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RM2E8G45G–Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves to France's Fabrice Santoro during their match at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships March 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
RM2E8GC2B–A soccer fan injured in a stampede stands outside the stadium where Nigeria played North Korea in Tembisa, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, June 6, 2010. The stampede by fans during the pre-World Cup match at the Makhulong Stadium on Sunday left 14 slightly hurt and one policeman in a serious condition, police said. The stampede started when too many fans had obtained free tickets for the match and stormed the entrance to the stadium. REUTERS/Javier Leira (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP CIVIL UNREST)
RM2E8JMTN–Ernie Els of South Africa tees off on the third hole during the second round of the Barclays Singapore Open golf tournament at the Serapong golf course on Sentosa island in Singapore October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Angeline Tan (SINGAPORE SPORT GOLF)
RM2E8GC28–A fan of Nigeria argues with a policeman outside the stadium where Nigeria played North Korea in Tembisa, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, June 6, 2010. The stampede by fans during the pre-World Cup match at the Makhulong Stadium on Sunday left 14 slightly hurt and one policeman in a serious condition, police said. The stampede started when too many fans had obtained free tickets for the match and stormed the entrance to the stadium. REUTERS/Javier Leira (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP CIVIL UNREST)
RM2E8JAHG–Tom Soehn speaks after he was named the new coach at D.C. United in Washington December 21, 2006, replacing Peter Nowak, who left the Major League Soccer club to become an assistant under U.S. national team interim coach Bob Bradley. REUTERS/Steve Ginsburg (UNITED STATES)
RM2E8GC8K–World Cup soccer champion and Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos of Spain greets Senegalese youth during his four-day visit to Dakar as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF July 18, 2010. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun (SENEGAL - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)
RM2E8G43X–Japan's Akiko Morigami reacts during her match against Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia on the first day of the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships February 25, 2008. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
RM2E8GC8M–World Cup soccer champion and Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos of Spain poses with Senegalese youth during his four-day visit to Dakar as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF July 18, 2010. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun (SENEGAL - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)
RM2E7RP34–A dredging boat of the Van Oord company sprays sand at the shore of Den Helder November 27, 2007. The Netherlands, world leaders in land reclamation, are considering an island in the shape of a tulip to fight overcrowding and shield the coastline from the rising sea. Picture taken November 27, 2007. To match feature DUTCH ISLAND REUTERS/Koen van Weel (NETHERLANDS)
RM2E7XERY–President Bill Clinton purses his lips as he speaks to the nation following his acquittal by the U.S. Senate on impeachment charges in Washington February 12, 1999. The Senate voted to reject both counts of impeachment presented by the House of Representatives. REUTERS/Staff/Files (UNITED STATES)
RM2E7YAYP–A general view shows TNK-BP's Urnenskoe production site, some 400 km (250 miles) from the regional capital Tyumen, June 6, 2007. BP's Russian venture may lose its licence to operate the vast Kovykta gas field, but away from the headlines in a remote corner of Siberia, it is making a long-term bet on the future. To match feature TNKBP-UVAT/ REUTERS/Maria Kiselyova/Files (RUSSIA)
RM2E87P2B–The naming ceremony of bulk carrier Silver Lake (R) built for Pacific Basin by Jiangmen Nanyang Ship Engineering Co. Ltd is held in China's southern city of Jiangmen January 28, 2008. Jiangmen Nanyang Ship Engineering Co Ltd, a privately owned shipbuilder that arose from a shrimp and fish farm in southern China 2-½ years ago, hopes to float shares in Hong Kong, Singapore or Shanghai within three years. The shipbuilder, based in the city of Jiangmen in affluent Guangdong province, aims to grab a 10th of the global handysize ship market by 2011 and is now on the prowl for strategic pre-IPO inves
RM2E7RYP8–A corridor with closed doors of cells at a new detention centre is seen at the U.S. Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul November 15, 2009. The new prison was built at a cost of $60 million and will replace an existing one located on the same base. The prison will be able to hold up to 1,100 detainees. There are currently around 700 prisoners being held at Bagram prison. REUTERS/Jonathon Burch (AFGHANISTAN CRIME LAW MILITARY POLITICS SOCIETY)
