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Swiss Cabinet-level Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf speaks during a press conference concerning the extradiction of film director Roman Polanski to the United States on Monday, July 12, 2010 in Bern, Switzerland. Polanski will not be extradited and was released from house arrest in his chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland. He was arrested in September 2009 when entering Switzerland after a request by U.S. authorities in relation to a sex case dating back to 1977. (AP Photo/Keystone/Peter Schneider)
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A Swiss police officer takes notes outside film director Roman Polanski's chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, on Monday, July 12, 2010. Polanski will not be extradited to the United States and was released from house arrest in his chalet, Swiss Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said at a press conference in Bern, the Swiss capital. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus )
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Dark clouds hang over film director Roman Polanski's chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, on Monday, July 12, 2010. Polanski will not be extradited to the United States and was released from the house arrest in his chalet, Swiss Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said at a press conference in Bern, the Swiss capital. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg flies in the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane after its first night flight attempt near Payerne airport, Switzerland, as the sun rises, Thursday, July 8, 2010. The experimental solar-powered plane landed safely after completing its first 24-hour test flight. The record feat brings it one step closer to the makers' ultimate aim of circling the globe using only energy from the sun.(AP Photo/Keystone/Fabrice Coffrini/Pool)
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Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg flies over the Neuchatel lake in the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane after its first successful night flight attempt at Payerne airport, Switzerland, Thursday, July 8, 2010. The aircraft took off July 7 at 06:51 a.m. and reached an altitude of 28,543 feet by the end of the day. It then slowly descent to 4,921 feet and flew during the night on the batteries, charged during the day by 12,000 solar cells, which powered the four electric motors. It landed July 8 at 09.00 a.m. for a flight time of 26 hours and 9 minutes, setting the longest and highest flight ever made by a solar plane. (AP Photo/Keystone, Denis Balibouse, Pool)
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Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg flies in the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane after its first night flight attempt near Payerne airport, Switzerland, as the sun rises, Thursday, July 8, 2010 . The experimental solar-powered plane landed safely after completing its first 24-hour test flight. The record feat brings it one step closer to the makers' ultimate aim of circling the globe using only energy from the sun. (AP Photo/Keystone/Fabrice Coffrini/Pool)
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People look on as Solar Impulse's solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane stands on the runway after its first successful night flight attempt at Payerne airport, Switzerland, Thursday, July 8, 2010. The aircraft took off July 7 at 06:51 a.m. and reached an altitude of 28,543 feet by the end of the day. It then slowly descent to 4,921 feet and flew during the night on the batteries, charged during the day by 12,000 solar cells, which powered the four electric motors. It landed July 8 at 09.00 a.m. for a flight time of 26 hours 9 minutes setting the longest and highest flight ever made by a solar plane. (AP Photo/Keystone, Dominic Favre, Pool)
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Solar Impulse's team chief Bertrand Piccard, left, and Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg celebrate after successfully landing the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane after its first successful night flight attempt at Payerne airport, Switzerland, on Thursday, July 8, 2010. The aircraft took off July 7 at 06:51 a.m. and reached an altitude of 28,543 feet by the end of the day. It then slowly descent to 4,921 feet and flew during the night on the batteries, charged during the day by 12,000 solar cells, which powered the four electric motors. It landed July 8 at 09.00 a.m. for a flight time of 26 hours 9 minutes setting the longest and highest flight ever made by a solar plane. (AP Photo/Keystone, Dominic Favre, Pool)
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Solar Impulse's team chief Bertrand Piccard, left, and Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg celebrate after successfully landing the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane after its first successful night flight attempt at Payerne airport, Switzerland, on Thursday, July 8, 2010. The aircraft took off July 7 at 06:51 a.m. and reached an altitude of 28,543 feet by the end of the day. It then slowly descent to 4,921 feet and flew during the night on the batteries, charged during the day by 12,000 solar cells, which powered the four electric motors. It landed July 8 at 09.00 a.m. for a flight time of 26 hours 9 minutes setting the longest and highest flight ever made by a solar plane. (AP Photo/Keystone, Dominic Favre, Pool)
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Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg flies in the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane after its first night flight attempt near Payerne airport, Switzerland, as the sun rises, Thursday, July 8, 2010. The experimental solar-powered plane landed safely after completing its first 24-hour test flight. The record feat brings it one step closer to the makers' ultimate aim of circling the globe using only energy from the sun.(AP Photo/Keystone/Fabrice Coffrini/Pool)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Lance Armstrong of the US, right, and Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, left, ride in the pack during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 153.5 kilometers (95.4 miles) with start in Cambrai and finish in Reims, northern France, Wednesday, July 7, 2010.
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Switzerland's Gelson Fernandes, right, celebrates with his teammate Tranquillo Barnetta after scoring during the World Cup group H soccer match between Spain and Switzerland at the stadium in Durban, South Africa on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
