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FC Zurich's (FCZ) Xavier Margairaz fights for the ball with FC Neuchatel Xamax's Ibrahima Niasse during their Swiss Super League soccer match in Neuchatel May 3, 2009. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud

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Hindu devotee of... A Hindu woman devotee offers prayers after taking a holy dip in the waters of river Ganga in the northern Indian city of Allahabad May 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash
Audi Singapore F... A model wears a design from the Autumn/Winter 2009 collection by British designer Vivienne Westwood during the Audi Singapore Fashion Festival in Singapore Sunday, May 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Storm Trooper ta... A person dressed as a Star Wars character travels on the Santiago subway May 7, 2009, during "Star Wars: The Exhibition". The exhibition displays over 250 original items from the Star Wars movies. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Caballero
Tokyo Sea Life P... Pacific bluefin tuna swim in a fish tank at Tokyo Sea Life Park in Tokyo May 3, 2009. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Horse wears Bava... Cosima Scheiding runs with a horse dressed in a traditional Bavarian Dirndl costume in Kirchberg im Wald, May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Alexandra Beier
Flash flood in A... An Afghan man looks from of a vehicle stranded in a flash flood after heavy overnight rain in Golestan district, Farah province, May 3, 2009. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Jamie Lee Curtis... Actress Jamie Lee Curtis arrives at the Noche De Ninos benefit gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Saturday, May 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Cruise ship dwar... The cruise ship from Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Musica dwarfs Via Garibald as it arrives in Venice May 4, 2009. The length of the ship is 964 ft (293.83 m), according to MSC. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
Crash at the Spa... Toyota's Jarno Trulli of Italy, top, collides with Toro Rosso Sebastien Bourdais from France, right, and Toro Rosso Sebastien Buemi from Switzerland, covered in between the other cars, during the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday, May 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Daniel Leiva)
Bill Gates plays... Microsoft founder Bill Gates reacts during a game of bridge with Billionaire financier Warren Buffett (L) during the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska May 3, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Homeless woman n... A homeless woman takes a nap next to her monkeys on a hot summer's day in the southern Indian city of Chennai May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Babu
Swiss Super Leag... FC Zurich's (FCZ) Xavier Margairaz fights for the ball with FC Neuchatel Xamax's Ibrahima Niasse during their Swiss Super League soccer match in Neuchatel May 3, 2009. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud
Man stands next ... A man stands next to a graffiti on the street in Kreuzberg, Germany. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
View from the Gy... Spl. Taylor Jordan from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry lifts weights in the rain at his platoon's base Camp Restrepo in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Friday May 8, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Mexico's vibrant... A couple kisses while dancing at the PM club and bar in Mexico City's trendy Condesa neighborhood, early Friday, May 8, 2009. Roughly two weeks since the swine flu outbreak forced the closure of bars, restaurants, and other places where people mingle, Mexico City's vibrant night life is returning to normal. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Child places flo... Victor, 7, dressed in a traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt, places flowers at the monument of the Unknown Soldier at a memorial to World War II veterans in a memorial park in Kiev on Saturday, May 9, 2009. Ukrainians continue to celebrate the World War II anniversary and Victory Day on May 9 as a national holiday marking the defeat of Nazi German forces in the second World War. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Polar Bears Wilbaer, left, a 16 months old polar bear, plays with his mother Corinna in the Wilhelma zoo in Stuttgart, Germany, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Wilbaer, who was born in this zoo, will leave his mother in the next weeks and move to the bearpark Orsa in Gorenklitt, Sweden. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)
Historical recon... A group of enthusiasts dressed in Soviet and Nazi Germany uniforms take part in the historical reconstruction of one of the battles of the World War II in St.Petersburg, May 6, 2009. Russia traditionally celebrates the victory over Nazi troops on May 9, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk
Coast Guard Jump... Members of the Philippine Coast Guard jump out of a helicopter during a disaster drill at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila, Philippines on Monday May. 4, 2009. The drill by the ARF, Asia's largest security forum, involved a mock scene to test the capability of Asia Pacific countries to respond to a deadly supertyphoon in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Dousing the Flam... A firefighting helicopter prepares to drop water on flames burning over a ridge into Rattlesnake Canyon near Santa Barbara, Calif., Thursday, May 7, 2009. The fire remained out of control and firefighters were on alert for a predicted return of a "Sundowner" fierce winds that late in the day can sweep down from the Santa Ynez Mountains towering close behind Santa Barbara. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Models As Muse An installation for the Costume Institute's "Models As Muse" exhibit is seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York May 4, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Palestinian Wate... Palestinian fruit vendors balance watermelons on their head as they try to attract customers in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
Fires in Fresnes Penitentiary workers stand near a blockade set up in front of the Fresnes prison, south of Paris, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Penitentiary workers in France are not allowed to strike. To express their anger, they have blocked exits from prisons, taken holiday or stayed off the job. Prison workers say work conditions have deteriorated and there are not enough of them.( AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Nicholson yells ... Actor Jack Nicholson yells at the referee during the second half of Game 2 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final basketball playoff game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles May 6, 2009. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Rough night out ... A woman lies on the street during a night out in Newcastle, northern England May 3, 2009. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis
Tiger Bath A tiger cools off at its enclosure at the zoo in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. India has suffered through a heat wave in recent days. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Michelle Obama g... U.S. first lady Michelle Obama reacts as she greets students at the Lamb Public Charter School in Washington May 4, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Mud pool wrestli... Two women wrestle in a mud pool during an international women's mud wrestling contest along the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province May 3, 2009. More than 40 women participated in the contest held in mineral-rich mud which is believed to be good for the skin, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer
Free Earth Natael Karaja, from the Karaja ethnic group, attends the Terra Livre, or Free Earth, indigenous camp in Brasilia, Monday, May 4, 2009. Thousands of Indians from different Brazilian tribes will attend the camp May 4-8. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Orangutan Abstra... An Orangutan points at a painting it just painted at the zoo in Heidelberg, southwestern Germany, on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. The paintings of the Orangutans will be auctioned for the benefit of the zoo's monkey house. (AP Photo/Daniel Roland)
Victory Day A municipal worker fixes a billboard to mark the upcoming Victory Day celebration at the Moscow Red Square on Monday, May 4, 2009, with St.Bazil's Cathedral at left. Victory Day, marking Nazi Germany's defeat in the World War II, is celebrated in Russia on May 9, the date of the Nazis' capitulation to the Soviet Union, which took place in the evening on May 8, 1945 (May 9 by Moscow Time), following the original capitulation Germany agreed earlier to the joint Allied forces on the Western Front. The Soviet government announced the victory early on May 9 1945 after the signing ceremony in Berlin. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
Firefighters A firefighters prepare to make a stand as the sun sets over Rattlesnake Canyon near Santa Barbara, Calif., Thursday, May 7, 2009. The fire remained out of control and firefighters were on alert for a predicted return of a "Sundowner" fierce winds that late in the day can sweep down from the Santa Ynez Mountains towering close behind Santa Barbara. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Buzz A bee flies over a rape field in Duesseldorf, western Germany, Monday May 4, 2009.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein
Leap of Joy Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, right, from Russia jumps into the arms of fellow countrymen Sergei Fedorov (91) after scoring his third goal of the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the third period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series, Monday, May 4, 2009 in Washington. The Capitals won 4-3 and lead the best-of-seven games series 2-0. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Down the Hatch Young visitors pose in front of an illusionary art work of a gorilla with its mouth wide open that is drawn at the corner of an exhibition room at the Trick Art Museum at the foot of Mount Takao on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, May 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Camel Walk A Palestinian leads his camel in the haze next to Nebi Musa Mosque near the West Bank town of Jericho, Monday, May 4, 2009. Desert wind blew sand in the air during a heat wave in parts of Israel and the Palestinian Authority Monday. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
Thinku Festival Quechua Indians from rival communities fist fight as part of the Thinku festival rituals in Macha, Bolivia, Monday, May 4, 2009. When the dry season begins, Quechua Indians from the poorest, northern Bolivian province stop working in the fields and celebrate the Thinku, a week-long series of ritual fights, meetings and religious celebrations. The blood from the ritual fighters is offered to Mother Earth in a symbolic call to fertilize their arid lands. (AP Photo/Dado Galdieri)
Camp Blessing An Afghan boy looks on as U.S. soldiers of the First Battalion, 26th Infantry descend from an observation post above the U.S. base camp Blessing in Afghanistan's Kunar Province, Monday, May 4, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Mexico City Stre... Cars drive along El Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City's main artery through downtown, during unusually light traffic, Monday, May 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
