Two armed helicopters of the Colombian Air Force make maneuvers during the closing act of the IV International Aeronautics Fair at Jose Maria Cordova airport in Rionegro, east of Medellin, Colombia, 29 June 2008.  EPA/EDGAR DOMINGUEZ

A Chungcheong University handout picture shows a maiden ignite the sacred flame for the 10th World Taekwondo Festival at the Dangun Shrine in Cheongwon, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, 30 June 2008. Some 3,000 martial artists from 60 countries around the world will participate in this year's festival, to be held from July 1-6 in Chungcheong University and other venues in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province.  EPA/CHUNGCHEONG UNIVERSITY

The remote-controlled robot 'TeleMAX' of the German company 'Telerob' is pictured during the 3rd European Performance Review Robotics (ELROB) in Hammelburg, Germany, 30 June 2008. Companies, Universities and institutes from all over Europe will present their robots at the exhibition which is hosted by the German armed forces till 03 July 2008.  EPA/DANIEL KARMANN

A German Quick Reaction Force (QRF) soldier poses in front of an armoured tracked vehicle 'Marder 1 A5M', during a press day at the German Bundeswehr army camp 'Marmal' near Masar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, 30 June 2008. German Bundeswehr takes over Quick Reaction Force duties from Norway on 01 July 2008.  EPA/MAURIZIO GAMBARINI

Night view from the Fronalpstock mountain, 1922 meters above sea level, over lake Luzern and Brunnen, right, Switzerland, late 22 June  2008.  EPA/ALESSANDRO DELLA BELLA

An Indian policeman scuffles with a protester during a protest in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 24 June 2008. Police said hundreds of Kashmiris held demonstrations, protesting the killing of one local resident in police firing and the allotment of forest land to a Hindu shrine in the Indian portion of Kashmir.  EPA/FAROOQ KHAN

A model takes to the catwalk wearing a creation by Lino Villaventura label, during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, at the Ibirapuera park in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 23 June 2008.  EPA/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA

Supporters of Nawaz Sharif the former Prime Minister and leader of second big party in ruling coalition Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) shout slogans in Multan Pakistan 23 June 2008 after a Pakistani court ruled that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif be disqualified from contesting the upcoming by-elections because of his previous conviction, a spokesman from his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party said.

Nawaz Sharif is a staunch opponent of the embattled president and retired army general Pervez Musharraf, who ousted the former premier in a military coup in 1999.  EPA/MK CHAUDHRY

Ladies chat at the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, Berkshire, Britain, 19 June 2008. The day is known as 'Ladies Day' at the week long royal racing event. EPA/ALAN CROWHURST

People crossing flood waters in a country boat in North Lakhimpur district of Assam about 400km away from Guwahati city, northeast India, 16 June 2008. Two district of Assam and parts of Arunachal Pradesh totally cut of with rest of the country since June 14th, as the flash flood washed away a portion of the National Highway No. 52 in North Lakhimpur district.

The flash floods in Arunachal Pradesh following incessant rains were believed to be the main cause for the situation turning worse in Lakhimpur which claims 18 lives so far. More than 1.60 lakh people of over 150 villages of the district have been affected by the first wave of floods in Assam. EPA/STR

Sand being collected in country boats from the Kulsi River about 30km away from Guwahati city, northeast India, 19 June 2008. With the booming construction industry in Guwahati city, sand mining is increasing day by day in this river. The Kulsi river of Assam has long been the home of a high concentration of river Dolphins (Platanista gangetica) and locally known as Xihu. Due to large scale silt deposition and subsequent sand-mining in the Kulsi River their habitat has been damaged leading to a decrease in numbers.  EPA/STR

Egyptians play in the Suez Canal as the US Navy destroyer USS Russell  makes its way towards the Mediterranean Sea as it passes Ismailia, Egypt 19 June 2008. The Suez Canal joins the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea and considering the high volume of shipping traffic is relatively clean for swimming.  EPA/STR

Farmers work in a watermelon field next to Nahal Oz at the border of the Gaza Strip, 19 June 2008. The cease fire between Israel and the Hamas started today at 6 am in the morning  EPA/PAVEL WOLBERG

Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) president Morgan Tsvangirai reacts as he addresses the press outside Harare Magistrate Court in Harare, Zimbabwe, 19 June 2008.

The party's secretary general Tendai Biti faces a possible death penalty in his treason trial for having prematurely announced the MDC's victory in general elections held 29 March. Tsvangirai faces incumbent President Robert Mugabe in a run-off presidential election set down for 27 July.  EPA/STR

People are pictured at visitor centre 'Ark Nebra' in Wangen, Germany, 19 June 2008. The centre was built a year ago in close vicinity to the finding place of the Nebra sky disk. 120,000 people have so far visited the centre, which has become part of the tourism route 'Himmelswege'.

