Wednesday, July 2, 2008


Balloons are released into the air during the celebration for the inauguration of the light rail bridge in Jerusalem, Wednesday June 25, 2008. The bridge, which curves across Jerusalem's western entrance and will eventually carry a new light rail line, is suspended from 66 white cables attached to a spire 387 feet (118 meters) high that towers over the surrounding rooftops and is visible from miles away. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Fireworks explode over a medieval castle and are reflected in a lake during a Festival of Fire in small town Mir, 95 kilometers (60 miles) west of Minsk, Belarus, early Saturday, June 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Trees are reflected in the still waters along a river near Eugene, Oregon July 1, 2008.

REUTERS/Mike Blake

A commercial flight lands on the Miami's international airport, Florida July 1, 2008. Stocks pared losses to trade little changed on Tuesday after a report showed U.S. factory activity expanded in June for the first time in five months, offsetting worries about rising oil prices. Stocks such as airlines, transportation and energy-dependent manufacturers were hit hardest by the steady rise in oil.

REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Michael Phelps swims to win his heat in the Men's 200m Butterfly at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, July 1, 2008.

REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

Three pigs seek solid footing on the roof of a building after floodwaters from the Mississippi and Iowa Rivers inundated Oakville, Iowa.


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