World News in Pictures

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Riot police take cover behind an election campaign point of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) as they clash with left wing demonstrators during a protest against the government in Istanbul June 2, 2011.



A man performs for tourists by jumping from the top of a rebuilt bridge in the old town of southern Bosnian city of Mostar, 140 km (87 miles) south of capital Sarajevo June 2, 2011.

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A portrait of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, featuring him as a clown, is hung from a noose during a rally against a new austerity package in Athens' Constitution (Syntagma) square June 2, 2011. The protest, on its 9th day, was organized through a Facebook group called "The Indignant" following similar demonstrations in Spain.

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A boy sits next to the body of a fighter loyal to opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadeq al-Ahmar, and was killed during clashes with security forces in the past few days, in Sanaa May 30,2011.

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John Edwards Indicted
Two-time presidential candidate John Edwards, here in 2008, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday following an investigation into allegations he used campaign cash to cover up an extramarital affair.



When Disaster Strikes
Massachusetts residents in more than a dozen towns are digging out after deadly tornadoes cut a swath of destruction across the state. Here: People pass damaged homes in Springfield on Thursday.



Economic Woes
A new report from the government on Friday showed that the U.S. economy gained only 54,000 jobs in May -- a sharp decrease from the 232,000 added in April. Here: People at a career fair on Skid Row in Los Angeles on Thursday.



She's Good With Words
Sukanya Roy, 14, beams after being handed the trophy for winning the Scripps national spelling bee in National Harbor, Maryland, on Thursday. The winning word she spelled was "cymotrichous" (it means having wavy hair).



Alleged Rape Victim Back in Libya
Iman al-Obeidi, the Libyan woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel full of journalists and claimed she was raped by Gaddafi loyalists, has been deported from Qatar back to her home country. Here: She's at the hotel on March 26.



Election Time in Peru
Facing left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala in a tight presidential run-off election soon, right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori greets supporters during a campaign rally in Arequipa, Peru, on Thursday.



Guessing He's Not a Fan
At a clambake in Seabrook, New Hampshire, on Thursday, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin encounters a protester holding a sign that reads "Idiot Queen." Palin is currently on her "One Nation" bus tour.



Accused Mother Tears Up
On trial in Orlando, Florida, for allegedly killing her young daughter, Casey Anthony cries on Thursday while watching a video of herself talking with her brother, Lee Anthony, shortly after she was jailed in 2008.



A Miserable Commute
Thousands of commuters get stuck at the Corinthians-Itaquera station due to a railway workers strike on Thursday in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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England fight back against Sri Lanka at Lord's



England recovered after a shaky start to enjoy marginally the better of an enthralling opening day to the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's, reaching 342-6 at the close.

After losing the toss and being put into bat, England skipper Andrew Strauss faced just 12 balls before he was trapped lbw for four, quickly followed back to the pavilion by Jonathan Trott and the out-of-form Kevin Pietersen to leave England in a perilous position at 22-3.

But a fourth-wicket stand of 108 between Ian Bell and Alastair Cook gradually swung the balance the home side's way.

And, after Cook had been removed four short of his 18th Test hundred, Eoin Morgan and Matt Prior made hay in the evening sun with a partnership of 101 - a record for England's sixth wicket against Sri Lanka.

Morgan's 128-ball 79 was particularly impressive, with the Middlesex man smashing two sixes off the spinners and looking assured against the seamers until he failed to get his bat on an inswinger from Suranga Lakmal (3-79) and was out leg-before.

That wicket, taken with the new ball half an hour before the close, was a fillip for Sri Lanka, but a quick-fire stand of 40 between Prior and Stuart Broad at the end of the day ensured Strauss will sleep easier than his opposite number Tillakaratne Dilshan.

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French Open: Rafael Nadal outclasses Andy Murray to reach final



Five-time champion Rafael Nadal proved too strong for Andy Murray as he battled past the Briton in straight sets to reach the French Open final.

The Spaniard, celebrating his 25th birthday, refused to be blown off course by the gusting wind as he sealed a 6-4 7-5 6-4 victory on Court Philippe Chatrier, and he now awaits the winner of the second semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.

Nadal might well have lost his grip on the world number one ranking by Sunday's final, with Djokovic poised to replace him next week should he win his semi-final, but he will still have the huge incentive of potentially matching Bjorn Borg's record six French Open titles.

For Murray, a best-ever run at Roland Garros ended with a defeat that was widely predicted against a man who has now won 44 matches, and lost only one, in seven trips to the French Open.

Britain's 75-year wait for a Grand Slam singles champion to follow Fred Perry goes on, and Paris always seemed the least likely venue for Murray to make the breakthrough, but he had his chances to extend Nadal further than the three sets they played.

Nadal once saved 16 of 17 break points against Federer in a Roland Garros final and his powers of recovery were similarly evident as he saw off 15 of 18 against Murray, while taking six of 13 earned.

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Inseparable twin friars die hours apart, age 92



Identical twin Franciscan friars who rarely left each other's side from their births 92 years ago have died within hours of each other.

Julian and Adrian Riester went to school together, travelled together and joined the Franciscan order together.

The Buffalo-born brothers both died of heart failure, said a fellow friar in Florida, where they had lived since moving from New York state in 2008.

They spent much of their lives at St Bonaventure University in New York.

"It really is almost a poetic ending to the remarkable story of their lives," said St Bonaventure spokesman Tom Missel.

"Stunning when you hear it, but hardly surprising given that they did almost everything together," Mr Missel was quoted as saying by Associated Press (AP).

