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A South Korean Marine stands beside a crater caused by North Korea's shelling at the Marine Corp's barracks on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Rescuers found the burned bodies Wednesday of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack, the first civilian deaths from a skirmish that marked a dramatic escalation of tensions between the rival Koreas. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, photo Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left with U.S. actor Leonardo Di Caprio, right, after a concert dedicated to tiger conservation in St. Petersburg, Russia. Officials from the 13 countries where tigers live in the wild have signed a declaration aimed at saving the iconic big cats from extinction. Russia is home to Siberian tigers, and Putin hosted the "tiger summit." (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
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Several trucks and cars headed westbound out of Truckee, Calif., sit in heavy traffic on Interstate 80 on Monday afternoon, Nov. 22, 2010. Chain restrictions were still being enforced over Donner Summit though many truckers chained up miles before. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette-Journal, Tim Dunn)
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A South Korean resident stands on the rubble of a destroyed house on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. South Korea found the burned bodies Wednesday of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack, marking the first civilian deaths in the incident and dramatically escalating the tensions in the region's latest crisis. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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A signboard of the road closure stands Saturday near the Pike River mine where miners were trapped underground in Greymouth, New Zealand. (Associated Press)
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BRINK OF WAR: South Koreans watch smoke rising from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island near the border with North Korea on Tuesday. The North fired artillery barrages onto the island. South Korea returned fire and launched fighter jets. (Associated Press)
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Iranian workers continue operations at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, although the Natanz enrichment nuclear plant was not fed uranium on Nov. 16. Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday that a malicious computer worm known as Stuxnet has not harmed the country's atomic program and accused the West of trying to sabotage it. Iran earlier confirmed that Stuxnet infected several personal laptops belonging to employees at Bushehr but that plant systems were not affected. (International Iran Photo Agency via Associated Press)
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Iranian workers continue operations at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, although the Natanz enrichment nuclear plant was not fed uranium on Nov. 16. Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday that a malicious computer worm known as Stuxnet has not harmed the country's atomic program and accused the West of trying to sabotage it. Iran earlier confirmed that Stuxnet infected several personal laptops belonging to employees at Bushehr but that plant systems were not affected. (International Iran Photo Agency via Associated Press)
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** FILE ** N.J. Transit commuters crowd inside Penn Station throughout the evening rush hour on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Supporters of Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly wave and cheer as he speaks during a campaign rally in Cap Haitian, Haiti, Monday Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold presidential elections on Nov. 28. (AP photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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People suffering cholera symptoms are treated at a sports center that has been converted into a cholera treatment center in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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People suffering cholera symptoms are treated in a sports center converted into a cholera treatment center in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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A man, holding up a photo of presidential candidate Leslie Voltaire, demonstrates during a campaign rally in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A woman with symptoms of cholera, wearing a T-shirt with a picture of presidential candidate Charles Henry Baker, receives treatment at hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A man with symptoms of cholera receives treatment at a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A woman with symptoms of cholera receives treatment at a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A woman with symptoms of cholera receives treatment at hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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UN peacekeepers from Brazil are seen through a window glass as they patrol on vehicles in Cap Haitian, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. It began as a rumor that farmers saw waste from a U.N. peacekeeping base flow into a river. Within days of the talk, hundreds downstream had died from cholera. (AP photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Supporters of Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly blow cornets as they arrive for a a campaign rally in Cap Haitian, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold presidential elections on Nov. 28. (AP photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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** FILE ** Iranian technicians work at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. Iran's nuclear chief said on Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010, that a malicious computer worm known as Stuxnet had not harmed the country's atomic program and accused the West of trying to sabotage it. Iran earlier confirmed that Stuxnet had infected several personal laptops belonging to employees at the Bushehr plant but that plant systems were not affected. (AP Photo/International Iran Photo Agency, Ebrahim Norouzi)