The imposing building offers a multi-media presentation and a planetarium show. 'Ark Nebra' was inspired by the stylised boat, also a motif on the Nebra sky disk.  EPA/Peter Endig

An artist's impression of NASA's recent 'Phoenix' mission to Mars seen on the cupola screen of 'Zeiss-Planetarium' in Jena, Germany, 17 June 2008. A new programme titled 'Kosmische Dimensionen - die Faszination des Unvorstellbaren' (literally: Cosmic Dimensions - Fascination of the Unconceivable') will premiere on 19 June 2008.

'Zeiss-Planetarium' is the world's oldest planetarium using cupola projections. EPA/JAN-PETER KASPER

When I first saw the thumb of this photo on the wire I thought it was a dragonfly or another insect, the eye is easily misled I guess.

An over view of Cachet 2 lake, about 1,700 kilometers south of Santiago, in the east of North Ice Camp, Chile 17 June 2008. The lake lost about 200.000 million liters of water due to the high temperatures from 6-7 April 2008. The water leaked through an eight kilometers tunnel but now it has started to fill back in.  EPA/Water General Direction-Coyhaique

A still image from a videotape shot by a Palestinian woman on a recorder given out by the Betselem human rights group in Israel on 17 June 2008 shows club-wielding Jewish settlers as they attack a Palestinian farmer in the area of Susiya outside of Hebron in the West Bank on 08 June 2007.

Two Jewish settlers were arrested for attacking the Palestinian farmers. A Palestinian woman in her late 50s was badly wounded in the attack, and her husband and another relative were also battered.  EPA/BETSELEM

The pack rides during the 4th stage, a 170,7 km race from Gossau to Domat-Ems, at the 72nd Tour de Suisse UCI ProTour cycling race, in Ruethi, Switzerland, 17 June 2008.  EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT

A Romanian supporter is consoled by a friend at the fanzone on Revolution Square in Bucharest, Romania, on 18 June 2008, during the screening of the EURO 2008 Group C preliminary round match. Romania lost the match against the Netherlands 2-0, 17 June.  EPA/RADU VIOREANU

Greenpeace activists in Jerusalem place plastic bags over their heads on 16 June 2008 as they 'suffocate' during a demonstration of plans to build a new coal-burning power plant in the southern coastal town of Ashkelon. EPA/OLIVIER FITOUSSI

An Afghan woman holds her daughter as she waits to receive ration aid in Kabul Afghanistan, 16 June 2008. World Food Program (WFP) distributed tons of ration aid to Afghans who are currently experiencing a food crisis despite a good grain harvest last year. EPA/S. SABAWOON

Prototype of the first ever Hungarian hybrid vehicle called Solo is on display at the Museum of Transport in Budapest, Hungary 16 June, 2008. The three-seats, 3.12-meter long and 1.92-meter wide environmentally friendly vehicle powered by gas and li-ion batteries is designed and built by ANTRO company based in Oeriszentpeter, Hungary.

The ecological gas-electric vehicel can reach 140km/hours top speed and is expected to go on sale in 2012. EPA/BARNABAS HONECZY

A British Ministry of Defence (MOD) handout picture showing soldiers carrying the coffin of Pte Daniel Gamble, one of five British soldiers killed in Afghanistan arriving at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lyneham, Britain on 16 June 2008. The bodies arrived at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire to be repatriated. EPA/CREDIT: CPL GABRIEL MORENO/MOD/HANDOUT CROWN COPYRIGHT

A Protester holds a poster against the visit of US President George W. Bush to Belfast gather outside Stormont estate, Belfast, 16 June 2008. USW President George W Bush arrived in Belfast and was joined with Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown before heading to Stormont Castle in Belfast for a one day visit. EPA/STR

A file photograph dated 14 June 2001 showing the Statfjord A- oil platform in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast. 24 May 2008. It is reported on 16 June 2008 that the price of crude oil has hit a new high of close to 140 US dollars a barrel in New York trade, despite Saudi Arabia agreeing to increase output in July. EPA/STATOIL HYDRO/HO

Dominican Republic Drugs Control National Direction (DNCD) members burn approximately two tons of pure cocaine, one 101 kilos of marijuana and 23 kilos of heroin among other seized drugs in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on 12 June 2008.

The drug load was distributed in 1,490 packages seized between 12 March and the 01 June and destroyed at National Army First Brigade in Santo Domingo. EPA/ORLANDO BARRIA

Earthquake survivors carry their rations of flour back to their village on the way to Qingchuan, China's southwest Sichuan province, 12 June 2008. 12 June 2008 marks one-month since the 7.9 earthquake occurred and China continues to face the overwhelming challenge of housing and feeding the 5 million refugees as well as cleaning up numerous townships that have been annihilated.

