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A protester walk past riot police outside parliament during a rally in central Athens, Thursday, July 8, 2010. More than 12,000 people took part in two separate protest marches, according to police estimates. Greece's governing Socialists are battling growing discontent as a new round of economic austerity faces party dissent, growing public hostility and fresh strike. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

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greece_2549

A protester shouts slogans in front of riot police outside parliament during a rally in central Athens, Thursday, July 8, 2010. More than 12,000 people took part in two separate protest marches, according to police estimates. Greece's governing Socialists are battling growing discontent as a new round of economic austerity faces party dissent, growing public hostility and fresh strike. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

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Britain Gay Bishop_Wats.jpg

** FILE ** This is a July 2, 2004 file photo of the Very Rev. Jeffrey John at St. Albans Abbey in St. Albans, England. The Church of England may be on the verge of promoting a gay priest to bishop, a step that would widen the split over sexuality in the global Anglican Communion. (AP Photo/Michael Stephens/PA File)

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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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Tourists from Uruguay, left, hold up signs as they briefly join a protest against the meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Family members of victims comfort each others after suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in the Pakistan city of Lahore late Thursday night July 1, 2010, killing more than 30 people and wounding 175 others, the city's top official said. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)

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Afghan security force members stand outside a USAID compound in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Friday, July 2, 2010, after it was stormed by militants wearing suicide vests. Six suicide bombers attacked the compound Friday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, officials said. (AP Photo)

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Afghan security force members stand outside a USAID compound in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Friday, July 2, 2010, after it was stormed by militants wearing suicide vests. Six suicide bombers attacked the compound Friday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, officials said. (AP Photo)

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Afghan security force members stand outside a USAID compound in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Friday, July 2, 2010, after it was stormed by militants wearing suicide vests. Six suicide bombers attacked the compound Friday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, officials said. (AP Photo)

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Family members of victims comfort each others after suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in the Pakistan city of Lahore late Thursday night, July 1, 2010, killing more than 40 people and wounding 175 others, the city's top official said. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)

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** FILE ** Lyle Mann, executive director of the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board, addresses the panel at an Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board hearing regarding the update on its preparation of materials to train officers to enforce the state's illegal immigration law on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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The late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-WV, lies in repose in the Senate chamber of the US Capitol in Washington on July 1, 2010. UPI/Stephen Crowley/POOL

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President Obama gestures while speaking about immigration reform, Thursday,July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama arrives to speak about immigration, Thursday, July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama outlines the need for immigration policy overhaul during a speech at the American University School of International Service in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama speaks on immigration reform at American University in Washington on July 1, 2010. UPI/Dennis Brack/Pool

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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on immigration reform at American University in Washington on July 1, 2010. UPI/Dennis Brack/Pool

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President Barack Obama outlines the need for immigration policy overhaul during a speech at the American University School of International Service in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama is embraced by Rev. Al Sharpton after Obama spoke about immigration reform, Thursday, July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)