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Chinese paramilitary police officers stand next to the National Olympic Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Judo Victory Cel... Ludwig Paischer of Austria (white) celebrates after defeating Kyong Jin Kim of North Korea during their men's -60kg preliminary judo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 9, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoon
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Studenka Train C... Rescue workers search the site of a train crash near the town of Studenka August 8, 2008. An international express train crashed into a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic on Friday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens. The EuroCity train, traveling from the Polish city of Krakow to the Czech capital, crashed at a speed of about 140 km (87 miles) per hour near the northeast border with Poland. REUTERS/Str
Phelps in 400m Michael Phelps of the U.S. starts his heat in the Men's 400m Individual Medley at the National Aquatic Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 9, 2008. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
Opening Ceremony A participant take part in the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Bush Greets U.S.... U.S. President George W. Bush greets members of the 2008 U.S. Summer Olympic Team at Fencing Hall at the 2008 Olympic Games complex in Beijing August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Opening Ceremony Chinese paramilitary police officers stand next to the National Olympic Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Pink Salmon Thousands of pink salmon can be seen swimming upstream to spawn in Valdez, Alaska on August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Airborne Perform... Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium, August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Georgian Reservi... A Georgian reservist rests as a municipal worker cleans in central Gory 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. Russian forces battled Georgian troops in a breakaway part of Georgia in intensified fighting that sparked alarm in the West and heated exchanges at the United Nations reminiscent of the Cold War. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Hot Air Balloon ... A hot air balloon is prepared for flight at the International Balloon Fiesta near Bristol in western England August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico
Synchronised Swi... Members of Spain's synchronised swimming team attend practice at the National Aquatics Centre, also known as the Water Cube, ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 7, 2008. Picture taken with a fisheye lens underwater. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Bikin' in the Ra... A man holds an umbrella and cycles through a flooded street as it rains in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)
Bengal Tiger Cub One of a pair of rare Bengal tiger cubs, that were donated by a North Carolina animal sanctuary despite protests by animal rights activists, is shown to the media for the first time at the Baghdad Zoo in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. The animals, which were donated by the North Carolina-based Conservators' Center, arrived Monday after being flown to Baghdad from the United States in a US$66,000 trip funded by the U.S. Embassy and transported to the zoo by the U.S. military. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Arrested and Mar... brahim Uzun, right, from Cologne and his bride Guelay, left, wears handcuffs and hold an arrest warrant as sign for their marriage after their wedding in Cologne, western Germany, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil)
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Bush and Russia'... Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, gestures as he speaks with U.S. President George W. Bush, left, during their meeting in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. The leaders are in Beijing for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Putin warned Friday that Georgian attacks on South Ossetia will draw retaliation, and the Defense Ministry pledged to protect Russian citizens in the breakaway Georgian province. (AP Photo/Anatoly Maltsev, Pool)
Texas Crash A Texas state trooper makes photographs at a bus accident scene on U.S. 75 North bound that killed at least 12 people early, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, in Sherman, Texas. The charter bus ran off the highway overpass north of Dallas and crashed onto its side on a roadway below, killing 12 people early Friday, authorities said. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Baboons Eat Lunc... Two baby baboons eat in their enclosure at the National Zoo in Havana August 7, 2008. REUTERS/Claudia Daut
The Police Lead vocalist and bassist Sting, right, and his band The Police are joined by the New York City Police Drum Corps. during their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Peaceful Protest A Tibetan exile, wearing a Free Tibet headband, re-lights blown out candles after a candle-lit vigil at a peaceful anti-China protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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Flamingo Family A flamingo feeds a flamingo chick in their enclosure of the zoo Hellabrunn in Munich, southern Germany, on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Six pups wer slipt after a breeding season of 30 days during June and July in the zoo of Hellabrunn. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)
Brett Farve Brett Favre, wearing a New York Jets hat, and his wife, Deanna, waves to the media before boarding a private jet in Hattiesburg, Miss. Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 heading to New York. (AP Photo/Steve Coleman)
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Venezuelan Prote... Women protest in front of riot police officers during a demonstration against Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008. Hundreds of Venezuelans protested against a Supreme Court ruling barring a list of mostly opposition candidates from running in state and local elections in November. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Swimming in Berl... A boy shakes his head to get the water out of his hair after he jumped from a diving board at the Columbiadamm open air public swimming pool in Berlin, on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)
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Tibetan Exiles Tibetan exiles participate in a candle-lit vigil during a peaceful anti-China protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)