Today in pictures (June 25)

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Wed., June 25, 2008

ORG XMIT: ATH103 A firefighting aircraft drops water over a large forest fire on Mount Hymettus, on the city's eastern outskirts of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. The blaze damaged a major power line, causing blackouts for more than an hour in parts of the capital. The Fire Service said eight planes and three helicopters had been sent to help fight the fire. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Petros Karadjias The Spokesman-Review
ORG XMIT: LJM104 Members of a right-wing association of former special military commandos, who were trained for espionage missions in North Korea, bow to a flag of the 16-member U.N. forces which fought on South Korea's side in the war, at a ceremony marking the 58th anniversary of the Korean War in Seoul, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. The Korean War, that claimed the lives of millions of troops and civilians, broke out on June 25, 1950 when Soviet tank-led North Koreans invaded South Korea. The war ended in an armistice three years later. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Lee Jin-Man The Spokesman-Review
ORG XMIT: CAMS102 Haze from a series of wildfires covers the San Francisco skyline on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Fire crews from Nevada and Oregon have arrived to help California firefighters battle hundreds of blazes that are darkening the sky over the San Francisco Bay area and Central Valley, leading public health officials to issue air-quality warnings.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Marcio Sanchez The Spokesman-Review
ORG XMIT: XBM122 Philippine rescuers, left, approach the sunken passenger ferry, the MV Princess of the Stars, to conduct a search and rescue operation off the Sibuyan Sea in central Philippines on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Only four dozen survivors were found so far and more than 800 passengers and crew remained missing more than four days after Typhoon Fengshen overturned the seven-story ferry. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Bullit Marquez The Spokesman-Review
ORG XMIT: DRE103 An ice cream seller holds on to his stand while heavy rain falls in Dresden, Germany, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Heavy thunderstorms hit eastern Germany on Wednesday afternoon. (AP Photo / Matthias Rietschel)

Matthias Rietschel The Spokesman-Review
ORG XMIT: SIN101 A giraffe uses its tongue to receive a carrot from zoo keeper Ram Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at the Singapore Zoo which recently started its giraffe feeding sessions as part of efforts to educate visitors about the wildlife and its relationship with the depleting natural resources available. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Wong Maye-E The Spokesman-Review
ORG XMIT: BAG109 A female police officer aims with her pistol in a shooting range during a graduation ceremony in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Some 115 police woman graduated Wednesday day from Karbala's police academy. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Alhussainey)

Ahmed Alhussainey The Spokesman-Review
ORG XMIT: EUR415 Germany's Miroslav Klose, 11, celebrates scoring his side's 2nd goal during the semifinal match between Germany and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at the Euro 2008 European Soccer Championships in Austria and Switzerland. Left is Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger. Germany defeated Turkey 3-2. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Jon Super The Spokesman-Review
ORG XMIT: JEM105 An Afghan security guard stands in front of an opium fire during an opium burning ceremony on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Rahmat Gul The Spokesman-Review