The official death toll from the 12 May earthquake is almost 70,000 people with about 17,500 others still missing and over 374,000 injured. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL

A picture made available on 12 June 2008 showing a condor (vultur griphus) overflying the Colca Canyon in Arequipa, Peru on 08 June 2008. The canyon is home to the protected Andean condor. The birds build their nests between 400 and 4,500 metres above sea level. EPA/PAOLO AGUILAR

An unmanned D 124 drone of the Swiss army starts for an inspection flight at the airfield in Emmen near Lucerne, Switzerland, 12 June 2008. Drones are used to control the airspace around the Swiss Euro 2008 soccer stadiums. EPA/SIGI TISCHLER

Balinese dancers colaborate with Japanese art teams in performing a contemporary dance in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on 12 June 2008. Bali will be hosting its annual month long Bali Art Festival from June 14 to July 12, featuring hundreds of local and international performers, a local official said. EPA/MADE NAGI

Petter Solberg of Norway driving his Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 during the Shakedown of the Rally Turkey 2008, Kemer, Turkey, 12 June 2008. EPA/REPORTER IMAGES

A young boy stands outside his still smoldering home after a group of Massai warriors burnt it down because the family is considered outsiders or foreigners of the Rift Valley on 12 June 2006 just outside the town of Kilgoris.

Kenya held bi-elections in five constituencies that were effected by the post-election chaos earlier this year. The elections were peaceful for the most part but 13 homes and a car were torched in the Kilgoris area ahead of the announcement of the result. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON

Indian Sudarsan Pattnaik with his winning sand sculpture 'Global Warming' in Berlin, Germany, 12 June 2008, at the International sansculpture festival 'Sandsation'. 12 groups had participated in the contest. EPA/PEER GRIMM

American actor Jack Black poses for photographs in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia 10 June 2008. Black is in Australia promoting his new film Kung Fu Panda.  EPA/TRACEY NEARMY

A mother and her baby, both illegal Sub-Saharan immigrants, wait for treatment at Motril habour, Granada, Andalucia, Spain 09 June 2008.  EPA/PAQUET

A Munich firefighters handout image made available on 10 June shows firefighters clearing the motorway A8 from beer bottles, near Munich, Germany, on 09 June 2008, after a truck crashed on its way to Vienna, Austria.  EPA/FIREFIGHTERS MUNICH

Dairy farmer Alois Kraus poses with one of his cows he body-painted in Biebelried, Germany, 10 June 2008. The Bavarian farmers' association had initiated this action to protest of the European Union's milk quota.  EPA/MARCUS FUEHRER

South Korean protesters hold a candles as they march on the main street during a rally against the recent South Korea-US agreement on the expansion of US beef imports, in Seoul, South Korea, 06 June 2008. The protesters demanded renegotiation of the South Korea and US beef imports and resignation of the president Lee Myung-bak. EPA/LEE KI-TAE

Chinese workers walk inside a tunnel for the track-doubling project on the Xining-Golmud line in Huangyuan county in northwest China's Qinghai province 06 June 2008. The project on the Tibetan Plateau kicked off in last September will increase the rail line capacity to 137,000 tons of cargo and 20 pairs of passenger trains a day by its completion in five years. EPA/ANGHAI JIN

The sun sets over Camp Justice and its adjacent tent city, the legal complex of the U.S. Military Commissions, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba, 04 June 2008. Almost seven years after hijackers used airliners as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal June 05. EPA/BRENNAN LINSLEY - POOL

An Israeli soldier carries out maintenence on a 'Merkava' tank parked with many others in a military base along th Gaza Strip border near Kibbut Nahal Oz on 06 June 2008. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on return to Israel from the US that Israel is close to deciding what to do about the Gaza Strip as rocket barrages continue. Some 10 rockets were fired earlier on 06 June into southern Israel. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

A general view of burning candles after Amnesty International established a new world record with 26,105 burning candles representing the logo of the NGO, Amnesty International, 04 June 2008, in Sint-Truiden Grote Markt. The event commemorates the crackdown on democratic students on Tiananmen Square in 1989.  EPA/SVEN DILLEN

A lion cub is seen through a breathe hole in his cage in Braila City Zoo (220 km east of Bucharest) while awaiting to be transported to South Africa, 04 June 2008. The Animal Welfare Foundation Vier Pfoten (Four Paws) transfered eleven big-cats from three different Romanian zoos to the Lionsrock natural reserve in South Africa. Most of the Romanian zoos will not get authorization to keep large cats as they don't meet the requirements of european standards.  EPA/RADU VIOREANU

A medieval mosque's minaret sticks out from a sand dune on the Egyptian Mediterranean coast near the coastal town of Al Burullus 04 June 2008.  The minaret which was discovered by an Egyptian archaeological team in 1998 is believed to belong to a mosque which was built in the 9th century and dedicated to a Moroccan holy man named Sidi Mohamed Al Kheshoey who settle in the area 1,300 years ago. 

Though only the tip of the 30 meter minaret is visible, the rest of the mosque is believed buried under the sand, according to archaeologists.  There is also speculation that the whole village of Al Kheshoey could lie beneath the massive sand dune.  EPA/KHALED EL-FIQI

Two Eurofighter fighter planes fly past the Ernst-Happel-Stadium in Vienna, one of the EURO 2008 soccer tournament venues, Vienna, 04 June 2008. The flypast was part of the security preparations of Austrian Defence Forces. The Austrian defence ministry is in charge, among others, of the security of the air space during the tournament.  EPA/BMLV/ZINNER

A Secret Service agent walks past a sign for U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton before the start of the final primary night event for Clinton of the 2008 presidential campaign in New York, New York, USA, on 03 June 2008. Clinton is acknowledging that her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, has accumulated enough delegates to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, effectively ending her bid to become the first female President of the United States.  EPA/JUSTIN LANE

A man holds a Tibetan mastiff from a breeding base for sale in a market in Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai province 03 June 2008.  The craze for Tibetan mastiffs home and abroad has pushed up the price for the purebred Tibetan mastiffs as the cheapest puppy can sell over 30,000 yuan (about 2,805 euros).  EPA/ANGHAI JIN

Portuguese national soccer team supporters, waiting for the start of the team training , at  La Maladiere Stadium, Neuchatel,  Switzerland, 03 June 2008  in view of the upcoming EURO 2008 championships.  EPA/ANTONIO COTRIM

A fruit vendor sells watermelons at his cart on a road side in Peshawar, 02 June 2008. The demand of watermelons in the local fruit markets has risen to a high level as the summer begins and hot weather waves strike different areas of Pakistan.  EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

A visitor passes the exhibit 'Moonrise' by the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone in front of the entrance of the art fair 'Art 39' in Basel, Switzerland, 02 June 2008. The installation consists of a series of monsterheads made out of brick clay. The international art fair 'Art 39' will take place for the 39th time from 04 June till 08 June 2008 in Basel.  EPA/ROLF HAID

Refugees from xenophobic violence sit on a bus as they wait to leave the Germiston City Hall for a newly-constructed camp in Germiston, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, 02 June 2008. Up to 100,000 people fled their homes amid xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals, leaving some 62 people dead and hundreds seriously injured.

After living in temporary shelters at police stations and and community halls for nearly three weeks, the displaced foreigners are now being moved by the South African government to temporary shelters, with tents supplied by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).  EPA/JON HRUSA

This file picture dated 29 August 2005, shows US singer Bo Diddley performing at Arthur Ashe Stadium during the Opening Night Ceremony of the 2005 US Open Tennis Tournament in Flushing Meadows, New York. A spokeswoman says rock pioneer Bo Diddley has died aged 79 in Jacksonville, Florida, 02 June 2008.  EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT

A handout image dated 01 June 2008 and made available 02 June 2008 by NASA from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) showing material from the Martian surface captured by the Robotic Arm (RA) scoop during its first test dig and dump on the seventh Martian day of the mission, or Sol.

Scientists speculate that the white patches on the right side of the image could possibly be ice or salts that precipitated into the soil. Scientists also speculate that this white material is probably the same material seen in previous images from under the lander in which an upper surface of an ice table was observed.

The color for this image was acquired by illuminating the RA scoop with a set of red, green, and blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs).  EPA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Max Planck Institute 

In this image from NASA TV,  02 June 2008, the space shuttle Discovery under the command of Mark Kelly docks  to the Harmony Module (L) at 2:03 P.M. EDT, to the International Space Station (ISS), Space,  02 June 2008.  EPA/NASA TV

Sorry for the lowball quality, screen from NASA TV..best quality we could get.

Mikko Hirvonen of Finland driving his Ford Focus RS WRC 07  in the SS 1  of BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of Greece 2008, in Schimatari outside Athens, Greece, 30 May 2008.  EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU

A Bosnian man prays at a burial of 28 Bosnian Muslims killed by Bosnian Serb forces in Zvornik 16 years ago,during the war in Bosnia 1992- 1995, Memici, Bosnia and Herzegowina, 01 June 2008.  EPA/FEHIM DEMIR

US actor Jack Black (R) poses with 'Po' upon his arrival for the film premiere of 'Kung Fu Panda' in Los Angeles, California USA 01 June 2008. 'Kung Fu Panda is the animated story of a panda bear (Po) who turns his dreams to reality by becoming a kung fu master.  EPA/PAUL BUCK