An Afghan man walks his dog past the deteriorating skeletons of Soviet-era tanks on top of a hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)
The model of King Kong featured in the original 1933 epic film, is seen ahead of its auction, in central London, in this Thursday Nov. 19, 2009 file photo. The tiny King Kong figurine that helped launch the career of one of cinema’s biggest monsters has sold for about 121,000 pounds ($200,000) at a London auction Tuesday Nov. 24 2009. Auctioneer Christie’s says the 22-inch (56-centimeter) skeleton was the one used in the climactic scene of the 1933 movie in which the giant ape climbs New York’s Empire State Building. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
A demonstrator holds a sign that reads in Spanish “Stop the violence against women” at a protests against the visit of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in La Paz, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Ahmadinejad is on a one-day visit to Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A young boy is bathed by his mother and sister at Um Khashim, a makeshift village 25 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. About 200 families, displaced from other parts of Iraq, live in the village. According to the United Nations, as of January 2009 there were some 2.6 million people displaced within Iraq. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)
Salima Khalaf an 83-year-old Iraqi displaced woman stands next to her house at Um Khashim, a makeshift village 25 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. About 200 families, displaced from other parts of Iraq, live in the village. According to the United Nations, as of January 2009 there were some 2.6 million people displaced within Iraq. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)
A baboon called Fred sits inside a car as he eats a piece of fruit at Cape Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Visitors heading to South Africa premier holiday destination during the 2010 World Cup may be worried about becoming victims of the country’s high crime rate but they are more likely to find themselves robbed or mugged by a rather furry kind of felon.
A baboon is seen as he attempts to open the door of a car at Cape Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Visitors heading to South Africa premier holiday destination during the 2010 World Cup may be worried about becoming victims of the country’s high crime rate but they are more likely to find themselves robbed or mugged by a rather furry kind of felon.
The Grand Mosque is seen from the top of al-Noor mountain where the Hiraa cave is located, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. According to tradition, Islam’s Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while he was praying in the cave. An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca to attend the annual hajj pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A Muslim pilgrim prays near where the Hiraa cave is located, at the top of Noor Mountain on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. According to tradition, Islam’s Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while he was praying in the cave. An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca to attend the annual hajj pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca to attend the annual hajj pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca to attend the annual hajj pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Japanese and Filipino nationals look at a burning ceremony of Japanese World War II casualties in Ifugao province, northern Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Thousands of skeletons from Japanese soldiers, gathered by bone collectors Santos Bayucca and Japanese Kazuya Tomita from all over the Philippines, were given cremation rites with the help of Japanese non-government organization Kuentai. The ashes will be flown back to Japan and will be given to relatives . (AP Photo)
German pavement artist Edgar Mueller poses with his anamorphic pavement art, recognized as being the largest of its kind by the Guinness World Record, outside a shopping center in west London, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
In this Oct. 7, 2009 photo, an Afghan opium addict, who has lost his mental balance, looks on as he is chained to the wall at the Mia Ali Baba Shrine, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. The shrine is used as a rehabilitation center where the patients are brought by their family and chained for 40 days or until they recover from their addiction. The U.S. announced Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 that it is giving US$38.7 million to 27 Afghan provinces that either reduced poppy cultivation by more than 10 percent or became poppy free this year. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Ramzan Shariff, displays X-ray film of his chest, where a bullet is embedded, with his mother Zeenabhi Rahamatulla, in the background, at a press conference to mark the first anniversary of terror attacks in Mumbai, India, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Shariff was shot and injured during the attacks at the city’s Chhatrapati Shivaji train station. 10 militants with assault rifles fanned out across Mumbai last Nov. 26, attacking hotels, a train station and other targets, paralyzing India’s financial capital and shocking the country by killing 166 people. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
