Today's Pix - Thursday, June 28th, 2012

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A female Italian United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) soldier walks past a mural during a visit by Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs Giulio Maria Terzi di Sant'Agata on June 27, 2012, at their base in the southern Lebanese village of Chamaa.

An officers of Kyrgyzstan's special forces takes part in anti-terrorist exercises in the capital Bishkek, on June 28, 2012.

Kyrgyzstan's special forces officers take part in anti-terrorist exercises in the capital Bishkek, on June 28, 2012.

The Minister of Public Security of El Salvador David Munguia Payes (L) and the US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson take part in a donation ceremony of security equipment in San Salvador, El Salvador on June 27, 2012. Jacobson is in El Salvador in the frame of a visit to Central America.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson speaks during a ceremony in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. At the ceremony, the U.S. donated law enforcement equipment for anti-drug operations, including the boat behind, to El Salvador.

This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an undated photo of a C-124A Globemaster cargo aircraft similar to the plane that went down on the Colony Glacier in Alaska in 1952 killing all 52 people onboard. Army Capt. Jamie Dobson said Wednesday June 27, 2012 evidence found at the crash site correlates with the missing C-124A Globemaster, but the military is not eliminating other possibilities because much investigation still needs to be done.

An undated photo from files provided by French Army showing French soldiers patrolling in the jungle looking for people illegally panning for gold in French Guyana. French authorities say two marines were killed in a raid against gold thieves in French Guyana on Wednesday June 27, 2012.

An undated photo from files provided by French Army showing French soldiers destroying equipment used by people illegally panning for gold in French Guyana. French authorities say two marines were killed in a raid against gold thieves in French Guyana on Wednesday June 27, 2012.

An undated photo from files provided by French Army showing an illegal mine used by people illegally panning for gold in French Guyana. French authorities say two marines were killed in a raid against gold thieves in French Guyana on Wednesday June 27, 2012.

A Turkish military tank stands parked at the Uzunyol military station on June 26, 2012 on the road between Van and Dogubeyazit near Turkey's border with Iran.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Necdet Ozel seen during a ceremony for Hurkus (Freebird), Turkey's first locally produced military training plane, a two-seat turboprop plane, unveiled outside Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Erdogan kept up his pressure on Syria on Wednesday, saying we would never hesitate to respond with all our power to hostile acts, attacks and threats against us.

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A man holding what is believed to be a replica pistol is stopped by police as he tries to enter the office of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev on June 28, 2012, during a protest by opposition activists marking Ukranian Constitution Day.

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic aide Jenny Suzara (L) undergoes a breathalyser test at an MMDA Traffic Emergency Station in Manila on June 28, 2012. After reports of boozing on the job, traffic police in the Philippine capital will be required to undergo breathalyser tests, an official said on June 28.

Bosnian firefighter stand at the site of an helicopter crash near the Central-Bosnian town of Visoko, on June 28, 2012. In the early hours a UH-1H helicopter owned and piloted by Bosnian Armed Forces crashed during an exercise flight. Three crew members survived with light injuries.

This photo taken on Wednesday, June 28, 2012 and made available on Thursday, June 28, 2012 by the Italian Navy Press Office shows one of 12 anti-aircraft guns on the Italian battleship Roma used to repel German air raids during the Second World War in the Gulf of Asinara, between the Asinara Island and Cape Falcone, in northern Sardinia, Italy. A part of the battleship's wreck has been found 69 years after its sinking by multiple hits of German radio-controlled FX 1400 precision-guided glide bombs.

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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 25th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Force Base, Republic of Korea, flies overhead as a show of force while conducting a close air support training mission at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, joint/coalition, tactical air combat employment exercise which corresponds to the operational capability of participating units. The entire exercise takes place in the Joint Pacific Range Complex over Alaska as well as a portion of Western Canada for a total airspace of more than 67,000 square miles. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released) Date Posted: 06.26.2012

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Cook, and Senior Airman Therron Bun****, joint terminal attack controllers from 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii, call a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 25th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Force Base, Republic of Korea, to fly overhead as a show of force while conducting a close air support training mission June 15, 2012, at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Matthew Rankin, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jin Lee, 15th Medical Operations Squadron, shield thier eyes from a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk medical evacuation helicopter during a casualty evacuation scenario at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska as part of Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Cook, and Senior Airman Therron Bun****, joint terminal attack controllers from 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii, call fight aircraft to provide a close air support for a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk medical evacuation helicopter during a casualty evacuation scenario at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska as part of Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