RM2E7RYHG–A general view of a Buddha statue is seen at the Sukhothai historical park in Sukhothai September 17, 2009. Picture taken September 17, 2009. To match Travel Postcard-48 Hours in Phitsanulok, Thailand. REUTERS/Ajay Kamalakaran (THAILAND SOCIETY TRAVEL)
RM2E7YJMJ–Aziz Rahman, father of 8-year-old Razia who medics say was burned by white phosphorus, stands in his daughter's hospital room at the U.S. military base in Bagram May 4, 2009. Razia's face was badly injured when ammunition containing the highly flammable chemical hit her house. Picture taken May 4. REUTERS/Emma Graham-Harrison (AFGHANISTAN HEALTH SOCIETY)
RM2E80G02–Misterveel Rodriguez poses at his home with his grandson in Nuevo Campechito after an interview with Reuters June 9, 2010. Within a week of the explosion of Mexico's Ixtoc offshore oil well in June 1979, Misterveel Rodriguez and other village fishermen were pulling up nets choked with tarballs instead of red snapper. Until the Deepwater Horizon rig drilling BP Plc's Macondo well off Louisiana blew up in April, Ixtoc was the only catastrophic oil spill at sea that was not caused by a tanker accident or sabotage. Picture taken June 9, 2010. To match Special Report: OIL-SPILL/IXTOC REUTERS/Robe
RM2E857C4–Tora Bora fighters, members of a Sudanese group long famed as arms smugglers operating along Sudan's borders with Chad and Central African Republic, sit on a pick-up track near a small lake in Adre, February 6, 2007. A dawn concerto of war woke this scruffy Chadian border town of mud-brick houses and dusty streets on Tuesday, sending the few residents who were out scuttling back to their homes. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun (CHAD)
RM2E7RP9E–U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and his wife, Wendy look for birds on a hike up the side of the Pacaya Volcano, near Guatemala City on March 20, 2007. Paulson says current efforts to boost macroeconomic health in Latin America are failing to lift enough people out of poverty. He is planning more trips to the region in April and July. Picture taken March 20. REUTERS/David Lawder (GUATEMALA)
RM2E7RYME–View of the Hotel Liburna in Korcula, October 15, 2009. Even though Croatia recently announced a new privatisation for a half-stake in the Korcula hotels, sold as a group, problems are already evident: the island's mayor says the timing during economic crisis is not right. Picture taken October 15, 2009. To match feature CROATIA-TOURISM/ REUTERS/Adam Tanner (CROATIA TRAVEL BUSINESS)
RM2E84A4J–East Coast Boxing Club coach Hassan Khalil holds the bag for blind boxer Bashir Ramadan (L) during training in Kampala October 11, 2007. Ramadan, little known even in his home country, does not think being sightless is the handicap some might expect. He admitted being able to see your opponent is a core feature of boxing -- and he has written off his dream of being a champion -- but he is determined not to quit. Picture taken October 11, 2007. To match feature UGANDA-BOXER/ REUTERS/Xavier Toya (UGANDA)
RM2E7YJPA–Afghan men look at British soldiers from The Black Watch, 3rd Batallion, Royal Regiment of Scotland patrolling during an operation in Maiwand, Kandahar province May 9, 2009. Over coming weeks the biggest wave of reinforcements sent by U.S. President Barack Obama will arrive in an area where insurgents control the villages by night and the fields produce most of the world's opium. For now, British 'Black Watch' soldiers from 3 Scots regiment are still patrolling in Taliban country, surrounded by an enemy that they know lies in wait. Picture taken May 9, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathon Burch (AFGHANISTAN
RM2E7PABY–U.S. soldiers talk on a two way radio inside an armoured vehicle in Baghdad November 6, 2008. REUTERS/May Naji (IRAQ)
RM2E87HE8–Worker Rod Holum, 51, puts on fully sealed protective garments prior to entering a highly toxic area, at the Deseret Chemical Depot in Utah August 22, 2006. The remotely located U.S. Army facility in August, 2006 began destroying mustard gas munitions made during World War Two as part of international treaty obligations to eliminate chemical weapons. Picture taken August 22, 2006. To match feature USA ARMS CHEMICAL REUTERS/Adam Tanner(UNITED STATES)
RM2E7T056–'Uncle Monkey,' aka James Donaldson Jr., rests near the railroad tracks separating Tent City from the downtown area of Sacramento, California March 17, 2008. The 50-year-old is considered a homeless 'elder' because he's been homeless off and on for 32 years since being abandoned at age 9. Homeless ranks are believed to be growing as rising joblessness and mortgage foreclosures continue to take their toll in Sacramento and other cities across the country, experts say. Photo taken March 17, 2009. REUTERS/Suzanne Hurt (UNITED STATES)
RM2E7RT8H–President of the Agropal farm co-operative Lucas Ferreras walks past stockpiles of barley harvested in Duenas, the country's grainbelt, situated in the northern Spanish region of Castille-Leon August 6, 2008. Despite a bumper crop, Ferreras says grain farmers expect a lean year ahead as world prices have tumbled while costs have soared. Picture taken August 6, 2008. To match feature GRAIN-SPAIN/ REUTERS/Martin Roberts (SPAIN)
