Dogs Litter Of 17

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Rhodesian-Ridgeback puppies from a litter of 17, look out of their box in Nauen, 50 kilometers outside Berlin on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. On Sept 28, and 29, the 4 years old Rhodesian-Richback Etana birthing 17 puppies. All of them survived. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Dogs Litter Of 1... Rhodesian-Ridgeback puppies from a litter of 17, look out of their box in Nauen, 50 kilometers outside Berlin on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. On Sept 28, and 29, the 4 years old Rhodesian-Richback Etana birthing 17 puppies. All of them survived. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Zoo Lights Arizo... People walk along the Arizona Trail during Zoo Lights at the Phoenix Zoo Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
India Spiderman A stunt man poses as Spiderman on top of a building as part of an upcoming live performance show organized by Disney XD television in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
India Folk Dance An Indian folk dancer from Rajasthan state performs a traditional "kachi ghodi," or dummy horse dance during a fair in Allahabad, India, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. The dance is performed by men on dummy horses carrying swords to dramatize the scene of a fight with bandits. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Britain Europe W... A couple embrace on Hampstead Heath, after snowfall in London, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Heavy snow on Sunday shut down European airport runways, forced fast trains to slow down and left cars skidding through icy, slushy streets on a weekend where many people were trying to head home for the holidays. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Vatican Christma... People walk past the Christmas tree in St. Peter's square, at the Vatican, that was lit for the first time Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. The 30-meter-high (100-foot) tree comes from the woods on the slopes of a valley in the South Tyrol, Italy's German-Italian speaking region in the north. Rows of gold and white lights drape the tree like elegant necklaces. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
Indonesia Sumatr... A newly-born Sumatran elephant stands with his mother only hours after its birth at Surabaya Zoo in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. Indonesia's endangered elephants, tigers and orangutans are threatened by shrinking habitat, which is cut and burned to make way for plantations or sold as lumber. Only 3,000 Sumatran elephants are believed to remain in the wild. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)
Lunar Eclipse The moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse from New York, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Some indirect sunlight still pierces through to give the moon its reddish hue. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
California Storm After a week of rainy weather in Southern California, and intense rainfall causing local flooding, closed roads and mandatory evacuations, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, a rainbow appears over the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)
California Storm... A road is blocked by floods in the area of Silverado Canyon, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. Storm runoff and mud has prompted the evacuation of about 30 people in the area. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Colorado Weather... Alan Hegeman, of Crested Butte, Colo. uses his snow blower to remove the overnight acclimation of snow from his driveway form the massive snowstorm that is passing overhead and through the town on the first day of winter, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. The National Weather Service has posted a Winter Storm Warning Hazardous Weather Outlook for Areas in Utah and Western mountains of Colorado. Flood warnings are also posted in Southern California form the same storm that reached from Hawaii to Colorado. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)
India Brahmaputr... An Indian vegetable seller waits for a boat to return home, on the banks of the Brahmaputra river in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. According to news reports, Indian intelligence agencies have reported 24 new projects (believed to be hydro-power projects) along the Brahmaputra river and its tributaries on the Chinese side. Many Indian political parties are concerned that Chinese dams in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra will dry up the river. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Belarus Presiden... Protesters rally as they denounce the Belarus presidential election saying it was falsified in the capital, Minsk, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus' authoritarian leader, a frequent antagonist of both Russia and the West, seeks a fourth term in Sunday elections, and his opponents claim he's prepared to commit fraud to get it. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Ivory Coast Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo sing during a youth rally in, Ivory Coast, Abidjan, Sunday, Dec.19, 2010. The man who refuses to step down from the presidency ordered thousands of U.N. peace keepers to leave Ivory Coast immediately on Saturday, calling the global body that has endorsed his political rival an "agent of destabilization."UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has rejected a call for UN troops to leave Ivory Coast as tensions escalate after last month's presidential election.Translation of banner on left translate to Gbagbo is not a French envoy and the poster on the right to Sarkozi is the origin of the problems.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Stranded Cargo S... Bolivian-flagged cargo ship "Sea Bright" is stranded in Antalya, southern Turkey, December 18, 2010. The cargo ship crashed into cliffs and ran aground in the Mediterranean resorty city of Antalya during a heavy storm on Friday. A crew member was reported missing and 18 others were rescued and hospitalized. (REUTERS/Kaan Soyturk)
Koreas Clash Former North Korean defectors, wearing masks to cover their identities, hold candles during a rally for victims from North Korea's attack and freedom, human rights for North Korean, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. North Korea called South Korean artillery drills on a front-line island Monday a "reckless military provocation" but said it would not retaliate, backing away from earlier threats to strike back. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
