South Korean opposition Democratic Party members try to enter a parliamentary committee room as ruling Grand National Party members spray fire extinguishers from the room, to block them at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. Scuffles erupted in the South Korean parliament as opposition parties tried to block a move to introduce a bill to approve a free trade pact with the United States.
A Couple Of Hoolock-ans
A Hoolock Gibbon mother and baby look out from a cage in the state zoological park in Gauhati, India, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. Three Hoolock Gibbons were brought to the Assam state zoo from Shillong, Meghalay state for captive breeding purposes.
In The Think
President George W. Bush answers a question at a gathering of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008.
Capsized
Residents jump into the murky waters to save a family, bottom, from drowning after the improvised boat they were boarding overturned Thursday Dec. 18, 2008, at Manila's Quezon city. The family was trying to return to the other side of the river to save items from their burnt home following a fire that gutted more than three dozen homes, in background, Thursday. Hundreds of poor residents were left homeless.
Border Patrol
An Israeli tank drives near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. Israeli fighter jets were deployed for the first time in six months Thursday, destroying unmanned targets in Gaza, and Israeli defense officials said the air strikes were meant to send a strong message to Hamas.
Flood In The Streets
A flooded street is seen in a poor neighborhood of Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. Heavy winter rains hit northern Mexico causing floods.
Roadblock
A jackknifed tractor-trailer sits at the front of a nine-vehicle pile-up that completely blocked the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Thurston County, Wash., on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008.