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Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Iraq's Prime Minister ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:58:07 GMT

(Reuters) - Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during a private visit in the summer residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, July 25, 2008. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano/Pool

A bride poses as pigeons fly during a pre-wedding photo shoot ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:58:02 GMT

(Reuters) - A bride poses as pigeons fly during a pre-wedding photo shoot at a park in Beijing July 25, 2008. More than Chinese 1,000 couples queued for hours for marriage licenses to wed on Aug. 8, the date of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, state media said on Saturday. The number eight is auspicious in Chinese, as it is pronounced like the word "fa", which is part of the expression meaning "to get wealthy". REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

A mock Olympic torch is displayed on the waterfront of Hong ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:57:58 GMT

(Reuters) - A mock Olympic torch is displayed on the waterfront of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour with a clear evening view of the city's financial central district July 25, 2008, two weeks before the Beijing Olympic Games in which the equestrian event will be held here. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

Boats sail in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour with a clear ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:57:49 GMT

(Reuters) - Boats sail in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour with a clear evening view of the city's financial central district July 25, 2008, two weeks before the Beijing Olympic Games in which the equestrian event will be held here. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

Leaders of Portuguese speaking nations pose for a photograph ...

(AP) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:57:48 GMT

(AP) - Leaders of Portuguese speaking nations pose for a photograph Friday, July 25 2008, during the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community, CPLP, summit at Lisbon's Belem Cultural Center. Leaders are, from left to right, Angola's Prime Minister Fernando Piedade Santos, the Presidents Sao Tome & Principe Fradique de Menezes, of Cape Verde Pedro Pires, of Guinea Bissau Joao Bernardo Nino Vieira, and of Portugal Anibal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates, CPLP Secretary Luis da Fonseca, Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta and Mozambique's External Relations Minister Oldemiro Baloi. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Elderly Iraqis sit under tent during a meeting of local tribe ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:56:39 GMT

(Reuters) - Elderly Iraqis sit under tent during a meeting of local tribe leaders with U.S. soldiers from the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment and Iraqi security forces near Muqtadiyah in Diyala provice July 25, 2008. Sunni Islamist al Qaeda has sought to stoke tensions in Iraq's ethnically and religiously mixed northern cities, such as Diyala and Mosul, after military campaigns pushed its militants out of former strongholds in western Anbar province and Baghdad. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (IRAQ)

A U.S. soldier from the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment secures ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:56:31 GMT

(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier from the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment secures the meeting between local tribe leaders with Iraqi and U.S. security forces near Muqtadiyah in Diyala provice July 25, 2008. Sunni Islamist al Qaeda has sought to stoke tensions in Iraq's ethnically and religiously mixed northern cities, such as Diyala and Mosul, after military campaigns pushed its militants out of former strongholds in western Anbar province and Baghdad. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (IRAQ)

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks during a joint news ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:55:06 GMT

(Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks during a joint news conference in Jerusalem in this July 20, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (L) speaks ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:54:31 GMT

(Reuters) - Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (L) speaks with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (C) during a private visit in the summer residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, July 25, 2008. (Osservatore Romano/Pool/Reuters)

Police beat a demonstrator during a protest in Jammu July 25, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:53:46 GMT

(Reuters) - Police beat a demonstrator during a protest in Jammu July 25, 2008. The protest was against the government for backing down from transferring forest land to a Hindu shrine. REUTERS/Amit Gupta (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR)

Police detain a demonstrator during a protest in Jammu July ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:53:44 GMT

(Reuters) - Police detain a demonstrator during a protest in Jammu July 25, 2008. The protest was against the government for backing down from transferring forest land to a Hindu shrine. REUTERS/Amit Gupta (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR)

Newly elected Scottish National Party MP for the Glasgow east ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:53:39 GMT

(Reuters) - Newly elected Scottish National Party MP for the Glasgow east constituency John Mason (L) listens as party leader Alex Salmond addresses journalists during a post election news conference at the Fort retail park in Glasgow July 25, 2008. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN)