Pakistan Local residents look at burning oil tankers carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces, caused by a militant attack near Jamrud, in the Khyber tribal region along the Afghan border, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. A Pakistani government official says militants have fired rockets at a NATO convoy carrying supplies to Afghanistan, destroying two oil tankers and wounding two people. (AP Photo/Amir Zada)
Provo Tabernacle... Provo firefighters battle a fire at the historic Provo Tabernacle Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Provo, Utah. The historic tabernacle which is owned by the Mormon church and is used for religious services and community events was built in 1873. (AP Photo/George Frey)
Mexico Pipeline ... A firefighter carries a puppy after an oil pipeline explosion in the town of San Martin Texmelucan, Mexico, Sunday Dec. 19, 2010. An oil pipeline operated by Mexico's state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, exploded early Sunday when thieves were attempting to steal oil, killing at least 27 people, injuring at least 52 people and scorching more than 115 homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Perez)
India Christmas Shoppers crowd in front of a Christmas souvenir shop, set up in a Muslim neighborhood of Bangalore, India, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. Christians in India make up just over 2 percent of its 1 billion population. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Brazil Lula A woman dances during an event in honor of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
South Korea A tourist touches ribbons with messages wishing for reunification of the two Koreas tied to a barded wire fence at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak gathered his national security leaders for strategic talks Tuesday as troops braced for possible North Korean retaliation a day after conducting artillery drills on Yeonpyeong island the North bombed last month. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Stalin's Birthda... Russian Communists hold a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin as they queue to lay flowers at the grave of Stalin to mark the 131th anniversary of his birth, in Red Square in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
Iraq The Iraqi Parliament sits to approve a new government in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved on Tuesday a new government to be headed by incumbent Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, ending nine months of political deadlock that threatened to stall economic development and suck the country back into sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
India Onion Pric... An Indian vegetable vendor weighs onions for customers at a wholesale market in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. The Indian government Monday suspended onion exports until Jan. 15 as prices of the vegetable, seen as a bellwether for general inflation, more than doubled in the last two months. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Europe Weather Passengers queue for Eurostar trains at St Pancras station in London, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. Major delays and cancellations caused by cold and snow disrupted European airports including London's Heathrow, and the Eurostar train link, leaving thousands stranded across Europe as Christmas approached. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Romania Revoluti... A man passes by graves during a commemoration attended by few people for those killed in an anti-communist uprising 21 years ago, at the Hero's Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. This week Romanians commemorate 21 years since communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu fled Bucharest during a popular uprising on Dec. 22, 1989, after ruling Romania for 25 years. Ceausescu was executed together with his wife Elena on Dec. 25, 1989.More than a thousand people are reported to have lost their lives during the Romanian revolution.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Hungary Christma... Hungarian fishermen haul in a net while catching fish at a fish farm in Reti Major, central Hungary, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. Although the country is rich in waterways, traditionally most Hungarians eat fish only at Christmas time. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Spain Christmas ... People sprays champagne after winning a portion of the main prize of Spain's Christmas lottery with the number 79250 in Palleja, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. Spain's beloved Christmas lottery known as "El Gordo" (The Fat One) spread euro2.3 billion ($3 billion) in holiday cheer Wednesday in a country facing 20 percent unemployment. This year, the top prize known, like the lottery itself, as El Gordo went to the number 79250. Tickets bearing that number were sold in the Madrid area, Barcelona, Alicante in the east and other cities ranging from the Basque region in the north to Tenerife in the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Italy Students P... Students clash with police during a protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being discussed at the Italian senate, in Milan, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. Thousands of students across Italy are demonstrating Wednesday as the senate is expected to vote the cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
South Korea Kore... A government ship sails past the South Korean Navy's floating base as the sun rises near Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Guatemala Santo ... Women watch the dance called "Baile de los Moros y Cristianos" during the celebrations of their patron saint Tomas in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, Monday Dec. 20, 2010. The popular dance performance acts out the battle between good and evil. For three days villagers honor Santo Tomas in this highland town with a fair, processions, fireworks and folkloric dances. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Gays in Military... President Barack Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010,Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington. From left are, Commander Zoe Dunning, Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Haiti France Ado... A Missionaries of Charity nun plays with a Haitian girl who awaits the arrival of her adoptive parents in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Dec. 21, 2010. The French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie confirmed that two aircrafts will transport 318 Haitian children to France. They are a group of 1,000 children that had been approved for adoption by French families after the Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa))
Russia Anna Chap... Anna Chapman, who was deported from US on charges of espionage, walks to the stage to join the leaders of Young Guards, a pro-Kremlin youth movement she joined, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. Former spy Anna Chapman has publicly reaffirmed her allegiance to Russia and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin by joining the youth wing of his United Russia party. Chapman was exposed in the United States along with nine other so-called sleeper agents in an FBI sting operation and deported back to Russia this summer. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
Kabul Graffiti An Afghan artist paints graffiti on the wall of an industrial park in Kabul December 19, 2010. A group of women in burqas rises from the sea to symbolise cleanliness, while further down the factory wall a bus with no wheels and crammed with passengers is a stark comment on war-torn Kabul's appalling public transport. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)
Cold Swim A swimmer dives into the icy water as the roof of a tower is reflected in the Houhai Lake during winter in central Beijing, December 21, 2010. (REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic)
Holiday Travel Asiana Airlines agent Jiwoo Jung wears reindeer-type antlers as she helps passengers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, in Seattle. About 91,000 passengers are expected to fly out of Sea-Tac Wednesday, with Thursday's 97,000 expected to be the busiest travel day of the holiday season, which is also about the same number of travelers on an average summer day there. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Bloomberg Memori... New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, helps plant the Survivor Tree at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010 in New York. The tree was severely damaged in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It was transplanted to a city park following the attacks and was returned to the site Wednesday where it will be part of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Homeless Memoria... People gather to remember the homeless and formerly homeless Philadelphians who died in the past year, at John F. Kennedy Plaza, also known as Love Park, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. This annual remembrance was held on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Panama Drugs Panamanian Special Forces officers pose for a photo as a massive column of smoke rises from the burning of narcotics during a drug disposal operation in Panama City, Wednesday Dec. 22, 2010. Officials said they burned 6.4 tons of drugs including cocaine, marijuana and heroin. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Guatemala State ... A woman waits for a bus as a soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in Coban, Guatemala, Tuesday Dec. 21, 2010. The Guatemalan military declared a monthlong state of siege Sunday in Alta Verapaz in hopes of reclaiming cities that have been taken over by Mexico's brutal Zetas drug gang. Local leaders of the mountainous northern province, which has become a prime corridor for smuggling drugs from Honduras to Mexico, say they have been asking state and federal authorities to intervene for two years now. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
India Opposition... India's opposition Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani, center, sits at a rally in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. The rally, organized by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), was directed against policies of the Congress party lead United Progressive Alliance government and a spate of corruption charges against it. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Mideast Israel P... Catholic pilgrims hold candles as they take part in a Catholic mass inside the Grotto in the Church of the Nativity, where many Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. So far this year, 1.4 million tourists have visited the traditional birthplace of Jesus and 90,000 are expected during the Christmas season, a significant increase over last year, according to Israeli government figures. The numbers of visitors have been rising steadily in recent years. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
China Traffic Wo... A driver frowns while waiting in a queue to get his newly-bought second hand car checked as part of the vehicle registration procedure before being issued a car plate at a used car market in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. China's capital announced Thursday that it will sharply limit new vehicle registrations to try to ease massive traffic jams that are rapidly turning Beijing's streets into parking lots. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
France Christmas A girl looks at Christmas decorations in a store window, in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
Italy Embassy Bl... Carabinieri paramilitary police officers and firefighters are seen inside the compound of the Swiss Embassy in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. A package exploded Thursday at the Swiss Embassy in Rome, wounding one person, police said. The Foreign Ministry called it a "deplorable act of violence'' against the Swiss. The explosion occurred when the package was opened by an embassy staffer, who was wounded and subsequently taken to the hospital, said a spokesman at the carabinieri police in Rome. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)
Spain Floods A worker tries to find a sewer cover on a flooded street after heavy rains in the town of Ecija, in the southern Spanish province of Seville, December 22, 2010. (REUTERS/Jon Nazca)
Winter Solstice ... Chief druid Arthur Pendragon (C) leads incantations during a winter solstice ceremony at Stonehenge on Salisbury plain in southern England December 22, 2010. In the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice is the shortest day of the year. (REUTERS/Kieran Doherty)
Belgium Europe C... Children participate in a Christmas 'flash mob' dance event in the Grotemarkt of Antwerp, Belgium on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. Nearly 400 children participated in the event which was staged to raise money for various charities. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)