Today In Pictures http://www.canadaeast.com/ en-us Copyright (c) 2007, CanadaEast.com Photographers on motorcycles follow seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong of the United States, in black outfit, as he passes through a tunnel during a training in Monaco Friday July 3, 2009, ahead of the start of the 96th edition of the Tour de France cycling race Saturday July 4, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Christophe Ena e7c99f87c8d544a7ebc33becf643d0c5 Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong of the United States, gestures to photographers on motorcycles during a training in Monaco Friday July 3, 2009, ahead of the start of the 96th edition of the Tour de France cycling race Saturday July 4, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Christophe Ena 7646b3ea3e4530424a66c502b69d05d9 Toronto Blue Jays' Alex Rios follows through on an RBI single during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Friday, July 3, 2009, in New York. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Frank Franklin II 8274e69d89afe620c272f7d00c290437 Dominic LeBlanc looks over at the flag-draped casket of his father, former governor general, Romeo LeBlanc, in Saint Thomas Church in Memramcook, N.B. on Friday July 3, 2009. LeBlanc died last week after a lengthy illness at age 81. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan c907ccdff3db5952eb8ccd977c193930 Tobba Yahya and her husband Mohammed Shafee speak to reporters at their home in Montreal about the loss of their children Geeti, aged 13, Sahar, aged 17 and Zainab Shafia, aged 19, on Friday, July 3, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter McCabe 4adf2884032b3a30ce49ffded6bacdbd An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai, China. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index edged up 0.1 per cent. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS /Eugene Hoshiko 45ea0382ad5664e6a5fb5bf3e6a7d155 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks with officials as he is welcomed upon his arrival in Yangon, Myanmar. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Khin Mang Win 91efd88c8c0dde28fb933a68831a9cf8 Members of the Comorian community living in France block the access to the T3 Terminal at Roissy airport, north of Paris. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Michel Euler d28a367358cf2b00babdeac5c7d159b7 Soldiers guard the perimeter around the presidential residence as people gather there in support of the interim government in Tegucigalpa, Friday July 3, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Dario Lopez-Mills b89704c477b22911524be63cc428327c Cpl. Nicholas Bulger was killed and five soldiers injured when an improvised explosive device detonated near their armoured vehicle during a patrol in the Zhari District. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-DND 5f7b474dee4f1715e7b78d43fdec6a8e Fan of the late pop star Michael Jackson, Brian Henderson, of Seattle, Wash., waits across the street from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Friday, July 3, 2009 for tickets to Tuesday's memorial service . THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chris Carlson e7763b87042c873de1bd1ff995400019 In this July 12, 2007 file photo Hamas activists, from left to right, Nasser Haraz, Rami Tabari, and Abu Atiya are seen behind bars at the Fatah-controlled prison in the West Bank town of Nablus. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Kevin Frayer, File f7f493915838f0277f68e20322a1f803 U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 1st Battalion 5th Marines walk carrying their weapons, ammunition, food, and water for a second day as they make their way through the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday, July 3, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/David Guttenfelder 74b95f14330efbc56838726363596b1d Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, acknowledges the crowed during an election night rally in Phoenix Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Elise Amendola 4bc22bbeda9d21705f00c443de6a90f0 Tom Boonen of Belgium reacts during a press conference in Monaco Friday July 3, 2009, ahead of the start of the 96th edition of the Tour de France cycling race Saturday July 4, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Bas Czerwinsk 6a7ad290b0ee96e909e7d34e0494e45d U.S President Barack Obama smiles as he sits during a photo opportunity in Ottawa, Thursday, Feb.19, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn 473d7d3acc5eebe0f41549c33cd58df8 Top Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, delivers a sermon during Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Vahid Salemi f11c4a3e8cf7db13a06491a59195c11e Footballer Michael Owen, left, leaves the Bridgewater Hospital in Manchester, England, after attending a medical Friday, July 3, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jon Super f944ffad971176da9376028c714e9edc General David Petraeus, left, Commander of US CENTCOM, dons a white cowboy after it was presented to him by City of Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier in Calgary Thursday, July 2, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh e65fe7f10bf6d6a207de27ff66159179 Carlos Sastre of Spain prepares to leave for a training ride in Monaco Thursday July 2, 2009, ahead of the start of the 96th edition of the Tour de France cycling race Saturday July 4, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Christophe Ena e3b89e7458fcb4f88a4466670e1713ba Local fans sets candles for Michael Jackson to mourn his death in front of a bar Friday July 3, 2009 in Shanghai, China. A week after the death of Michael Jackson crowds still gather in China to mourn. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 94a9c2fb9c53d7c59a5f2818d01561ba Cervelo Cycles founders and co-owners Phil White, left, and Gerard Vroomen pose for a photo in their Toronto warehouse on Friday, June 12, 2009. How do you follow seeing someone ride your bike to victory in the Tour de France? If you're Vroomen and White, you start your own team. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese acbc53ac119b2fb0fa9f02f0e481855f South African fans of late pop star Michael Jackson participate in a tribute to their idol on Mandela Square in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday July 3rd, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jerome Delay f6d446f53bf52040791acb29295dea43 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick d9307873d87acfa2dcd1d55d86b906a1 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Columbia, S. C. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mary Ann Chastain ea2cfaafb1b02366a5ecbf9b90963525 Fans of the late pop star Michael Jackson wait across the street from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Friday, July 3, 2009 for tickets to Tuesday's memorial service . THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chris Carlson 65e17d0dbb9777174d0f4602c0312b80 Pallbearers wearing blue shirts with rolled up sleeves, carry the coffin of the television pitchman, Billy Mays, from the church where the funeral mass was held in Mays' hometown, in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks, Pa., Friday, July 3, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Keith Srakocic a3f7b3dafd6c90fc6d5372432137ff67 A bust of George Washington, is seen during a photo-op ahead of an auction in Sotheby's auction house in central London. Officials expect it to be sold for more than 300,000 pounds (490,000 US dollars). THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Lefteris Pitarakis d49a2babf5554b100d70f312f345258b People wearing face masks as a precaution against swine flu seek medical treatment as they wait in Nanawa Hospital in Asuncion, Friday. Paraguay's health authorities report approximately one hundred certified cases and one dead due to swine flu. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jorge Saenz c68bf387fee2c756d765b24aa92fb913 Russian traditional wooden dolls, Matreshkas, some of them depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barak Obama, are part of a street vendor display in downtown Moscow. Obama is to visit Russia on July 6-8. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mikhail Metzel 4e716b5dd90077cb4072122d7deb2428 Johnny Depp, portaying notorious bank robber John Dillinger, is seen driving a car in downtown Columbus, Wis., during the filming of the movie "Public Enemies." THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Morry Gash, File 83234addfc9b4d72993c1edd280e59d7 Actor Gerard Butler. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Dan Steinberg/ file 39f7e3c9e97b50e5ccf3014cb4153e40 British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, center, poses in character upon arriving for the premiere of his movie, "Bruno," in Sydney, Australia, Monday, June 29, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Rick Rycroft ebf324580fabe93fbba118264424a2b2 Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley and his wife Ruth Ann Onley pay their respects to the late governor general Romeo LeBlanc as he lies in state. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan beb953abcecd415a692de8f1c7096317 An intricate miniature circus covers 3,800 square feet at the Museum of the American Circus, located at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art 82c9021a6820915c103de2ef56d152d1 Paul and Amanda Danielson, who operate Trattoria Stella, a Traverse City, Mich. restaurant that features local ingredients in its gourmet meals, pose for a photo. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John Flesher 29fd2d1e9d41e97332afccab459ea305 Members of the Greek anti-terrorist team inspect the area outside a cordoned-off McDonald's fast food in Athens. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Thanassis Stavrakis 3b578615a4d5beab5711ead23b16d7d6 A boy carrying ammunition for Islamic fighters shields his ears as a Islamic fighter shoot towards Somali government forces during clashes, Friday, in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mohamed Sheikh Nor c83a0265771a1190d714eee093384dc6 U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill, center, and Gen. Ray Odierno are seen at a U.S. military base near Baghdad, Iraq, Friday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ Khalid Mohammed, Pool 94e4fdaa23154c35784e0756dbebe72b Denis Menchov of Russia reacts as he prepares to leave on a training ride in Monaco Thursday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Laurent Rebours fe61647e2c2f0e47ec193ff1a72e15b5 John Demjanjuk in 2005. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mark Duncan/ file 774bcecde0d84bee652831d7148056db Quincy Jones gestures on the red carpet prior to the closing ceremony of the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival at Shanghai Grand Theater Sunday June 21, 2009 in Shanghai China. Jones says Michael Jackson's sudden death is too surreal to process. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eugene Hoshiko 4cc33f4ce75755fa5b5c1028d5eae1f9 In this undated photo supplied by Queensland Museum, paleontologist Scott Hocknull analyses the Diamantinasaurus fossils in Winton, in central Queensland, Australia. Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and has a name like something from an Arnold Schwazennegger movie. Meet the Australovenator. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Queensland Museum, HO 8cfe03b4978d1b6bc7e4ad7f4852441b In this photo taken Tuesday, June 23, 2009, media mogul Jimmy Lai appears in a Hong Kong court. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Kin Cheung fc665aa4d7c287879dd3156e9788219b Japan's Princess Masako, left, and Crown Prince Naruhito wave as Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko depart for the two-week tour to Canada and Hawaii, at the Tokyo International Airport in Tokyo Friday, July 3, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Koji Sasahara 43b156d747b0502ce5493e1e3dbf0b63 Pakistani police investigate a vehicle after a deadly bombings in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Police say a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle has slammed into a bus carrying defense department employees, killing at least six people. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Vincent Thian 2f97f33ca1d4f31f267ecff85f53782c A Thai mahout and his infant elephant look for foreign tourist, along Sukhumvit Road in downtown Bangkok. After failing repeatedly to clear elephants from Bangkok streets, Thai authorities have come up with an innovative solution: offering them up for adoption. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/David Longstreath, File 00087f0d21618b2bc9aba0ebb402c6ef South Korean conservative activists with portraits of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, bottom left, and what protesters say are portraits of his son Kim Jong Un shout slogan in front of the mock missiles, bottom, during a rally denouncing North Korea's missile launch in Seoul. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ahn Young-joon 19ad80fc9cb975036f66720d8470f630 In this undated photo supplied by Air New Zealand Friday, July 3, 2009, its staff is seen with body paint on in the airlines latest safety video call the "Bare Essentials of Safety." The video shows three cabin staff and the pilot, all in uniform-colored full body paint, talking viewers through the aircraft's safety procedures. New Zealand's national airline has adopted the cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Air New Zealand, HO f3f3097258104ed2f3457ae2c03701e5 Edmonton Eskimos' Jamaica Rector leaps over a Winnipeg Blue Bombers player during first half CFL action at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium on Thursday, July 2, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jimmy Jeong 1aa1b3a1b47a9ad59df75317f89352d2 Baltimore Orioles' Nolan Reimold, left, is congratulated after scoring on a single by Matt Wieters during the fifth inning of their Major League Baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Anaheim, Calif. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mark J. Terrill f1e65a8e7eb4d45884c946cb403eb6d7 NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield, left, arrives at the Federal Courthouse in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Mayfield is in court trying to get his indefinite suspension from NASCAR lifted by a federal judge. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chuck Burton 8022fe022a77b7bb9e039328f9744a42 Flower sit near the Kingston Mills locks on the Rideau Canal, at a memorial honouring four Montreal residents who died there in a car crash days earlier, in Kingston, Ontario on Thursday July 2, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sunny Freeman 648a9df549ec306660c77bcf4cc55433 An army soldier stands guard as supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya are seen in the back during a protest near the presidential residence in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eduardo Verdugo a6c2a345c0c1faeb9c10e211c02ee6b7 The master bedroom in the main house that was once used by Michael Jackson is seen at Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, Calif., Thursday, July 2, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Carolyn Kaster cf358e4c79df0331aa7236f870d125f7 Twelve-year-old Michael Jackson fan Karson Avila lights prayer candles at the gates of Jackson's former home, Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, Calif., in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 2, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eric Parsons c2e6f3677cf3c83c136b26e2bb544d31 Katherine Jackson, mother of Michael Jackson, is driven out of the Jackson family residence in Encino, Calif., Tuesday, June 30, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Charles Dharapak a7ded3ddaf671eba53a483264e72776c Gen. David Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, June 29, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Amr Nabil d2e9550f0921c31acf4439f90be1536c This product image released by Macy's shows Delsey Helium Breeze 2.0 luggagae collection. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Macy's 0aff88b651f1a729d2cf1d60099d0fe7 This photo taken June 19, 2009 shows a lightweight green wrap dress in silk jersey from Diane von Furstenberg. To keep your suitcase light for summer vacation, pack lightweight, versatile clothing like a summer dress. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Shoun A. Hill 46af6d24b7efc34488e342c777888adb A rarely seen portrait of Michael Jackson is displayed by owner Marty Abrams, left, and Rick Kaplan, co-owner of Dancy-Power Automotive Group, a showroom that sells luxury cars to celebrities, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York Thursday July 2, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/David Goldman 6742a98b2c618ccfaef2c4f94e100010 In this March 22, 2009 file photo, the building in midtown Manhattan in New York where Bernard Madoff and wife Ruth own a penthouse apartment is seen in this aerial view. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mark Lennihan, File 45c8a078b88eb073462c957ea33d75c4 New York Rangers' Nik Antropov, of Kazakhstan, left, and Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Matt Carle, right, chase the puck in the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 14, 2009, in Philadelphia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Tom Mihalek 6e9bd853ee7fa40c952f52e7727edd83 Alain Bouillard, leading the investigation into the June 1, Air France flight 447 crash, for the French accident investigation agency BEA, addresses reporters during a press conference held at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Remy de la Mauviniere d9db21a7024ccf6e9f45c3d9d97a7f5c Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff waves to the crowd at Edmonton's "Silly Summer Canada Day Parade", on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Ulan 0b59fd8d8bccf892ab697c1066ba74ba Gene Simmons speaks to the audience during the keynote speech at the Canadian Music Week news conference in Toronto, on March 12 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young 2db80aeeacc45895779eef97acb57f8a In this Monday, Oct. 27, 2003 file picture, Michael Jackson thanks the audience. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Joe Cavaretta, file a761424e4f8f869903edb074fafa0218 In this Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006 file photo, actor David Carradine arrives for the 16th annual Environmental Media Awards in Los Angeles. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Phil McCarten, file 281c8516b342308cb70b24969e9cff11 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford talks to Associated Press about his relationship with an Argentine mistress in his Columbia, S.C., Statehouse office on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mary Ann Chastain c325692e54f3b5b9b9c05e660b3d0a2b An Air Canada plane lands at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Friday February 13, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn 72d3b10d7acca70d31c63618ee91b2e6 In this June 28, 2009 photo, the company logo shines off the grille of a 2009 Fusion at a Ford dealership in the Colorado city of Centennial. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/David Zalubowski 71e6bd51ddc71d95bf0d6fed83a0e7f1 Penguins Sidney Crosby pours champagne in the Stanley Cup after winning the NHL final in Detroit on Friday June 12, 2009. Crosby is headed to Calgary next month for Hockey Canada's Olympic orientation camp. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn abd95d5773d1218d0656770514fc0649 Short track speedskater Olivier Jean, of Montreal, Que., wears a mask due to having a cold while skating during a national team training camp in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday July 2, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck dca2956d64363d05859f8de886525cbc Unemployed Donte Walker reads an employment newspaper at the employment training facility, JobTrain, July 30, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Paul Sakuma 55db91c639ad287bea7e94cd7b1b4840 In this April 28, 1996 file photo, pop singer Michael Jackson, left, and his wife Debbie Rowe are shown in Pasedena, Calif. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chris Pizzello, file e8261f90be04340e06b68690ddc1e6bf Penguins Sidney Crosby pours champagne in the Stanley Cup after winning the NHL final in Detroit on Friday June 12, 2009. Crosby is headed to Calgary next month for Hockey Canada's Olympic orientation camp. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn c7ebce08acaba693e8db17aff0943c77 Boston Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay, a native of Canada, takes an oath of citizenship along with more than 350 other people at a naturalization ceremony at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Thursday July 2, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eric J. Shelton b8869e1cc7c7b3f5c256f0457949093d This April 30, 2009 file photo shows Tony Kushner at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Craig Lassig, File 0ff480c440e3ed242754df56f6103f5b Actress Katie Holmes. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Dan Steinberg,File 5878434c426084bb59b017a6477acf13 Actress Hilary Duff. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Peter Kramer c6e06489a13a15555613ad4083025e75 Gary Coleman, of the televison series "Diff'rent Strokes" and his wife Shannon Price, appear on the the NBC "Today" television program in New York, Tuesday Feb. 26, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Richard Drew 15ab61ce9b7f100ec02bf681c910d0e5 Gary Coleman, of the televison series "Diff'rent Strokes" and his wife Shannon Price, appear on the the NBC "Today" television program in New York, Tuesday Feb. 26, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Richard Drew 34eb1cff00aace54101ca102673ff680