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This undated image provided by NASA shows the Mars rover Opportunity looking back at an outcrop where it spent the Martian winter. Opportunity started driving again this week after spending 19 weeks in one spot conducting science experiments, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. (AP Photo/NASA)

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Supermoon The moon rises in the Atlantic Ocean, Saturday, May 5, 2012 near Bal Harbour, Fla. Saturday's event is a "supermoon," the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. The moon will come within about 221,802 miles (357,000 kilometers) from Earth. That's about 15,300 miles (24,600 kilometers) closer than average. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Birth, Death and... In this late Sunday, May 6, 2012 photo, lanterns release by Buddhist worshippers fly as full moon is seen in the background during a procession commemorating Waisak day which marks the birth, death and enlightenment of Buddha at the 9th century Borobudur temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)
France President... Supporters of Socialist President-elect Francois Hollande, seen on the video screen at right, celebrate after the results of the second round of the French Presidential elections were announced at Bastille square in Paris, France, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Hollande defeated outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president, Sarkozy conceded defeat minutes after the polls closed. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Vatican Swiss Gu... Swiss guards arrive for a swearing-in ceremony, at the Vatican, Sunday, May, 6, 2012. Twenty-six Swiss men have joined the oldest standing army in the world, swearing to give up their lives to protect the pope as the Vatican's newest Swiss Guards. The swearing-in ceremony took place Sunday inside the Vatican auditorium, a last-minute change due to rain. Usually it is held in the St. Damaso courtyard of the Apostolic Palace. The ceremony is held each May 6 to commemorate the day in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards died protecting Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Spring Morning Canada goose goslings rests near the Schuylkill River, on a spring morning Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Vesakha Festival... In this Wednesday, May 9, 2012 photo, a pelican swims as decorative lanterns and lights put up for the Vesakha festival are reflected on the surface of a lake in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The festival which was marked on May 5 encompasses the birth, enlightenment and demise of Gautama Buddha. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Kentucky Derby Jockey Mario Gutierrez rides I'll Have Another to victory in the 138th Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Cinco de Mayo Ce... A child dressed as a Mexican rebel takes part in the reenactment of the Battle of Puebla during the Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Mexico City, Saturday, May 5, 2012. Mexicans commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle, fought against the French in 1862 in which Mexican forces loyal to Benito Juarez defeated French troops sent by Napoleon III to Puebla in central Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Malaysia Wesak D... A Buddhist devotee offers a prayer during Wesak Day, known as Buddha's birthday, at Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, May 5, 2012. Wesak Day, one of the holiest days for Buddhists, offers an opportunity for all followers to come together and celebrate not only the Buddha's birthday, but also his enlightenment and achievement of nirvana. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
Germany Weather A track of a vehicle goes through a field of rape blossoms near Munich, southern Germany, as temperatures reach 15 degrees Celsius (59 Fahrenheit), Monday, May 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Russia Inaugurat... Cannons fire a salute outside Moscow's Kremlin wall after an inauguration ceremony of president elect Vladimir Putin as Russia's new President on Monday, May 7, 2012. Vladimir Putin took the oath of office for a third term as Russia's president on Monday, saying he considers "service to the fatherland and our nation to be the meaning of my life." (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
Cat and Dog Exhi... Women, not seen in the picture, display their cats in fashion costumes during two-day cat and dog exhibition in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, May 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
South Korea Budd... A South Korean worker attaches a devotee's name tag with their wishes on a lantern, in the preparation for the birthday celebration of Buddha, which falls on May 28, at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. About one-third of South Korea's 48 million people are Buddhists. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Pakistan Canal A Pakistani worker decorates a canal with artificial flowers, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, May 7, 2012. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Germany Zoo A white-faced saki (pithecia pithecia) feeds in its compound in the zoo of Nuremberg, southern Germany, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Timm Schamberger)
Indonesia Red Cr... Indonesians hold lanterns during a ceremony commemorating the World Red Cross Day at in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Muslim Pilgrimag... An Indian Muslim Sufi devotee who is on a pilgrimage to Ajmer Sharif, a revered Muslim shrine in India's western state of Rajasthan, gazes at the photographer as he walks in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Thousands of Sufi devotees from different parts of the country annually travel to the shrine of Sufi Muslim saint Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, for the annual Urs festival observed to mark his death anniversary. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Nazi Death Camp A rose lays on the tracks at the former Nazi death camp of Birkenau (Auschwitz II) in Oswiecim, southern Poland, Tuesday May 8, 2012. Some 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, but also Poles and other nationals died in its gas chambers or from disease, hunger and forced labour during WW II. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
Russia Victory D... Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier on the eve of Victory Day celebration in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Russia is marking the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II on May 9th. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Harvest Season Palestinian farmers harvest wheat during harvest season, on a farm near the West Bank town of Jenin, early Tuesday, May 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
Annual Butterfly... A woman uses a paper flower to attract a butterfly, Monday, May 7, 2012, during the annual Butterfly Show at Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati. The exhibit features 16,000 butterflies from all over the world flying freely in a showroom at the conservatory. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Japan Tornado A woman riding on a mobility vehicle goes through a street after Sunday's tornado in Tsukuba city, northeast of Tokyo, Monday, May 7, 2012. The tornado tore through the city northeast of Japan's capital on Sunday, killing one person, injuring dozens of others and destroying scores of houses. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Russia Victory D... Diplomats and soldiers of former Soviet republics attend a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany at the Central Soviet War Memorial in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Brazil Slave Lab... Rea Inu Bake, from the Indian tribe Hunikui, takes part in a protest against slave labor outside the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Brazil's lower house is expected to vote on a constitutional amendment that would punish landholders found to be using slave labor. The proposed bill would allow the government to confiscate all property of those found to be using slave labor, among other penalties. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
South Korea Yeos... The Big O, a water screen that is a landmark of the Expo 2012, is seen during a media day of the expo, in Yeosu, South Korea, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The expo will open for three months on May 12 under the theme of "The Living Ocean and Coast: Diversity of Resources and Sustainable Activities." (AP Photo/Yonhap)
Austria Nazi Vic... The urn with remains of Nazi victims stands at the Central Cemetery during a funeral ceremony in Vienna , Austria, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The victims were killed through medical experiments and mistreatment because they were considered physically or mentally inferior. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
Ukraine Victory ... Ukrainian soldiers demonstrate their skills during celebration of the Victory Day at the World War II memorial in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. 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)
Greece Olympics ... A high priestess, holding a lit torch and an olive branch, performs during the final dress rehearsal for the lighting of the Olympic flame held on Wednesday. May 9, 2012, in Ancient Olympia, Greece. The flame to be lit in Thursday's ceremony in the birthplace of the Ancient Olympics will travel to London, where the Summer Games will take place from July 27-Aug. 12. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
France Monumenta... View of the creation of contemporary artist Daniel Buren in the Grand Palais during the opening of ground-breaking Monumenta exhibit in Paris, Wednesday May 9, 2012. Monumenta, the hugely-popular annual installation project that's in its fifth year, dares an artist of international stature to "move into" the nave of one of the French capital's most monumental buildings, and own it. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
El Salvador Sold... El Salvador Army soldiers participate in a military parade commemorating the upcoming national holiday, Soldiers' Day, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, May 5, 2011. Every year on May 7th El Salvador marks the 1824 founding of its armed forces. (AP Photo/Luis Romero)
Cambodia Royal P... A Cambodian Prince Norodom Chakravuth, third from right, holds plow handles as he takes part in an annual royal plowing ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The ceremony was held to mark the start of rice-farming season. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Britain Queen's ... Members of the British military's King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a 41 gun salute at Green Park in London to mark the arrival of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the Houses of Parliament to deliver her speech for the State Opening of Parliament in London, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Britain's Conservative-led government plans to reform the centuries-old House of Lords and introduce direct elections for members. Queen Elizabeth II announced the government's new legislative program Wednesday in an opulent pageant of pomp and politics, saying the planned laws would introduce a smaller, mainly elected upper chamber. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Lag Ba'Omer cele... Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand next to bonfires during Lag Ba'Omer celebrations to commemorate the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews in Roman times, in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday, May 9, 2012.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
