Madagascar

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A zebra character from the movie Madagascar is made entirely of ice, as artisan ice sculptors from Harbin, China work to create colorful scenes from the DreamWorks' production of "Merry Madagascar" for this years ICE! show in Oxon Hill, Md, Thursday, November 9, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Soldiers patrol a street in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo Thursday Nov. 18, 2010, a day after an attempted coup. Soldiers clashed briefly with hundreds of civilians Friday outside a base where dissident military officers have been holed up for three days after the attempted coup. (AP Photo)

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Citizens of Madagascar line up to cast their votes in a referendum in capital Antananarivo on Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010. Twenty months after Madagascar's president was ousted in a coup by a former disc jockey, voters decided Wednesday whether to accept or reject a new constitution that calls for keeping Andry Rajoelina in power indefinitely. (AP Photo)

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This 2001 photo released by F. Johansen and taken in Madagascar, shows a female humpback whale's tail fin, commonly known as a "fluke." This photo was used to identify a whale that traveled some 6,200 miles from coastal Brazil to waters off the African island of Madagascar. (AP Photo/F. Johansen) NO SALES