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Iraqi soldiers stand guard over rows of rifles seized by Iraqi security forces during recent operations in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, June 18, 2008.

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Flood water nearly covers a street sign June 13, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The city continues to evacuate residents as water from the rain-soaked Cedar River continues to rise.

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A labourer plants flowers in a greenhouse for the Beijing Olympic Games on June 5, 2008 in Beijing, China. These flowers will be placed in Tiananmen Square, the road towards Capital Airport, the Olympic Central Zone, other key areas and it is estimated that more than 40 million plants will be used during the games.

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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met up with aging rock band KISS in Stockholm Thursday for what the AP coyly describes as a "late-night encounter" in the Sheraton Hotel. Rice said she was "thrilled" to meet Gene Simmons and the rest of the gang, whom she found quite up to speed about foreign affairs. Rice told reporters that "Rock and Roll All Nite" is her favorite KISS song. I would have figured her for the "Hard Luck Woman" type.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 20: Iraqi boys swim on May 20, 2008 in a pond caused by an explosion from recent fighting in the Shiite district of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi security forces moved into Sadr city Shiite district which is regarded as the main stronghold of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi army militia. Earlier this month, al-Sadr bloc in parliament reached an agreement with Iraq's ruling Shiite alliance to end the fighting between al-Mahdi army militia and Iraqi foces in Sadr city.

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 14: South Korean Capital Defence Command soldiers take part in an anti-terrorism exercise at their Seoul military camp on May 14, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea.

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KIBBUTZ BE'ERI, ISRAEL - APRIL 30: Seen from the cab of a combine harvester, an Israeli army armored personnel carrier (APC) secures the border with the Gaza Strip as Israeli farmers bring in the wheat crop near Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel. As grain prices reach record levels, Israeli farmers are expanding the area under wheat cultivation, right up to the border fence with the Hamas-controlled territory.