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Motor bikers are seen during a rush hour in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Vietnam is considering banning small-chested drivers from its roads, a proposal that has provoked widespread disbelief in this nation of slight people. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)

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Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain celebrates after winning the women's division in the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
XIV Rock Festiva... A music fan with his face painted attends the XIV Rock Festival in Bogota, Saturday, Nov.1, 2008. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)
Heidi Klum Model and television personality Heidi Klum at her annual Halloween party at 1Oak on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Alice Cooper In this photo provided by Starpix, legendary performer Alice Cooper appears at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, N.J. during his Halloween concert, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Dave Allocca, StarPix)[
Hulaween Benefit... Singer Pink arrives at the Hulaween Benefit Gala for the New York Restoration Project at The Waldorf Astoria in New York on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Halloween A girl dressed in Halloween costume celebrates the Halloween festival at a street in the town of Varna, east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. After the fall of communism rules Halloween becomes one of the famous festivals in many major cities across the Balkan country. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov)
Hungry Hungry Hi... In this photo provided by Rome's Bioparco zoo, Mimi', left, and Carlo, two hippos in their thirties, approach carved pumpkins for Halloween, fed to them as a Halloween treat, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Halloween, celebrated on Oct. 31, is believed to have its origins in an ancient Celtic festivity which celebrated the end of the harvest season and marked the boundary between the alive and the deceased. Halloween is also the eve of All Saint's Day, a Roman Catholic celebration. (AP Photo/Rome Bioparco Zoo, ho)
Great Pumpkins Pumpkins with the faces of the presidential candidates, Barack Obama, left, and John McCain, carved by Hugh McMahon, are displayed in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Palin Campaigns ... Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blows a kiss to supporters after speaking at a rally at the Silver Spurs Arena, in Kissimmee, Fla, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)
Totti Plays in t... AS Roma's Francesco Totti in action under the pouring rain, during the Italian Serie A soccer match between AS Roma and Sampdoria at Rome's Olympic stadium, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. The game was suspended due to heavy rain. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Galaxies Interac... This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147. The Hubble Space Telescope is working again, taking stunning cosmic photos after a one-month breakdown. The Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore said the $10 billion telescope is as good as it was before a shutdown in late September. That glitch scotched plans for spacewalking astronauts to upgrade the telescope this month. (AP Photo/NASA)
Salon du Chocola... Designer Anita Jakobson presents a creation by Eva Rachline and Chocolat Chapon at the 14th Salon du Chocolat (Paris Chocolate Show) in Paris October 28, 2008. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
Marigold Flower ... A vendor strings marigold flower garlands while waiting for customers on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad October 27, 2008. Flowers are offered to Hindu Goddess Laxmi on the occasion of Diwali, the festival of lights. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder (INDIA)
Daylight Savings Electric Time Co. employee Walter Rodriguez cleans the face of an 84-inch Wegman clock at the plant in Medfield, Mass. Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Daylight savings time ends early Sunday morning with clocks turned back one hour. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Batman Does Wind... J.R. Elkins of G&M Window Service washes windows on the 8th floor of the Wells Fargo Building dressed as Batman on Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Elkins began the Halloween tradition of window washing in costume in 2002. (AP Photo/Lincoln Journal Star, Heidi Hoffman)
Sheep at Indian ... A worker marks the back of the sheep with color for identification at a wholesale market in Amritsar, India, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Every Vote Count... Sarah Duffy, dressed as a mermaid for Halloween, left, and Ashley Lamberton, dressed as a French maid, both 25, fill out ballot applications before waiting in line to vote at City Hall on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, in San Francisco.
Refugees Flee Co... Thousands of refugees and soldiers are fleeing fighting in eastern Congo in what appears to be a major retreat of government forces being attacked by rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
India's Market S... A stock broker holds an amulet to his lips as he watches share prices at a brokerage in Mumbai, India, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. India's benchmark Sensex index plunged to its lowest in nearly three years on Monday amid fears that the worst of the financial crisis is not yet over. The Sensex fell 528.62 points, or 6.08 percent, to 8,172.45, its lowest since Nov. 2005. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)
'Fat Man' Gets M... Manuel "Meme" Uribe is pushed into the dance hall where he and Claudia Solis will get married in Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. Uribe, who tipped the scales in 2006 at 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms), earning him the Guinness Book of World Records' title for the world's heaviest man, lost 550 pounds (250 kilograms) with the help of Solis, whom he met four years ago. (AP Photo/Monica Rueda)
The Edge, BB Kin... From left, The Edge, BB King and Bono are seen on stage at "The Blues & Jazz" Gala Concert at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday Oct. 26, 2008 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark Mainz)
Rainy Day Blues ... Philadelphia Phillies' Jayson Werth can't come up with a double hit by Tampa Bay Rays' Carlos Pena during the fourth inning of Game 5 of the baseball World Series in Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
McCain's Campaig... Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is seen reflected in a TelePrompTer as he is introduced at a rally at Zanesville High School in Zanesville, Ohio, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Bloody Soccer San Lorenzo's Santiago Hirsig leaves the field with his face covered in blood during an Argentine first division soccer match against Racing in Buenos Aires, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. Hirsig was injured after hitting his head against Pablo Caballero's from Racing. (AP Photo/Daniel Luna)
Russia Resumes T... A trader is seen during a trading session at Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Russia's battered stock exchanges resumed trading Tuesday after a one-day suspension, following assurances that a wide range of companies would benefit from a government rescue package. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Inner and Outer ... The art work 'Inner+Outer Space' of South African born artist Candice Breitz is seen at the temporary Art Hall at the Schlossplatz, in central Berlin on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. The art hall will open for public on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Photo Journalism A journalist takes a photo of an aircraft dummy during the opening ceremony for a new Airbus hangar in Dresden, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2007. The IABG company will realize fatigue tests of a military version of an Airbus A400 aircraft in order of Airbus Industries. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel)
Tainted Eggs in ... A shop keeper sells chicken eggs at a market in Beijing, China Tuesday Oct. 28, 2008. The discovery of excessive levels of the industrial chemical melamine in Chinese eggs has prompted the Hong Kong authorities to expand health tests to include meat products imported from China.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)
Rush Hour Motor bikers are seen during a rush hour in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Vietnam is considering banning small-chested drivers from its roads, a proposal that has provoked widespread disbelief in this nation of slight people. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
Patroling Near P... A U.S. solider of Duke Task Force is seen patroling through a wall of a building in Asad Abad at a Forward Operating Base near Pakistani border in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Gaza Overflows Palestinians are seen on a flooded road after a heavy rainfall at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Refugees on the ... Some of the thousands of displaced people gather in the village of Kibati some 12 kilometers north of Goma in eastern Congo, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Thousands of refugees are fleeing fighting in eastern Congo while fighting continue between government forces and rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
Rain, Rain, Go A... A statue of Philadelphia Phillies hall of fame third baseman Mike Schmidt is shown outside Citizens Bank Park as a passer-by holding an umbrella is reflected in the rain Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 in Philadelphia. Game 5 of baseball's World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays was suspended because of the weather Monday night, will not be played on Tuesday due to rain. The game will resume Wednesday evening, weather permitting. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Emergency Landin... Indonesian police and rescue team members carry a four-seater Cessna 172 PK-SDQ on the Jakarta-Cikampek tollway , West Java, Indonesia. Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008. A flight training aircraft made an emergency landing on the capital's major expressway. No injuries or damage were reported.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Live Exercise Taiwan's military fires an 8 inch Howitzer canon during a live fire exercise Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, on the Taiwan island of Kinmen, formerly Quemoy, just 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) off of the coast of China. The exercise comes just days before a visit from Chen Yunlin, the most senior level Chinese envoy to visit the island since the 1949 civil war with the mainland. Chen is the chairman of China's cross strait negotiating body, ARATS, Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait. (AP Photo)
Maximon Believers line up to pay their respects to an image of Maximon, a pagan saint venerated mostly by the Mayan Indian communities, in Zunil, 190 km west from Guatemala City, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Maximón is worshipped in various forms by Maya people of several towns in the highlands of Western Guatemala whose tastes in alcohol and cigarettes portray him as a very human character, different from the ascetic ideals of Christian sainthood. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Depp in Ukraine People pass by an advertising billboard depicting US actor Johnny Depp in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 28. 2008. The billboard urges people to “find their place in the world in difficult times”. The after effects of the global financial turmoil that Ukraine is suffering from, has caught many Ukrainians unawares, forcing them to try and extricate themselves from sudden difficulties. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
