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Ukrainian national security service armed agents wearing masks raid the headquarters of the country's natural gas company, Naftogaz, in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. The raid by armed agents was in connection with a criminal investigation launched this week into the alleged diversion of gas worth around 7.4 billion hryvna ($900 million), SBU national security service spokeswoman Marina Ostapenko told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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Binibining Pilip... Candidates for this year's Binibining Pilipinas (Miss Philippines) beauty pageant pose in their swimsuit during coronation at Manila's Quezon city early Sunday March 8, 2009 in the Philippines. Three winners were picked up from among 24 candidates to represent the country in the world's beauty contest as Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss World. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
San Juan de Dios... People run as fireworks explode during San Juan de Dios Day celebrations in Tultepec March 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez
Sculpture of a c... A sculpture of a crucified woman is "buried" at a bus terminal in Panama City March 7, 2009. REUTERS/Alberto Lowe
Rhythmic Gymnast... Kanaeve Evgeniya of Russia performs with a ball during the final round of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, March 8, 2009. Evgeniya won the gold medal in the ball category. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Pamela Anderson ... Canadian-born actress Pamela Anderson wears a creation for British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood's Fall-Winter 2009-2010 ready-to-wear collection, Friday, March 6, 2009 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Hindu festival o... People throw coloured powder while celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi (festival of colours) at Nand Gaon in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, March 6, 2009. REUTERS/K. K. Arora
Man reacts to a ... A man reacts as waves crash against the seawall in the northern Spanish city of Gijon March 5, 2009. According to Spain's emergency services, Spain is on alert for high winds, which in Asturias and Basque Country could reach 120km per hour. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso
Winners of Miss ... Winners for this year's Binibining Pilipinas (Miss Philippines) beauty pageant react as they hold onto their crowns following their coronation at Manila's Quezon city early Sunday March 8, 2009 in the Philippines. They are, from left, Melody Gersbach, who will represent the Philippines in this year's Miss International, Pamela Bianca Manalo, who will represent the country in the Miss Universe, Marie Ann Umali, who will represent the country in the Miss World. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Dog enjoys the w... A dog's snout is covered in snow with frozen whiskers after romping outdoors in West Bath, Maine, on Monday, March 2, 2009. A late winter storm dumped over a foot of snow along the southern coastal areas, closing businesses and schools, and making traveling hazardous. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
'Broken Chair' s... A leg of the 'Broken Chair' sculpture seems to explode during a pyrotechnic event by Handicap International for the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 2, 2009. The "Broken Chair", sculpture by Swiss artist Daniel Berset symbolizes the victims of the anti-person mines and stands on the Place des Nations. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)[Click image
Dog barks throug... A dog barks though a hole in the wall of a hardware store decorated with a bat painting in Bogota, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
The Naked Cowboy Robert Burck, a.k.a. the "Naked Cowboy," sings while standing on a small clear patch of concrete in the middle of Times Square Monday, March 2, 2009 in New York. A Nor'easter, which dumped up to 8 inches of snow in parts of the city, did not deter Burck from performing for a short while. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Pasarela Castill... A model displays creations by Leandro Cesar Gonzalez during the "Pasarela Castilla y Leon Autumn/Winter 2010" fashion show in Burgos, northern Spain, March 5, 2009. REUTERS/Felix Ordonez
Lemur family nib... Louis, Hedley and Dorothy, the Ring-tailed Lemur family at the Spring River Zoo in Roswell, New Mexico, examine and nibble upon an old cardboard box that had blown into their cage Wednesday, March 4, 2009 during gusty winds. According to zoo director Elaine Mayfield the Lemur cage is cleaned out every morning to clear such debris. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record Mark Wilson)
"Sasha Walz and ... A dancer of the "Sasha Walz and Guests" dance company perform at the "North Dome Hall" of historical "Neue Museum" at the museum island in Berlin on Thursday, March 5, 2009. The construction works after plans by British architect David Chipperfield at the restored building are official finished. The "North Dome Hall" will host the Nofretete sculpture later. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Dyeing Animals A street vendor shows off colored chicks for sale Thursday, March 5, 2009 in Manila, Philippines. Chicks were sprayed with different bright colors to attract customers, mostly children. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
Thurman Golden's... Racine Fire Department divers Josh Weber, left, and Bobby Renteria help recover Thurman Golden's car which was found in the Root River in Racine, Wis, Thursday March 5, 2009. Golden had been reported missing by family members earlier in the week. His body was found in the river Wednesday, about a half mile south of where construction workers spotted the car Thursday. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)
Fashion show in ... A model displays a creation by fashion design students of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana during a fashion show in Medellin, Colombia, Friday, March 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)
Crufts dog show ... Women stand with their Afghan Hound before going into the parade ring during the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, central England, March 5, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Staples
Scarlett Johanss... Actress Scarlett Johansson is seen on the occasion of the unveiling of the "Extreme Beauty in Vogue" exhibition, in downtown Milan, Italy, Monday, March 2, 2009. The show consists of a series of images from the past 80 years of American Vogue by the greatest photographers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
International Yo... Balinese girls perform yoga during a competition during an international yoga festival in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Yoga teachers from around the world conduct yoga courses as a mean of promoting personal health throughout the week-long event. These training sessions are open to the public without reference to their individual religious beliefs. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Beat the Heat An elephant is pulled down into water by a mahout,a traditional elephant trainer, to beat the summer heat at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok , Thailand, Wednesday March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Serena Williams Serena Williams is introduced for the championship match against Venus Williams at the Billie Jean King Cup tennis exhibition Monday, March 2, 2009, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Snow Angel Jamilya Rich, 10, of Washington, makes a snow angel by the sidewalk in Washington, on Monday, March 2, 2009. A late-winter snowstorm pummeled the Northeast on Monday, grounding hundreds of flights, causing spin-outs, delaying trains and buses and closing school for over a million children from South Carolina to New Hampshire.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Freestyle Skiing Xavier Kuhn of France crushes into the snow after missing his jumping during an official training for the ski cross even of the FIS Freestyle World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan, Sunday, March 1, 2009.(AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
Why the Long Fac... Orangutan is seen at Dusit zoo in Bangkok Tuesday, March 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Bangladesh Bangladeshi cultural activists participate in a candlelit vigil to mourn the death of army officers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 1, 2009. Bangladesh's government announced plans on Sunday to form a special tribunal to try the border guards behind a bloody mutiny in the capital that left many army officers dead. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
The Glass Wall A young woman looking on an notebook is pictured through a pane of glass at the CeBIT in Hanover, northern Germany, on Monday, March 2, 2009. Some 4,300 exhibitors will present their latest developments on the world's biggest IT fair from Tuesday March 3, to Sunday, March 8, 2009.(AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)
Hillary Clinton U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, embraces EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, left, upon her arrival at the opening session of the Gaza reconstruction conference in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Monday, March 2, 2009. Hillary Rodham Clinton, on her first foray into Middle East politics as U.S. secretary of state, arrived at an international donors conference Monday with a U.S. pledge of about $300 million in humanitarian aid for the war-torn Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
The Great Hall o... A Chinese security officer stands inside the Great Hall of the People ahead of the opening of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, China, Monday, March 2, 2009. Economic worries, including creating jobs and ensuring a massive stimulus package is properly used, are the main concerns for members of China's top political advisory body, the group's spokesman said Monday. The annual meeting of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which opens its annual session Tuesday, and the session of the National People's Congress, which begins Thursday, are the first for China since the worldwide economic meltdown started last year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Use Information: This content is intended f
Bangladesh Still... Family members of the army officers killed in the two-day mutiny mourn after the funeral at Banani graveyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 2, 2009. Air force jets flew overhead in salute Monday as Bangladesh held a mass state funeral for 49 army officers and one family member slain in a two-day mutiny by border guards that left as many as 148 people dead or missing. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
Scarlett Johanss... Actress Scarlett Johansson reacts during a promotional event to launch a lipstick by Italian designers Dolce and Gabbana, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Collecting Rain Rain drops cover pussy willows in St. Peter, southern Germany, on Monday, March 2, 2009. Mild temperatures and rain are predicted for the next days. (AP Photo/Winfried Rothermel)
Loss An army officer, right, cries as he holds the coffin of his colleague on way to the funeral at Banani graveyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 2, 2009. Air force jets flew overhead in salute Monday as Bangladesh held a mass state funeral for 49 army officers and one family member slain in a two-day mutiny by border guards that left as many as 148 people dead or missing. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
Athletes AC Milan French midfielder Mathieu Flamini, center, makes his way between Sampdoria's Antonio Cassano, left, and Pietro Accardi, during a Serie A soccer match, at the Luigi Ferraris stadium, in Genoa, Italy, Sunday, March 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Carlo Baroncini)
Prada A model wears a creation from the Prada Fall/Winter 2009/2010 fashion collection, presented in Milan, Italy, Sunday , March 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Shooting in Laho... The bullet holes is seen on a window of bus, which were carrying the Sri Lankan cricketers, parked at out side the Gaffafi stadium after the shooting incident in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, March, 3, 2009. A dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team as it traveled to a match in Pakistan on Tuesday, wounding several players and killing five police officers, officials said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Palestinian Chil... Palestinian boys throw stones into a puddle of rain water in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Jerusalem Monday evening from the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, where she pledged $900 million in U.S. aid at an international donors conference for rebuilding the Gaza Strip after Israel's recent offensive against its Hamas rulers.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Great Hall of th... Chinese leaders and delegates attend the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. The advisory body to China's legislature opened its annual session Tuesday, with the legislature, the National People's Congress, due to open on Thursday. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
