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People rest outside Moscow's Kremlin during hot weather, in downtown Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 1, 2011.
AP Photo/M. Spencer Green
Janean Watkins, left, and Lakeesha Harris embrace as they obtain a civil union license from the Cook County Office of Vital Records, Wednesday, June 1, 2011, in Chicago. The couple, who have been together for ten years, arrived at the Cook County Building at midnight to be first in line as Illinois' new civil union law took effect today. Civil unions give couples many of the rights that accompany traditional marriage. That includes the power to decide medica ltreatment for an ailing partner and the right to inherit a partner's property.
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House Republicans leave the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 1, 2011, after their meeting with President Barack Obama regarding the debt ceiling.
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Swiss FIFA President Joseph (Sepp) Blatter speaks during a press conference after the 61st FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Stung by ongoing criticism of the system to choose World Cup hosts, Blatter stripped the executive committee of its power on Wednesday and gave every federation a vote on future decisions. He offered the concession at the FIFA Congress ahead of his re-election among a series of reforms to make world football's governing body more transparent.
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Forklifts drive between pallets containing vegetables and fruits of wholesalers during the business hours at the central market in Berlin, early Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Scientists have still not been able to pinpoint the source of an unprecedented foodborne bacterial outbreak that has killed 16 people in Europe and left more than 1,000 sick, including 400 suffering from severe and potentially fatal symptoms, Germany's agriculture minister said Wednesday.
AP Photo/Dar Yasin
Tourists ride traditional boats on the Dal Lake, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Set in the Himalayas at 5,600 feetabove sea level, Kashmir is a green, saucer-shaped valley full of fruit orchards and surrounded by snowy mountain ranges. About 100 lakes dot its highlands and plains.
AP Photo/Richard Drew
A woman reads a book as she lounges on Lincoln Center's Revson Fountain in New York, Wednesday, June 1, 2011.
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Morgan McCulley, 6, cools off Wednesday, June 1, 2011, in the Boyd County Public Library Fountain as afternoon temperatures crept into the mid-90s in Ashland, Kentucky.
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The space shuttle Endeavour touches down on runway 15 after completing her final flight at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Endeavour, and her crew of six astronauts, wrapped up a 16 day mission to the international space station.
AP Photo/Richard Drew
Specialists Evan Solomon works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Fears that the economy is stalling sent the Dow Jones industrial average down 280 points, erasing more than a quarter of the stock market's gains for the year.