India Old Age Pe... An elderly woman participates in a protest in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Hundreds of elderly from the country have been protesting near the Indian parliament for the last three days to demand a universal old age pension for those above 60 years of age. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
Grand Isle Torna... In this handout photo from NOAA, what is believed to be a tornado is seen touching down in Grand Isle, La., Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The tornado has damaged several homes on Grand Isle, but officials say no injuries have been reported. (AP Photo/NOAA, Tim Osborn)
Panama Ballet A dancer performs during a show by the National Ballet of Panama at the National Theater in Panama City, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Mars Rover This undated image provided by NASA shows the Mars rover Opportunity looking back at an outcrop where it spent the Martian winter. Opportunity started driving again this week after spending 19 weeks in one spot conducting science experiments, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. (AP Photo/NASA)
Cleveland Casino... Worker Rudra Khadka cleans slot machines in preparation for the grand opening of the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland in Cleveland on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The new casino is scheduled to open to the public on Monday, May 14. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Baby Elephant A yet unnamed male Asian elephant baby (Elephas maximus) stands next to his mother Nova, left, at the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin Thursday May 10, 2012. The baby was born Tuesday May 8. (AP Photo/dapd/Timur Emek)
War Memorial of ... Danish Crown Princess Mary poses before beating a huge drum to pay respect to the souls of all the fallen veterans killed during the Korean War at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Philippines Fire... A man floats in the water with some of his belongings as his neighborhood is engulfed in fire Friday, May 11, 2012 in a slum area in Manila, Philippines. Officials say the fire that swept through a sprawling squatters' colony on Manila Bay's rim has left two people missing and some 10,000 others homeless. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
India Mangoes Indian laborers collect mangoes in a basked to unload them from a truck at a fruit market in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, May 11, 2012. India recognizes mango as its national fruit and is the world's largest mango producer with about 13 million tons each year, far exceeding all other countries. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Wyoming Wolves A wolf, seen in this undated photo, walks through the snow in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Five independent scientists release their peer-review comments Thursday May 10, 2012, on Wyoming's wolf management plan. In an earlier review, one scientist said Wyoming's proposal to declare wolves in most of the state as predators that could be shot on sight was not scientifically valid. (AP Photo/Yellowstone National Park, File)
Rare White Tiger... In this photo provided by Skazka Zoo, taken May 6, 2012, four white cubs, including a rare albino tiger are seen at the Skazka Zoo in Yalta, Ukraine. A beautiful white tigress was the symbol of Yulia Tymoshenko's presidential election campaign, representing her ferocious resolve.(AP Photo/Skazka Zoo)
Lobster Wars Lobsterman Kendall Delano sands last year's paint off lobster buoys he's painting in his workshop in Friendship, Maine, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Two lobster boats were recently sunk by vandals in Friendship, bringing back memories of territorial tensions in the industry that led to a shooting two summers ago. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Players Champion... Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela, hits from the 18th fairway during the first round of the Players Championship golf tournament, Thursday, May 10, 2012, at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Confederate Memo... Members of the Waccamaw Light Artillery Civil War re-enacting unit man their cannon on the Battery in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday, May 10, 2012. May 10, the day Gen. Stonewall Jackson died in 1863, is observed as Confederate Memorial Day in South Carolina, where the Civil War began. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
South Africa Wea... A man walks in strong wind at the costal town of Camps Bay situated near the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Cape town is known for it's strong winds and a winter rain fall season. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
Lily Safra Colle... A employee poses with an oval shaped ruby and diamond ring and a rectangular cut sapphire and diamond ring from the Lily Safra collection during an auction preview at Christie's in Geneva May 10, 2012. The sapphire ring is expected to sell between CHF 420,000 and 500,000 (US$ 450,000-550,000) and the ruby ring between CHF 2,800,000 and 4,600,000 (US$ 3'00'000-5'000'000) when they go into auction May 18, 2012 in Geneva. (REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud)
Ground Breaking ... Shovels are seen at a ground breaking ceremony for Foxconn's new China headquarters building at the Lujiazui financial district of Pudong in Shanghai May 10, 2012. Foxconn Technology Group, which makes Apple Inc's products, is confident of achieving a 10 percent growth in its revenues this year, chief Terry Gou said on Thursday, as it plans its new China headquarters in Shanghai. (REUTERS/Aly Song)