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Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Dr Charles Vest (C) greets U.S. Army Sgt. Raul Lopez (R) and Army Equipment Specialist Dan Harshman, seen wearing prototypes of future combat uniforms, at the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 22, 2003. They are participating in the grand opening of the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology, which will develop microscopic high technology that can be incorporated into the equipment and apparel of U.S. troops. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)



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A cow waits to be processed at a meat packing plant in Toronto, May 22, 2003. Work continues at the plant despite several countries placing a temporary ban on Canadian beef after a case of mad cow disease was discovered on an Alberta farm. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)



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Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry, the Old Guard, line up as the prepare to place flags on gravestones of service members at Arlington National Cemetery, Thursday, May 22, 2003, in Arlington, Va. The soldiers placed more than 280,000 flags in front of gravestones in this annual Memorial Day tradition. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)



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President Bush drives Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in his truck after Koizumi's arrival at the Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas, Thursday, May 22, 2003. By giving Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi a prized stay at his Texas ranch starting Thursday, President Bush hopes to further tighten the regional noose around North Korea. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)



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Steve Jones prepares his grandfather's headstone to be set back up in the Stockton City Cemetery in Stockton, Mo.,Thursday, May 22, 2003. The Jones headstone and most other headstones in the cemetery were knocked over by the May 4, 2003 tornado that devastated the town, seen in the background. (AP Photo/John S. Stewart)



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A military anti-aircraft missile battery is positioned on a hill with the Washington Monument in the background, May 22, 2003 in Washington. The nation begins the long Memorial Day weekend to honor its war dead under a Code Orange threat alert, the second highest level. REUTERS/Mike Theiler



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The guard of a desolate Baghdad factory walks amongst discarded giant bronze statues of former Iraqi army officers May 22, 2003. The statues which were toppled a month ago when U.S.-led forces entered Baghdad will be melted at a later stage. (Jack Dabaghian/Reuters)



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A US Army soldier looks out from the balcony of a building during a search for weapons in Baghdad. The US army was summoned by prostitutes living in the building after a firefight between prostitutes and gang members erupted over stolen merchandise.(AFP/Patrick Baz)