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From left, Italy's Angelo Palombo, Giampaolo Pazzini, Alberto Gilardino, Christian Maggio, Fabio Quagliarella and Gennaro Gattuso head balls during a training session at the Southdowns College, in Irene, near Pretoria, Wednesday June 9, 2010. Italy will play in group F at the soccer World Cup, which gets underway on June 11, 2010.
AP Photo/Martin Mejia
A man makes animal figures with sand at the Durban beach, South Africa, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The first soccer World Cup to be played in Africa is set to kick off on June 11.
AP Photo/Yves Logghe
Pop star Shakira meets students of the Isu'lihle Senior Primary School in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday June 9, 2010. In anticipation of the World Cup Kick-off Celebration Concert, Shakira met students and performed Waka Waka (This Time for Africa), the Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song.
AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis
A Palestinian man smokes as he waits to cross to Egypt, at Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The opening of Gaza's gateway to the world has turned into a scene of extreme anxiety with hundreds crowding around border officials to learn when, and if, they can cross into Egypt. Gazans sealed in for three years are grateful just to have the hope after Israel's deadly raid on a blockade-busting flotilla that killed 8 Turkish and one US-Turkish citizen, focused attention on the Gaza Strip.
AP Photo/Danny Johnston
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., greets supporters as her husband Steve, left, watches as the senator claimed victory in the Democratic primary runoff election in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, June 8, 2010.
AP Photo/Ed Andrieski
Rapidly melting snow has Gore Creek in Vail, Colo., near flood stage on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Coloradans are keeping a nervous eye on rising rivers as a late spring heat wave melts snow quickly, swelling waterways, wiping out bridges and flooding some homes.
Richard Drew
The members of the U.N. Security Council vote on sanctions against Iran during a session Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The sanctions would ban Iran from pursuing "any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons," bar Iranian investment in activities such as uranium mining and prohibit Iran from buying several categories of heavy weapons including attack helicopters and missiles.
AP Photo/Pete Muller
Southern Sudanese police provide a security detail ahead of hundreds of marchers during rally for southern independence in Juba on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The march aimed to raise awareness about an upcoming independence referendum scheduled for January 9th, 2011 during which southerners will vote on whether to succeed from the north. March organizers plan to host events related to the referendum on the 9th of each month until the vote in January.
Laurent Cipriani
Astana's Alberto Contador speeds during the fourth stage of the 62nd Dauphine Libere cycling race, a 49 kilometers individual time trial between Monteux and Sorgues, south eastern France, Wednesday, June 9, 2010.
AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris
Pensioners chant slogans during a protest against the Greek government's austerity measures outside the Ministry of Health, central Athens, on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said Wednesday Greece is on track to meet its targets of reducing the deficit this year, adding that any talk of the country defaulting on its debt is "ridiculous." Papaconstantinou said data to be published in the next few days show Greece's deficit has fallen by 40 percent in the first five months of 2010.
