the second floor of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, next to a painting of the 16th President. From AP Photo by Paul  Beaty.
  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa speaks after receiving the Lincoln Leadership Award from Oprah Winfrey, Tuesday, May 13, 2008  at the Ritz-Carton Hotel in Chicago. Tutu is the second recipient, after retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was honored in 2006. His portrait will hang on the second floor of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, next to a painting of the 16th President. From AP Photo by Paul  Beaty.
  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa speaks after receiving the Lincoln Leadership Award from Oprah Winfrey, Tuesday, May 13, 2008  at the Ritz-Carton Hotel in Chicago. Tutu is the second recipient, after retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was honored in 2006. His portrait will hang on the second floor of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, next to a painting of the 16th President. From AP Photo by Paul  Beaty.
  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa speaks after receiving the Lincoln Leadership Award from Oprah Winfrey, Tuesday, May 13, 2008  at the Ritz-Carton Hotel in Chicago. Tutu is the second recipient, after retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was honored in 2006. His portrait will hang on the second floor of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, next to a painting of the 16th President. From AP Photo by Paul  Beaty.
  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu greets Oprah Winfrey during the Lincoln Leadership Award presentation to at the Ritz-Carton Hotel in Chicago, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Tutu is the second recipient, after retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was honored in 2006. His portrait will hang on the second floor of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, next to a painting of the 16th President. From AP Photo by Paul  Beaty.
  • Human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu greets supporters in front of a portrait of himself at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Tutu is expected to accept the Lincoln Leadership Prize Tuesday from presenter Oprah Winfrey at an award dinner. Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 as the voice of peaceful resistance against apartheid in South Africa. From AP Photo by Seth Perlman.
  • Human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu greets supporters under a  watchful gaze from a portrait of Abraham Lincoln at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Tutu is expected to accept the Lincoln Leadership Prize Tuesday  from presenter Oprah Winfrey at an award dinner. Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 as the voice of peaceful resistance against apartheid in South Africa. From AP Photo by Seth Perlman.
  • Human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu greets supporters under a  watchful gaze from a portrait of Abraham Lincoln at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Tutu is expected to accept the Lincoln Leadership Prize Tuesday  from presenter Oprah Winfrey at an award dinner. Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 as the voice of peaceful resistance against apartheid in South Africa. From AP Photo by Seth Perlman.
  • Demonstrators unfurl a replica of a "'Mission Accomplished" banner outside of the White House in Washington on Thursday, May 1, 2008, marking the fifth anniversary of President Bush's speech aboard USS  Abraham Lincoln, with a similar banner in the background. From AP Photo by Jose Luis Magana.
  • Bob Mobley, from Delaware, who support the War in Iraq and President Bush, right, complains about demonstrators replica of  "Mission Accomplished"  banner displayed outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 1, 2008, on the anniversary of President Bush's speech aboard USS  Abraham Lincoln, where a similar banner was displayed. From AP Photo by Jose Luis Magana.
  • Demonstrators display a replica of "'Mission Accomplished" banner outside of the White House in Washington on Thursday, May 1, 2008, marking the fifth anniversary of President Bush's speech aboard USS  Abraham Lincoln, with a similar banner in the background. From AP Photo by Jose Luis Magana.
  • Demonstrators display a replica of "'Mission Accomplished" banner outside of the White House in Washington on Thursday, May 1, 2008, marking the fifth anniversary of President Bush's speech aboard USS  Abraham Lincoln, with a similar banner in the background. From AP Photo by Jose Luis Magana.
  • Mark DeLong reacts to changes in temperatures shown on the laptop computer while Jim Willis, right, confers in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. In the background is the monitor for the four night vision video cameras as they investigate any paranormal activity along a railroad track. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana. From AP Photo by Skip Peterson.
  • Mark DeLong monitors a laptop computer connected to devices which measure heat end energy levels  while Jim Willis, right, keeps a watch on the monitor for the four video cameras as they investigate any paranormal activity along a railroad track in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana. From AP Photo by Skip Peterson.
  • Mark DeLong monitors a laptop computer  connected to devices which measure heat end energy levels as he investigates any paranormal activity along a railroad track in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana. From AP Photo by Skip Peterson.
  • Jim Willis of Ghosts of Ohio sets up a night vision video camera as he sets up to investigate any paranormal activity along a railroad track in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana. From AP Photo by Skip Peterson.
