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From left, artists Michael Elmgreen of Denmark, Ingar Dragsetr of Norway, Katharina Fritsch of Germany, Brian Griffiths of Britain, Hew Locke of Britain, and Mariele Neudecker of Germany pose for photographers during the unveiling of the six shortlisted proposals for Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth art installation, at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Martin Kaymer of Germany hits a drive on the fourth hole during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis.

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FILE - In this July 9, 2008 file photo a Google street mapping car drives in Berlin , Germany near Brandenburg gate. Google Inc. will introduce its "Street View" mapping feature in Germany before the end of the year, the company said on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. The feature will be available for the country's 20 biggest cities and people can ask to have the photo of their house removed from the database starting next week _ a move aimed at dispelling privacy fears. (AP Photo/ddp, Michael Kappeler, File)

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Police guard the entrance to the Taiba mosque in Hamburg, Germany, after it ws closed Monday. Once a meeting place for Sept. 11 plotters, it appeared to have become a jihad center again. (Associated Press)

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Destroyed railroad tracks near Hegenwerder, Germany, show the extent of damage left as swollen rivers pushed northward. (Associated Press)

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A resident of Bogatynia, Poland, uses a rope to get across a fast-flowing but receding river Monday after a bridge collapsed in flash floods that killed at least 11 people and left towns in Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany strewn with rubble and coping with badly damaged homes and roads. (Associated Press)

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German police have sealed the door of the former al-Quds mosque, now named the Taiba mosque, in Hamburg, Germany. The mosque, which once was frequented by some of the Sept. 11 attackers, was closed Monday by authorities, who said they believed it was again a meeting place for Islamic radicals. (AP Photo/dapd/Axel Heimken)

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Mercedes GP Formula One driver Michael Schumacher of Germany drives his car during the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit outside Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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A rescue helper from the church comforts two mourners as an unidentified cleric looks on after a memorial service in Duisburg, Germany, on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Germany is holding a memorial service for the victims of the Love Parade techno music festival, where 21 people were crushed to death and 500 injured. (AP Photo/ddp, Sascha Schuermann)

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Bernhard Langer, of Germany, celebrates his birdie on the third hole in the final round of the U.S. Senior Open golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer, right, arrive at the opening of the Wagner Opera Festival in front of the Festspielhaus theatre in Bayreuth, Germany,Sunday, July 25, 2010. (AP Photo/dapd/Eckehard Schulz)

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In this image taken from television an ambulance at the scene where people receive first aid after a panic on this year's techno-music festival "Loveparade 2010" in Duisburg, Germany, on Saturday, July 24, 2010. More than a dozen people were killed and others injured when mass panic broke out in a tunnel at the Love Parade. (AP Photo/WIEBOLD TV via APTN)

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The sun is reflected on the facade of the European Central Bank Tower, seen through the euro symbol, in Frankfurt, Germany, in August 2009. (AP Photo/Daniel Roland, File)

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FILE - In this file photograph taken May 8, 2007, the company logo of Nokia Siemens Networks is displayed in front of the headquarters in Munich, southern Germany. Nokia Siemens Networks says it will acquire the majority of Motorola's wireless operations in a $1.2 billion deal.(AP Photo/Diether Endlicher, file)

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Spain's Carles Puyol, second from right, celebrates after scoring a goal with teammates Gerard Pique, right, Carles Puyol, third from right, and David Villa, second from left, during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Germany and Spain at the Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday July 7, 2010. Spain won 1-0.(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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Spain supporters wait for the start of the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Germany and Spain at the stadium in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)