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President Obama greets construction workers as he toured a Recovery Act highway project in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Presidential Committee for the G-20 Summit Chairman Il SaKong, left, chats with South Africa's Minister in the Presidency in charge of the National Planning Commission Trevor Manuel during an opening press conference at the G-20 Finance and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Busan, South Korea, Friday, June 4, 2010. Leaders of G-20 nations will meet in Toronto, Canada June 25-27, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, second right, and Britain's Prince Charles, right, look at photographs of French President Charles De Gaulle during a visit to London headquarters of the Free French, the fighters led by de Gaulle, who rejected their country's surrender to Nazi Germany, on Friday June 18, 2010. Mr. Sarkozy marked the 70th anniversary of de Gaulle's defiant World War II broadcast from London on Friday, visiting the studio where the leader urged his compatriots to resist the German occupation. (AP Photo/Leon Neal, Pool)

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Kyrgyzstan's interim government leader Rosa Otunbayeva wearing a flak jacket, reacts as she listens to a question during her meeting with local officials after landing by military helicopter on the central square in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 18, 2010. She is vowing to work for the return of refugees who fled deadly ethnic violence there by the hundreds of thousands. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Supporters of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party face a water-canon burst as they protest rise in price of essential commodities and fuel in capital New Delhi on Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo)

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Supporters of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party protest rise in price of essential commodities and fuel in capital New Delhi on Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Supporters of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party carry gas cylinders as they protest rise in price of essential commodities and fuel in capital New Delhi on Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Supporters of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party face a water-canon burst as they protest rise in price of essential commodities and fuel in capital New Delhi on Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo)

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Supporters of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party face a water-canon burst as they protest rise in price of essential commodities and fuel in capital New Delhi on Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo)

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A military helicopter with Kyrgyzstan's interim President Rosa Otunbayeva on board flies over the statue of of the Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin prepares to land on the central square in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 18, 2010. Ms. Otunbayeva is vowing to work for the return of refugees who fled deadly ethnic violence there by the hundreds of thousands. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Kyrgyzstan's interim President Rosa Otunbayeva wearing a flak jacket, reacts as she listens to a question during her meeting with local officials after landing by military helicopter on the central square in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 18, 2010. She is vowing to work for the return of refugees who fled deadly ethnic violence there by the hundreds of thousands. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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In this file photo, a young boy leads the hard-line Islamist al-Shabaab fighters as they conduct a military exercise in northern Mogadishu's Suqaholaha neighborhood in Somalia. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Faisal Shahzad, 30, faces up to life in prison if convicted of numerous terrorism-related charges. (Associated Press)

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Vic Rawl, a former South Carolina judge and lawmaker, announces on Monday, June 14, 2010, in North Charleston, S.C., that he formally will protest the results of the June 8 primary for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat. Mr. Rawl lost to political unknown Alvin Greene. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

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Kentucky's John Wall, right, talks with Washington Wizards basketball coach Flip Saunders, second from right, and Wizards team president Ernie Grunfeld, left, during a pre-NBA draft basketball workout for the Washington Wizards, Thursday, June 17, 2010, in Washington. Behind Grunfeld at left is Washington Wizards assistant coach Sam Cassell.

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BP CEO Tony Hayward, left, talks with Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2010, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on "the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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BP CEO Tony Hayward (left) talks with Rep. Henry A. Waxman, California Democrat, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, June 17, 2010, before testifying before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Escorted by his bodyguards, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, flashes the victory sign to supporters as he arrives in the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles south of the capital Tehran during a provincial tour, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Iran's president says Tehran supports a dialogue with the outside world but that world powers must first be punished for the latest round of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran.(AP Photo/ISNA, Amir Kholousi)

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In this Jan. 8, 1951, file photo, President Harry S. Truman delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum is hosting the release Wednesday, June 16, 2010, of the largest amount of intelligence documents on the Korean War, which began 60 years ago. The release includes more than 1,300 documents on intelligence from 1947 to 1954. More than half of the documents have never been made public, or are being re-released with new information. (AP Photo/File)

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BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward listens outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, after a meeting with President Obama. Mr. Hayward will testify before a House committee on Thursday, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)