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A Russian Proton-M rocket booster with U.S. communication satellite AMS- 23 lifts off a launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec...

Police personnel stand inside the campus of the Indian Institute of Science (IIS), in Bangalore, India, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. Police set up barrica...

Police guard a ambulance as it comes out of a hospital, carrying the body of M.C. Puri, a retired professor from New Delhi's Indian Institute of Techn...

Bollywood director and actor Dev Anand waves to people during the premiere of his film Mr. Prime Minister in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005...

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal attends the opening session of an Arab League foreign ministers' gathering aimed at discussing reforms in...

Equador's Felix Borja, center, kicks the ball ahead of Uganda's Mwesigwn Andy, left, in a friendly match of the LG Cup in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday D...

Ecuador's Erick de Jesus, center, fends off Uganda's Mwesigwn Andy, left, as his teammate Ivan Kavtedes, right, follows play in a friendly match in th...

Malgorzata Glinka, right, of French team Racing Club de Cannes, spikes the ball against Tatiana Gracheva, left, of the Russian team Dinamo Moscow, dur...

Uganda's Balyejjusa Emmaud, right, tries to intercept the ball from Ecuador's Felix Borja in a friendly match of the LG Cup, held in Cairo, Egypt on...

Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti listens to reporters' questions during a press conference following a Cabinet meeting at the Chigi palace premier's o...

A Chinese cameraman films near a display of the busts of former noted persons of the Chinese film industry at the China Movie Museum in Beijing, China...

Times Square Alliance President Tim Tompkins, left, and Countdown Entertainment President Jeffrey Straus, right, test confetti by throwing it out of t...

Players of French team Racing Club de Cannes celebrate after winning an important point against Russian team Dinamo Moscow, during the final of the Wo...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, seen at a meeting with Russian and Ukrainian officials involved in gas talks in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence...

Former world No. 1 Martina Hingis of Switzerland sticks her tongue out at practices in preparation for her return to competitive tennis at the Mondia...

Dr. Thomas Graham, left, Dr. James Higgins, second left, watch on as their patient Francisco del Alamo-Benavente talks to reporters during a news conf...

Former Chinese movie star Zhang Ruifang, lower left, visits the China Movie Museum near the types of heroic figures her movie portrays in Beijing, Ch...

Mary Hale stands on her front porch in rural Kentucky in this Wednesday, June 29, 2005 photo. Hale answered the door when Associated Press writer Cal...

Auburn linebacker Tray Blackmon, center, talks to the media after practice in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. Auburn plays Wisconsin in the Ca...

Austria's Marlies Schild, center, winner of an alpine ski World Cup women's slalom race, celebrates with her teammate second placed Nicole Hosp, left,...

U.S. director and actor Woody Allen, left, plays his clarinet with New Orleans Jazz Band members Conal Fowkes on contrabass and Eddy Davis with banjo,...

Former economic presidential adviser Andrei Illarionov speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. Illarionov, an outspoken econom...

Daron Rahlves of the United States waves two fingers as he celebrates on the podium after winning an alpine ski World Cup Men's downhill event, in Bor...

** FILE ** Former governor of Lagos state, Mohammed Marwa attends a public function in this file photo taken in Abuja, Nigeria, September, 2005. Nige...

Natalia Khanikoglu, right, of Russian team Dinamo Moscow, spikes the ball against Olga Tocko, left, of French team Racing Club de Cannes during the fi...

From left, son Subagith Joseph, widow Sugunam Joseph, and daughter Subajini of pro-rebel legislator Joseph Pararajasingham mourn during his funeral in...

Takanobu Okabe from Japan soars through the air during the first competition of the 54th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, southern Ger...

Warren Beatty watches the Los Angeles Lakers play the Memphis Grizzlies in an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/...

Austria's Nicole Hosp celebrates in the finish area after taking the second place in the alpine ski World Cup Women's slalom race in Lienz, Austria, T...

Ein Schneepflug raeumt am Donnerstag, 29. Dezember 2005, den Schnee von einer Landstrasse nahe Petersdorf auf der Insel Fehmarn. Bei Temperatruren um...

University of Texas coach Mack Brown helps a player stretch as the team works-out in Carson, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. The Longhorns face South...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left on the front row, is joined by musician Wynton Marsalis, right on the front row, and city workers, all in...

Texas Tech Defensive Coordinator Lyle Setencich talks to the media at a news conference in Irving, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. Texas Tech will pla...

Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville, right, watches over practice in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. Auburn plays Wisconsin in the Capital One...

Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti listens to reporters' questions during a press conference following a Cabinet meeting at the Chigi palace premier's o...

North Carolina State football coach Chuch Amato, left, shakes hands with South Florida's coach Jim Leavitt in victory lane at Lowe's Motor Speedway i...

Germany's Alexander Herr soars through the air, during the first competition of the 54th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, southern Ger...

Tennessee's C.J. Watson (32) drives past Lipscomb's Eddie Ard (14) during their college basketball game Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, in Knoxville, Tenn. W...

Indonesian Army soldiers board a navy ship upon their withdrawal at Krueng Geukuh port in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 29, 20...

Miami Heat guard Jason Williams, left, drives to the basket past Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups in the first half of an NBA basketball game Th...

Southern California head coach Pete Carroll watches over his players as they stretch during a work-out in Los Angeles Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. The Tro...

Oklahoma's Clint Ingram is mobbed by teammate Larry Birdine after his fourth quarter interception preserved a 17-14 victory over Oregon in the Holiday...

Vaiju Naravane, a Paris-based correspondent for Indian daily The Hindu, addresses reporters near the former French aircraft carrier Clemenceau, seen i...

Washington's Jamaal Williams, left, drives past Arizona State's Chad Goldstein in the second half in a college basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 29, 200...

Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy answers questions following practice in Indianapolis, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. Dungy rejoined his team, a wee...

New Orleans Hornets' David West (30) fouls San Antonio Spurs Tim Duncan (21) while knocking the ball away from Duncan during first half NBA basketball...

American University's Derrick Mercer, right, tries to block a shot by Vermont's Mike Trimboli during an NCAA basketball game Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005,...

Washington's Mike Jensen pulls down a rebound in front of teammate Justin Dentmon (5) and Arizona State's Jeff Pendergraph in the second half in a col...

Oregon punter Matt Dragich breaks away from Oklahoma's Keenan Clayton, (9), as he runs past Jejuan Rankins on a fake punt that gained 20 yards and a...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, second from left, Russell Wright, left, and his sisters, Paula Winfrey, and Billie Harris, walk through the remains of their mo...