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Kashmiris shout freedom slogans during the funeral procession of Muzaffar Bhat and Fayaz Ahamed Wani in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Government forces fired on hundreds of rock-throwing protesters in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday, killing Wani and wounding two others as a seven-day curfew was lifted, locals and officials said. Bhat was allegedly killed by paramilitary soldiers Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Relatives and neighbors react, near the body of Abrar Khan during his funeral procession in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Government forces fired on hundreds of rock-throwing protesters in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday, killing three and wounding two others as a seven-day curfew was lifted, locals and officials said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Indian policemen run for safety fearing an attack as the body of Abrar Khan, a Kashmiri youth, unseen is brought home for burial in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Government forces fired on hundreds of rock-throwing protesters in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday, killing three and wounding two others as a seven-day curfew was lifted, locals and officials said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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A military honor guard escorts the casket of Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, after a funeral service at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, talks with Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., during a funeral service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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Military recessional after the funeral service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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A joint-services military honor guard carries the casket of Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., Tuesday, July 6, 2010, after a funeral service at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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A joint-services military honor guard carries the casket of Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., Tuesday, July 6, 2010, after a funeral service at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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** FILE ** The first three C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for India take the final positions on Lockheed Martin's assembly line in Marietta, Ga. The initial delivery was scheduled for February 2011. (PRNewsFoto/Lockheed Martin Corp.)

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A military honor guard escorts the casket of Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, after a funeral service at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Tuesday with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House. (Associated Press)

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Sri Lankan protesters perform a witchcraft ceremony to curse UN officials outside the UN office during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Police have broken up a blockade of the U.N. office in Sri Lanka's capital and escorted employees out of the office after hundreds of protesters, led by a government minister, laid siege to the U.N. compound in Colombo on Tuesday, and refused to let the workers out until the world body canceled its investigation of alleged abuses committed during Sri Lanka's civil war. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts at the beginning of a special budget meeting of the cabinet at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, June 6, 2010. Chancellor Angela Merkel met with her ministers to hammer out a savings plan for the nation's budget that could include cuts to federal staff, social welfare benefits or tax hikes. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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** FILE ** Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, with law enforcement supporters behind her, signs immigration bill SB 1070 into law in Phoenix on April 23, 2010. (AP Photo)

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In this May 20, 2010, file photo, a defaced portrait of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is seen in front of the arson attack on the Thailand's biggest shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. A state of emergency imposed during anti-government protests was extended in Bangkok on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the White House for a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on July 6, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

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Marine honor guards salute as the limousine carrying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a meeting with President Barack Obama, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, steps out of his vehicle during his arrival at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 6,2010, for a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)