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Jaswinder Duhra, who has lived in Italy for 25 years, at the Gurdwara Sri Guru Kalgidhar Sahib, a Sikh temple, in the town of Pessina Cremonese, Italy...

A man and children walk near a checkpoint along a blast barrier in the Bayaa neighborhood of Baghdad, Dec. 21, 2011. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki o...

A blast barrier stretches along a street in the Bayaa neighborhood of Baghdad, Dec. 21, 2011. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq threatened Wednes...

A child walks near a checkpoint and blast barrier in the Bayaa neighborhood of Baghdad, Dec. 21, 2011. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq threaten...

Ashok Khade, center, who runs Das Offshore Engineering, in the Maharashtra state of India, on Oct. 14, 2011. Khade is part of a tiny but growing class...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at a campaign event at a hotel in Arlington, Va., o...

Ashok Khade, center, who runs Das Offshore Engineering, speaks with a villager in Rohini, India, on Oct. 14, 2011. Khade is part of a tiny but growing...

Ashok Khade, center, attends a Hindu temple that he has paid to rebuild in Sangli, India, on Oct. 14, 2011. Khade is part of a tiny but growing class...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, and his wife, Callista, arrive at a campaign event at a ho...

Ashok Khade, center, finds his name with his caste listed beside it, in the register of his old high school in Sangli, India, on Oct. 14, 2011. Khade...

FILE -- Carine Roitfeld, the former editor of French Vogue, with Peter Dundas, left, and Kanye West at Roitfeld's vampire-themed party in Paris, Oct....

FILE -- Guest's gather at the vampire-theme party of Carine Roitfeld, the former editor of French Vogue, in Paris, Oct. 4, 2011. Despite having given...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, and his wife, Callista, at a campaign event at a hotel in...

Asghar Farhadi, the Iranian director of the new movie "Separation," in new York, Oct. 3, 2011. Farhadi says his film, which opens in New York and Los...

Carine Roitfeld, the former editor of French Vogue, at The Standard hotel in New York, Dec. 4, 2011. Despite having given up the powerful editorship o...

Asghar Farhadi, the Iranian director of the new movie "Separation," in new York, Oct. 3, 2011. Farhadi says his film, which opens in New York and Los...

FILE -- Carine Roitfeld, the former editor of French Vogue, with her son Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld at the 25th Annniversary AmfAR Gala at Cipriani on...

Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) speaks to reporters, as Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), left, looks on, in Washington, Dec. 21, 2011. A political sta...

Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) speaks to reporters, as Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), left, looks on, in Washington, Dec. 21, 2011. A political sta...

House Republicans during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 21, 2011. A political stalemate continued Wednesday between House and Senate le...

A product shot of the AKG K 390 noise-cancelling headphones, in an undated photo. Dollar for dollar, headphones pack more sonic wallop than even the m...

Mannequins displayed inside Ikram, which features high-end clothing by American, European and Japanese designers, in Chicago, Dec. 13, 2011. The store...

The cafe inside Ikram, which features high-end clothing by American, European and Japanese designers, in Chicago, Dec. 13, 2011. The store, owned by I...

A staircase at Ikram, which features high-end clothing by American, European and Japanese designers, in Chicago, Dec. 13, 2011. The store, owned by Ik...

House Republicans during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 21, 2011. A political stalemate continued Wednesday between House and Senate le...

Mayor Ed Pawlowski, who wonders why federal block grants have been dropping, in downtown Allentown, Pa., on Dec. 7, 2011. Cities like Allentown are f...

Children participate in an after-school program, which has two teachers paid for by federal block grant money, at St. Luke's Neighborhood Center in Al...

Laborers work in a home being restored using federal block grant money in Allentown, Pa., on Dec. 7, 2011. Cities like Allentown are facing hard choic...

A display inside Ikram, which features high-end clothing by American, European and Japanese designers, in Chicago, Dec. 13, 2011. The store, owned by...

An atheist holiday display at Palisades Park in Santa Monica, Calif., Dec. 21, 2011. Atheists who objected to nativity scenes at the park won the righ...

An infant Jesus in a traditional nativity scene at Palisades Park in Santa Monica, Calif., Dec. 21, 2011. Atheists who objected to nativity scenes at...

Hunter Jameson, the president of the group that organizes a public nativity scene at Palisades Park in Santa Monica, Calif., Dec. 21, 2011. Atheists w...

Homes renovated using federal block grant money, right, in Allentown, Pa., on Dec. 7, 2011. Cities like Allentown are facing hard choices as money all...

A holstein cow on the farm of Gianluigi Fiamenghi, who employs seven Indian workers, in the town of San Bassano Cremona, Italy, Aug. 31, 2011. For the...

Angel, right, who has kidney problems, holds his niece's hand at his apartment in New York, Oct. 31, 2011. When Angel's younger brother volunteered to...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign event in DeWitt, Iowa, Dec. 20, 2011. On Tuesday, Per...

Victoria Grabois, whose husband, brother and father were killed by the military in the 1970s, at her office in Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 15, 2011. After ye...

Victoria Grabois, whose husband, brother and father were killed by the military in the 1970s, at her office in Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 15, 2011. After ye...

A SWAT team member stands guard outside a government office in Baquda, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2011. Security was increased on the streets of Baquba Tuesday to...

Angel, who has kidney problems, undergoes kidney dialysis at a private dialysis center in New York, Nov. 2, 2011. When Angel's younger brother volunte...

Security officers patrol a street in Baghdad, Dec. 20, 2011. The political crisis in Iraq deepened on Tuesday, as the Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Ha...

An abandoned guard shack outside the home of Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi in Baghdad, Dec. 20, 2011. The political crisis in Iraq deepened on...

Possessions outside the home of Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, which was reportedly raided the day before, in Baghdad, Dec. 20, 2011. The poli...

Shia and Kurdish protesters, who have camped out in front of a government office, hold a daily demonstration against the Shiite-led government in Baq...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks to reporters during a campaign event in DeWitt, Iowa, Dec. 20, 2...

Lori Berenson and her son, Salvador, 2, arrive at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Dec. 20, 2011. Berenson, the daughter of Manhatt...

Police establish a barrier outside a government office in Baquda, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2011. Security was increased on the streets of Baquba Tuesday to curb...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at a campaign event in Clinton, Iowa, Dec. 20, 2011. Several can...

Former State Sen. Carl Kruger, of Brooklyn, outside the U.S. District Court in New York, Dec. 20, 2011. Kruger admitted Tuesday that he had conspired...

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yossef Pinto at his home in New York, Dec. 13, 2011. Federal authorities are investigating claims from followers of Rabbi Pinto that f...