John McCain Republican presidential candidate Sen John McCain, R-Ariz. greets a crowd of supporters during a campaign stop on his "Road to Victory Rally", Tuesday , Oct. 28, 2008 in Hershey, Pa. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)
Barack Obama Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. addresses supporters in rain at a rally in Chester, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Sarah Palin Vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, listens to the cheers of her supporters at a rally at Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Joe Biden Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., speaks a rally at the Dancing Horse Farm in Ocala, Fla., Tues., Oct. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)
Protest in Thail... Anti-government protesters fill up the street during a march protest Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. About 1,000 protesters sealed off the British Embassy's street, chanting "Send Thaksin back!" The former prime minister was convicted in absentia earlier this month of violating a conflict of interest law and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Steel Workers Pr... Workers from largest Bulgarian steel maker Kremikovtzi wave flags and shout slogans during a protest in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, following news about the impending closure of the troubled plant. On Monday, the plant said it could no longer afford to buy coal and began shutting down two of its three blast furnaces, and the mill's nearly 8,000 workers have not been paid since August. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov)
Art on Show in B... Two people look at the works of several artists presented by the Gallery September at an exhibition room of the Art Forum Berlin, in Berlin, Germany, during a preview for the media on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. The 13th Art Forum Berlin, a fair for international contemporary arts, will be open to the public from Friday, Oct. 31 to Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)
Snowfall in Germ... A woman carries a red umrella during heavy snowfall in Erfurt, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. The winter weather with temperatures around the freezing point will continue in the region tomorrow, according to forecasts. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Blast in India People carry a seriously wounded man near a blast site in Gauhati, India, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Police say at least 20 people have been killed and dozens wounded as 11 bombs exploded across India's northeastern state of Assam. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Smits Endorses O... Television personality Jimmy Smits speaks at rally on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Kissimmee, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008.(AP Photo/John Raoux)
Sarah Palin Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a rally in front of Ross County Courthouse Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008 in Chillicothe, Ohio. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Earthquake in Pa... A Pakistani woman cries on the debris of her house destroyed during an earthquake in Ziarat, about 130 kilometers (81 miles) south of Quetta, Pakistan Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Rescue workers searched Thursday through the rubble of villages destroyed by a powerful earthquake in southwestern Pakistan that killed at least 170 people. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Phillies Win Wor... Philadelphia Phillies' Brad Lidge reacts as Carlos Ruiz runs over to hug him during Game 5 of the baseball World Series in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. The Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 to win the series. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Earthquake in Pa... Pakistani people warm themselves up next to their tents after an earthquake in Ziarat, about 130 kilometers (81 miles) south of Quetta, Pakistan, on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck an impoverished region of Pakistan's Baluchistan province before dawn on Wednesday, demolishing some 3,000 houses. A Pakistani official says the death toll from the earthquake in southwestern Pakistan will likely rise to more than 300. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Syria's Border A Syrian woman, left, prays as a British tourist woman, right, walks next to her inside the 14th century-old Omayad Mosque, in Damascus, Syria , on Friday Oct. 31, 2008. A private Syrian television station reported that Damascus was reducing the number of troops on its border with Iraq in response the "American aggression. Syria had threatened it would end border security cooperation with the United States and Iraq in response to the recent attack on Syrian territory. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Tainted Eggs A worker moves chicken eggs before they get packaged at a major eggs production factory in suburban Beijing, China, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Three more Chinese brands of eggs containing melamine have been identified and a local government has acknowledged that officials knew about the contamination for a month before it was publicly disclosed. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Christian Social... Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, designated Secretary General of the German Christian Social Union Party (CSU), Peter Ramsauer, floor leader of the faction of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party in Germany's Bundestag, the new consumer protection minister Ilse Aigner and Bavarian State Governor Horst Seehofer, from left, address the media during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008.(AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)
Barack Obama Ral... Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a rally at South Quad at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
John McCain Rall... Supporters for republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listen to him speak at Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Pick a Winner Valerie, a 26-year-old female African elephant picks Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. picture over Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. The elephant is the symbol of the Republican party. (