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Giant panda cubs lie on grass at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China October 18, 2011. (REUTERS/China Daily)

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Pumpkin Time Fifteen-month-old Lucy Myers looks for the perfect pumpkin at Patterson Fruit Farm Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Chesterland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Hungary Migratin... In this picture made available Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 a flock of common cranes (Grus grus) fly over the puszta or Hungarian steppe of Hortobagy, the largest gathering place for migrating cranes in Europe situated some 200 kms east of Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. Experts counted over 90 thousand cranes living in the quiet areas of Hortobagy where they usually stay till the first frosts before leaving for Africa through Sicily. (AP Photo/MTI, Zsolt Czegledi)
Gigantic Scale M... In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, a worker walks amongst a gigantic scale model of Chengdu city at the Chengdu Planning Hall in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province. (AP Photo)
Fall Foliage The sun breaks through the turning leaves on a tree as the fall foliage peaks in Black Mountain, N.C., Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Pan American Gam... Fireworks explode during opening ceremonies for the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Polar Bears and ... This undated file photo released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a sow polar bear resting with her cubs on the pack ice in the Beaufort Sea in northern Alaska. A federal judge on Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, threw out a key section of an Interior Department rule that declared global warming is threatening the survival of the polar bear. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service, Steve Amstrup, FILE)
Nighttime Earth ... This image provided by NASA shows a night time image photographed by the Expedition 29 crew from the International Space Station Sunday Oct. 16, 2011. It features airglow, Earth's terminator, Rocky Mountains, Denver-Colorado Springs (center-right), Santa Fe-Albuquerque (low-center-right), US Great Plains cities: Dallas-Oklahoma City, Kansas City and Chicago. (AP Photo/NASA)
Thailand Floods A Thai flood victim on a raft uses a paddle to collect relief supplies dropped from a Thai military helicopter in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday Oct. 17,2011. Bangkok breathed easier Monday as barriers protecting the capital from Thailand's worst flooding in decades held firm, but authorities ordered a new evacuation north of the city where floodwaters breached defenses of an industrial park. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Pan American Gam... Brazil's team competes using the ribbon and hoop in the group all-around rhythmic gymnastics event during the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sunday Oct. 16, 2011. Brazil won the gold. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
Martin Luther Ki... President Barack Obama, center, his daughter Malia Obama, left, and Harry Johnson, President and CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation, to his right, look up at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, as King family members and the first family look on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, on the National Mall in Washington. From right are Marion Robinson, first lady Michelle Obama and Sasha Obama.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Wall Street Prot... Demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street rally in New York's Times Square, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Running of the B... Running of the Bull participates feel the heat as they try to get out of the way of charging bulls Saturday Oct. 15, 2011, in Cave Creek, Ariz. Over 1,000 thrill seekers experienced an adrenaline rush of a life time by running a quarter mile in front of forty 1,500 lbs. raging bulls during the 4th Running of the Bulls in America. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)
Chile Zombiewalk... People dressed as zombies participate in the Zombiewalk Chile 2011: Return of the Dead Heroes march in Santiago, Chile, Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. Participants dress in a zombie-like version of their favorite childhood heroes as a tribute to their child within that dies when they become adults. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)
Michael Jackson-... This photo provided Oct. 14, 2011, by Cirque du Soleil shows the new Michael Jackson-themed Cirque du Soleil show that makes its U.S. debut Saturday, Oct. 15, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Cirque du Soleil)
Germany Zoo Dolp... New born dolphin named Doerrte swims with its mother Delphi at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. The little bottlenose dolphin is one of three dolphin babies, that were born at the same time last month at the zoo in the Ruhr valley. Mother Delphi was also born in Europe's biggest dolphinarium in Duisburg. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
India Hindu Fest... An Indian woman paints earthen lamps ahead of Hindu festival Diwali on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Diwali, the festival of lights, will be celebrated on Oct. 27. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
South Korea Aero... South Korean honor guards perform during the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition at the Defense Ministry in Seoul , South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The annual event is scheduled for Oct. 18-23 with many other affiliated events. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Kazakhstan Wishi... A recently married man ties a handkerchief onto wishing tree on a hill near the Tabagan ski resort in the village of Beskaynar in southern Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. According to local tradition, the act of tying a piece of fabric to these trees ensures the fulfillment of a wish. (AP Photo/Peter Leonard)