RM2E7RE9R–U.S. Vice President Joe Biden greets Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari (2nd L) as U.S. military commander in Iraq, General Raymond Odierno and U.S. ambassador Christopher Hill (2nd R) look on as he arrives in Baghdad September 15, 2009. Biden arrived in Iraq on an unannounced visit on Tuesday to keep up U.S. pressure on Iraq's leaders to reach political compromises on thorny issues as U.S. combat troops prepare to go home. REUTERS/Ross Colvin (IRAQ MILITARY POLITICS)
RM2E8BFYJ–Japan's players jog during a training session for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup soccer tournament at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi July 22, 2007. From L-R: Naohiro Takahara, goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Keita Suzuki, Kengo Nakamura and Shunsuke Nakamura. REUTERS/Sim Wei Yang (VIETNAM)
RM2E7MG8W–Spectators watch the launch of SpaceLoft XL, a rocket bound for space and packed with cargo, from a desert launch range near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico September 25, 2006. The commercial rocket blasted off on Monday, but malfunctioned before it reached space, organizers said. SpaceLoft XL rocket blasted off from Spaceport America, but slewed off course 40,000 feet (12,190 metres) above ground due to a malfunction. REUTERS/Tim Gaynor (UNITED STATES)
RM2E7YGTX–An American Bullfrog is seen in a mating pond at the Jurong Frog Farm in Singapore December 11, 2008. The only frog breeder in the city-state breeds bullfrogs primarily for human consumption. REUTERS/Tan Choon Huat (SINGAPORE)
RM2E81PF8–A farmer inspects a soybean head before the John Kuhfuss farm equipment auction in Mackinaw, Illinois June 28, 2008. High crop prices have meant a boom not just in sales of new farm equipment like tractors and combine harvesters, but also in prices for second-hand farm equipment, often sold at auction when farmers retire. Picture taken June 28, 2008. To match feature FARM-USA/AUCTIONS REUTERS/Mark Weinraub (UNITED STATES)
RM2E82M37–Undated image taken from a recent video footage shows 18-year-old Jordan Robinson grimacing in pain. Robinson has faced excruciating pain since a backyard prank went wrong but treatment with virtual reality has given him some relief. Robinson is taking morphine, but he also has access to a tool not commonly used in most hospitals -- virtual reality pain reduction. To match Reuters Life! story PAIN-VIRTUAL/ REUTERS/Ben Gruber (UNITED STATES HEALTH SOCIETY SCI TECH)
RM2E826XE–A general view shows the Pyramid of Peace and Accord in Astana September 12, 2006. The 62-metre high pyramid designed by British architect Lord Norman Foster was commissioned by President Nursultan Nazarbayev to host a congress of world religious leaders, an event he dreamt up in order to put Kazakhstan on the map as a serious player in global affairs. Picture taken September 12, 2006. To match feature KAZAKHSTAN PYRAMID REUTERS/Michael Steen (KAZAKHSTAN)
RM2E7RKJ9–Magician Ramana of the Netherlands performs his 'open air levitation' at Lafayette Park in front of the White House in this image taken from TV footage October 22, 2007. Ramana, who was trained in Indian Magic, is touring various cities in the U.S. REUTERS/Reuters TV (UNITED STATES)
RM2E7XTXT–Phuntso Wangye is seen during an interview in Beijing December 10, 2006. The Tibetan Communist who led Chinese advance troops into his homeland decades ago has written to President Hu Jintao and condemned hawks for thriving on their opposition to the exiled Dalai Lama and for blocking his return. Picture taken December 10, 2006. REUTERS/Benjamin Kang Lim (CHINA)
RM2E80DH6–Guinean soldiers, loyal to Defence Minister Sekouba Konate, parade at Alpha Yaya Diallo military camp in the capital Connakry, December 11, 2009. A swift crackdown on rogue elements in Guinea's military by Konate has restored some order and offered cautious hopes that the West African nation will not tip further into chaos for now. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun (GUINEA CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
RM2E86XF6–Workers assemble shoes in the Bargala factory in Stip April 3, 2009. Macedonia, one of Europe's poorest countries, must confront tough issues including the need for IMF help now the distraction of a presidential election is over, diplomats and experts say. Picture taken April 3. REUTERS/Adam Tanner (MACEDONIA SOCIETY BUSINESS)
RM2E7XRAE–Skull Valley Goshutes tribal chief Leon Bear speaks at the household waste dump, opened last year, at the Skull Valley Goshute reservation in Utah August 23, 2006. He has recently won the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval to store nuclear waste on the barren reservation, plans that split his own tribe and which have angered many Utah residents. Photo taken August 23, 2006. To match feature ENERGY USA TRIBE REUTERS/Adam Tanner (UNITED STATES)
RM2E87BDB–Allen Stanford's sprawling compound on Hill Street in Christiansted, which he purchased last year in a bankruptcy auction for $7.7 million, is pictured on February 24, 2009. The St. Croix offices of Stanford have been shuttered by a U.S. court-appointed receiver overseeing the assets of the Texas billionaire, who is facing fraud charges, a member of the receiver's team said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Martinne Geller (UNITED STATES)
