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Jay-Z talks about plans for a benefit music festival he is putting together in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend. (Associated Press)

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A man walks walk past the Cafe Lympic in Stratford, east London, on April 27, 2012. One day, the small espresso shop near the site of the London Games was the "Olympic" cafe. The next day, it was the "Lympic." So where did the "O" go? The manager won't say. (Associated Press)

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Oriano Caretti looks at the overturned shelves with Parmesan wheels in his cheese factory in San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy, on Monday. (Associated Press)

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A French prosecutor on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former International Monetary Fund chief and one-time French presidential hopeful. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A pair of French tourists view the Horseshoe Falls from Table Rock in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on Feb. 1, 1996. (Associated Press)

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The famous Christ the Redeemer statue and Sugar Loaf mountain (center) are big tourist attractions in Rio de Janeiro. But the upcoming Rio+20 conference, billed as a "historic opportunity" to build a greener future, appears to be headed for failure. President Obama won't be there, the leaders of Britain and Germany have bowed out and entire delegations have canceled. (Associated Press)

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Tourists cool off at a hotel in Rio de Janeiro. The host city for the U.N.-sponsored Rio+20 conference is woefully lacking in accommodations for the green summit, with a total of 33,000 beds. Before cancellations, more than 50,000 diplomats and staffers were expected to come to Brazil for the June 20-22 summit. (Associated Press)

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Motorcycle riders line up to participate in this year's Rolling Thunder parade, in the parking lot of the Pentagon on Sunday, May 27, 2001. ( Vance Jacobs / The Washington Times )

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Participants in the Rolling Thunder annual motorcycle rally ride across Memorial Bridge near the National Mall during the Memorial Day weekend, in Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 29, 2011. The Rolling Thunder organization's mission is to bring awareness to the POW-MIA issue and to educate the public of the fact that many American prisoners of war were left behind after all past wars. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Isaac Katongole, 8, walks with his father Meddie Katongole, and Meddie's fiancee Mercy Mbogori, as they stroll past parked motorcycles on The National Mall, during the Rolling Thunder XXII Ride for Freedom along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 24, 2009. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Rolling Thunder, Inc. National Executive Director Artie Muller leads the way during the Rolling Thunder XXII Ride for Freedom along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 24, 2009. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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The 21st Rolling Thunder takes place around 22nd Street and Constitution Avenue in NW Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 25, 2008. Thousands of motor cyclists, most of them war veterans, depart their gathering place at the Pentagon parking lot for the ride through Virginia and Washington, DC to the Vietnam VeteranÕs Memorial. Rolling Thunder is an annual motorcycle rally held in Washington, DC during the Memorial Day weekend. About 400,000 veterans roar across Washington, DC on their motorcycles as a tribute to American war heroes and to call for the government's recognition and protection of Prisoners of War (POWs) and those Missing in Action (MIAs). (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

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Steven Prager of East Brunswick, N.J., wears a vest with patches as he makes a pit stop with about 40 other riders from Rolling Thunder at the Maryland House along I-95 in Harford County, Md., Friday May 23, 2008. They are en route to the Vietnam Veteran's memorial in Washington D.C., this evening for a candle light vigil, and the Rolling Thunder event in Washington D.C., tomorrow Saturday May 24. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Eight-year-old Mitchell Tonkin, from Pennsylvania, takes a closer look at his flag while waiting to join this year's 'Rolling Thunder' at one of the Pentagon's parking lots near Pentagon City, Va, Sunday, May 27, 2007. Tens of thousands of motor cyclists, of whom many served in the U.S. Military, gathered first on the parking lots around the Pentagon as early as 7am this morning before crossing over to the District on Memorial Bridge then heading towards the U.S. Capitol on Constitution Avenue and finally returning back to the Lincoln Memorial on Independence Avenue. The event draws a huge crowd of visitors to the National Mall and many could hear the 'Rolling Thunder' for several hours. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times )

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Tens of thousands of motor cyclists are saluted while joining the 20th anniversary of 'Rolling Thunder' near the Lincoln Memorial NW Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 27, 2007. The cyclists, of whom many served in the U.S. Military, gathered first on the parking lots around the Pentagon in Virginia as early as 7am this morning before crossing over to the District on Memorial Bridge and heading towards the U.S. Capitol on Constitution Avenue before returning back to the Lincoln Memorial on Independence Avenue. The event draws a huge crowd of visitors to the National Mall and many could hear the 'Rolling Thunder' for several hours. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times )