AP Photo/Mohammad abu Ghosh
A small boy cries Thursday Dec. 28, 2006, as a barber tries to keep him sitting still at a barber shop in Amman, Jordan. Hair styling shops are usually very busy over the two days prior to the Muslim Eid al-Adha celebration, which will fall on Saturday Dec. 30.
National Security Sit-Down
AP Photo/Evan Vucci
President Bush walks with, from left, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 in Crawford, Texas. Mr. Bush met with his national security team at his Texas ranch, and declared he has moved one step closer to devising a new Iraq strategy.
Flood Finds
AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara
An Acehnese man salvages usable items from his submerged house in Aceh Tamiang district, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006. Authorities deployed boats and helicopters to shift aid to survivors of floods and landslides in northwestern Indonesia that have killed at least 109 and displaced more than 400,000.
Bullet-Riddled
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People pass by a police post which was machine-gunned during an attack by armed gangs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006. Sixteen people were killed and 23 injured in attacks by gangs against civilian buses and police stations, officials said. In one of the deadliest attacks gang members torched a bus, killing at least seven passengers.
Tangled Mess
AP Photo/Hans Punz
Fabienne Suter from Switzerland crashes in the finish area after completing the second run of an Alpine ski World Cup women's giant slalom, in Semmering, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006.
Thai Economy Trickles
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A tourist walks past a fountain at shopping center in Bangkok, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006. The Thai economy is projected to grow only 4.7 percent with an inflation rate of 4.6 percent this year, dampened by a decline in exports and tourism due to a stronger baht and a slowdown in lending, consumption and investment.
Swiss Sunset
AP Photo/Keystone, Steffen Schmidt
A woman enjoys the sunset on the Ueltliberg mountain near Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006.
One Last Apollo Show
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Pall bearers carry the casket containing James Brown's body into the Apollo Theater Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 in New York. Fans of the late "Godfather of Soul" began lining up outside Harlem's Apollo Theater early Thursday to pay their last respects as James Brown's body was driven from Georgia for his last date on the historic stage.
Lights Right?
GETTY IMAGES/Mario Tama
Workers install the final light bulbs onto the exterior of the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 in New York. Revelers from around the globe will watch the famous ball drop at midnight on Dec. 31.
