An Iraqi soldier stands guard at the scene of a car bomb explosion on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 in Baghdad. A car bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in central of Baghdad, killing four civilians and injuring 12 others.
Colorado Hostage Suspect
In this photo released Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, by the Jefferson County (Colo.) Sheriff's Office, Duane Morrison, 53, of the Denver area is shown. The sheriff's office identified Morrison as the gunman who took six girls hostage in a Bailey, Colo., high school classroom, fatally wounding one before killing himself.
Palestinian Rally
A Palestinian girl looks out the window of her father's car as Palestinian militants for the Resistance Committee march during a rally in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the Gaza Strip Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Thursday marks the six-year anniversary of the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising or Intifada, triggered by Ariel Sharon visiting the Al-Aqsa mosque, also known as the Temple Mount.
Typhoon's Toll
Government workers prepare to remove the steel structure of a giant billboard which toppled and hit a bus, injuring 15 passengers, along a highway in Manila at the height of typhoon Xangsane, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Xangsane unleashed powerful winds and dumped heavy rains across northern and central Philippines. At least ten people were reportedly killed in the 10th typhoon to hit the country this season.
Czarina Returns
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, left, attends a burial ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Burial ceremonies were held for the Czarina, the Danish-born empress whose remains are to be interred in her adopted Russia 78 years after her death. She went into exile in Denmark in 1919 and died in 1928.
Aquarium Enlightens Child
A child peers in to the newly opened "Shark Wharf" at Beijing Aquarium on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 in Beijing, China. When built in 1990 it was reported that the aquarium was the largest in Asia, and the largest inland aquarium in the world.
Confuscious Birthday Bash
A statue of Confucius is seen with high-rise buildings in the background, during a ceremony to honor the Chinese philosopher and educator at a Confucian Temple Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 in Changchun of Jilin Province, China. Various celebrations are being held in different Confucian Temples around China and the world to mark Confucius's 2,557 birthday.
HP Hearing
Former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, left, listens as former HP General Counsel Ann Baskins asserts her Fifth Amendment right while refusing to testify during a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 in Washington. The Subcommittee is hearing testimony on recent events surrounding the company.
Don't Mess With Mama
A hippopotamus named Carlota plays with her newborn in "The Park of Legends" zoo in Lima, Peru on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. The baby hippopotamus was Peru's first ever born in captivity on Sept. 16, but zoo officials still do not know its sex. Mamma Carlota is very protective of her young and won't let any person get near enough to make the determination.
Film Festival News
Actor/director Robert De Niro, smiles as he listens to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, in New York, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, after announcing a partnership between the Tribeca Film Festival and the Rome Film Festival. De Niro is a founder of the Tribeca Film Festival.