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    • 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.

    • A group of people look at the sun, standing on the rocky crest filled with astronomical markers at the megalithic observatory of Kokino, soon after sunrise on June 21, 2008, on the day of the summer solstice. The ancient astronomic observatory, located about 80 km northeast of Skopje, dates more than 4.000 years back in time. It is ranked by NASA as the fourth ancient observatory in the world. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      A group of people look at the sun, standing on the rocky crest filled with astronomical markers at the megalithic observatory of Kokino, soon after sunrise on June 21, 2008, on the day of the summer solstice. The ancient astronomic observatory, located about 80 km northeast of Skopje, dates more than 4.000 years back in time. It is ranked by NASA as the fourth ancient observatory in the world.

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    • A social worker carries an injured woman to Puri district hospital in Puri, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, July 4, 2008. Police say at least six Hindu worshippers have died in a stampede in eastern India as a crowd of pilgrims rushed toward the statue of a goddess. More than 1 million Hindu devotees were participating in an annual religious procession outside the temple of Jagannath, who is considered by Hindus to be the lord of the universe. From AP Photo by Biswaranjan Rout.

      A social worker carries an injured woman to Puri district hospital in Puri, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, July 4, 2008. Police say at least six Hindu worshippers have died in a stampede in eastern India as a crowd of pilgrims rushed toward the statue of a goddess. More than 1 million Hindu devotees were participating in an annual religious procession outside the temple of Jagannath, who is considered by Hindus to be the lord of the universe.

    • Christina Liebherr of Switzerland comforts her horse L.B. No Mercy after winning the RWE Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia show jumping competition at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO in Aachen July 3, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Christina Liebherr of Switzerland comforts her horse L.B. No Mercy after winning the RWE Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia show jumping competition at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO in Aachen July 3, 2008.

    • Germany's Rainer Schuettler returns the ball during his semi-final tennis match of the 2008 Wimbledon championships against Spain's Rafael Nadal at The All England Tennis Club in southwest London, on July 4, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      Germany's Rainer Schuettler returns the ball during his semi-final tennis match of the 2008 Wimbledon championships against Spain's Rafael Nadal at The All England Tennis Club in southwest London, on July 4, 2008.

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    • Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Finland's President Tarja Halonen meet for talks at a Russia-EU summit in the Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk June 28, 2008. Helsinki says that higher Russian tariffs on raw timber exports hurt paper producers in Scandinavia. Russia says the move is needed to help its domestic timber processing industry. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Finland's President Tarja Halonen meet for talks at a Russia-EU summit in the Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk June 28, 2008. Helsinki says that higher Russian tariffs on raw timber exports hurt paper producers in Scandinavia. Russia says the move is needed to help its domestic timber processing industry.

    • India's Yuvraj Singh dives to stop the ball against Sri Lanka during the ninth Asia Cup one-day cricket tournament at the National Cricket Stadium in Karachi July 3, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      India's Yuvraj Singh dives to stop the ball against Sri Lanka during the ninth Asia Cup one-day cricket tournament at the National Cricket Stadium in Karachi July 3, 2008.

    • The animated character Wall-E is shown in this undated publicity photo from the film of the same name released to Reuters June 25, 2008. The film features dystopian landscapes, social commentary and a lack of conventional dialogue that are rare under the Walt Disney Co. banner, but it sticks to Pixar's basic themes of love, loyalty and friendship. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      The animated character Wall-E is shown in this undated publicity photo from the film of the same name released to Reuters June 25, 2008. The film features dystopian landscapes, social commentary and a lack of conventional dialogue that are rare under the Walt Disney Co. banner, but it sticks to Pixar's basic themes of love, loyalty and friendship.

    • Mikkel Pilgaard Madsen of Denmark prepares a drink that includes rum, maple syrup, coffee, and lime juice at the World Barista Championship in Copenhagen June 19, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Mikkel Pilgaard Madsen of Denmark prepares a drink that includes rum, maple syrup, coffee, and lime juice at the World Barista Championship in Copenhagen June 19, 2008.