RM2E7N7KN–Amelie Mauresmo of France returns the ball to India's Sania Mirza and team mate Francesca Schiavone from Italy during their women's doubles match on the first day of the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships February 25, 2008. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
RM2E7Y16Y–Vintner Linda Neal signs a guestbook at a memorial for winemaker Robert Mondavi (pictured rear), who died on May 16, at the 28th Auction Napa Valley in St Helena, California June 6, 2008. On the heels of an inauspicious 400-point plunge on the Dow Jones industrial average on Friday, Napa Valley vintners managed to raise $10.4 million for local charity, 5 percent more than last year and just shy of the record set in 2005. Photo taken June 6, 2008. To match feature USA-WINE/ REUTERS/Mary Milliken (UNITED STATES)
RM2E7MHW1–A man casts his ballot in a polling station in Ashgabat during Turkmenistan's presidential election February 11, 2007. Turkmenistan was choosing a new president in its first contested election on Sunday but the outcome was beyond doubt and diplomats say they expect as best only gradual change in the reclusive Central Asian country. Foreign ministry officials accompanied journalists covering the election. REUTERS/Michael Steen (TURKMENISTAN)
RM2E7XRMB–A view of the Diamond Country Club in North Korea's Mount Kumgang October 25, 2006. The golf course is set in the scenic Mount Kumgang range and close to the demilitarised zone (DMZ), a relic of the Cold War that has divided the Korean peninsula for more than half a century and either side of which are stationed more than one million troops. To match feature KOREA NORTH GOLF REUTERS/Jonathan Thatcher (NORTH KOREA)
RM2E7MRBK–Djibouti's President Omar Guelleh smiles after being interviewed by Reuters at his office in Djibouti January 28, 2009. REUTERS/David Clarke (DJIBOUTI)
RM2E8FCNK–Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves to France's Fabrice Santoro during their match at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships, March 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
RM2E7Y17R–A worker checks spinning machines, that twist fibres of cashmere together to give them strength and wind them onto bobbins, at Scottish textiles company Johnstons in Elgin, Scotland May 20, 2008. Faced with the threat of cheap outsourcing and mass manufacturing, the 211-year old Johnstons family-owned firm has shifted focus from supplying the high street to providing instead top quality fabric and garments for luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Channel, and Hugo Boss. Photo taken May 20, 2008. To match feature BRITAIN-TEXTILES/ REUTERS/Sarah Marsh (BRITAIN)
RM2E7YDJM–More than 500 Tibetan motorcyclists escort Princess Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo from her father's birthplace in Wendu village, to the local temple in Xunhua county, Qinghai province, February 9, 2008. Thousands of Tibetan Buddhist monks and villagers turned out to greet Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo and commemorate her father's 70th birth anniversary. The 10th Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, died in 1989 after spending more than a decade either in jail or under house arrest for attacking the government in a 1962 petition over mass jailings, starvation and efforts to wipe out
RM2E7PM65–Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) sits together with children from a local sport school waiting to be lifted up the mountain in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi February 20, 2007. Putin is in Sochi to press its case to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, as inspectors toured the city to assess the bid. REUTERS/Heleen van Geest
RM2E82WW8–A combination picture shows soccer fans with painted faces (from L) Italy and France during the World Cup 2006 tournament in Germany. Italy are due to play France in the World Cup final in Berlin on July 9. REUTERS/Staff (GERMANY)
RM2E879F3–A resident talks to a U.S. soldier from 2nd Brigade combat team, 101st Airborne Division, through an interpreter in Baghdad's Shula district April 2, 2008. Picture taken April 2, 2008. REUTERS/Yasser Faisal (IRAQ)
RM2E7Y8RJ–A part of Mt. Kumgang in North Korea is seen in this picture taken on October 25, 2006. The Mount Kumgang resort was the dream of the late founder of South Korea's giant Hyundai conglomerate to help heal the scar that has divided the peninsula for more than half a century. For some, notably in the U.S. government, the eight-year-old resort is little more than a way of passing cash direct to the government in Pyongyang and its nuclear weapons programme the international community has failed to persuade it to give up. Picture taken October 25, 2006. REUTERS/Jonathan Thatcher (NORTH KOREA)
RM2E7XGDD–Switzerland's Roger Federer holds each of his 14 Grand Slam tennis trophies in this combination image from file photos. (From bottom R to top L) Wimbledon 2003, Australia 2004, Wimbledon 2004, U.S. 2004, Wimbledon 2005, U.S. 2005, Australia 2006, Wimbledon 2006, U.S. 2006, Australia 2007, Wimbledon 2007, U.S. 2007, U.S. 2008, French 2009. REUTERS/Staff/Files (SPORT TENNIS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
RM2E80C0A–U.S. Marines from Foxtrot Company, 2nd Batallion, 8th Marines, meet local elders during a shura, or local council meeting, in Sorkhdoz in Afghanistan's lower Helmand River Valley July 5, 2009. Thousands of Marines advanced into the valley by helicopter and ground this week in the biggest military offensive of Barack Obama's presidency. REUTERS/Peter Graff (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS)
RM2E80FDM–Reuters photographer Lee Celano photographs oil in a marsh near Pass a Loutre, Louisiana, May 20, 2010. For nearly a month, roughly 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons/795,000 liters) of oil per day have been gushing from BP's broken Deepwater oil well situated in the Gulf of Mexico, in what could be named the worst oil spill in U.S. history. REUTERS/Matthew Bigg (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
RM2E7RTT0–A wildbeest roams around the bungalows at Kissama National Park in Angola in this picture taken November 9, 2008. More than 100,000 elephants, thousands of rhinoceros and buffalo are thought to have been killed during clashes between Angola government troops and rebels from the main opposition Unita party during a 27-year war that ended in 2002. Picture taken November 9, 2008. REUTERS/Henrique Almeida (ANGOLA)
RM2E7RYD2–A pile of freshly harvested palm oil fruit lies on an illegal palm oil plantation inside the Leuser Ecosystem, the largest protected rainforest in Sumatra August 24, 2009. In the country's first, symbolic action to stop the lucrative crop's march into protected lands a chainsaw-wielding alliance led by the Aceh Conservation Agency (BPKEL), Acehnese NGOs, and police teams are sweeping tens of thousands of hectares of illegal palm from the 2.5 million hectare Leuser Ecosystem. Picture taken August 24, 2009. To match feature INDONESIA/FOREST-PALM REUTERS/Gillian Murdoch (INDONESIA AGRICULTURE
RM2E8031Y–U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (C) and Hannah Woolsey (2nd L), from the United States participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new visitor's center at the Normandy American Cemetery in France, on the 63rd anniversary of D-Day in Colleville-sur-Mer June 6, 2007. REUTERS/Kristin Roberts (FRANCE)
RM2E82NR5–Haitian workers unload supplies for the U.N. World Food Program at Jacmel airport, southwest of Port-au-Prince January 20, 2010. A new earthquake shook the devastated Haitian capital Port-au-Prince early on Wednesday, rattling already wrecked buildings and triggering panic among survivors of last week's devastating quake. Canadian troops are working in Jacmel to provide aid. REUTERS/Matthew Bigg (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT)
RM2E7RTPH–A headless Buddha statue is seen next to a house covered in tarpaulins near Labutta October 31, 2008. Six months after Cyclone Nargis slammed into the delta, killing more then 130,000 people and leaving 2.4 million destitute, farmers in Asia's one-time 'rice bowl' say they expect to produced between 30 and 50 percent less rice than normal. Picture taken on October 31, 2008. REUTERS/Staff (MYANMAR)
RM2E7RPKE–Abel Braga, coach of Brazilian soccer club Internacional de Porto Alegre, arrives at Dubai International Airport January 2, 2008 for the 2nd Mohammed Bin Rashid International Football Championship in Dubai. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
RM2E7Y1GT–Jussi Pesonen, chief executive officer of UPM-Kymmene, speaks at the Reuters Paper Summit in Helsinki August 21, 2008. REUTERS/Agnieszka Flak (FINLAND)
RM2E83FM2–Treehotel co-founder Kent Lindvall sits on the roof of The Cabin on the construction site of Treehotel in the Swedish village of Harads, July 5, 2010. A lofty new hotel concept is set to open in a remote village in northern Sweden, which aims to elevate the simple treehouse into a world-class destination for design-conscious travellers. Treehotel, located in Harads about 60 km south of the Arctic Circle, will consist of four rooms when it opens on July 17th: The Cabin, The Blue Cone, The Nest and The Mirrorcube. Picture taken July 5, 2010. To match Reuters Life! SWEDEN-TREEHOTEL/ REUTER
RM2E86PHC–Blind boxer Bashir Ramadan (C) performs shadow boxing at East Coast Boxing Club in Kampala October 11, 2007. Ramadan, little known even in his home country, does not think being sightless is the handicap some might expect. He admitted being able to see your opponent is a core feature of boxing -- and he has written off his dream of being a champion -- but he is determined not to quit. Picture taken October 11, 2007. To match feature UGANDA-BOXER/ REUTERS/Xavier Toya (UGANDA)