India School Pov... In this Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, photograph students eat mid-day meal provided by school authority in a lower primary school in Khankar village on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. At least eighty poor children study in the lower primary school, which was set up by villagers in Khankar village without any government aid. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)
Guatemala Tropic... Two boys share an umbrella while walking under a light rain in Cuilapa, Guatemala, Monday Oct 17, 2011. Guatemalan officials confirmed 28 deaths in their country, adding that two more people were missing and that more rain was expected in the following days. Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom declared a state of emergency that would be sent for approval to the congress Monday. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Bolivia Jungle H... Protesters enter a tunnel as they walk under heavy rain in Unduavi, Bolivia, during their march toward the country's capital Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. Indigenous and environmentalist groups, began an estimated 242-mile march from Trinidad to La Paz on Aug. 15 to protest a government planned highway that would cut through the Isiboro-Secure Indigenous Territory National Park, home to 15,000 indigenous people. After a police crackdown on marchers on Sept. 25, Morales announced the suspension of the highway, saying he will let voters in the affected region decide its fate. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Traditional Clea... Nurbaeti Helmi (R) embraces her future daughter-in-law Gusti Kanjeng Ratu (GKR) Hemas during a traditional cleansing ritual the day before her wedding, at Yogyakarta Palace, Indonesia, October 17, 2011. (REUTERS/Puspa Perwitasari/Pool)
Memorial to Jews... Flowers lie at the Platform 17 memorial at Grunewald railway station during a ceremony remembering the Jews who were deported to Nazi concentration camps 70 years ago in Berlin, October 18, 2011. (REUTERS/Thomas Peter)
Giant Panda Cubs Giant panda cubs lie on grass at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China October 18, 2011. (REUTERS/China Daily)
Tibet Protest Tibetan exiles, with faces painted in the Tibetan flag colors, participate in a rally to express solidarity with the plight of the people in Tibet, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama on Wednesday fasted and led prayers in honor of nine Tibetans who set themselves on fire in apparent protest against China's tight grip over Buddhist practices in Tibet. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
Britain Eviction... An Irish traveler resident holds up a cross for the media, in front of a burning barricade during evictions at the Dale Farm travellers site, near Basildon England, 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of London, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Police in riot gear used sledgehammers to clear the way for the eviction of a community of Irish Travellers from a site where they have lived illegally for a decade. A large force of police and bailiffs faced resistance from several dozen residents and supporters who threw bricks and struggled with officers. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Germany Lion Cub... Lion triplet cubs Asali, Simba and Nala, from left, photographed in the Serengeti park Hodenhagen, Germany Wednesday Oct. 19, 2011. The lions were born six weeks ago. (AP Photo/dapd/Nigel Treblin)
Germany Art Visitors stand in front of the painting 'The Duel D' (2001) in the exhibition 'Frank Stella - New Works' of U.S. artist Frank Stella of New York, in Jena, central Germany, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. The American minimalist painter, print-maker and sculptor was born in 1936 in Malden, Massachusetts. He’s been admired for his contributions to minimalism, post-painterly abstraction, patterns and offset lithography. The exhibitions started on Oct. 15, 2011 and lasts until Dec. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Nepal Tibet Pray... Exiled Tibetan nuns and monks participate in a prayer session for peace and as a tribute to Tibetans who died in recent self-immolations, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. The Dalai Lama on Wednesday fasted and led prayers in honor of nine Tibetans who set themselves on fire in apparent protest against China's tight grip over Buddhist practices in Tibet. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)
Wall Street Prot... Members of Service Employees International Union march from the encampment at City Hall, center, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Philadelphia. The encampment at City Hall is one of many being held across the country recently in support of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Southern Califor... Dense fog shrouds office towers in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. The National Weather Service said a shallow marine layer, moist air pushing inland from the Pacific Ocean, brought the fog to much of southwestern California. Authorities warned that driving could be hazardous, with visibility levels suddenly dropping to near zero. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
Cambodia Floods Local villagers wait on boats to receive flood donations at Prek Sussey, Kandal province, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. More than a thousand families in a part of Kandal province Tuesday have received the China-funded flood donations from a group of the National Committee for Disaster Management. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
North Korea Hung... In this Saturday Oct. 8, 2011 photo, North Korean farmers walk along a road through a farm field outside the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, North Korea. This autumn, as farmers fan out into fields of corn, wheat, rice and cabbage, such evocative pastoral scenes - the stuff of centuries-old Dutch landscape paintings - also are a reminder of the challenges North Korea faces in feeding its people. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Mexico Peace Clo... Professional clowns laugh for about 15 continuous minutes during a gathering under the slogan "Clowns for peace, a world without violence," as part of the International Clown Convention in Mexico City, Wednesday Oct. 19, 2011. About 300 clowns posed for a group picture and then set about laughing on the premise that a world with more laughter will have less time or appetite for violence. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
