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A man stops to view a house destroyed by the Oct. 8 earthquake in Chikkar, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. The Oct. 8 earthquake killed more than 8...

A New Orleans second line Jazz funeral paying tribute to the victims of Hurricane Katrina winds through an Uptown neighborhood past a FEMA trailer par...

Houston Rockets forward Stromile Swift (4) goes over Golden State Warriors forward Troy Murphy during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturda...

Actress Eva Longoria, center, looks on from a seat in the section above the bench of the San Antonio Spurs as her boyfriend, Spurs guard Tony Parker o...

San Diego Chargers' Eric Parker, left, and Keenan McCardell sit on the bench in the closing minutes of the Chargers' 23-7 loss to the Denver Broncos i...

Houston Rockets forward Juwan Howard (5) drives around Golden State Warriors forward Troy Murphy (1) during the first half of an NBA basketball game,...

Detroit Red Wings' Andreas Lilja, right, of Sweden, battles for the puck against Columbus Blue Jackets' Sergei Fedorov, of Russia, during the second p...

Francisco Hernandez and his 2 year-old son, Genicyss, watch rain swollen Laguna Creek race past neighborhoods in Elk Grove, Calif., as the sun sets o...

LSU's Tyrus Thomas, right, grabs a rebound away from Ohio State's Matt Terwilliger during the first half of an NCAA basketball game Saturday Dec. 31,...

Ali al-Tamimi, spokesperson for Maram, a coalition of 48 political entities who oppose the results of the Dec. 15. elections, holds a ballot paper he...

Hugh Burton, the father of British aid worker Kate Burton, 25, gets on a car after his release together with his daughter and his wife Helen in Gaza...

Buffalo Mayor-elect Bryon Brown and his wife, Michelle, listen to his introduction during inauguration ceremonies at the Convention Center in Buffalo,...

The former French aircraft carrier Clemenceau is towed from the military harbour of Toulon, southern France, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. A Paris judge ru...

Men and women swim in the sea at Biarritz, southwestern France, for the annual last swim of the year, Saturday Dec. 31, 2005. Some 100 swimmers took p...

Connecticut's Charde Houston, right, looks up toward the basket as Army's Stefanie Stone guards her during the first half of their college women's bas...

Aussenminister Frank-Walter Steinmeier informiert die Medien ueber die Freilassung des ehemaligen Staatssekretaers im Auswaertigen Amt, Juergen Chrobo...

TCU kicker Peter LoCoco (13) celebrates his game-winning field goal with holder Reeve Dalton, top, as Iowa State's Jason Berryman (84) watches the kic...

Eric Ahola clears drift wood from the flooded patio of his home on the south fork of the American River, Saturday, Dec, 31, 2005, in Coloma, Calif. A...

Pope Benedict XVI attends the ceremony of the Te Deum prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. Pope Benedict XVI rememb...

Alabama basketball coach Mark Gottfried reacts to a foul call Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, during a game against Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. Unranked Alaba...

Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson, right, tangles with Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams, left, while driving to the basket during the first half of...

Logs and other debris floats by houseboats on the swollen Willamette River in Portland, Ore., Saturday Dec. 31, 2005. There is a flood warning on the...

LSU's Ben Voogd, right, passes the ball around Ohio State's Sylvester Mayes during the second half of an NCAAmen's college basketball game Saturday De...

Army's Alex McGuire (22) gets a jump shot off over the head of Connecticut's Ketia Swanier during the first half of their college women's basketball g...

Delila Shaler, a volunteer at the Humane Society Thrift Shop in San Anselmo, Calif., dumps a pail of water bailed from the shop's interior following f...

Lukas Bauer from the Czech Republic competes on his way to place second in the men's 15km free individual cross country race at the cross country ski...

TCU coach Gary Patterson, right, shakes hands with Iowa State coach Dan McCarney, left, after the Houston Bowl football game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005...

Street vendors try to convince a man of buying their pyrotechnics on the eve of the celebration of New Year Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005 in Manila, Philipp...

Bethune-Cookman guard Jordan Carrier, left, tries to keep the ball away from Georgia Tech guard Paco Diaw during the second half of a college basketba...

Tim Tompkins, left, president of the Times Square Alliance, Jeffrey Straus, center, president of Countdown Entertainment, and Aaron Heck, right, direc...

German ski jumper Michael Uhrmann flights in front of the mountain's Zugspitze, left, and Wachsenstein, right, during the qualification of the Four Hi...

Columbus Blue Jackets' Ron Hainsey, left, watches the puck as it nears the mask of goalie Marc Denis after a shot by the Detroit Red Wings during the...

Vincent Vittoz from France competes on track to win the men's 15km free individual race at the cross country ski World Cup in Nove Mesto, Czech Republ...

New Year's Eve revelers Sallie Edborg, Ashley Galbraith, Mark Edborg and Andrew Edborg, from left, party in the fog in front of Jax Brewery, where the...

Penn State cornerback Alan Zemaitis jokes around before the start of practice at Barry University, in Miami, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. Florida State f...

Algerian's waiting to see Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika near the Presidency building in Algiers, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. President Abdelaz...

Jim Geddie of Temecula, Calif, sits in a wheel chair as he holds his spot, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, for the 2006 Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. Geddi...

Plain clothes Palestinian police officer Amjad Zeidan is searched by an Israeli soldier as another stands by as he is arrested during an Israeli army...

Pope Benedict XVI, left, celebrates the Te Deum prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. Pope Benedict XVI remembered h...

Washington State center Aron Baynes, right, knocks the ball away from Arizona State's Tyrone Jackson during the first half of a college basketball gam...

UNLV's Louis Amundson, center, shoots between Southern Utah's Lubor Olsovsky, left, and Esteban Bonzano during the first half of a college basketball...

Tyler Mapes, 3, with his aunt Liz Carter, left, enjoys the floodwaters covering a parking lot and picnic area at Clackamette Park on the confluence of...

New Orleans Hornets forward Chris Andersen (12) tries to block the shot of Dallas Mavericks guard Marquis Daniels (6) in the first half of Saturday ni...

Arizona State coach Rob Evans, left, talks will a referee during the second half of a college basketball game against Washington State, Saturday, Dec....

California's DeVon Hardin celebrates after his team's 68-61 win over No. 11 UCLA in a college basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, in Los Angeles....

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, foreground left, escorted by security men, waves to wellwishers as he walks towards the Presidency building i...

Southern California safety Darnell Bing answers questions at a news conference Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, C...

A Muslim religious student Mahboob Ellahi, left, shows a notice issued by Pakistan's government, as he with his other colleagues attend the class at a...

A supporter of the ruling Fatah movement chants slogans next to posters of the late Yasser Arafat as she attends a celebration marking the 41st annive...

Duke's Josh McRoberts (2) shoots over UNC-Greensboro's Kyle Hines (42) and Brian Beckford (33) during first half NCAA men's college basketball action...