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Shiite cleric Sheik Jassim Al-Mutaari talks during a prayer back dropped by Muqtada al-Sadr, right and his father Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr in Karbala, Iraq,  Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Friday that he has extended a cease-fire order to his Shiite Mahdi Army by another six months, giving Iraq a chance to continue its fragile recovery from brutal sectarian violence. From AP Photo by AHMED ALHUSSAINEY.
4 months ago: Shiite cleric Sheik Jassim Al-Mutaari talks during a prayer back dropped by Muqtada al-Sadr, right and his father Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr in Karbala, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Friday that he has extended a cease-fire order to his Shiite Mahdi Army by another six months, giving Iraq a chance to continue its fragile recovery from brutal sectarian violence.
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  • In this July 8, 2007 file photo, a poster showing radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, right, and Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, is held up during a protest march in the Amil neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. Hezbollah instructors trained Shiite militiamen at remote camps in southern Iraq until three months ago when they slipped across the border to Iran, presumably to continue instruction on Iranian soil, according to two Shiite lawmakers and a top army officer. From AP Photo by KHALID MOHAMMED.
  • Women wait in line to receive aid distributed by the office of radical Shiite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, in Abu Dtshir Shiite area, southern Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. From AP Photo by LOAY HAMEED.
  • A woman receives aid distributed by the office of radical Shiite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, in Abu Dtshir Shiite area, southern Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. From AP Photo by LOAY HAMEED.
  • Men drink natural juice in a shop with pictures of Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr and his son radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, on Monday, June 2, 2008. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • Parliamentary member Maha Adel al-Douri speaks, in front of a poster showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al Sadr during a meeting in Sadr main office in Sadr City to discuss the proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement on Saturday, May 31, 2008. The final statement of the meeting showed the absolute rejection of this agreement, and it urged Iraqis to set off peaceful demonstrations till the cancellation of this agreement. Writing on the fingers on the poster in the back read, from the top, Terrorism, Sectarianism, Occupation, Zionism, Colonialism. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • Iraqi demonstrators shouts slogans in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City as they hold placards of radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, May 30, 2008. Tens of thousands of Shiites took to the streets Friday in Baghdad and other cities to protest plans for a long-term security agreement with the United States. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • Iraqi demonstrators shouts slogans in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City as they hold placards of radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, May 30, 2008. Tens of thousands of Shiites took to the streets Friday in Baghdad and other cities to protest plans for a long-term security agreement with the United States. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • Iraqi demonstrators shouts slogans in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City as they hold placards of radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, May 30, 2008. Tens of thousands of Shiites took to the streets Friday in Baghdad and other cities to protest plans for a long-term security agreement with the United States. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • Iraqi demonstrators shouts slogans in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City as they hold placards of radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, May 30, 2008. Tens of thousands of Shiites took to the streets Friday in Baghdad and other cities to protest plans for a long-term security agreement with the United States. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • FILE ** In this Tuesday, May 20, 2008 file photo,  Iraqi soldiers stand guard in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in front of a mural showing the radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq. A May 11 truce that ended seven weeks of fighting in Sadr City appears too fragile to endure with al-Sadr followers charging that Iraqi Army troops are violating its terms and complain of their heavy handedness. Dissent within the Mahdi Army over the cease-fire also threatens a potentially dangerous rift within the Sadrist movement. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • An Iraqi soldier stands guard near an armoured vehicle in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in front of a placard showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, May 26, 2008. Iraqi police officials in Sadr City said a roadside bomb exploded on the southern edge of the district, setting a U.S. armored vehicle ablaze. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • An Iraqi soldier stands guard in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in front of a mural showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 20, 2004. Iraqi military spokesman said Tuesday that Iraqi troops have moved into Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City to seize control. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • Iraqi soldiers stand guard in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in front of a mural showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al Sadr, and Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr, left,   in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 20, 2004. Iraqi military spokesman said Tuesday that Iraqi troops have moved into Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City to seize control. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • An Iraqi soldier stands guard in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in front of a mural showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al Sadr,and Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr, left,   in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 20, 2004. Iraqi military spokesman said Tuesday that Iraqi troops have moved into Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City to seize control. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • Iraqi soldiers stand guard in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in front of a poster showing a radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al Sadr  in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 20, 2004. Iraqi military spokesman said Tuesday that Iraqi troops have moved into Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City to seize control. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • In this Tuesday, May 20, 2008 file photo, An Iraqi soldier stands guard in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in front of a mural showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al Sadr,and Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr, left, in Baghdad, Iraq. A May 11 truce that ended seven weeks of fighting in Sadr City appears too fragile to endure with al-Sadr followers charging that Iraqi Army troops are violating its terms and complain of their heavy handedness. Dissent within the Mahdi Army over the cease-fire also threatens a potentially dangerous rift within the Sadrist movement. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • In this Tuesday, May 20, 2008 file photo, Iraqi soldiers stand guard in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in front of a mural showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al Sadr,and Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr, left, in Baghdad, Iraq. A May 11 truce that ended seven weeks of fighting in Sadr City appears too fragile to endure with al-Sadr followers charging that Iraqi Army troops are violating its terms and complain of their heavy handedness. Dissent within the Mahdi Army over the cease-fire also threatens a potentially dangerous rift within the Sadrist movement. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • In this Tuesday, May 20, 2008 file photo, Iraqi soldiers stand guard in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in front of a mural showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-US cleric Muqtada al Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq. A May 11 truce that ended seven weeks of fighting in Sadr City appears too fragile to endure with al-Sadr followers charging that Iraqi Army troops are violating its terms and complain of their heavy handedness. Dissent within the Mahdi Army over the cease-fire also threatens a potentially dangerous rift within the Sadrist movement. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • An arrangement of four wall clocks faces showing radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his father, late Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr are seen on a wall in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The recent Iraqi government delegation visit to Tehran sought to persuade the Iranians to halt their support for elements of the Mahdi Army, led by anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • Poster of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, center, his late father Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, right, and uncle Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr is seen in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 9, 2008. From AP Photo by Petr David Josek.
  • Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hold a large Iraqi flag as they march during a protest in the Obeidi neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, April 30, 2008. People protested against the continuing airstrikes and the siege of Sadr City. From AP Photo by KHALID MOHAMMED.
  • A group of lawmakers from the Accordance front, Fadhila party, National Dialogue and Kurdistan coalition visits a hospital in the Shiite enclave of Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 23, 2008."We came here to see first hand what is going on in Sadr City. We saw the huge destruction in the city. We seek to stop bloodletting and bring stability," said Haith al-Ubaidi from the national dialogue. Sadr City is the Baghdad stronghold of Iraq's biggest Shiite militia, the Mahdi Army of hard-line cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. But it's also home to 2.5 million people _ nearly half of Baghdad's 6 million population. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • A group of lawmakers from the Accordance front, Fadhila party, National Dialogue and Kurdistan coalition visit a Sadrist office in the Shiite enclave of Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 23, 2008."We came here to see first hand what is going on in Sadr City. We saw the huge destruction in the city. We seek to stop bloodletting and bring stability," said Haith al-Ubaidi from the national dialogue. Poster of the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is seen on the wall. Sadr City is the Baghdad stronghold of Iraq's biggest Shiite militia, the Mahdi Army of hard-line cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. But it's also home to 2.5 million people _ nearly half of Baghdad's 6 million population. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • Head of Sadr bloc in the parliament, Nassar al-Rubaie, and Sadrists lawmakers holds a press conference in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday April 19, 2008. Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is threatening a new uprising if a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers continues. The cleric says he is giving his final warning to the Iraqi government to stop working with the U.S. military against him or he will "declare an open war until liberation." Saturday's statement has been posted on al-Sadr's Web site. From AP Photo by ALAA AL-MARJANI.
  • Brother of Riyadh al-Nouri, senior aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, puts his body into a coffin prior to the funeral ceremony in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 11, 2008. Riyadh al-Nouri, the director of al-Sadr's office in Najaf and his brother-in-law, were gunned down as he drove home after attending Friday prayers in the adjacent city of Kufa, a police officer and a local Sadrist official said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. From AP Photo by ALAA AL-MARJANI.
  • Family members and mourners carry coffin with Riyadh al-Nouri, senior aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, during the funeral march in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 11, 2008. Riyadh al-Nouri, the director of al-Sadr's office in Najaf and his brother-in-law, were gunned down as they drove home after attending Friday prayers in the adjacent city of Kufa, a police officer and a local Sadrist official said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. From AP Photo by ALAA AL-MARJANI.
  • Family members and mourners raise the coffin with Riyadh al-Nouri, senior aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, during the funeral march in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 11, 2008. Riyadh al-Nouri, the director of al-Sadr's office in Najaf and his brother-in-law, were gunned down as they drove home after attending Friday prayers in the adjacent city of Kufa, a police officer and a local Sadrist official said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. From AP Photo by ALAA AL-MARJANI.
  • Brother of Riyadh al-Nouri, senior aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, mourns for his loss during the funeral ceremony in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 11, 2008. Riyadh al-Nouri, the director of al-Sadr's office in Najaf and his brother-in-law, were gunned down as they drove home after attending Friday prayers in the adjacent city of Kufa, a police officer and a local Sadrist official said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. From AP Photo by ALAA AL-MARJANI.
  • Picture of Riyadh al-Nouri, senior aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, is displayed during a funeral march in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 11, 2008. Riyadh al-Nouri, the director of al-Sadr's office in Najaf and his brother-in-law, was gunned down as he drove home after attending Friday prayers in the adjacent city of Kufa, a police officer and a local Sadrist official said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. From AP Photo by ALAA AL-MARJANI.
  • Iraqi security forces guard the street in Shula neighborhood in northwest Baghdad, Friday, April 11, 2008. Poster in the background displays Shiite Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, left, and Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr, right. A senior aide to the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr _ whose arrest in 2004 triggered a bloody uprising _ was assassinated near his home in the Shiite holy city of Najaf after Friday prayers, police said. From AP Photo by Hadi Mizban.
  • Media surrounds a coffin with Riyadh al-Nouri, senior aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, prior to the funeral ceremony in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 11, 2008. Riyadh al-Nouri, the director of al-Sadr's office in Najaf and his brother-in-law, were gunned down as they drove home after attending Friday prayers in the adjacent city of Kufa, a police officer and a local Sadrist official said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. From AP Photo by ALAA AL-MARJANI.
  • Chief spokesman for radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Salah al-Obeidi looks on during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April. 8, 2008. During the press conference Salah al-Obeidi read al-Sadr's statement where the cleric threatens to lift a 7-month-old cease-fire imposed on his Mahdi Army militia if the Iraqi government fails to protect the public or set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces. Al-Sadr also called off a "million-strong" march planned for Wednesday in Baghdad after followers in Shiite areas south of Baghdad complained that Iraqi security forces prevented them from traveling to the capital. From AP Photo by HADI MIZBAN.
  • Chief spokesman for radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Salah al-Obeidi looks on during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April. 8, 2008. During the press conference Salah al-Obeidi read al-Sadr's statement where the cleric threatens to lift a 7-month-old cease-fire imposed on his Mahdi Army militia if the Iraqi government fails to protect the public or set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces. Al-Sadr also called off a "million-strong" march planned for Wednesday in Baghdad after followers in Shiite areas south of Baghdad complained that Iraqi security forces prevented them from traveling to the capital. From AP Photo by HADI MIZBAN.
  • BAGHDAD, IRAQ, APRIL 4:  Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr supporters carry anti-Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki banners during Friday prayer on April 4, 2008 in the Sadr city, the Shiite district in Baghdad, Iraq. A curfew is still imposed in the Sadr city Shiite district in Baghdad and Maliki has ordered Iraqi forces to stop raids across Iraq to give time to those who want to surrender their weapons. From Getty Images.
  • BAGHDAD, IRAQ, APRIL 4:  Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr supporters supporters pray near an anti-Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki banner during Friday prayer on April 4, 2008 in the Sadr city, the Shiite district in Baghdad, Iraq. A curfew is still imposed in the Sadr city Shiite district in Baghdad and Maliki has ordered Iraqi forces to stop raids across Iraq to give time to those who want to surrender their weapons. From Getty Images.
  • BAGHDAD, IRAQ, APRIL 4:  Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr supporters pray during Friday prayer on April 4, 2008 in the Sadr city, the Shiite district in Baghdad, Iraq. A curfew is still imposed in the Sadr city Shiite district in Baghdad and Maliki has ordered Iraqi forces to stop raids across Iraq to give time to those who want to surrender their weapons. From Getty Images.
  • BAGHDAD, IRAQ, APRIL 4:  Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr supporters chant slogans during Friday prayer on April 4, 2008 in the Sadr city, the Shiite district in Baghdad, Iraq. A curfew is still imposed in the Sadr city Shiite district in Baghdad and Maliki has ordered Iraqi forces to stop raids across Iraq to give time to those who want to surrender their weapons. From Getty Images.
  • BAGHDAD, IRAQ, APRIL 4:  Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr supporters pray during Friday prayer on April 4, 2008 in the Sadr city, the Shiite district in Baghdad, Iraq. A curfew is still imposed in the Sadr city Shiite district in Baghdad and Maliki has ordered Iraqi forces to stop raids across Iraq to give time to those who want to surrender their weapons. From Getty Images.
  • BAGHDAD, IRAQ, APRIL 4:  Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr supporters pray as a man holds up an anti-Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki banner during Friday prayer on April 4, 2008 in the Sadr city, the Shiite district in Baghdad, Iraq. A curfew is still imposed in the Sadr city Shiite district in Baghdad and Maliki has ordered Iraqi forces to stop raids across Iraq to give time to those who want to surrender their weapons. From Getty Images.
  • An young girl looks up to the poster of Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, father of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, during Friday prayers in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Friday, April. 4, 2008. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday ordered a nationwide freeze on raids against suspected Shiite militants after the leader of the biggest militia complained that arrests of his followers were continuing despite his order to pull his fighters off the streets. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • Sheik Salman al-Feraiji, left, Muqtada al-Sadr's chief representative in Sadr City, takes weapons from a group of Iraqi government forces in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 29, 2008. Some 40 police officers in Sadr City handed over their weapons to al-Sadr's local office Saturday. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.
  • Sheik Salman al-Feraiji, left, Muqtada al-Sadr's chief representative in Sadr City, talks to a group of Iraqi government forces who came to surrender their weapons in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 29, 2008. Some 40 police officers in Sadr City handed over their weapons to al-Sadr's local office Saturday. From AP Photo by KARIM KADIM.


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A social worker carries an injured woman to Puri district hospital in Puri, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, July 4, 2008. Police say at least six Hindu worshippers have died in a stampede in eastern India as a crowd of pilgrims rushed toward the statue of a goddess. More than 1 million Hindu devotees were participating in an annual religious procession outside the temple of Jagannath, who is considered by Hindus to be the lord of the universe. From AP Photo by Biswaranjan Rout.

A social worker carries an injured woman to Puri district hospital in Puri, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, July 4, 2008. Police say at least six Hindu worshippers have died in a stampede in eastern India as a crowd of pilgrims rushed toward the statue of a goddess. More than 1 million Hindu devotees were participating in an annual religious procession outside the temple of Jagannath, who is considered by Hindus to be the lord of the universe.

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Kashmiri protesters run for cover as a teargas shell explodes near them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, July 4, 2008. Thousands of Kashmiris Friday protested the house arrest of two prominent separatist leaders by police in Indian Kashmir, triggering clashes between forces and protesters and injuring a top separatist leader, officials said. From AP Photo by Dar Yasin.

Kashmiri protesters run for cover as a teargas shell explodes near them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, July 4, 2008. Thousands of Kashmiris Friday protested the house arrest of two prominent separatist leaders by police in Indian Kashmir, triggering clashes between forces and protesters and injuring a top separatist leader, officials said.

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Spain's Rafael Nadal serves to Germany's Rainer Schuettler,, during their Men's Singles semifinal on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Friday, July 4 , 2008. From AP Photo by Alastair Grant.

Spain's Rafael Nadal serves to Germany's Rainer Schuettler,, during their Men's Singles semifinal on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Friday, July 4 , 2008.

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Red Bull driver Mark Webber of Australia steers his car during free practice at Silverstone racetrack, in Silverstone, England, Friday, July 4, 2008 ahead of Sunday's Formula One Grand Prix. He clocked the second fastest time.

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Switzerland's Christina Liebherr riding L. B. No Mercy jumps over an obstacle during the Prize of Northrhine-Westphalia jumping competition part of the World Equestrian Festival CHIO in Aachen, western Germany, on Friday, July 4, 2008. Christina Liebherr won the competition.

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Germany's Rainer Schuettler watches the ball during his Men's Singles semifinal against Spain's Rafael Nadal, on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Friday, July 4 , 2008. From AP Photo by Alastair Grant.

Germany's Rainer Schuettler watches the ball during his Men's Singles semifinal against Spain's Rafael Nadal, on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Friday, July 4 , 2008.

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An unidentified man smokes marijuana in a water pipe, during the famous cannabis trade fair Highlife in Pamplona northern Spain, Friday July 4, 2008.

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