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Seamstress Bonnie Morris (L) helps Miss Argentina 2006 Magali Romitelli choose a swimsuit during registration and fittings for the 2006 Miss Universe competition at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles, California July 6, 2006. The 55th annual Miss Universe competition will be held in Los Angeles July 23, 2006.

Rocks and other debris cover Ulleri Village, 200 kilometers (125 miles) northwest of Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, July 15, 2006. Heavy rain was hampering rescuers’ efforts to find 13 villagers swept away by a landslide in northwestern Nepal which killed at least 17 others, an official said Sunday. Rescuers pulled 17 bodies from the debris on Saturday.

In this photo released by Miss Universe, contestants from left, Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, Miss Puerto Rico 2006, Mia Taveras, Miss Dominican Republic 2006; Priscila Perales, Miss Mexico 2006 and Cristiana Frixione Mendoza, Miss Nicaragua 2006, pose for a photo at Trump National Golf Course in Palos Verdes, Calif., Thursday, July 13, 2006. The women will compete for the title of Miss Universe 2006 during the 55th annual Miss Universe 2006 competition from Los Angeles on July 23.

Contestants from around the world pose for a 2006 Miss Universe pageant photograph in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Thursday, July 13, 2006.

Smoke drifts across Beirut, Lebanon Saturday, July 15, 2006 following a nighttime Israeli airstrike on the Hezbollah stronghold in the densely-populated southern suburbs.

Pamela Rogers listens to testimony in circuit court in McMinnville, Tenn., Friday, July 14, 2006, during her probation revocation hearing. Rogers, a former teacher who has already served jail time for having sex with a 13-year-old student, was sent to prison for more than six years Friday for violating her probation by sending the boy nude photos of herself.

Pamela Rogers, 29, right, is escorted into circuit court in McMinnville, Tenn. on Friday, July 14, 2006, during her probation revocation hearing. Rogers, a former teacher, was ordered by Judge Bart Stanley to report to state prison for violating her probation on a sentence for having sex with a 13-year-old boy.

A damaged car is seen abandoned at a destroyed bridge after it was struck by an Israeli warplane missile on the outskirts of the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, Saturday July 15, 2006. Israel has bombarded Lebanon’s airport and main roads in the most intensive offensive against the country in 24 years, while Hezbollah has fired an almost nonstop barrage of rockets at northern Israeli towns and cities.

U.S. President George W. Bush hands back a crying baby that was handed to him from the crowd as he arrives for an outdoor dinner with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Trinwillershagen, Germany, July 13, 2006.

(L-R) Russia’s First Lady Lyudmila Putin, U.S. first lady Laura Bush, an unidentified translator, French First Lady Bernadette Chirac, Flavia Franzoni, wife of Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Sousa Uva Barroso, wife of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Laureen Harper, the wife of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, stroll during a meeting of G8 spouses in St.Petersburg July 16, 2006.

(L-R) U.S. first lady Laura Bush, French First Lady Bernadette Chirac, Sousa Uva Barroso, wife of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Flavia Franzoni, wife of Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Russia’s First Lady Lyudmila Putin, Laureen Harper, the wife of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Cherie Blair, the wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, pose for a picture during a meeting of G8 spouses in St. Petersburg July 16, 2006.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, third left, attend a meeting of G8 leaders and Junior 8 children at the G8 Summit in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday July 16, 2006. The children of the Junior 8 on Sunday met G8 leaders who heard their views on what they think should be done to make the world a better place for children.

U.S. President George W. Bush, right, smiles while sitting next to Junior 8 member from the U.S. Diana Marie Perez, of Glendale, Calif., during a meeting of G8 leaders and Junior 8 children at the G8 Summit in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday July 16, 2006. The children of the Junior 8 on Sunday met G8 leaders who heard their views on what they think should be done to make the world a better place for children.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the plenary session of the G8 Summit at the Summit Negotiations Pavilion in St. Petersburg July 16, 2006.

Electric carts used by leaders and delegates wait outside the venue during the first negotiating session at the G8 Summit in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday July 16, 2006. The Lebanon crisis and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea looked set to dominate talks Sunday between the Group of Eight leaders who gathered for their annual summit on the world’s most pressing challenges.

U.S. President George W. Bush gets out of his electric transport car during arrivals for the first negotiating session at the G8 Summit in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday July 16, 2006. The Lebanon crisis and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea looked set to dominate talks Sunday between the Group of Eight leaders who gathered for their annual summit on the world’s most pressing challenges.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shares a word with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during arrivals for the first negotiating session at the G8 Summit in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday July 16, 2006. The Lebanon crisis and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea looked set to dominate talks Sunday between the Group of Eight leaders who gathered for their annual summit on the world’s most pressing challenges.

Russian President Vladimir Putin waves as he drives his electric transport car during arrivals for the first negotiating session at the G8 Summit in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday July 16, 2006. The Lebanon crisis and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea looked set to dominate talks Sunday between the Group of Eight leaders who gathered for their annual summit on the world’s most pressing challenges.

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