Photos Of The Day

Far From Tame Game — AP Photo/M. Lakshman

A challenger attempts to tame a bull at the bull taming festival called Jallikattu, in Palamedu, about 360 miles south of Chennai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. Jallikattu is an ancient sporting event of the Tamils which takes place during the Pongal festive season.

Fruits Of Embryo Rescue

Noah Benton Markham is held by his father Glen Markham just after birth at St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, La., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. Noah's mom, Rebekah Markham, had been impregnated with an embryo that was rescued from a hospital in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Baghdad Blast

Iraqi firemen search for survivors at the scene of two explosions in front of al-Mustansiriyah University Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007 in Baghdad. A suicide bomber blew himself up and a car bomb exploded as students and staff were walking out of the university at the end of the day, killing at least 60 and injuring many more.

Off Track

A derailed train is seen in Banyumas, central Java, Indonesia Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. A crowded carriage of an Indonesian passenger train derailed and plunged into a dry river bed just after midnight Tuesday, killing five people and injuring more than 250, a police officer said.

Eye Candy

An elephant eats carrots as another looks on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, at the zoo in Erfurt, eastern Germany.

Quake Victims Remembered

Relatives of victims and volunteers light some 6,000 candles for the candlelight memorial service for the 1995 Hanshin earthquake victims at a park in Itami city, Hyogo prefecture, western Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. The Twelfth anniversary of the massive earthquake which killed more than 6,000 people will be held in Kobe Jan. 17.

Rio Unrest

A Brazilian policeman is seen through a burned bus which was attacked by drug traffickers near Mangueira favela (Shantytown) in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. Drug trafficker gangs clashed with police forces despite the deployment of 500 troops.

Texas Chilly

Icicles hang from a stop sign in San Antonio, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. Icy conditions are expected to continue as temperatures will remain in the low 30s in the San Antonio area.

Construction Collapse

Firefighters and members of a rescue brigade search for missing victims at the crater of the collapsed 'Pinheiros' subway station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. Rescuers recovered two bodies but fear that there are at least seven victims at the major subway construction site accident in South America's biggest city.

Dolphin Drive

Rescue workers try to herd a group of dolphins out of Northwest Creek cove Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, in East Hampton, N.Y. An estimated thirty dolphins swam into the area through a narrow shallow channel and couldn't find their way out, becoming trapped.

Ramadi Respite

A U.S. Army soldier from B Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, rests after searching a home in Ramadi, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, in Iraq's Anbar province. Ramadi, with daily fighting between U.S. forces and insurgents, has one of the highest casualty rates in Iraq.

Castro Health Rumors Swirl

Cuban students speak close to a portrait of Cuba's President Fidel Castro during a recess at the Sergio Gonzalez Lopez school in Havana, Tuesday, Jan.16, 2007. Rumors regarding Castro's health, this time in the Spanish press, swirled again, but were emphatically denied by an anonymous Cuban diplomat.