A Valiant Effort Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Mike Cameron can't come up with the catch on a ball hit to left-center field by Pittsburgh Pirates' Brandon Moss during the second inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, on Monday, May 4, 2009. The triple drove in the Pirates' first run of the game. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
French Prisons Penitentiary workers set up a blockade in front of the entrance of the Fresnes prison, south of Paris, Tuesday May 5, 2009. Penitentiary workers in France are not allowed to strike. To express their anger, they have blocked exits from prisons, taken holiday or stayed off the job. Prison workers say work conditions have deteriorated and there are not enough of them. In 2008, 20 prison workers committed suicide. ( AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
South Korean Mar... South Korean soldiers from the South Korean army special forces shout as they run to demonstrate their skills of martial art during a demonstration of South Korea's martial art for Children's Day at the War Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Ambulance Convoy A convoy of ambulances transport Mexican passengers who were held in quarantine in a hotel to Pudong International Airport Tuesday May 5, 2009 in Shanghai, China. A chartered Mexican plane headed to several Chinese cities Tuesday to collect up to 70 Mexicans quarantined over swine flu fears in what their president denounced as discrimination and one stranded traveler compared to a kidnapping. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Bejing Airport A Mexican man and woman with children wearing masks are seen near Chinese health workers wearing protective overalls before they board a chartered AeroMexico plane in the airport in Beijing Tuesday, May 5 , 2009. The chartered Mexican plane is headed to several Chinese cities to pick up dozens of Mexicans quarantined over swine flu fears and other Mexicans visitors whose travel plans have been disrupted. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Turkish Funeral ... People carry the coffin of one of the victim's of Monday night shooting to bury in the village of Bilge, near the city of Mardin in southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Masked assailants with automatic weapons attacked a celebration Monday night, killing 44 people and injuring six others in what appeared to be the result of a family feud. Turkish security forces detained Tuesday eight people suspected of fatally shooting 44 people, many of whom were praying, at an engagement ceremony.(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)
Georgian Police Georgian police vehicles arrive at the military base in Mukhrovani, where a brief mutiny broke out, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Georgia said it had ended a brief mutiny at a military base near the capital on Tuesday that broke out after the arrest of a former special forces commander accused of planning to disrupt NATO exercises. The mutineers handed over their weapons and surrendered after speaking to President Mikhail Saakashvili, who suggested that force could be used against them if they refused to give themselves up to police, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
Iran Elections Holding Iran's national flag and a copy of the Quran, Iranian Ali Nassiri, is escorted by police after registering as a presidential candidate nominee on the first day of registration for the Iranian presidential elections, at the Interior Ministry in Tehran, Tuesday May 5, 2009. Quotes from the Quran's are seen on his clothes.(AP photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
GOAL!!! Chelsea's Michael Essien, bottom center, scores the opening goal past Barcelona's goalkeeper Victor Valdes during their Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Wednesday, May, 6, 2009. (AP Photo/ Matt Dunham)
Baghdad Marketpl... People gather around a marketplace damaged in a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 6, 2009. A car bomb exploded Wednesday at the entrance to a fruit and vegetable market in south Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding about 30, police and hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Rattlesnake Cany... A firefighting aircraft drop retardant on the flames burning over a ridge into Rattlesnake Canyon near Santa Barbara, Calif., Thursday, May 7, 2009. The fire remained out of control and firefighters were on alert for a predicted return of a "Sundowner" fierce winds that late in the day can sweep down from the Santa Ynez Mountains towering close behind Santa Barbara. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Eye on the Ball Russia's Dinara Safina eyes the ball during her match against China's Jie Zheng, at the Italian Rome Masters tennis tournament in Rome, Wednesday, May 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Windpower An attendee at the Windpower 2009 Conference & Exhibition walks past a row of wind turbine replicas Wednesday, May 6, 2009, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Hockey Flip Pittsburgh Penguins' Brooks Orpik, left, sends Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, flying during the third period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, May 6, 2009. The Penguins won 3-2 in overtime. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
A Victory Toast A Russian World War II veteran and a Chinese businessman drink a toast to mark the upcoming Victory Day, in a Chinese restaurant in Vladivostok, Russia's Far Eastern port about 9,300 kilometers (some 5,750 miles) east of Moscow, Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Chinese businessmen invited Russian World War II veterans to celebrate the anniversary of the World War II victory in a Chinese restaurant. Russia celebrates the anniversary of the allied victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. (AP Photo)
