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Hiroshi Masuoka from Japan steers his Mitsubishi during the 1st stage of the 2006 Lisbon-Dakar rally between Lisbon and Portimao, near Almodovar, Port...

Oklahoma basketball coach Kelvin Sampson signals to his team Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, during a game against Alabama in Norman, Okla. No. 14 Oklahoma...

Palestinians walk near a section of Israel's separation barrier after crossing the Kalandia terminal, between Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Rama...

Minnesota's Jonathan Williams, left, defends as Oral Roberts' Larry Owens, right, takes a shot in first half of a college basketball game Saturday, De...

Ali al-Tamimi, spokesperson for Maram, a coalition of 48 political entities who oppose the results of the Dec. 15. elections, holds a ballot paper he...

Firefighters with the Slaughterville Fire Department overlook a charred field near Pink, Okla., Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. The fire burned approximately...

The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball, which will begin to descend at 11:59 p.m. EST to signal the start of the New Year in New York's Times Square, cl...

Day laborers gather on a sidewalk on the far side of an entrance to a Home Depot as Minuteman protestors take up positions on the near side, in Phoeni...

Los Angeles Clippers' Shaun Livingston, left, blocks the shot of Boston Celtics' Delonte West during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday...

Pat Gooch, Abbie Wise, and Aaron Knapek, from left, use a boat to remove items from a home flooded by Linda Creek in Roseville, Calif., Saturday, Dec....

A woman pays for the grapes she bought on the eve of New Year's day Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005 in Manila, Philippines. Though it is an expensive fruits,...

Members of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks celebrate with goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere (35) following the Ducks' 5-4 win against the St. Louis Blues in St....

Water floods the Petaluma Outlet Mall in Petaluma, Calif., on Saturday Dec. 31, 2005. A powerful winter storm barreled through Northern California ear...

Timothy Schwartz of Glendale, Ariz., protests outside a Home Depot in Phoenix, Ariz. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. (AP Photo/Will Powers)

Gonzaga's David Pendergraft looses the rebound to Saint Joseph's Ahmad Nivins (right) and while Chet Stachiatas (left) looks on during their college...

Firefighters reach for the bodies of two of six men, who had been blindfolded, shot and dumped at a sewage plant, to place them into a van in southeas...

The Los Angeles Kings Lubomir Visnovsky (17), of Slovakia, and Joe Corovo (6) celebrate with their teammates after a goal by Alexander Frolov, of Russ...

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005 at 2:15 AM EST shows clouds associated with a low pressure system centered over the Upper Midw...

Notre Dame guard Megan Duffy (13) has the ball slapped away gtp, her by Tennessee guard Alexis Hornbuckle (14) during the first half of a NCAA women's...

Party goers walk towards the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Saturday, Dec.31, 2005 in preparation for the New Year celebrations. (AP Photo/Markus Schreib...

Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee delivers inaugural address at a seminar on Opportunity of Doing Business with Defense at the Industrial India...

Houston Rockets guard David Wesley (7) goes up against Golden State Warriors defender Troy Murphy (1) during the first half of an NBA basketball game...

Firefighters duck for cover as a Chinook helicopter lands near Pink, Okla., Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. The blaze burned approximately 120 acres before b...

Two men move their boat through a flooded downtown park, after the Napa River and Creek overflowed their banks in Napa, Calif., Saturday Dec. 31, 2005...

South Koreans carry portraits of scientist Hwang Woo-suk in a rally supporting Hwang in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. Disgraced Hwang s...

British aid worker Kate Burton, 25, is seen as she arrives at the Israeli side of the Erez crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel early Saturday,...

Penn State head coach Joe Joe Paterno walks to the practice field at Barry University, in Miami,Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. Florida State faces Penn Stat...

Germany's Martin Schmitt reacts after he missed the cut in the qualifying on the second stage of the 54th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisc...

Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP outgoing president L.K.Advani, right, offers sweet to BJP new president Rajnath Singh at a meeting, in Bombay, India, S...

New Orleans Hornets guard Speedy Claxton (5) and Dallas Mavericks center Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) reach for a rebound in the second half of Saturday ni...

Gonzaga's J.P. Batista goes up for a basket during their college basketball game againist Saint Joseph Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, afternoon at McCarthy...

Aiden Bashor, of Nashua, N.H., smiles as he spots his father, Sgt. Eric Basher, in Concord, N.H., Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. Eighty-five members of the...

Crowds gather prior to the New Year fireworks display celebrations in London's Embankment overlooking the Thames River and the 'London Eye' wheel, Sat...

Andres Eriksson of Metallurg, right, celebrates with his teammates after scoring the first goal, during the 79th Spengler Cup final match between Team...

Temple's Mardy Collins tries to fight his way past Villanova's Jason Fraser during the second half of their NCAA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31,...

Ball State's Maurice Acker, back fouls Indiana's Marco Killingsworth (5) during the second half of a college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005...

Georgia Tech center Ra'Sean Dickey dunks against Bethune-Cookman during the second half of Tech's 73-46 win in a college basketball game Saturday, Dec...

New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, left, makes a save on a shot by Toronto Maple leafs' Kyle Wellwood (42) during second-period NHL hockey...

Men and women swim in the sea at Biarritz, southwestern France, for the annual last swim of the year, Saturday Dec. 31, 2005. Some 100 swimmers took p...

Finland's Janne Ahonen prepares for his trial jump prior to the qualifying on the second stage of the 54th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Garmis...

Revelers cheer as they receive party favors during the countdown to the New Year in New York's Times Square Saturday Dec. 31, 2005 in New York. (AP Ph...

Boston College's Bryan O'Hanley, right, hugs teammate Peter Harrold (7) after O'Hanley scored a first-period goal against Princeton, as other teammate...

Day laborers gather on a sidewalk on the far side of an entrance to a Home Depot as Minuteman protestors take up positions on the near side, in Phoeni...

A young woman admires gold figures of dog in the Laofengxiang gold shop of Chaohu city, east China's Anhui province, on Friday December 30, 2005, in t...

Carolina Hurricanes goal tender Martin Gerber catches the puck in front of Montreal Canadiens' Michael Ryder (73) and Hurricanes Glen Wesley (2) durin...

A crowd looks at an ice sculpture titled

Zahlreiche Eisbader des Rostocker Vereins

Mozambican peacekeepers and their luggage gathered at the airport in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, for withdrawal. The depar...

Auburn wide receiver Jim Reed (19) runs the ball during a kickoff return drill at football practice in Orlando, FL, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005 for the Ca...

South Korean farmers and protesters in mourning clothes carry a bier of farmers who probably died as a result of police violence during an anti-global...