A combination photo shows Bosnian Serb wartime leader and indicted ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:50:33 GMT

(Reuters) - A combination photo shows Bosnian Serb wartime leader and indicted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic (L) in an undated recent file photo and (R) attending a parliamentary session in the Republik of Srpska in Bosanski Samac February 13, 1995. War crimes fugitive Karadzic was arrested in a suburb of Belgrade where he lived posing as a doctor of alternative medicine, sporting long hair, a beard and glasses to hide his face, officials said July 22, 2008. (Handout/Reuters)

Maryam Rajavi (C), head of the National Council of Resistance ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:49:38 GMT

(Reuters) - Maryam Rajavi (C), head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, poses for a picture during a private visit inside Saint Peter Basilica at the Vatican July 25, 2008. REUTERS/Handout (VATICAN)

Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:48:18 GMT

(Reuters) - Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, walks in the Vatican tombs during a private visit inside Saint Peter Basilica at the Vatican July 25, 2008. REUTERS/Handout (VATICAN)

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown waits to meet his Kenyan ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:54:18 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown waits to meet his Kenyan counterpart Raila Odinga on the step of 10 Downing Street in London July 23, 2008. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

Police officers and forensic experts are seen at the site of ...

(AFP) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:47:24 GMT

(AFP) - Police officers and forensic experts are seen at the site of a bomb blast in Bangalore. India's high-technology capital was rocked by a string of seven bomb blasts with at least two people killed and a dozen more wounded, police said.(AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)

Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:46:56 GMT

(Reuters) - Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, stands in front of the tomb of John Paul II during a private visit inside Saint Peter Basilica at the Vatican July 25, 2008. REUTERS/Handout (VATICAN)

Leader of the MFA (Movement of Future Forces ) Anaky Kobenan ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:45:47 GMT

(Reuters) - Leader of the MFA (Movement of Future Forces ) Anaky Kobenan (L), Ivory Coast's former Prime Minister and leader of the RDR (Rally of the Republicans) Allassane Dramane Ouatarra (2nd L), former President and leader of the PDCI (Democratic Party of Ivory Coast) Henri Konan Bedie (2nd R) and representative of the leader of the UDPCI (Union for the Democracy and Peace in Ivory Coast) Allassane Salif N Diaye attend a meeting of opposition parties in Daoukro July 25, 2008. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST)

Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:44:28 GMT

(Reuters) - Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, stands in front of the tomb of Saint Peter during a private visit inside Saint Peter Basilica at the Vatican July 25, 2008. REUTERS/Handout (VATICAN)

Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:44:22 GMT

(Reuters) - Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, touches the statue of Saint Peter during a private visit inside Saint Peter Basilica at the Vatican July 25, 2008. REUTERS/Handout (VATICAN)

Police officers throw stones at protesters in Jammu, India, ...

(AP) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:44:19 GMT

(AP) - Police officers throw stones at protesters in Jammu, India, Friday, July 25, 2008. Hindu activists protested Friday, sparked by the death of a Hindu protester Wednesday who collapsed during a rally against a recent government decision to cancel a land transfer to a Hindu shrine. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates, left, and President ...

(AP) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:43:28 GMT

(AP) - Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates, left, and President Anibal Cavaco Silva, 2nd left, welcome Guinea Bissau's President Joao Bernardo Nino Vieira and Foreign Minister Maria da Conceicao Cabral, right, Friday, July 25 2008, at the start of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community, CPLP, summit at Lisbon's Belem Cultural Center. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

A policeman fires tear gas shells at protesters during a protest ...

(AP) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:43:10 GMT

(AP) - A policeman fires tear gas shells at protesters during a protest in Jammu, India, Friday, July 25, 2008. Hindu activists protested Friday, sparked by the death of a Hindu protester who on Wednesday collapsed during a rally against a recent government decision to cancel a land transfer to a Hindu shrine. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore ...

(AP) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:42:50 GMT

(AP) - In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the pontiff's summer residence in Castel Gandolfo south of Rome, Friday, July 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Francesco Sforza, L'Osservatore Romano)

Ivory Coast's former Prime Minister and leader of the RDR ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:41:58 GMT

(Reuters) - Ivory Coast's former Prime Minister and leader of the RDR (Rally of the Republicans) Allassane Dramane Ouatarra (R) is greeted by former President and leader of the PDCI (Democratic Party of Ivory Coast) Henri Konan Bedie during a meeting of opposition parties in Daoukro July 25, 2008. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST)

Newly elected Scottish National Party (SNP) MP for the Glasgow ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:41:51 GMT

(Reuters) - Newly elected Scottish National Party (SNP) MP for the Glasgow east constituency John Mason (5th L) walks with his deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon (4th L) and leader Alex Salmond (6th L) and other SNP MP sduring a post election news conference at the Fort retail park in Glasgow July 25, 2008. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN)

The victorious Scottish National Party candidate John Mason ...

(AFP) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:40:55 GMT

(AFP) - The victorious Scottish National Party candidate John Mason gestures at a press conference at the Fort retail park in Glasgow. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered another serious blow to his leadership after his governing Labour Party lost one of its safest seats in a by-election in his native Scotland.(AFP/Ed Jones)

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (seen here in June 2008) ...

(AFP/Pool/File) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:40:55 GMT

(AFP/Pool/File) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (seen here in June 2008) has suffered another serious blow to his leadership after his governing Labour Party lost one of its safest seats in a by-election in his native Scotland.(AFP/Pool/File/Carl de Souza)

In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore ...

(AP) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:39:57 GMT

(AP) - In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the pontiff's summer residence in Castel Gandolfo south of Rome, Friday, July 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Francesco Sforza, L'Osservatore Romano)

People play scrabble in a tent in Dakar during the 37th edition ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:39:35 GMT

(AFP/File) - People play scrabble in a tent in Dakar during the 37th edition of the World Scrabble Championship, July 21. Senegal is Scrabble-mad. Street vendors all over Dakar hawk the board game and now the West African nation is the proud host of the French language Scrabble world championships.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)

A man concentrates as he plays scrabble in Dakar during the ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:39:35 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man concentrates as he plays scrabble in Dakar during the 37th edition of the World Scrabble Championships on July 21. Senegal is Scrabble-mad. Street vendors all over Dakar hawk the board game and now the West African nation is the proud host of the French language Scrabble world championships.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)

A police vehicle burns after demonstrators set it on fire during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:39:26 GMT

(Reuters) - A police vehicle burns after demonstrators set it on fire during a protest in Jammu July 25, 2008. The protest was against the government for backing down from transferring forest land to a Hindu shrine. REUTERS/Amit Gupta (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR)

South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki attends a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:39:24 GMT

(Reuters) - South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki attends a news conference following the EU-South Africa summit in Bordeaux, July 25, 2008. REUTERS/Olivier Pon (FRANCE)

Spain's Gemma Mengual of the national synchronised swimming ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:39:11 GMT

(Reuters) - Spain's Gemma Mengual of the national synchronised swimming team smiles during a training session in San Cugat del Valles near Barcelona in this July 7, 2008, file photo. Synchronised swimming is perhaps the most deceptive of all Olympic sports. Behind the lipstick, hair gel, fixed smiles and sequined swimsuits lurks a lung-bursting test of athleticism, artistry, and technical skill. To match feature OLYMPICS/SWIMMING SYNCHRONISED REUTERS/Juan Medina (SPAIN) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier looks on ...

(AP) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:38:15 GMT

(AP) - Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier looks on during a ceremony to inaugurate a water supply system in Herat, Afghanistan, Friday, July 25, 2008. More then 500,000 people of Herat hope to have cleaner water after the German government reconstructed and re-fixed Herat's water supply system and spent 12 million dollars on it. (AP Photo/Fraidoon Pooyaa)

Demonstrators throw stones at police during a protest in Jammu ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:37:53 GMT

(Reuters) - Demonstrators throw stones at police during a protest in Jammu July 25, 2008. The protest was against the government for backing down from transferring forest land to a Hindu shrine. REUTERS/Amit Gupta (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR)