A handout photo released by NASA shows a close-up view of a water bubble floating freely on the middeck of space shuttle Atlantis shows a refracted image of astronaut Leland Melvin November 24, 2009.  REUTERS/NASA Handout

Mahouts train for a light and sound show for UNESCO World Heritage Week in Ayutthaya province, 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok, November 26, 2009.  REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) holds hands with his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade at the presidential palace in Senegal’s capital Dakar November 26, 2009. Ahmadinejad arrived in Dakar during his last leg of an international tour of Latin America and Africa. REUTERS/Emilie Regnier

A Croatian ballet dancer smokes in a theatre cafe during a break in rehearsals for a new ballet show, in Zagreb November 26, 2009. The authorities imposed a ban on smoking in public in May this year but had to abolish it after widespread protests this summer.  REUTERS/Nikola Solic

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An Israeli police officer leans on a bus next to a dummy during a drill simulating a bomb attack near the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City November 25, 2009. Some 300 policemen, firefighters and rescue workers took part in a routine drill on Wednesday to help increase preparedness for emergency situations in civilian areas. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Former servicemen cry as they say goodbye to their fellow soldiers following the end of their army service term at a railway station in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province November 25, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily

Horses are pictured during the Sicab International Pre Horse Fair show in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 25, 2009. The show runs till November 28 and is dedicated exclusively to Spanish thoroughbreds. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre kiss at a hotel bar after an interview with Reuters in Buenos Aires November 25, 2009. Freyre and Di Bello, Latin America’s first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license, hope their wedding will pave the way for other homosexual couples in Argentina to marry. The couple are HIV positive and plan to marry on December 1 on World Aids Day.  REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

An Afghan policeman frisks an Afghan man at a checkpoint near of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Tillman November 24, 2009.  REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

A family of asylum seeker from Kosovo camp out in a squat in the town of Angers, western France, November 24, 2009.  The groups from countries such as the Darfur area of Sudan, Mali and Kosovo are demanding the right to remain in France, have been gathering the area for 21 days.  REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Demonstrators with hands covered in fake blood and a Tony Blair mask protest outside the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre in London November 24, 2009. An official inquiry into Britain’s involvement in the Iraq War began on Tuesday, promising a thorough investigation which could prove embarrassing for the government ahead of next year’s election. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Soldiers from Iran’s army fire an anti-aircraft gun during the Defenders of Velayat (Pontificate) Sky Manoeuvre 2 near Arak, 290 km (180 miles) southwest of Tehran in this November 23, 2009 picture. REUTERS/FARS NEWS/Ali Shayegan

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A dead alligator lies in a drying lake that forms part of the Amazon river system, near the city of Manaquiri November 22, 2009. After a rainy season that caused some of the worst flooding in recent history, the seasonal drought that followed is proving to be especially bad as well. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/Amazonaspress

Czoton, 7, works at a balloon factory on the outskirts of Dhaka November 23, 2009. About 20 children are employed at the factory and most of them work for 12 hours a day. The weekly wage is 150 taka ($2.14) for the children. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj

Uriel Ben-Hamo (L), Israel’s kickboxing champion, trains in a gym in Jerusalem November 19, 2009. Ben-Hamo, 19, divides his time between punching bags and the more peaceful pursuits of a yeshiva, or Orthodox Jewish seminary. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Men dressed as Santa Claus walk through the assembly hall after a meeting of the rent-a-Santa Claus service organized by the “jobcafe.de” at Munich’s University November 23, 2009. The job center at the University in Munich organize the rent-a-Santa Claus service each year for Christmas.  REUTERS/Michael Dalder

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Spanish matador Manuel Jesus “El Cid” performs a pass on a bull during a bullfight at the Plaza de Acho bullring in Lima November 22, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil

A Romanian Roma child looks out from a voting booth at a polling station in Sintesti, near Bucharest November 22, 2009. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel

North Koreans walk with shovels for harvesting crops behind a border fence separating the North Korean town of Sinuiju and the Chinese border city of Dandong November 22, 2009.  REUTERS/Jacky Chen

Pilgrims wait to see a cave where Prophet Mohammad prayed on Noor Mountain in the holy city of Mecca before the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage November 22, 2009. REUTERS/Caren Firouz

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A tourist poses next to Victoria’s Secret models following their appearance in New York’s Times Square to celebrate the return of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show to New York, November 18, 2009.  REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

President Barack Obama tours the Great Wall of China in Badaling, November 18, 2009.      REUTERS/Jason Reed

Uruguay’s Luis Suarez (L-R), Diego Perez and Alvaro Fernandez celebrate on top of the goal at the end of their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match against Costa Rica in Montevideo, November 18, 2009. Uruguay reached the World Cup finals after a 1-1 draw at home to Costa Rica.  REUTERS/Martin Cerchiari

A ceremonial officer prepares for the annual State Opening of Parliament ceremony in London November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Toby Melville

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Virginia Labrador, 26, as a contestant in the Miss Sevilla pageant pose during a presentation in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 17, 2009. The winner of the pageant held on December 5 in Seville, will go on to compete in the Miss Spain beauty contest in 2010. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

Taxis line up to get their tanks filled on a viaduct in Chongqing municipality November 17, 2009. Central and eastern Chinese provinces faced the worst natural gas shortage in years as supplies were diverted to snowstorm-hit northern China, while producers lacked incentives to expand output because of poor margins, a state broadcaster said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer

A Palestinian laborer prays at a construction site in Gilo, a Jewish settlement on land Israel captured in 1967 and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality, November 17, 2009. Israel declined comment on Tuesday on a report of new U.S. demands it curb settlement round Jerusalem, but it reaffirmed its determination to go on building on occupied West Bank land that it has annexed to the city. The controversial Israeli barrier and the West Bank town of Bethlehem are seen in the background. Reuters/Baz Ratner

Arju, 4, looks out from a his makeshift house built over a canal in the Rayerbazar area in Dhaka November 17, 2009. Arju lives in the house with his parents and five siblings. His father Anisul Huq earns 120 tk. ($1.70) a day pulling a  rickshaw in the city and pays 700 tk. ($10) a month to rent one room in the house. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj

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A fisherman stands on the shore of the swollen Capilano River in North Vancouver, British Columbia November 16, 2009. Several days of steady rain have some areas on flood watch.        REUTERS/Andy Clark

A Jewish settler carries roof tiles after a house was demolished at an outpost near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Negohot November 16, 2009. According to witnesses,several structures were demolished by Israeli authorities on Monday at an outpost that Israel considers illegal.  REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Afghan boys play soccer along a road in Kabul November16, 2009.   REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

Algeria’s fans carry the Algerian flag during the Egypt team’s training session in Khartoum November 16, 2009. Egypt will play Algeria in their 2010 World Cup qualifying playoff soccer match on November 18, 2009 in Sudan. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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A 15-year-old girl with a gunshot wound on her leg rests in the emergency room of a hospital near the Petare slum in Caracas November 14, 2009. Gun laws are lax in Venezuela, where the government estimates there are 6 million firearms circulating among the population of about 28 million. Venezuela’s murder rate is about 8 times that of the United States. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

An Iraqi policeman stands guard in front of a damaged helicopter which police believed have belonged to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s family near Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, November 13, 2009. Three helicopters were found hidden in farms on Friday, a police source said. REUTERS/Sabah al-Bazee

A worker installs lanterns to decorate the site of an opening ceremony for a newly-built highway in Luoyang, Henan province November 15, 2009.  REUTERS/Carlf Zhang

Laundry man Shahzada lines up napkins and sheets to dry after a wash along the street near a slum area in Karachi on November 15, 2009. Shahzada washes napkins, towels and table-sheets for a nearby food street restaurant in Karachi.   REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

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Men mourn the death of a Pakistani man working at the Iranian consulate in Peshawar after his body was brought to a Shi’ite congregation hall there on November 12, 2009. A gunman shot dead a Pakistani working at Iran’s consulate in the city of Peshawar on Thursday, police said, in an attack likely to compound strains in relations between the Muslim neighbors. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

An Afghan girl touches her mother’s artificial leg the ICRC Ali Abad Orthopedic center in Kabul November 12, 2009. The center, which is run mostly by disabled people, aims to educate and rehabilitate landmine victims and people with any kind of deformities, to help them integrate effectively into society. They also provide the patients with a 18-months interest free $600 micro credit loan. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

People pose next to a wax figure of President Barack Obama at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Shanghai November 12, 2009. REUTERS/Aly Song

A paramilitary policeman stands guard on Tiananmen Gate amid a snowfall in Beijing November 12, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Zhao

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