The Dalai Lama speaks to students, faculty, and guests at the University of Northern Iowa, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
France soccer player William Gallas works on his fitness to recover from a calf injury in Tignes, French Alps resort, Tuesday May 18, 2010. France soccer team is in Tignes in preparation for the 2010 World cup in South Africa.
US singer Mariah Carey performs at the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, early Tuesday May 18, 2010.
A Chinese woman cleans a banner outside commercial and residential buildings in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Chinese Premier Wen Jiaobao commented Friday that Beijing will act "decisively" to cool surging housing prices.
An anti-government protester uses a slingshot against Thai soldiers Tuesday, May 18, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai government rejected a proposal Tuesday for peace talks with leaders of the Red Shirt protesters to end the deadly mayhem gripping Bangkok, saying negotiations cannot start until the protesters disperse.
Anti-government protesters take to a street half dressed to prove that they are unarmed Tuesday, May 18, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai government rejected a proposal Tuesday for peace talks with leaders of the Red Shirt protesters to end the deadly mayhem gripping Bangkok, saying negotiations cannot start until the protesters disperse.
Ultra Orthodox Jewish men and a youth talk on public pay phones in the religious neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 18, 2010.
An Italian soldier grieves for a fallen comrade, as his coffin is loaded on a plane to be flown back to Italy, at a military base in Herat, Afghanistan, Tuesday May 18, 2010. Two Italian soldiers were killed and two others were seriously injured on Monday when a bomb hit a NATO military convoy in northwestern Afghanistan.
Attorney Geoffrey Fieger, center, addresses members of the media in his office in Southfield, Mich., Tuesday, May 18, 2010 with from left, Dominika Stanley, the mother of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones, who was killed early Sunday in Detroit, Aiyana's father Charles Jones, grandmother Mertilla Jones and aunt Krystal Sanders. Fieger has filed two lawsuits related to a weekend raid that led to Aiyana's death.
A riot police officer faces anesthesiologist students after he was doused with red antiseptic, on rail tracks during a demonstration in Paris, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at the Montparnasse train station in Paris, which seriously disrupted the traffic of high speed trains. Anesthesiologist students invaded rail tracks during a demonstration over salaries after getting their diplomas in Paris.