Air Rondo Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo leaps over Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard for a dunk during the second half of Boston's 112-94 win in Game 2 of an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal series in Boston on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
St. Peter's Squa... Pope Benedict XVI waves as he is driven through the crowd during his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Benedict XVI has said he will be making a pilgrimage to the Middle East this week as a "pilgrim of peace.'' The pontiff leaves Friday for a week-long trip to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Out at Second Pittsburgh Pirates' Nyjer Morgan, right, is out at second as St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Joe Thurston turns the double play, throwing out Freddy Sanchez out at first to end the top of the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 6, 2009, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Voter Assistance An elderly voter is carried as she returns after voting at a polling booth in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Thursday's voting is part of the country's month long national elections that is expected to elect a new Parliament by early next month. With more than 700 million voters, India holds elections in five phases for logistical and security reasons. Results expected May 16. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Russian Jet Flar... Russian army jet fighters release anti-missile flares, as they fly over the Ivan the Great Bell Tower of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 7, 2009, during a final rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Robotic Teacher Kudan Elementary School children touch a cheek of Japan's robot teacher Saya after a special class by Saya in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Unlike more mechanical-looking robots like Honda Motor Co.'s Asimo, the robot teacher, developed by Tokyo University of Science professor Hiroshi Kobayashi, can express six basic emotions _ surprise, fear, disgust, anger, happiness, sadness _ because its rubber skin is being pulled from the back with motors and wiring around the eyes and the mouth. Saya, remote-controlled by a human watching the interaction through cameras, called out children's names, casted them preprogrammed phrases and questions as "what sort of robots would you like to be with?" and gave a lecture about robots while showing a video of robots including Asimo, industrial and toy robots. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
South African Ra... Cricket fans cover themselves from the rain as a rainbow is seen during the 2009 Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday May 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Aman Sharma)
Fire Power Workers of the financially troubled Ssangyong Motor Co., the ailing Korean automaker, and its Chinese majority shareholder, hold up their candles during a rally against the management's restructuring plan at the carmaker's plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Workers at Ssangyong Motor Co. began a partial strike Thursday to protest the company's proposed plans to cut jobs. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Cricket Celebrat... England bowler Graham Onions celebrates on the ground, after taking the wicket of West Indies' Denesh Ramdin, not pictured, leg before wicket, as teammate Stuart Broad, top left, reacts and West Indies' Fidel Edwards looks away, during the second day of the first Test Match between England and West Indies at Lord's cricket ground in London, Thursday, May 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Outskirts of Mex... Agustina Hernandez Morales, 98, is pushed in a cart by her companion Francisco Navarro, 76, to their home made dwelling inside the Tlatel Xochitenco trash dump, Chimalhuacan, outskirts from Mexico City, Thursday, May 7, 2009. During the last two weeks, life for those living in an around the dump has continued as usual, largely unchanged despite official government measures to combat the swine flu epidemic. According to the government, 44 million Mexicans live under the poverty line.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Burning Ridge A firefighting helicopter prepares to drop water on flames burning over a ridge into Rattlesnake Canyon near Santa Barbara, Calif., Thursday, May 7, 2009. The fire remained out of control and firefighters were on alert for a predicted return of a "Sundowner" fierce winds that late in the day can sweep down from the Santa Ynez Mountains towering close behind Santa Barbara. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Rhino Crossing A one-horned rhinoceros is seen during the rhino census in the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary, 55 kilometers (34 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, May 8, 2009. According to the 2006 census, Pobitora has the highest density of rhino population in the world. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Shade The child of a laborer cries in the shade of an umbrella on a hot afternoon at Gopinath Pur village, about 150 kilometers (94 miles) from Bhubaneswar, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Friday, May 8, 2009. Authorities last week confirmed that at least 18 people have died from heat stroke in Orissa state. (AP Photo / Biswaranjan Rout)
Tear Gas A Kashmiri protester, center, kicks back an exploded tear gas shell fired by paramilitary soldiers during a protest against the Indian general elections in Srinagar, India, Friday, May 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)