The electorate queue before casting their votes at Munaini primary school in Othaya Nyeri, December 27, 2007. Guarded by armed police, Kenyans voted on Thursday in a general election preceded by violence, tainted by allegations of rigging and likely to be the closest in more than four decades of independence from Britain.
Villagers dig into mud as they search for landslide victims at Tawangmangu village in Karang Anyar district near Solo, Indonesia's Central Java province, December 27, 2007. Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rain have left over 120 people dead or missing on Indonesia's Java island, as rescuers struggled on Thursday to pull out bodies buried under thick mud, officials said.
Turkish soldiers patrol along a road near Yuksekova, southeastern Turkey, bordering Iraq, December 24, 2007. Picture taken December 24, 2007.
A person drives past a tsunami hit building at Peraliya in Hikkaduwa, December 23, 2007. The United Nations says nearly 100,000 families are now back in permanent shelter on the third anniversary of the worst natural disaster in memory, which left 35,000 people dead or missing in Sri Lanka and killed around 230,000 in total around the Indian Ocean rim.
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and his new girlfriend (L), former supermodel Carla Bruni, sit together near his son Jean (R) during a visit to the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, December 26, 2007. Sarkozy is in Egypt on a private visit during the holidays.
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and his new girlfriend (L), former supermodel Carla Bruni, sit together near his son Jean (R) during a visit to the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, December 26, 2007. Sarkozy is in Egypt on a private visit during the holidays.
A villager cries during on the three year anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Khao Lak, in Thailand's Phang Nga province, nearly 110 km (68 miles) north of the resort island of Phuket, December 26, 2007. The Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004 killed almost 6,000 people and left nearly 3,000 missing in Thailand.
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee holds a pheasant he shot during a hunting trip in Osceola, Iowa December 26, 2007.
Three would-be immigrants keep warm as they arrive to the port of Motril, southern Spain, December 26, 2007. About 73 would-be immigrants, were intercepted on their way to European soil from Africa, according to authorities.
A woman looks at Cunard's new ocean liner "Queen Victoria" at the port of Malaga December 26, 2007.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) introduces his wife U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) during a campaign stop in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, December 26, 2007.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) introduces his wife U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) during a campaign stop in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, December 26, 2007.
Youths sit on a bamboo bench as they guard their village during floods in Solo late December 26, 2007. Indonesian rescuers struggled on Thursday to pull out bodies and reach survivors following Central Java landslides, as floods blocked roads and damaged bridges in the area where over 80 people are feared dead, officials said. Picture taken December 26, 2007.
An election official points voters to their respective polling stations outside a school in Nairobi December 27, 2007. Guarded by police, Kenyans voted on Thursday in a presidential election preceded by violence, tainted by allegations of rigging and likely to be the closest in more than four decades since independence from Britain.
An aerial view of the flood at Taliwang town on Sumbawa island in Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara province is seen December 27, 2007. Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rain have left over 120 people dead or missing on Indonesia's Java island, as rescuers struggled on Thursday to pull out bodies buried under thick mud, officials said. REUTERS/Newmount Nusa
Relatives of landslide victims cry as rescue personnel excavate bodies from the mud in Karang Anyar district near Solo, Indonesia's Central Java province, December 27, 2007. Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rain have left over 120 people dead or missing on Indonesia's Java island, as rescuers struggled on Thursday to pull out bodies buried under thick mud, officials said.
Ducks look out of their cage at the Ha Vy poultry wholesale market, 25km (15 miles) south of Hanoi December 27, 2007. Bird flu killed a four-year-old boy from an ethnic minority group in northern Vietnam, the country's first human case in nearly five months, a health official said on Thursday.
Tourists relax among the debris along Kuta beach on Bali island December 27, 2007. Kuta, the most popular beach on Bali, has been inundated by debris brought by waves in the recent days.
Villagers stand near a damaged bridge in Madiun district December 27, 2007. About 40 people are missing after floods triggered by heavy rain swept away a bridge in Indonesia's East java province, police said on Thursday.
Steeplejack Sergey Surovegin, dressed as Father Frost, Russia's equivalent of Santa Claus, gets into an apartment from the outside to give presents to his friend's family in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 27, 2007.
Thousands of voters stand in line as they wait for the opening of polling stations in Nairobi's Kibera slum, December 27, 2007. Guarded by armed police, Kenyans voted on Thursday in a general election preceded by violence, tainted by allegations of rigging and likely to be the closest in more than four decades of independence from Britain.
A woman is seen as she looks for usable coal for sale at a cinder dump site on the outskirts of Changzhi, Shanxi province December 27, 2007. China will remove import duties on alumina, refined copper and coal, while raising export taxes on some steel products, coking coal and coke to boost imports of raw materials and curb profits on exports of polluting products, the finance ministry said.
Pupils form the Chinese character "chun", or "spring" in English, at a primary school in Huaying, Sichuan province, December 27, 2007. The activity was held to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival, which falls on February 7, 2008, local media reported.
A dancer performs Odissi dance during a cultural programme in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, December 26, 2007. Odissi, the classical dance style of the eastern Indian state of Orissa, is characterised by its hand and body postures used to depict the theme of love between Lord Krishna and Radha.
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