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** FILE ** House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Earl Blumenauer speak to the press in this Aug. 5, 2010, file photo. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Motoya Nakamura, File)
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About three dozen people are protesting outside Nationals Park, urging commissioner Bud Selig to move the 2011 All-Star Game from Phoenix because of Arizona's new immigration legislation prior to a Washington Nationals baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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United States guard Rudy Gay goes up for a dunk during the third quarter of an exhibition basketball game against France Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg delivers to the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS About three dozen people are protesting outside Nationals Park, urging commissioner Bud Selig to move the 2011 All-Star Game from Phoenix because of Arizona's new immigration legislation prior to a Washington Nationals baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010.
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An Israeli army crane removes a section of a concrete wall in the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo in Jerusalem on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Israel erected the wall in 2001 in order to protect Israelis against gunfire from the nearby Palestinian village of Beit Jala. The military said the removal was due to a reduced security threat and increased coordination with the Palestinian security forces. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Iraqi army soldiers secure the scene of a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. A series of rush-hour bombings across Baghdad has killed and injured scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) introduces Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to the members of his delegation at the prime minister's house in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Mr. Ban traveled to flood-ravaged Pakistan to boost relief efforts as the 20 million people made homeless in one of the worst disasters to hit the country grow increasingly desperate. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows deeply in front of a huge bank of chrysanthemums to offer prayers for the war dead at Budokan martial arts hall in Tokyo on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, in ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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President Barack Obama waves as he and first lady MIchelle Obama board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, for a weekend in Panama City, Fla. The first family, absent Malia who is at summer camp, plans to spend time enjoying the area's recreational activities. But the president has also scheduled a meeting with small-business owners as the government's focus moves from plugging the oil leak to rebuilding the region's economy. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Iraqi security forces stand guard in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Gunmen killed five Iraqi security personnel Saturday, including a pair of sleeping policemen who were shot and set on fire, amid persistent debate over whether Iraqi forces can protect the country as U.S. troops. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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** FILE ** In this Aug. 2, 2010, file photo, Afghans gather at the scene of an attack on a presidential adviser in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Militants attacked the second government official in the east on the same day. The convoy was hit by a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a rickshaw as it was driving through city, police said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
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Residents of camps set up for people left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake demonstrate in front of the collapsed presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Aug 12, 2010. Demonstrators said the government is failing on its promises to provide housing as private landowners pressure the camp residents to leave. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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FILE - Founder and editor of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, faces the media during a debate event, held in London Tuesday July 27, 2010. Assange said Thursday Aug 12 2010 that his organization is preparing to release the rest of the secret Afghan war documents it has on file. The Pentagon warned that would be even more damaging than the organization's initial release of some 76,000 war documents. That extraordinary disclosure, which laid bare classified military documents covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010, has angered U.S. officials, energized critics of the NATO-led campaign, and drawn the attention of the Taliban. (AP Photo/Max Nash, file)
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This Aug. 5, 2010, file photo shows Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan arriving for a news conference in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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** FILE ** Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier speaks during a news conference in Washington on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, on the launching of a series of community-based initiatives in conjunction with National Night Out. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Iranian technicians, work with foreign colleagues at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, just outside the southern port city of Bushehr, Iran. Russia announced Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 that it will begin the startup next week of Iran's only atomic power plant, giving Tehran a boost as it struggles with international sanctions and highlighting differences between Moscow and Washington over pressuring the Islamic Republic to give up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms. (AP Photo/ISNA,Mehdi Ghasemi) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and President Barack Obama prepare to leave the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, after Obama signed the Southwest Border Security Bill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Palestinians climb a ladder to cross Israel's separation barrier into Jerusalem, in the West Bank town of Aram, Friday Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
