AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson
Defense Secretary-designate Robert Gates, President Bush's choice to replace Donald Rumsfeld, answers questions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., ranking Democrat on the committee is at left.
Grieving In Iraq
AP Photo/Samir Mizban
Iraqi women whose daughter and sister was killed in an attack grieve outside the Kindi hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006. Suspected insurgents set off a car bomb to stop a minibus carrying Shiite government employees in Baghdad, then shot and killed 15 of them, the government said.
Tow Away Zone
AP Photo/Seth Wenig
The USS Intrepid aircraft carrier is pulled by tugboats Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006 in New York. The Intrepid survived five Japanese kamikaze suicide plane attacks and lost 270 crew members in the last two years of WWII. It later served off Korea and Vietnam and as a recovery ship for NASA astronauts. The carrier, opened in 1982 as a museum, is going five miles to Bayonne, N.J. for a two-year $60 million overhaul.
Perilous Package?
AP Photo/Ron Edmonds
A Secret Service bomb disposal team member walks toward a suspicious package after a woman threw it into the courtyard of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006. The woman was taken into custody without incident and was being questioned. The package was being investigated.
Birthday Fit For A King
AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong
Fireworks light the sky near the Grand Palace, right, as part of the ceremonies celebrating Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand. King Bhumibol, the world's longest reigning monarch, celebrated his 79th birthday on Tuesday.
In The Swim
AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa
Japan's Junichi Miyashita swims on his way to winning the gold medal in the final of the Men's 100 meter backstroke at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday Dec. 5, 2006.
Fond Of Frescoes
AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia
People admire the newly restored 13th century frescoes of the Gothic Hall at the Santi Quattro Coronati (Four Crowned Martyrs Saints) monastery during their official presentation in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006. The restoration, begun in 1997 was financed entirely with funds from the Italian Cultural Heritage Ministry.
Missing In Oregon
AP Photo/Don Ryan
Josephine County Sheriff's office Sgt. Joel Heller speaks with members of a search and rescue team headed down Bear Camp Road in the Siskyou National Forest near Galice, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, near where the Kim family became stranded in snow. Kati Kim and her two children were found in good health Monday by a helicopter, but James Kim, who tried to hike out, was still missing.
Verdict Violence
AP Photo/Jorge Saenz
A protester throws a stone at riot police during clashes in Fernando de la Mora Av. in Asuncion, Paraguay on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006. The clashes were a reaction to the verdict of involuntary manslaughter handed down in the Ycua Bolanos Supermarket fire trial. A huge fire that swept through a crowded supermarket in august 2004, killing over 200 people.