RM2E7TB1P–Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich performs in Phoenix, Arizona October 21, 2008. Minutes before his band hits the stage to play the first show of a world tour to promote its first album in five years, Ulrich has more important things on his mind. The rock band's co-founder and creative force is rushing backstage to meet some three dozen members of the band's fan club for a traditional 'meet and greet,' and he also manages to find time for a busy schedule of media interviews. Picture taken October 21, 2008. REUTERS/Gelu Sulugiuc (UNITED STATES)
RM2E7T0MR–Undated file photo shows Iraqi parliament speaker Ayad al-Samarai, a candidate for Iraq's March 7, 2010 parliamentary election. REUTERS/Staff/Files (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS HEADSHOT)
RM2E85F9T–Earthquake victims lie in the Hospital Universitaire de la Paix in central Port-au-Prince January 18, 2010. Aid workers struggled to get food and medical help to injured and hungry earthquake survivors, many living in makeshift camps on streets strewn with debris and decomposing bodies. REUTERS/Milexsy Duran (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER HEALTH)
RM2E7YA35–An actress takes part in Dona Cuaresma group during a pre-lent carnival parade in downtown Madrid February 18, 2007. REUTERS/Rocio Pelaez (SPAIN)
RM2E8266E–Fans of the various countries participating in the World Cup 2006 in Germany are seen in this June 2006 combination photo. REUTERS/Staff
RM2E7PT3G–Jin Jing, a 27 year-old amputee and Paralympic fencer, displays a torch for Beijing Olympic Games during an interview with Reuters in Beijing April 11, 2008. The wheelchair-bound Chinese torch bearer has rocketed to national fame after fending off Tibet protesters in Paris, with a torrent of Internet messages feting her as a patriotic symbol of revulsion at the relay mayhem. REUTERS/Sally Huang (CHINA)
RM2E7YB16–A field of soft red winter wheat about a week away from harvest is pictured in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, Illinois, June 24, 2007. Call it the Windy City wheat crop. It's a long way from the U.S. wheat heartland states of Kansas or North Dakota, but farmers in suburban DuPage County, Illinois, 30 miles (48 km) west of Chicago, chose to grow wheat this year -- not corn or soybeans -- in some of the area's few remaining farm fields, ringed by 'McMansions.' Picture taken June 24, 2007. REUTERS/Peter Bohan (UNITED STATES)
RM2E8FCHY–Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova returns the ball to India's Sania Mirza and team mate Francesca Schiavone from Italy during their women's doubles match on the first day of the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships February 25, 2008. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
RM2E7N7KR–India's Sania Mirza and team mate Francesca Schiavone from Italy(L) shake hands with Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova(front right) and Amelie Mauresmo of France(front) after their women's doubles match on the first day of the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships February 25, 2008. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
RM2E7Y900–Retiree Sal Cantelmi stands in the sun outside his trailer home in Quartzsite, Arizona, October 31, 2006. The retired printer from Brooklyn is among the estimated one million 'snowbirds' who escape the snow and ice in the northern states of the United States to over-winter in the small Mojave desert town in western Arizona. From November through March, authorities say the population mushrooms from 3,500 people to peak at around one million, as the seasonal migrants, or snowbirds, arrive in rumbling convoys of recreational vehicles. Photo taken on October 31, 2006. To match feature LIFE SNOWB
RM2E85PJF–A labourer walks under scaffolding at a construction site in Singapore October 11, 2007. Singapore's $129 billion economy is set for growth of at least 7-8 percent this year, reflecting buoyant construction across the small island, a rebound in manufacturing and strong business for bankers and fund managers. But it also faces rising prices from higher costs for fuel, housing and wages. Picture taken October 11, 2007. REUTERS/Sulastri Osman (SINGAPORE)
RM2E83621–Marie Eyeang holds her child as she stands before a hanging mosquito net in the village of Lybe, Gabon's border with mainland Equatorial Guinea, December 6, 2007. Progress by African countries in reducing child deaths from infectious diseases such as measles could be lost unless governments improve routine immunisation, a U.N. official said. REUTERS/Daniel Flynn (GABON)
RM2E837PD–A general view shows Europe's largest open-pit mine in the town of Gubkin, 500 km (315 miles) south of Moscow May 30, 2008. Soviet geologists were looking for oil when exploring this region south of Moscow. Instead, they unearthed Europe's largest iron belt. Picture taken May 30, 2008. To match feature IRON-RUSSIA/ REUTERS/Robin Paxton (RUSSIA)
RM2E7PNMP–A vendor reads while waiting for customers at a newsstand in Beijing August 31, 2007. REUTERS/Deurbon Chow (CHINA)
RM2E7T15E–Oil samples recovered from the Exxon Valdez spill are shown in containers at the Prince William Sound Science Center in Cordova, Alaska May 5, 2010. A close examination of studies of the Exxon Valdez disaster and interviews with many people who took part in the cleanup offers a possible peek into what lies ahead for the Gulf Coast in the coming weeks, months, years -- and perhaps decades. Picture taken May 5, 2010. To match Special Report OIL-RIG/LEAK-VALDEZ REUTERS/Lindsay Claiborn (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
