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Australia Governor General Quentin Bryce prepares to put a rose on the coffin of an Australian unknown soldier during a ceremony at the British Australian cemetary of Fromelles, Northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Royalty, governments and relatives on Monday honored Australian and British soldiers whose remains were discovered in mass graves on the 94th anniversary of the World War I battle of Fromelles in northern France.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Britain's Prince Charles delivers a speech during the service of rededication at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Ceremonies were marking the 94th anniversary of the World War I Battle of the Somme. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
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This undated photo provided by the National Archives via the National World War II Museum shows a Marine Corps dog handler as he comforts his German shepherd while the dog is X-rayed after being shot by a Japanese sniper on Bougainville. The dog died of its injuries. (AP Photo/National Archives via the National World War II Museum)
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An Indonesian Muslim woman checks her laptop after an afternoon prayer at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, July 19, 2010. People in the world's most populous Muslim nation have been facing Africa, not Mecca, while praying. Indonesia's highest Islamic body acknowledged Monday it made a mistake when issuing an edict in March saying the holy city in Saudi Arabia was to the country's west. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)
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Indonesian Muslim men pray at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, July 19, 2010. People in the world's most populous Muslim nation have been facing Africa, not Mecca, while praying. Indonesia's highest Islamic body acknowledged Monday it made a mistake when issuing an edict in March saying the holy city in Saudi Arabia was to the country's west. It has since asked followers to shift direction slightly northward during their daily prayers. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A Palestinian woman smokes a water pipe as she checks the Internet at a cafe in Gaza City on Sunday. Gaza's Hamas rulers have banned women from smoking water pipes in cafes, calling it a practice that destroys marriages and sullies the image of the Palestinian people.
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Afghan firefighters hose down the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, July 18, 2010, two days before an international conference that bring together representatives from about 60 nations. (AP Photo/Hossein Fatemi)
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on Sunday, July 18, 2010. Talks come within the framework of efforts aimed at reviving direct negotiations between Israel and Palestinians. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Afghan police and other officials inspect the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed three civilians on Sunday, July 18, 2010, two days before an international conference of representatives from about 60 nations, an Afghan official said. The bomber was on foot, and his target was unclear, according to police official Abdul Ghafor Sayedzada. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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A U.S. Army soldier from the 49th Military Police Brigade counts gas masks on Sunday, July 18, 2010, at Camp Victory in Baghdad as the unit prepares to ship their equipment and belongings home. The soldiers, based in Fairfield, Calif., are soon to leave Iraq as part of the U.S. drawdown of forces, which begins in earnest next month. The number of soldiers in Iraq is expected to go from 77,500 currently in the country to 50,000 by Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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FILE - In this May 18, 2010 file photo, U.S. soldiers load dead bodies on a vehicle after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital Tuesday, killing six troops - five Americans and one Canadian, officials said. Twelve Afghan civilians also died, many of them on a public bus in rush-hour traffic. Escalating violence in Afghanistan is now the worst since the early months of the nearly 9-year-old war, killing 1,074 civilians so far this year as international forces struggle to establish security, an Afghan rights group said Monday, July 12, 2010. (AP Photo, File)
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A lieutenant colonel of the Iranian elite Revolutionary Guard, attends Friday prayers with his colleague at Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 16, 2010. A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll included members of the elite Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protestor during a demonstration against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Israeli soldiers take position during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
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Palestinian, Israeli and foreign protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
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Palestinian protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers, not seen, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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Palestinian, Israeli and foreign protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers, not seen, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
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A Palestinian protester kicks a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers, not seen, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
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A Palestinian protester is detained during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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A Palestinian protester is detained during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)