A Bulgarian protester walks under a poster listing the achievements of the Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS), Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Hundreds of Bulgarian scientists, university professors, students and people working in the culture sector gather to continue their protests demanding the implementation of European priorities and policies in education, science, healthcare and culture.
Pakistani girl Samha Javeed, 5, plays an instrument while gathering with other children in an alley of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010.
A cross-eyed opossum called Heidi sits in its interim enclosure, in the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. The animal came from a zoo in Denmark to Leipzig, where they found out that she is cross-eyed.
A Tibetan exile stamps on burning posters showing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at a protest against his visit to India, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Wen's rip to India Wednesday is intended to build trust between two Asian powers with increasingly close economic ties despite their ongoing competition for regional influence.
Members of the European Parliament vote to adopt their budget for 2011, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg eastern France, Wednesday Dec. 15, 2010. The budget was a controversial 2.9 per cent spending increase in the midst of a Europe-wide recession and drastic national austerity measures.
A police officer riding a motorcycle crashes into a youth during clashes in Athens, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police across central Athens Wednesday, smashing cars and hurling gasoline bombs during a massive labor protest against the government's austerity measures. Wednesday's violence occurred after some 20,000 protesters marched to parliament during a general strike against a new round of labor reforms in the crisis-hit country.
Protesters throw petrol bombs during clashes in Athens, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police across central Athens Wednesday, smashing cars and hurling gasoline bombs during a massive labor protest against the government's austerity measures. Wednesday's violence occurred after some 20,000 protesters marched to parliament during a general strike against a new round of labor reforms in the crisis-hit country.
A bodyguard, left, leads Costis Hatzidakis, former development minister in the previous, conservative government , away after he was attacked by protesters in Athens on Wednesday Dec. 15, 2010. Protesters clashed with riot police across Athens on Wednesday, torching cars, hurling gasoline bombs and sending Christmas shoppers scurrying during a general strike against the government's latest austerity measures.
Aschwin Wildeboer of Spain starts for a Men's 100 meter Backstroke heat at the FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010.
Reto Stocker, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. The number of different armed groups is growing across Afghanistan, preventing even the Red Cross from accessing much of the country to deliver life-saving care, Stocker said Wednesday.
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-20 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off from the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Catherine Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratiev, and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli.