Students line up behind damaged chairs during the opening of a school after flooding, in Marikina City, Metro Manila, October 5, 2009. Typhoon Parma slowly moved out to sea on Sunday after slamming into northeastern Philippines and killing 17 people, but damage and flooding, while extensive, were less widespread than feared. The strongest typhoon to hit the country since 2006 was hovering off the northwestern coast of the main Luzon island, the weather bureau said.
PRATTVILLE, AL - OCTOBER 4: Lorena Ochoa of Mexico holds the trophy after winning the Navistar LPGA Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill on October 4, 2009 in Prattville, Alabama.
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan addresses the media on arrival in Kenya's capital Nairobi, October 4, 2009. Annan said on Sunday the Kenyan people expected more progress on reforms from the country's coalition government and concrete action to tackle impunity after last year's post-election violence.
A man mourns in front of the coffin containing the body of Argentina's singer Mercedes Sosa during her wake at the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Sunday, Oct. 4. Sosa, the "voice of Latin America" whose music inspired opponents of South America's brutal military regimes and led to her forced exile in Europe, died on Sunday Oct. 4, 2009. She was 74.
Palestinian scouts carry pictures of injured Palestinian children during a protest against President Mahmoud Abbas, at Marty's Square in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Abbas faced growing outrage among Palestinians Sunday over his decision to withdraw support for a U.N. report that alleged Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in last winter's Gaza war.
Demonstrators carry portraits of people killed during Oct. 3-4, 1993, bloody clashes between government forces and the armed leftist opposition, during a rally in downtown Moscow, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, to mark the 16th anniversary of the events. On Oct. 4, 1993, tanks and troops flushed armed leftist hard-liners out of the parliament after two days of street fighting in the Russian capital as the world watched tanks firing into Moscow's landmark White House, then the parliament headquarters. The official casualty toll of the October 3-4, 1993 clashes stands at 123. The names on the portraits are written in Cyrillic.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) shakes hands with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, upon his arrival for a meeting in Tehran on October 4, 2009. The UN atomic watchdog head held talks with Ahmadinejad and other officials on Iran's nuclear drive amid reports it has acquired sufficient data to build the bomb.
People line up outside the Congress to pay their respects to deceased singer Mercedes Sosa in Buenos Aires, October 4, 2009. Sosa, 74, who fought South America's dictators with her voice and became a giant of contemporary Latin American music, died on Sunday.
Journalists and security guards surround the head of the UN atomic watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, as he leaves Imam Khomeini airport upon his arrival at Tehran on October 3, 2009. ElBaradei arrived in Tehran to meet Iranian atomic officials after Washington and its allies demanded quick progress in revived talks on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
A girl, displaced by the ongoing fighting in northwestern Yemen, stands in al-Mazraq refugee camp near the Saada province October 4, 2009. Around 6,000 people live in the camp after they were forced to leave their villages by the new wave of fighting in the intermittent five-year-old conflict between rebel Shi'ite Muslims and the government forces that has added another 50,000 people to 100,000 or so left homeless earlier by fighting in the poorest Arab nation, mostly women and children, according to estimates by U.N. agencies.
SEVILLE, SPAIN - OCTOBER 04: Raul Gonzalez of Real Madrid hangs his head during the La Liga match between Sevilla and Real Madrid at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on October 4, 2009 in Seville, Spain. Real Madrid lost the match 2-1.
SALOU, SPAIN - OCTOBER 04: Sebastien Loeb of France and Daniel Elena of Monaco compete in their Citroen C 4 Total during Leg 3 of the WRC Rally de Espana on October 04 in Salou, Spain.
During a firefight with Taliban militants U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jordan Christie, of Washington, Ind. with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines returns fire, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Taliban militants opened up on the Marine patrol.
Greek Socialist leader George Papandreou, winner of the country's general election, leaves the Zappion hall on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 in Athens. Greek voters angered by repeated scandals and a faltering economy ousted Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis in an early election Sunday, returning the Socialists to power after five years of conservative governance, initial results indicated.
Soldiers shovel mud covering school grounds during the opening of a school after flooding in Marikina City, Metro Manila, October 5, 2009. Typhoon Parma moved out to sea on Sunday after thrashing the remote northeastern Philippines and killing 17 people and may remain there for days, bringing more rain and possible landslides, officials said.
British pilot Paul Bonhomme holds aloft the 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship trophy after winning the last race in the series in Barcelona October 4, 2009. Picture taken October 4, 2009.
Supporter wave Socialist party flags and hold lighted flares in central Athens on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Greek voters angered by repeated scandals and a faltering economy ousted Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis in an early election Sunday, returning the Socialists to power after five years of conservative governance, initial results indicated.
San Diego Chargers defensive end Alfonso Boone sacks Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (L) during the second quarter of their NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 4, 2009.
KANSAS CITY, KS - OCTOBER 04: Actress January Jones is seen on the stage prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Price Chopper 400 presented by Kraft Foods at the Kansas Speedway on October 4, 2009 in Kansas City, Kansas.
TIMONIUM, MD - OCTOBER 04: Jay Haas celebrates his winning birdie putt on the 18th green during the final round of the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship at Baltimore Country Club/Five Farms (East Course) held on October 4, 2009 in Timonium, Maryland.
Greek Socialist leader George Papandreou, winner of the country's general election, holds a televised victory address on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 in Athens. Greek voters angered by repeated scandals and a faltering economy ousted Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis in an early election Sunday, returning the Socialists to power after five years of conservative governance, initial results indicated.
U.S. Marines and Afghan Army soldiers take cover, during a firefight with Taliban militants, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
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