  • Members of Ghosts of Ohio and local people gather along the railroad tracks as they prepare to investigate any paranormal activity along a railroad track in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana. From AP Photo by Skip Peterson.
  • Nick Fields, center, explains his experience from the previous year to Jim Willis, left, as they set up to investigate any paranormal activity along a railroad track in Urbana, Ohio on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. On the right is Elizabeth Trick, who also witnessed the paranormal activity one year earlier. Local legend indicates that a ghost train which carried the body of Abraham Lincoln has been sighted in this area on April 29, the same date that Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Urbana. From AP Photo by Skip Peterson.
  • WASHINGTON - APRIL 11:  The Abraham Lincoln mascot from the Nationals Major League Baseball team entertains school children as they wait in line to enter the grand opening of the Newseum April 11, 2008 in Washington, DC. The 250,000-square-foot interactive news museum is located on Pennsylvania Avenue between the U.S. Capitol and the White House. From Getty Images.
  • Spanish Civil War veteran Abe Osheroff, 94, points out photos to his son, Dov Osheroff, rear, at the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Monument, a memorial to Americans who joined the conflict, in San Francisco on Sunday, March 30, 2008. Osheroff who passed away shortly after the inauguration ceremony said, "I thank you, on behalf of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, for making us immortal. From AP Photo by Jakub Mosur.
  • Spanish Civil War veteran Abe Osheroff, 94, points out photos to his son, Dov Osheroff, rear, at the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Monument, a memorial to Americans who joined the conflict, in San Francisco on Sunday, March 30, 2008. Osheroff who passed away shortly after the inauguration ceremony said, "I thank you, on behalf of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, for making us immortal." From AP Photo by Jakub Mosur.
  • Spanish Civil War veteran David Smith, 94, speaks with Joan Balter in front of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Monument, a memorial to soldiers who fought in the  War in San Francisco on Sunday, March 30, 2008. Only about three dozen of those who snuck aboard ships and crossed the mountains from France to fight survived to see the United State's first public memorial to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, as they were known. From AP Photo by Jakub Mosur.
  • Spanish Civil War veteran James Nate Thornton, 93,  sits in front of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Monument, a memorial to soldiers who fought in the Spanish Civil War from  in San Francisco, March 30, 2008. The faces of some of the approximately 3,000 men and women who broke American isolationism to volunteer in the 1936-1939 Spanish war look out from the translucent onyx squares of a monument recently inaugurated on the city's touristed Embarcadero. From AP Photo by Jakub Mosur.
  • A piece of paper signed by Abraham Lincoln on the day he dedicated the Gettysburg Cemetary that is part of a collection of historical American manuscripts to be auctioned by Sotheby's can be seen in New York March 28, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A piece of paper signed by Abraham Lincoln that is part of a collection of historical American manuscripts to be auctioned by Sotheby's can be seen in New York March 28, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Selby Kiffer, American manuscript expert at Sotheby's, holds a letter written by Abraham Lincoln responding to children asking that he free "all the little slave children" that is part of a collection of historical American manuscripts to be auctioned by Sotheby's in New York March 28, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Selby Kiffer, American manuscript expert at Sotheby's, stands in front of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln responding to children asking that he free "all the little slave children" that is part of a collection of historical American manuscripts to be auctioned by Sotheby's in New York March 28, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Illinois US Senator and Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama (C) waves after being endorsed by Pennsylvania Democratic US Senator Bob Casey (R) on March 28, 2008 at the Soldiers and Sailors Military Museum and Memorial in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Behind them is text of the 1863 Gettysburg Address by US President Abraham Lincoln. Obama will embark on a bus tour of the state, leading to the 22 April primary. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Persons dressed in the costumes depicting (L-R)Former US presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln are among thousands of guests participating in the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • U.S. President George W. Bush (R) speaks alongside Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili in front of a portrait of former U.S President Abraham Lincoln in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington March 19, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.
  • Cane cutters prepare the soil for new crop at the Abraham Lincoln sugar mill in Artemisa, Cuba, in this August 13, 2006 file picture. Cuba has partially lifted a ban on farmers buying supplies in the latest sign its new President Raul Castro is looking to individual initiative to stimulate food production. Picture taken August 13, 2006. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • WASHINGTON - MARCH 13:   U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral speaks on the redesigned $5 bill to students from Tri-Community Public Charter School during an event to introduce the bank note at the newly restored President Abraham Lincoln�s Cottage March 13, 2008 in Washington. The new bill is produced with new counterfeit features which are easier to check. From Getty Images.