Perfectionists Chinese ushers looks under the tables after delegates leave at the end of the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China,Tuesday, March 3 , 2009. Economic troubles, including creating jobs and ensuring a massive stimulus package is properly used, are the main concerns for China's main legislative advisory body meeting this week. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Hillary Clinton Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, kisses U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, after giving her a posy of flowers, during their meeting at Peres' residency in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Clinton, on her first Mideast visit as the top U.S. diplomat, says the U.S. will work closely with any new Israeli government. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Dolce & Gabbana A model wears a creation from the Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2009/2010 fashion collection, presented in Milan, Italy, Monday, March 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Slum Life Police officers beat a protestor during the demolition of a slum in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. About 65 million Indians, roughly a quarter of the urban population live in slums, according to government surveys. India's slums have been in the international spotlight recently since the success of the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire," the rags-to-riches tale of poor boy rising from the slums of Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A Symbol of the ... Former Yukos natural oil giant CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, right, is escorted to a court room in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. The new trial of Khodorkovsky, the iconic victim of a court system that critics say former President Vladimir Putin used as a political tool, will also test the stated commitment to the rule of law by Putin's protege and successor, President Dmitry Medvedev. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Clinton Meets Ab... U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as she is welcomed at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Crisis in Darfur A members of the Darfurian community holds roses as he demonstrates outside the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday March 4, 2009. The International Criminal Court will announce Wednesday whether it will issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of masterminding genocide in Darfur _ amid fears it could provoke a violent backlash. The chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, says dozens of witnesses will testify that al-Bashir controlled a genocidal campaign aimed at wiping out three ethnic African tribes in the vast nation south of Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Police Day Belarusian police academy cadets hold white doves as they prepeare to release them during a ceremony on the National Police Day in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Twenty Prisoners... A US soldier cuts flexi cuffs on Nadim Abdul-Zahra who spent one year in the US military custody, as he is released in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Nadim Abdul-Zahra was among twenty prisoners released Wednesday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Oil Investigatio... Ukrainian national security service armed agents wearing masks raid the headquarters of the country's natural gas company, Naftogaz, in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. The raid by armed agents was in connection with a criminal investigation launched this week into the alleged diversion of gas worth around 7.4 billion hryvna ($900 million), SBU national security service spokeswoman Marina Ostapenko told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Praying for Worl... A Tibetan woman, right, looks on as Buddhist monks pray for world peace at Sawayambhu temple, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Some 300 Buddhist monks from India, Nepal and Tibet will be praying for world peace for four days. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Watch Dog security guard keeps watch on a pedestrian crossing beside Beijing's Great Hall of the People, during a preliminary session of the National People's Congress Wednesday, March, 4, 2009. China announced plans Wednesday to boost military spending by 14.9 percent in 2009, the 19th double-digit percentage increase in defense spending in 20 years. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
Women's Empowerm... Reese Witherspoon attends a press event for the Avon Foundation for Women in Washington, on Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Witherspoon is wearing a women's empowerment necklace, part of a new fundraising product for the foundation, which supports efforts to end violence against women. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Lu Lan Lu Lan of China returns a shot during her women's singles second-round match against Holland's Judith Meulendijks at the All England Badminton Championships in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England, Thursday, March 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson)
Omar al-Bashir Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir walks through supporters after delivering a speech to thousands of supporters at the entrance of the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan Thursday, March 5, 2009. Sudan's president, wanted by an international court on war crimes charges, danced and waved a cane defiantly in front of thousands of supporters Thursday, denouncing the tribunal, the U.N. and aid agencies as part of a new "colonialism" that aims to destabilize his country. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