At St Bonaventure, they worked as carpenters and gardeners, gaining a reputation as handymen who could fix anything.

They lived in separate rooms at the St Bonaventure Friary but had one telephone line that rang into both, a colleague at the friary told AP.

The twins, originally named Jerome and Irving, never said who was born first.

Upon joining the Franciscan order in their 20s, they took the names of saints.
"They had this intimate bond, in which neither was selfish at all," their cousin, Michael Riester, told the Buffalo News.

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British artist Mark Coreth sits on a bear carved from a 10 tonne block of ice in Sydney, Australia, to illustrate how humans affect climate change

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The Popocatepetl volcano spews a cloud of steam and ash high into the air in southern Mexico

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Violence escalates in Yemen

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A less than happy Victor Troicki was forced to replay a point that he had won after a ball boy had run onto the court. Andy Murray won the replayed point.

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Anti-government protesters attend a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the city of Ibb June 3. Yemenis fled the capital on Wednesday to escape gunbattles between loyalists and opponents of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who said he would make no more concessions to those seeking his ouster.

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Queenie, an Asian elephant, and Liz Dane water-ski at a park in Florida, in this handout image from 1958. Queenie was euthanized at a Georgia wildlife park, May 30, where she lived her final years in retirement. The 58-year-old elephant was the star of a water-skiing show in the late 1950s at De Leon Springs, a private roadside park near DeLand, Florida that at the time was located on a major thoroughfare for tourists.

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In this Aug. 16, 2006 photo, Jackson's Prayer Tree is seen in Grottoes, Va. An ancient oak under which Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his weary Confederate troops reportedly gathered for prayer in June 1862 has been felled by high winds.

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Players of the Iranian women's national soccer team react after withdrawing from their qualifying match against Jordan for the 2012 London Olympic Games in Amman June 3. The Iranian team were banned from the match on Friday in the second round of qualifiers in protest against guidelines on their veil. The FIFA woman's association requires that any covering used does not cover the neck and ears. In Iran all women are required to cover their hair in public to conform to the Islamic dress code.

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View of the 'Morning Glory' hot spring with it's unique colors caused by brown, orange and yellow algae-like bacteria that thrive in the cooling water, turning the vivid aqua-blue to a murkier greenish brown, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, on Thursday, June 2. Yellowstone National Park was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Grant on March 1, 1872. The park is located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, though it also extends into Montana and Idaho and was the first national park in the world. It is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially the Old Faithful Geyser.

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View of the 'Morning Glory' hot spring with it's unique colors caused by brown, orange and yellow algae-like bacteria that thrive in the cooling water, turning the vivid aqua-blue to a murkier greenish brown, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, on Thursday, June 2. Yellowstone National Park was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Grant on March 1, 1872. The park is located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, though it also extends into Montana and Idaho and was the first national park in the world. It is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially the Old Faithful Geyser.



View of the 'Grand Prismatic' hot spring with it's unique colors caused by brown, orange and yellow algae-like bacteria called Thermophiles, that thrive in the cooling water turning the vivid aqua-blue to a murkier greenish brown, in Yellowstone National Park on Thursday.



Tourists walk beside a hot spring and the partially frozen Yellowstone Lake at the West Thumb Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park on Thursday.

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Roger Federer of Switzerland at the net with Novak Djokovic of Serbia whom he defeated in their semi final match for the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, June 3.

"Beating Novak today was maybe a good birthday gift for him because he lost his four previous matches against Novak," Federer said of Nadal, who turned 25 on Friday. "I'm going to play against Nadal, my main rival, in another Grand Slam final. We live for these moments."

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'Gunsmoke' star James Arness dies at 88



James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88.
The actor died in his
sleep at his home in Brentwood, Calif., according to his business manager, Ginny Fazer.

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Venezuela's housing crisis




New government-made housing project is seen from the top of Las Mayas slum with a view of the city of Caracas in the background May 26, 2011. Despite being in power for 12 years and bringing plenty of new schools and clinics to poor areas, Chavez has failed to fix Venezuela's housing shortfall -- currently at 2 million units. That, say critics, demonstrates the failure of socialism in Venezuela, where the 500,000 new homes built during Chavez's rule, about two-thirds by the private sector, is no better than the rate of construction under his predecessors. Not surprisingly, Chavez has sought to take the initiative with a new "Grand Housing Mission" -- his eighth such construction plan -- aiming to build 2 million new units by 2017 with funds available from higher global oil prices.

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An old car and a destroyed police station are seen at the slum of Las Mayas in Caracas May 31, 2011.

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Yemeni President Wounded in Attack
Amid news on Friday that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded in an attack on his palace in Sanaa, anti-government protesters climb on a huge billboard bearing a slogan calling for his ouster.



John Edwards Indicted
Two-time presidential candidate John Edwards, here after a federal court appearance in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Friday, pleaded not guilty to charges he used campaign funds to cover up an extramarital affair.



Life Goes On
Spaniards continue to buy fresh fruit and vegetables, such as asparagus seen here in Madrid on Friday, despite the recent E. coli outbreak that has killed 18 people in Germany and sickened many more across Europe.

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Off to the Races
People take part in a boat race to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival in Mobian village in China's Guangdong province on Thursday.

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Just Horsin' Around
Travellers wash their horses in the River Eden in preparation for the Appleby Horse Fair on Friday in Appleby, England. The event is a big draw for gypsies, who attend to buy and sell the animals.