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Air conditioning pipes hang precariously after crashing through a temporary ceiling directly above the press area during a briefing by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping who was speaking at a briefing in Hong Kong on the city's preparedness ahead of the equestrian events of the forthcoming Olympic Games, Hong Kong, China, Sunday, July 6, 2008. Xi Jinping is tipped to become the next leader of China in five years time when Hu Jintao steps down. No one was hurt in the incident, although some officials in the room were left red-faced. From AP Photo by Alex Hofford.

Air conditioning pipes hang precariously after crashing through a temporary ceiling directly above the press area during a briefing by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping who was speaking at a briefing in Hong Kong on the city's preparedness ahead of the equestrian events of the forthcoming Olympic Games, Hong Kong, China, Sunday, July 6, 2008. Xi Jinping is tipped to become the next leader of China in five years time when Hu Jintao steps down. No one was hurt in the incident, although some officials in the room were left red-faced.

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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping speaks at a briefing in Hong Kong on the city's preparedness ahead of the equestrian events of the forthcoming Olympic Games, Hong Kong, Sunday, July. 6, 2008. Xi Jinping is tipped to become the next leader of China in five years time when Hu Jintao steps down. From AP Photo by Alex Hofford.

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping speaks at a briefing in Hong Kong on the city's preparedness ahead of the equestrian events of the forthcoming Olympic Games, Hong Kong, Sunday, July. 6, 2008. Xi Jinping is tipped to become the next leader of China in five years time when Hu Jintao steps down.

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Renault driver Fernando Alonso of Spain steers his car during the Silverstone Formula One Grand Prix, in Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 6, 2008. From AP Photo by LUCA BRUNO.

Renault driver Fernando Alonso of Spain steers his car during the Silverstone Formula One Grand Prix, in Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 6, 2008.

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The pack is seen during the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Auray and Saint-Brieuc, western France, Sunday July 6, 2008. From AP Photo by CHRISTOPHE ENA.

The pack is seen during the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Auray and Saint-Brieuc, western France, Sunday July 6, 2008.

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Revelers jump from a fountain during the 'Chupinazo,' the official opening of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, July 6, 2008. The San Fermin festival, held since 1591, attract tens of thousands of people each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. From AP Photo by Victor R. Caivano.

Revelers jump from a fountain during the 'Chupinazo,' the official opening of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, July 6, 2008. The San Fermin festival, held since 1591, attract tens of thousands of people each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights.

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Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil steers his car during the Silverstone Formula One Grand Prix, in Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 6, 2008. From AP Photo by LUCA BRUNO.

Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil steers his car during the Silverstone Formula One Grand Prix, in Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 6, 2008.

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McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the Silverstone Formula One Grand Prix, in Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 6, 2008. From AP Photo by LUCA BRUNO.

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the Silverstone Formula One Grand Prix, in Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 6, 2008.

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