Acropolis Closed Tourist walks on Filopapos hill, infront of the ancient Parthenon on the ancient site of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, on Thursday, March 5, 2009. The entrance of the famous ancient site was closed for the fourth day in a week as striking employees demanded permanent jobs and payment of months in arrears wages. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Bodhnath Stupa Buddhists and tourists take a round of Bodhnath stupa, in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 5, 2009. Situated on an early trade route between Katmandu and Lhasa, Bodhnath was a religious site. The present stupa, Nepalís largest, was constructed probably in the 14th century. Since the invasion of Tibet by Chinese in 1950, the migration of Buddhist refugees to Bodhnath has made this stupa and its surrounding monasteries a world center of Tibetan Buddhism. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Japan Beats Chin... Team Japan members celebrate after beating Team China 4-0 in their opening game in Pool A of the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Thursday, March 5, 2009. They are, from left, centerfielder Norichika Aoki (23). rightfielder Ichiro Suzuki (51) of the Seattle Mariners and Yoshiyuki Kamei (35). (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Attack Israeli policemen examine a construction vehicle whose driver carried out an attack in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 5, 2009. A Palestinian driver rammed a large construction vehicle into a bus and police car on a Jerusalem highway Thursday, wounding two officers before he was shot _ the latest in a string of attacks by Palestinian militants using heavy machinery against Israeli targets. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Lowering Rates Part of the facade of The Bank of England in the City of London, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The Bank of England has announced Thursday, that it has cut official interest rates by half a percentage point to a record low of 0.5 percent, the six consecutive month the central bank has lowered interest rates as attention is turning to other methods to ease the economic crisis. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Gang Violence in... A police officer arrives to a state prison during a riot in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. A fight between gangs after a conjugal visit at a state prison in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has left at least 20 prisoners dead and seven others injured, police said. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)
Student Protesto... Students from John Carroll University in Cleveland, and Loyola University in Chicago, dressed in orange jumpsuits, sit on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2009, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on a "Truth Commission" to investigate the Bush administration's national security policies. From right are, Anna Springer, Jake Olzen, Jerica Arents, John Bambrick, Luke Hansen, Cassie Younger, and Mackenzie Shreve. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Clinton Urges Is... A Palestinian woman walks in front of a section of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Kalandia between Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Palestinian leaders were urging U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday to push Israel to freeze construction in West Bank settlements and open blockaded Gaza Strip borders.(AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Labor Crisis in ... An employee of the Amiens-based French automotive parts supplier Valeo plant in northern France gestures in a cloud of smoke as he faces riot police officers, as Valeo employees demonstrate near the headquarters of the company in Paris, protesting against planned job cuts, Friday March 6, 2009. Valeo, who manufactures components and modules for cars and trucks, is planning to cut 1,600 jobs in France as part of 5,000 job cuts worldwide. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Amir Khan British boxer Amir Khan, is seen training at the Gloves Community Centre, Bolton, England, Friday, March 6, 2009. Khan is due to fight Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera at the M.E.N Arena in Manchester on March 14.(AP Photo/Paul Thomas).
Kashmiris Protes... A Kashmiri Muslim protester throws stone at Indian paramilitary soldiers and policemen as others shout slogans amidst tear gas smoke during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, March 6, 2009. Indian forces opened fire Friday on hundreds of Muslims demonstrating against Indian rule in the disputed region of Kashmir, killing one person and wounding 17 others, police and doctors said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Polish Protest Solidarity trade unionists burn tires in front of the Polish parliament in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, March 6, 2009. Thousands of Polish defense workers protested in Warsaw to demand the government take measures to save their jobs. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
Seeking Water Girls fill plastic basins at a free water tap operated by a charity organization, in a neighborhood where houses with indoor plumbing rarely receive water, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Friday, March 6, 2009. Electricity and water supplies are insufficient to meet even the capital city's needs, and contaminated drinking water leads to yearly cholera epidemics, particularly in remote rural regions. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Dry Land A woman walks over parched land at Basudevpur village in Bhadrak district, about 130 kilometers (81 miles) north-east from Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, March 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan
Chris Brown Chris Brown is seen during his arraignment on charges of assault on Thursday March 5, 2009, at the Los Angeles County Criminal Courts in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ Bob Chamberlin, Pool)
Slain Student Cate Tidwell, left, and Taylor Scott, right, both students at University of North Carolina, embrace after a memorial service for slain student leader Eve Carson on Thursday March 5, 2009 in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Athens, Ga., native was found shot to death a year ago Thursday. (AP Photo/News & Observer, Corey Lowenstein)
Mr. Pitt Goes to... Actor Brad Pitt stands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., prior to their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009, to discuss Pitt's project for affordable, environmentally-sustainable housing for low-income residents of the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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