India Parade Cer... A new recruit of the Indian paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) takes part in a passing out parade ceremony in Humhama, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Italy Weather People walk past a paddle next to Rome's ancient Colosseum, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. A torrential rainstorm battered Rome during the morning rush hour Thursday, causing flash floods that killed one man, felled trees and blocked thousands of commuters from reaching their workplaces. Police rescued dozens of people from low-lying buildings. In foreground is seen a bicycle covered by water. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
Lord of Miracles People carry an image of the Lord of Miracles, Lima's patron saint, during a procession in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
Severe Weather i... Waves crash along the bike path wall at Chicago's North Ave. beach as wind gusts of up to 50 mph and wave up to 55 feet are expected Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for Wednesday predicting large and battering waves through Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Deployment Cerem... Some of the 300 service members of the Ohio National Guard 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team line up before participating in their deployment ceremony in Cleveland on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. The group will be heading out to service in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
outh Africa Kite... Princess Helmi Ginanti from Bali plays with a kite as she interacts with a child in Khayelitsha situated on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Oct 20, 2011.Forming part of the Cape Town International Kite festival taking place on Saturday and Sunday, Cape Mental Health hosted a kite festival for children suffering from mental disabilities in Khayelitsha. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
Marine Sanctuary... In this photo taken Thursday Oct. 13, 2011, California sea lions are shown at Seal Cove at the Farallones National Wildlife Refuge, Calif. This chain of small rock islands that jut sharply out of the Pacific Ocean 27 miles west of San Francisco is known as “California's Gallapagos” for its abundance of squawking seabirds, barking sea lions and great white sharks. Yet amid this menagerie lives an intruder: brown house mice brought by human vessels from another time that have now colonized here in a density unseen anywhere else in the world, researchers said. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
India Police Com... Jammu Kashmir state policewomen bow their heads in remembrance of fallen colleagues during Police Commemoration Day on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Sacramento Airpo... In this photo taken Wednesday Oc.t 19, 2011, visitors pass under a 56-foot red rabbit that spans two floors at Sacramento International Airport in Sacramento, Calif. The bunny, titled " Leap" by Denver-based artist Lawrence Argent, has drawn mixed reviews. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Mexico Clown Con... Clowns pose for a photo as part of the XVI th Clown Convention in Mexico City, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Hundreds of clowns from throughout Latin America took part in contests, parades and mass photos as part of the convention.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
Faberge At The F... This is a detail photo of a piece depicting a rowan berry sprig that is one of the Fabergé pieces being prepared for the "Faberge At The Frick" exhibit at the Frick Art and Historical Center on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 in Pittsburgh. The Frick Pittsburgh claims this to be the first major exhibition with more than 100 Fabergé objects, all from the the Hodges Family Collection under the direction of the New Orleans Museum of Art, to be shown in Pittsburgh. The exhibition with the works by the goldsmiths and jewelers to the Russian court from the end of the 19th and into the 20th century opens on Oct. 23, 2011 and is scheduled to run through Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Guatemala Revolu... Wearing masks, members of a group called "Anonymous" pose for pictures during celebrations marking the Day of the Revolution in Guatemala City,Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. The Revolution Day marks the election of leftist President Jacobo Arbenz in 1951, toppled in 1954 in a CIA-backed coup. Guatemala's government has apologized to the family of Arbenz. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Ohio Manatee Rel... Illusion, right, a 978 pound manatee is shown in this photo provided by the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Monday, Sept. 17, 2011, at the zoo in Cincinnati. Brought to the zoo last year after being injured by a boat propeller, Illusion has been rehabilitated and will be returned to Florida Nov. 9. She will remain on exhibit at the zoo until Nov. 8. The zoo says the manatee is the eighth to be rehabilitated at the zoo under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rescue and release program. (AP Photo/Ernest Coleman/Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden)
Elephant's Hallo... Asha, an Asian elephant at the Oklahoma City Zoo, eats a pumpkin as a Halloween treat at the zoo in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. At rear is her daughter, six-month old Malee. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Gurupushya Naksh... Indian women shop at a jewelry shop on Gurupushya Nakshatra in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. Gurupushya Nakshatra is considered an auspicious day for Hindus to buy gold, silver and account books. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Free Medical Car... Patients receive free dental care at a free health clinic sponsored by CareNow at the Los Angeles Sports Arena Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, in Los Angeles. More than 800 health care professionals are volunteering their time Thursday through Sunday to provide medical, dental and eye care. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes).