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Firefighters monitor a restaurant as the Yarnell Hill Fire burns on Sunday, June 30, 2013, near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)
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Homes burn as the Yarnell Hill Fire approaches Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013, near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)
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This graphic shows the location of Yarnell, Ariz., where 19 firefighters died battling a wildfire on June 30, 2013. (AP Photo)
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Nathan MacKinnon, a center, pulls on a Colorado Avalanche sweater after being chosen 1st overall in the first round of the NHL hockey draft, Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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Passengers walk to board Aeroflot flight SU150 from Moscow to Havana, at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow on June 27, 2013. (Associated Press)
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In this undated photo provided by Maritime New Zealand, the yacht Nina, center, is tied at dock at a unidentified location. Searchers said Thursday, June 27, 2013, they have grave concerns for seven people aboard the American schooner that has been missing for three weeks between New Zealand and Australia. (AP Photo/Maritime New Zealand)
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A man walks by a gate at Cyber Terror Response Center of National Police Agency in Seoul on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. South Korea said multiple government and private sector websites were hacked on Tuesday's anniversary of the start of the Korean War, and Seoul issued a cyberattack alert warning officials and citizens to take security measures. (Associated Press)
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Actress Halle Berry testifies June 25, 2013, before the Assembly Committee on Public Safety at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., for a bill that would limit the ability of paparazzi to photograph children of celebrities and public figures. (Associated Press)
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Photographers take pictures as light shines through a cabin window on seat 17A, the empty seat that an Aeroflot official said was booked in the name of former CIA technician and National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, during Aeroflot flight SU150 from Moscow to Havana on June 24, 2013. Confusion over the whereabouts of Snowden grew after the flight flew from Moscow to Cuba with the seat remaining empty. (Associated Press)
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A U.S. Air Force pilot (left), with an Afghan pilot (right) and flight engineer, prepare for takeoff on a training mission in an Mi-17 helicopter from the Kandahar Air Field to practice flying close air-support missions to assist Afghan ground forces. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)
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The Afghan air force is unable to conduct casualty evacuations from the battlefield or medical evacuations that provide advanced care during transport to treat the several hundred Afghan troops who are wounded on the battlefield each month. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)
