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• June 11: A man walks through the ruins of Saint George's Church in Rihab, Mafraq, Jordan, east of Amman. Archaeologists said they have discovered a cave under the third century church that dates back to A.D. 33 to A.D. 70, which they believe was used as a church by 70 disciples of Jesus in the first century after Christ's death, which would make it the oldest Christian site of worship in the world. Outside experts expressed caution about the claim.
• June 11: Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine smiles after receiving his headdress during a smudging ceremony with sweetgrass outside the House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was to officially apologize for the once-mandatory network of federal schools intended to assimilate native people. From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 aboriginal children were required to attend state-funded Christian schools where many suffered physical and sexual abuse as part of a program to integrate them into Canadian society.
• This undated photo released by the Afghan Interior Ministry shows part of the seized sacks of hashish on fire after the Afghan National Police Special Task Force found them in a hidden stock in the southern province of Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan counternarcotics officials said Wednesday they had uncovered 260 tons of hashish hidden in 6-foot-deep trenches in southern Afghanistan in what one official said appears to be the largest-ever drug bust.
• June 11: Child laborers carry stones on their heads at a stone crusher on the eve of World Day Against Child Labor, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India.
• June 11: A 6-mile-long queue of thousands of trucks wait on the road on the third day of the Spanish truckers’ fuel strike near the Spanish border with France in Oyarzun, northern Spain. Tens of thousands of Spanish truckers were taking part in an indefinite strike over soaring fuel costs that could bring the country to a standstill.
• June 11: A man takes photographs of trucks that were attacked by striking truckers in Riba-Roja, near Valencia, Spain. Firefighters sprayed the ground with foam as some trucks had their gas tanks perforated. Truckers are on the third day of a nationwide strike over rising fuel costs.
• June 11: Nepalese stand behind the palace fence as they watch the scene inside the Narayanhiti Palace where former King Gyanendra addresses the press in Katmandu, Nepal. Gyanendra made final arrangements to leave Katmandu's main palace on Wednesday and begin life as a civilian at one of his former summer palaces on a forested hill on the outskirts of Katmandu, in the newly declared republic.
• This undated photo provided on Wednesday by the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, Italy, shows a deer with a single horn in the center of its head. The 1-year-old roe deer, nicknamed 'Unicorn,' was born in captivity in the research center's park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence, Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences, said. He is believed to have been born with a genetic flaw; his twin has two horns, it was reported on Wednesday.