A U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, flies over the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Cook, a joint terminal attack controller from 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii, uses a radio from an observation point to communicate target information to fighter aircraft during a close air support training mission June 15, 2012, at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska as part of Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Cook, a joint terminal attack controller from 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii, uses a radio from an observation point to communicate target information to fighter aircraft during a close air support training mission June 15, 2012, at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska as part of Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Cook, and Senior Airman Therron Bun****, joint terminal attack controllers from 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii, call for two U.S. Air Force Fighting Falcons from the 36th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Force Base, Republic of Korea, to conduct a strafing run on simulated targets during a close air support training mission June 15, 2012, at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska as part of Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Cook, a joint terminal attack controller from 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii, calls for a U.S. Air Force Fighting Falcons from the 36th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Force Base, Republic of Korea, to conduct a strafing run on simulated target during a close air support training mission June 15, 2012, at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska as part of Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Therron Bun****, a joint terminal attack controller from 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii, uses a radio to request a casualty evacuation helicopter during a close air support training mission June 15, 2012, at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska as part of Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Cook, a joint terminal attack controller from 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii, uses a radio from an observation point to communicate target information to fighter aircraft during a close air support training mission June 15, 2012, at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska as part of Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jonnie Green,(left) Air Liaison Officer Staff Sgt. Brandon Cook,(center) and Senior Airman Therron Bun****,(right) joint terminal attack controllers from 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii, look on as a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk from 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, lands at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jonnie Green, Air Liaison Officer Staff Sgt. Brandon Cook, and Senior Airman Therron Bun****, joint terminal attack controllers from 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii, climb onto a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk from 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Cook, and Senior Airman Therron Bun****, joint terminal attack controllers from 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii, look out the window of a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, at the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

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Excellent photos He219.. my contribution..


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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 27, 2012) A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) for the second time during a Missile Defense Agency test in the Pacific Ocean. The SM-3 Block 1B successfully intercepted a short-range ballistic missile target that had been launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, located on Kauai, Hawaii. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

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BUSAN, Korea (June 27, 2012) Capt. David Lausman, commanding officer of the Japan-based, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), presents coins to children dressed in traditional Korean costume at a welcome ceremony. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, arrived in Busan, Korea for a port visit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jennifer A. Villalovos/Released)

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NORFOLK (June 26, 2012) Shaune Murphy, a policeman assigned to the Naval Station Norfolk K-9 unit, prepares for training with Sasja, a military working dog. Military working dogs train with their handlers approximately 15 hours per week. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Karen Blankenship/Released)

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NORFOLK (June 26, 2012) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) while conducting flight operations in port. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Corbin Shea/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 26, 2012) Airman Joshua Preis cleans the windscreen of an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting carrier qualifications in preparation for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012, the world's largest international maritime exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob Milner/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 26, 2012) Sailors prepare to move an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob Milner/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 26, 2012) Aircraft sit in preparation for flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob Milner/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 26, 2012) Airman Samantha Turner paints a crash and salvage division sign in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is in transit to San Diego for fleet replenishment squadron carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin A. Johndro/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 26, 2012) An F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 and an E/A-6B Prowler from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142 are lifted to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on the ship's aircraft elevator. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian A. Cotter/Released)

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SOUDA BAY, Greece (June 25, 2012) The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) is escorted by a harbor patrol boat as it gets underway from Souda harbor following a port visit to the island of Crete. Florida is homeported in Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., and is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mr. Paul Farley/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 24, 2012) Sonar Technician Surface Seaman Ian Appling from Kerrville, Texas, gives directions to a line-handling party during an underway replenishment aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). Winston S. Churchill is on a scheduled deployment supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released)

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NORFOLK, Va. (June 26, 2012) Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Shane McClennen, a dog handler assigned to the Naval Station Norfolk K-9 unit, leads Mink, a military working dog, through an obstacle course during patrol training. Naval Station Norfolk handlers train their military working dogs approximately 15 hours per week. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Molly Anne Greendeer/Released)

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Awesome pictures, could I get a hi-res for the above ones though Thank you for the post.

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From China

Policemen give instructions to students on drowning rescue in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 27, 2012. As the summer vacation comes, students in Qingdao received safety education for the period. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

Media and the public visit the China aerospace science and technology exhibition in Hong Kong, south China, June 27, 2012. The one-month exhibition will kick off on Thursday. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei)

police officers explains to pupils the harm of drugs in Huanghe Primary School in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 25, 2012, one day ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. (Xinhua/Cai Bing)

Police officers pour gas on the drugs in Hangzhou, capital of esat China's Zhejiang Province, June 25, 2012, one day ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)

Police officers watch as the drugs are set on fire in Hangzhou, capital of esat China's Zhejiang Province, June 25, 2012, one day ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)

Firemen clean up debris at a factory which was damaged by an earthquake in Ninglang county, southwest of China's Yunnan province, June 25, 2012. At least four people have been killed and over 100 others injured after an earthquake hit a mountainous area in southwest China on Sunday, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) carry relief grain in the earthquake-struck Ninglang Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 26, 2012. Authorities of the earthquake-affected Ninglang County began to distribute disaster relief supplies to residents on Tuesday. A magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck the border areas of southwest China's Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces on June 24. (Xinhua/Chen Haining)

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U.S. Marine Cpl.Jose Hernandez, Marine Attack Squadron 513 aircraft engine mechanic from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., marshals a Harrier piloted by Capt. Paul Truog, also of MAS-513, during Green Flag 12-8 June 20, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Conducted by the 549th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis and the 12th Combat Training Squadron at Fort Irwin, Cal., Green Flag West provides a realistic close-air support training environment for Airmen and Soldiers preparing to deploy in support of combat operations in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William P.Coleman)

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U.S. Marine Cpl. Steven White, Marine Attack Squadron 513 aviation mechanic from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., marshals a AV-8B Harrier during Green Flag 12-8 June 20, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The Harriers flew training missions that improved their ability to support U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Air Controllers, Airmen on the ground who were in turn training on their ability to call in air strikes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William P.Coleman)

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Powerline Marines, with Marine Attack Squadron 231, conduct pre-flight inspections on the unit’s AV-8B Harriers on the flight line at Cherry Point, June 8. The powerline Marines handle the launching and recovery of aircraft, as well as engine maintenance and fueling. In preparation for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, the squadron heads to 29 Palms, Calif., next month for the deployment training exercise, Enhanced Mojave Viper.

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An AV-8B Harrier lands on the flight deck of the USS Peleliu as part of daily flight operations during the PHIBRON Three and 15th MEU’s PHIBRON-MEU Interoperability Training off the coast of southern California, June 1. The purpose of the exercise is to give Marines and sailors the opportunity to become familiar working together as a blue-green team, a must when it comes to flight deck operations.

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An AV-8B Harrier lands on the flight deck of the USS Peleliu during daily flight operations as part of PHIBRON Three and 15th MEU’s PHIBRON-MEU Interoperability Training off the coast of southern California, June 1. The purpose of the exercise is to give Marines and sailors the opportunity to become familiar working together as a blue-green team, a must when it comes to flight deck operations.

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A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 214 prepares to take off from the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in the Pacific Ocean June 20, 2012. Makin Island was under way in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dominique Pineiro, U.S. Navy/Released)

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A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 214 takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in the Pacific Ocean, June 20, 2012. Makin Island was under way in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dominique Pineiro)

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An Israeli F-16 I fighter jet takes off during an air show at the graduation ceremony of Israeli pilots in the Hatzerim air force base in the Negev desert, near the southern Israeli city of Beersheva, on June 28, 2012.

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Awesome pictures, could I get a hi-res for the above ones though Thank you for the post.

Ask and you shall receive:

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Soldiers patrol the streets of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, in Tegucigalpa, on June 27, 2012. Honduran President Profirio Lobo and his cabinet agreed to extend Operation Lightning Bolt for 90 days to fight crime in the country, head of the half-yearly Summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA) on Friday. Honduras is listed in a 2010 United Nations report as having the world's highest murder rate at 82 per 100,000 residents. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA

A US Marine from Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion 8th Marines Regiment mans his gun from a post during a patrol in Garmser, Helmand Province on June 27, 2012. The 130,000 NATO troops are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014 and there are fears that their exit will lead to a reduction in rights and freedoms in the war-torn country. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Bruno Pelizzari (Center R) and his partner Debbie Calitz (Center L) of South Africa arrive, escorted by police officers, in Johannesburg, on June 27, 2012. Somali authorities said a joint raid by security forces and the army had led to the freeing of the couple from "Al-Qaeda-affiliated" insurgents. South Africa said Italy was also heavily involved in the operation. Pelizzari and his partner Debbie Calitz were sailing in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya in 2010 when their yacht was hijacked by 12 pirates who set course for Somalia and took the couple ashore at Baraawe. AFP PHOTO / JORDI MATAS

Italian United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) parade during a visit by Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs Giulio Maria Terzi di Sant'Agata on June 27, 2012, at their base in the southern Lebanese village of Chamaa. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT

A Turkish military truck transports a mobile missile launcher in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border June 28, 2012. Rebel forces attacked Syria's main court in central Damascus on Thursday, state television said, while Turkey deployed troops and anti-aircraft rocket launchers to the Syrian border, building pressure on President Bashar al-Assad. In southeastern Turkey, Turkish military convoys moved towards the Syrian frontier, reacting to Syria's shooting down of a Turkish warplane over the Mediterranean on Friday. *******/Ahmet Seher/Ihlas News Agency

A Turkish military truck transports a mobile missile launcher to the Syrian border, near Kilis, Turkey, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Turkey is deploys antiaircraft units along its border with Syria following the downing of one of its warplanes by Syrians.(AP Photo)

In this picture taken on Monday, June 25, 2012, a Syrian rebel holds his rifle as he takes his position behind a wall during a clashes with the Syrian forces troops, at Saraqeb town, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. A United Nations probe into the killing of more than 100 civilians in the Syrian area of Houla last month says forces loyal to the government "may have been responsible" for many of the deaths. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)

In this picture taken on Monday, June 25, 2012, a Syrian rebel, right, runs and hold his rifle as other rebels, left, take their positions behind a wall during a clashes with the Syrian forces troops, at Saraqeb town, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. A United Nations probe into the killing of more than 100 civilians in the Syrian area of Houla last month says forces loyal to the government "may have been responsible" for many of the deaths. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)

In this picture taken on Monday, June 25, 2012, Syrian rebels hold their rifles as they run to cross a street during a clashes with the Syrian forces troops, at Saraqeb town, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. A United Nations probe into the killing of more than 100 civilians in the Syrian area of Houla last month says forces loyal to the government "may have been responsible" for many of the deaths. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)

BETHESDA, MD - JUNE 28: U.S. President Barack Obama deboards Marine One on June 28, 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland. Obama is visiting Walter Reed National Medical Center to spend time with wounded troops. (Photo by Chris Kleponis-Pool/***** Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) arrives to visit wounded military personnel at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland June 28, 2012. *******/Joshua Roberts

US President Barack Obama steps off Marine One upon arrival at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences June 28, 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland. Obama is in Bethesda to visit wounded service members at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN

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Great pix everybody!

A soldier of the Austrian Army 'Jagdkommando' Special Forces battalion poses with a FN P90 selective fire personal defense weapon (PDW) , on June 28, 2012, during a competitive military exhibition in Graz, some 200 kilometers south-west from Vienna.

A soldier of the Austrian Army 'Jagdkommando' Special Forces battalion poses with a MG 74 machinegun, on June 28, 2012, during a competitive military exhibition in Graz, some 200 kilometers south-west from Vienna.

A paratrooper from the Austrian Army 'Jagdkommando' Special Forces battalion lands with a parachute and a European flag trailing behind, on June 28, 2012, during a competitive military exhibition in Graz, some 200 kilometers south-west from Vienna.

An Austrian Army Blackhawk Helicopter lands, on June 28, 2012, during a competitive military exhibition in Graz, some 200 kilometers south-west from Vienna.

Two soldiers of the Austrian Army antiaircraft defense regiment pose with a 'Mistral' antiaircraft guided missile, on June 28, 2012, during a competitive military exhibition in Graz, some 200 kilometers south-west from Vienna.

A student passes by a soldier from the presidential guard in front of the national congress of the nation in Asuncion June 27, 2012. Paraguay's new centre-right president swore in his cabinet on Monday as neighbouring nations intensified diplomatic pressure over the sudden impeachment of his leftist predecessor, Fernando Lugo. Federico Franco took office on Friday, moments after Lugo, a former Roman Catholic bishop, was ousted by the opposition-controlled Congress in an impeachment hearing that lasted less than six hours.

Soldiers (L-R) Lieutenant Kenneth Rowe, Sergeant Andrew McMeley, Sergeant Edward Jackson, and Private First Class Ronnie Berryman from 4th Platoon, Dagger Company of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment watch artillery hit a ridge where insurgents had fired on them from in the town of Manugay in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province June 26, 2012. Picture taken June 26, 2012.

Private First Class Trent Pritchartt (L), Specialist Lance Doan (C), and Specialist Ben Purvis from the mortar platoon on Combat Outpost Nangalam fire 81mm mortar rounds at suspected insurgent positions in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province June 28, 2012