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Col. Riad al-As'aad, the commander of the Free Syria Army, an armed opposition group waging an insurgency against the government of Syrian President B...

A worker on the floor of the Resorts World casino in New York, on Oct. 21, 2011. The casino, which opens Friday, was approved in 2001, but delayed by...

A worker on the floor of the Resorts World casino in New York, on Oct. 21, 2011. The casino, which opens Friday, was approved in 2001, but delayed by...

A 16th-19th century carved wooden arch in the Mughal South Asia room at the newly renovated Islamic galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New...

A carved ivory box from 10th-century Spain at the newly renovated Islamic galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Oct. 24, 2011. The...

Syrian activist Mohamed Zatar of Hama, Syria, shows the injuries he sustained while fleeing the Syrian army during a protest, in an apartment in Antak...

Col. Riad al-As'aad, the commander of the Free Syria Army, an armed opposition group waging an insurgency against the government of Syrian President B...

Col. Riad al-As'aad, the commander of the Free Syria Army, an armed opposition group waging an insurgency against the government of Syrian President B...

Syrian activists Ziyad, left, and Mohamed Zatar, near the Syrian border in Guvecci, Turkey, Oct. 17, 2011. Once one of Syria's closest allies, Turkey...

Col. Riad al-As'aad, the commander of the Free Syria Army, an armed opposition group waging an insurgency against the government of Syrian President B...

The watercolor "The Goddess Bhairavi Devi with Shiva," attributed to the painter Payag, from the Mughal period in India at the newly renovated Islamic...

Yan Lianke, one of China's most successful fiction writers, outside his home, which is set to be demolished for a road-widening project, in the Huaxia...

Yan Lianke, one of China's most successful fiction writers, in his home, which is set to be demolished for a road-widening project, in the Huaxiang Wo...

Writer Elna Baker, who was raised Mormon, wears some of her more hip attire outside of her apartment in New York, Oct. 9, 2011. The boundaries of Morm...

Writer Elna Baker, who was raised Mormon, wears some of her more hip attire outside of her apartment in New York, Oct. 9, 2011. The boundaries of Morm...

FILE -- British Petroleum's self-contained oil and gas facility at Endicott, located eight miles east of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Oct. 28, 2007. Unconvent...

Sayers Tuzroyluk places a golf ball on a tee as he prepares to practice his game in Point Hope, Alaska, Oct. 4, 2011. The striking blend of old and n...

FILE -- Oil pipelines in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Oct. 29, 2007. Unconventional fossil fuels extracted by new technologies should shift geopolitical and e...

Nancy Silverton, the chef who owns Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza restaurants, works on cooking a breakfast of burrata, an Italian cheese, atop, bac...

The cover of the new book by Nancy Silverton, the chef who owns Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza restaurants, titled "The Mozza Cookbook: Recipes From...

Nancy Silverton, the chef who owns Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza restaurants, at her home in Los Angeles, Oct. 19, 2011. Silverton, the founder of...

A large whale bone marks the grave of a whaling captain in the Point Hope cemetery in Point Hope, Alaska, Oct. 4, 2011. The striking blend of old and...

The frame of a traditional skin boat sits on a rack in Point Hope, Alaska, Oct. 4, 2011. The striking blend of old and new, and the relative ease with...

At the North Slope Borough, the local government that presides over Point Hope and other Arctic villages, a resident signs in for the recent borough e...

A boat used by whalers sits on a rack at sunrise in Point Hope, Alaska, Oct. 4, 2011. The striking blend of old and new, and the relative ease with wh...

A school bus navigates the streets in Point Hope, Alaska, Oct. 4, 2011. The striking blend of old and new, and the relative ease with which people in...

A large whale bone marks the grave of a whaling captain in the Point Hope cemetery in Point Hope, Alaska, Oct. 4, 2011. The striking blend of old and...

Steve Oomittuk stands in a room of his aunt's sod and whale bone house that was built in the town's original location and occupied until 1975, in Poin...

The wooden frame of an Inupiat canoe on a rack along the shore in Point Hope, Alaska, Oct. 4, 2011. The striking blend of old and new, and the relativ...

Luke Koonook holds one of his elaborately carved and woven baskets made from whale bone and baleen in Point Hope, Alaska, Oct. 4, 2011. The striking b...

Pete Lisbon uses his great-great-grandparents' ancestral home, built from wood harvested from shipwrecks in the 1800s, as a carving studio in Point Ho...

Schoolchildren stand along the shore of a lagoon in Point Hope, Alaska, Oct. 4, 2011. The striking blend of old and new, and the relative ease with wh...

An aerial view of Point Hope, Alaska, Oct. 4, 2011. The striking blend of old and new, and the relative ease with which people in Point Hope navigate...

Carsten Holler, a Belgian-born artist, at the New Museum where his show is being installed, in New York, Oct. 21, 2011. Holler's exhibition that opens...

Carsten Holler, a Belgian-born artist, at the New Museum where his show is being installed, in New York, Oct. 21, 2011. Holler's exhibition that opens...

The BASF Corporation headquarters building in the development known as the Green at Florham Park, in New Jersey, Oct. 24, 2011. BASF, in a new $130 mi...

John Paul White, right, and Joy Williams, who together are folk-pop duo called The Civil Wars, at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, Oct. 23, 2011. Th...

Don Sturm, the owner of America National Bank and Premiere Bank, in Colorado and Premier Bank, in the lobby of a American National Bank, in Denver, Oc...

FILE -- Mariusz Kwiecien, the baritone, right, with Stefan Kocan, during a dress rehearsal for "Don Giovanni" where Kwiechen herniated a disc at the M...

Mariusz Kwiecien, the Metropolitan Opera baritone, works with his physical therapist Rebecca Blanchard, in New York, Oct. 19, 2011. Kwiecien plans to...

Mariusz Kwiecien, the Metropolitan Opera baritone, works with his physical therapist Rebecca Blanchard, in New York, Oct. 19, 2011. Kwiecien plans to...

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**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO...

A stone-paste and tile prayer niche at the newly renovated Islamic galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Oct. 25, 2011. The Islamic...

Erik Brynjolfsson, and Andrew McAfee, authors of "Race Against the Machine," at MIT Sloan School of Management, in Cambridge Mass., Oct. 21, 2011. A f...

Edwin Edwards, former Louisiana governor and ex-convict, greets the crowd at the International Rice Festival, while his wife, Trina Grimes Scott, ride...

Erik Brynjolfsson, and Andrew McAfee, authors of "Race Against the Machine," at MIT Sloan School of Management, in Cambridge Mass., Oct. 21, 2011. A f...

Rosalind Elias, the mezzo-soprano, at her apartment in New York, Oct. 7, 2011. Elias made her Broadway debut at the age of 82 in the revival of the "F...

Rosalind Elias, the mezzo-soprano, performs in the musical "Follies," at the Marquis Theater on Broadway, in New York, Aug. 6, 2011. Elias made her Br...