Youths raise their hands in a show of support for Laurent Gbagbo at a rally led by Gbagbo minister and youth leader Charles Ble Goude, in the Koumassi neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. While the United Nations and other world powers recognize rival Alassane Ouattara as the winner of November presidential elections, Gbagbo has refused to step down for more than a month after the presidential runoff vote. The 15-nation regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened to remove the incumbent leader if ongoing negotiations fail.
A security agent stands guard atop a car ahead of the arrival of Charles Ble Goude, a youth leader recently named to Laurent Gbagbo's cabinet and who is staging rallies in support of the incumbent president, in the Koumassi neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. While the United Nations and other world powers recognize rival Alassane Ouattara as the winner of November presidential elections, Gbagbo has refused to step down for more than a month after the presidential runoff vote. The 15-nation regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened to remove the incumbent leader if ongoing negotiations fail.
A family member of a House member sits on the floor during the first session of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011.
House Speaker-designate John Boehner of Ohio wipes away tears as he waits to receive the gavel from outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. during the first session of the 112th Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011.
Three white lion cubs are presented to the public for the first time at the city zoo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Jan. 5, 2011. The cubs were born on Nov. 16, 2010. According to zoo officials these are the first white lions to be born in South America.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France reacts after defeating Ukraine's Sergei Bubka during the Qatar ATP Open Tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011.
Two workers make some last adjustments on a giant carpet depicting Hungary's history, at the European Council building in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. On Jan.1, 2011, Hungary took over the 6-months EU presidency from Belgium.
Two workers make some last adjustments on a giant carpet depicting Hungary's history, at the European Council building in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. On Jan.1, 2011, Hungary took over the 6-months EU presidency from Belgium.
Austria's Thomas Morgenstern soars through the air in front of the 'Tennengebirge' mountains during a trial jump of the fourth station of the four hills ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, near Salzburg, Austria, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Morgenstern leads the overall standings of the tournament.
Hemy Zvi Neuman is escorted into court to be arraigned on murder charges Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, in Dekalb, Ga. Neuman was arrested Tuesday and charged in the fatal shooting of a businessman who was killed in the parking lot of a Dunwoody preschool minutes after he dropped off his 2-year-old son on Nov. 18.