RM2E843FW–A combination photo shows top-rated NBA free agents Toronto Raptors' Chris Bosh (L) in action during an NBA game in Toronto March 26, 2010 and Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade holding the NBA All-Star MVP trophy in Dallas February 14, 2010. Wade and Bosh announced on ESPN radio July 7, 2010 that they will team up in the Miami Heat, ending months of speculation about their futures. REUTERS/Staff/File (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL)
RM2E7T1TA–Petroceltic Chief Executive Officer, Briain O'Cathain, speaks during the Reuters Energy Summit in London May 25, 2010. REUTERS/Benjamin Beavan (BUSINESS ENERGY HEADSHOT) QUALITY FROM SOURCE
RM2E7YP20–Soldiers from the military junta stands outside a base in Niger's capital Niamey, February 22, 2010. Niger's military rulers said on Monday they would assume all legislative and executive powers until elections, but would name a prime minister and government to help oversee the transition. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun (NIGER - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
RM2E7N59A–Workers butcher a 10-tonne (11-ton) Baird's Beaked Whale at Wada Port in Chiba Prefecture, Japan June 21, 2007. Japan last month threatened to quit the International Whaling Commission (IWC) after opposition from anti-whaling nations at the group's annual meeting forced it to scrap a proposal to allow four coastal villages to kill minke whales. REUTERS/Olivier Fabre (JAPAN)
RM2E7MCR3–Suwon Samsung midfielder An Yong-hak speaks during an interview with Reuters in Suwon, south of Seoul September 24, 2009. An will fulfil a childhood dream when he marches on to the field with North Korea at the World Cup finals, but his heart belongs to a country that does not appear on any modern map. The Japan-born, 31-year-old midfielder holds a North Korea passport through his parents, but the question of national allegiance is a complicated one. Picture taken September 24, 2009. To match Feature SOCCER-WORLD/NKOREA-AN REUTERS/Peter Rutherford (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD C
RM2E86K60–Father Dorotheos, the vice-abbot of the monastery and head of the library, stands in the seminary library in Heybeliada September 18, 2006. The blackboards are clean, desks dusted and library books neatly ranged. The Greek Orthodox seminary on this idyllic island off Istanbul is ready and waiting to take in new student priests. Picture taken on September 18, 2006. To match feature RELIGION TURKEY SEMINARY REUTERS/Tom Heneghan (TURKEY)
RM2E7PEA6–General Stanley McChrystal (R), commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, receives a briefing from Afghan border police commander Colonel Abdul Razziq during a visit to the Afghan border with Pakistan, near Spin Boldak in Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, in this March 4, 2010 file photo. One of the most important trade routes in Asia was closed last week while a boyish-looking man everyone calls 'the general' showed around the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Picture taken March 4, 2010. To match feature AFGHANISTAN-BORDER/ REUTERS/Peter Graff (AFGHANIST
RM2E8EYC9–Usain Bolt of Jamaica crosses the finish line ahead of Tyson Gay of the U.S. and Asafa Powell (R to L, lane 4 to 6) of Jamaica in the men's 100 metres final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, August 16, 2009. REUTERS/Staff (GERMANY SPORT ATHLETICS)
RM2E7YAYE–Workers butcher a 10-tonne (11-ton) Baird's Beaked Whale at Wada Port in Chiba Prefecture, Japan June 21, 2007. Japan last month threatened to quit the International Whaling Commission (IWC) after opposition from anti-whaling nations at the group's annual meeting forced it to scrap a proposal to allow four coastal villages to kill minke whales. REUTERS/Olivier Fabre (JAPAN)
RM2E7Y3RF–An orangutan looks on at the Singapore Zoo June 4, 2009. The Singapore Zoo has been responsible for the successful births of 33 orangutans, an endangered species, since its opening in 1973. Orangutans, a great ape species native to Malaysia and Indonesia, are highly endangered due to destruction of their rainforest habitats and poaching. REUTERS/Staff (SINGAPORE ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)
RM2E7Y108–Imam Mohammad Shamsi Ali of New York's Islamic Cultural Center poses in New York April 23, 2008. Ali, an Indonesian-born imam who arrived in New York only 12 years ago, has been rated by New York magazine as the city's most influential Islamic leader. To match feature RELIGION-IMAM/ REUTERS/Tom Heneghan (UNITED STATES)
RM2E879CP–Lindsey Sacher of Cleveland-based non-profit East Side Organizing Project (ESOP) tours foreclosed homes in the city's Slavic Village on February 8, 2008 which has been ravaged by the housing crisis. ESOP and other non-profits around the country say that a growing number of stricken borrowers are tapping 'payday' loans with interest rates of up to 800 percent, making it even harder for them to catch up on their home payments. Picture taken February 8, 2008. To match feature USA-HOUSING/PAYDAYLOANS. REUTERS/Nick Carey (UNITED STATES)
RM2E89D21–A soccer fan injured in a stampede recovers outside the stadium where Nigeria played North Korea in Tembisa, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, June 6, 2010. The stampede by fans during the pre-World Cup match at the Makhulong Stadium on Sunday left 14 slightly hurt and one policeman in a serious condition, police said. The stampede started when too many fans had obtained free tickets for the match and stormed the entrance to the stadium. REUTERS/Javier Leira (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)
RM2E80F34–The intersection of Yonge and Dundas Streets is seen during Earth Hour in Toronto, March 27, 2010. Countries around the world have signed up for Earth Hour on Saturday in which homes, office towers and landmarks will turn off their lights from 8.30 pm local time to raise awareness about climate change and the threat from rising greenhouse gas emissions. REUTERS/Jillian Kitchener (CANADA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT CITYSCAPE)
RM2E7Y076–Chairman of Amlak Finance Nasser Al-Shaikh speaks during the Reuters Islamic Finance Summit in the Reuters offices in Dubai February 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
RM2E80DEA–Chauncey Moran (R), vice chairman of the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve conservation group, stands with resident Jan Zender, at the site where mining company Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company proposes mining for nickel, in Big Bay October 13, 2009. Opponents argue that the project would violate an area that is considered sacred by a local American Indian tribe and could send chemical pollution into Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes that straddle the U.S.-Canadian border. The company defends its plans, which it says call for $350 million in spending and creating more than 200 jobs. To match f
RM2E7RTBF–Burnt forest are seen on the edge of the Borjomi-Kharagauli national park near Tsagveri September 5, 2008. A blaze broke out at the height of Georgia's brief war with Russia and burned for weeks, ravaging up to 950 hectares (2,350 acres) of forest on the edge of the Borjomi-Kharagauli national park, known for rare flora and fauna and a favoured destination for 'eco-tourists'. The damage to the mountains above Daba, some 160 km (100 miles) southwest of Tbilisi, is seen as a national tragedy by environmentalists, Georgian officials and locals and the Georgian government says it will take 50 to 7
RM2E7PC5D–London's Olympic Games chief Sebastian Coe poses for a photo in Singapore July 2, 2009. The global financial crisis will in no way prevent London from hosting exactly the Olympic spectacle it promised in more affluent times, Coe told Reuters on Thursday. REUTERS/Ossian Shine (SINGAPORE SPORT OLYMPICS)
RM2E844BY–Angolans celebrate their 1-0 soccer victory over Rwanda in Luanda October 8, 2005. This is the first time ever that Angola, better known for a devastating 27-year civil war, has reached the World Cup Finals. Pictures of the Month October 2005 REUTERS/Karen Iley
RM2E804JH–Female prisoners working in a remote mountainous area of the Witch Fire past Santa Ysabel, California to build a protection line against spreading fire, October 25, 2007. Of about 9,000 firefighters battling the southern California flames, nearly 3,000 are inmates. The prisoners typically get two days off their sentence for each on the fire lines. About 300 are from all-women prisoner brigades. Picture taken October 25, 2007. REUTERS/Adam Tanner (UNITED STATES)
RM2E851AT–In this combo picture, tourists are seen at a pier as they wait to be evacuated from the Phi Phi Islands, southern Thailand, December 27, 2004 after a tsunami swept through this famous tourist resort (top) and the same pier nearly five years after, December 11, 2009. As the world prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the tsunami that killed 226,000 people in 13 Asian and African countries, scars have yet to heal even after homes have been rebuilt, tourists have returned and foreign aid has ended. To match feature TSUNAMI-ANNIVERSARY/THAILAND REUTERS/Stringer (top) and Damir Sagolj (THAILA
RM2E80Y48–Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Italian football club Inter Milan arrives at Dubai International Airport for the 2nd Mohammed Bin Rashid International Football Championship in Dubai, January 2, 2008. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
RM2E80WTH–Blind boxer Bashir Ramadan (R) talks to officials before training in Kampala October 11, 2007. Ramadan, little known even in his home country, does not think being sightless is the handicap some might expect. He admitted being able to see your opponent is a core feature of boxing -- and he has written off his dream of being a champion -- but he is determined not to quit. Picture taken October 11, 2007. To match feature UGANDA-BOXER/ REUTERS/Xavier Toya (UGANDA)
