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Flames burn near a cross during the Station Fire in the Big Tujunga area of Los Angeles, California August 29, 2009. Firefighters battling four wildfires around Los Angeles saved hundreds of homes in an affluent coastal community but struggled against a larger fire coming down the mountains toward another exclusive suburb. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES RELIGION DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) A girl prepares to release a paper lantern on the Motoyasu river in remembrance of atomic bomb victims on the 64th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima August 6, 2009. Japan said it would stand by a self-imposed ban on nuclear weapons as it commemorated the anniversary on Thursday of the world's first atomic attack on the western city of Hiroshima. Seen in the background is the gutted A-bomb dome. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN ANNIVERSARY POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) Ring of fire : A member...