Chinese paramilitary police stand guard at an ethnic Han neighborhood in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009. Chinese leaders bowed to public demands and sacked the head of the western city wracked by communal violence and a bizarre string of needle attacks, hoping to calm uneasy mobs and end protests that percolated for a third day. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

Chinese paramilitary police stand guard at an ethnic Han neighborhood in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009. Chinese leaders bowed to public demands and sacked the head of the western city wracked by communal violence and a bizarre string of needle attacks, hoping to calm uneasy mobs and end protests that percolated for a third day.

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  1. Abraham Alberto stands in his neighborhood grocery store he owned with his deceased wife, Guadalupe Alberto, who was killed in 2008 when the 2005 Toyota Camry she was driving crashed, in Flint, Michigan February 8, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp. is facing a growing number of lawsuits from consumers who complain their vehicles suddenly accelerate or may do so, and want the world's largest automaker to pay for it.
  2. Abraham Alberto (L) stands in his neighborhood grocery store with two of his children Lilia and Douglas holding a memorial poster showing his deceased wife, Guadalupe Alberto, who was killed in 2008 when the 2005 Toyota Camry she was driving crashed, in Flint, Michigan February 8, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp. is facing a growing number of lawsuits from consumers who complain their vehicles suddenly accelerate or may do so, and want the world's largest automaker to pay for it.
  3. An Israeli flag hangs down Beit Yonatan, a house built by Jewish settlers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The Israeli government has stepped in to try to save a house built illegally by Jewish settlers in a volatile Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem, complicating already troubled U.S. efforts to renew Mideast peacemaking.
  4. A view of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, where Jewish settlers have built a house, not seen, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The Israeli government has stepped in to try to save a house built illegally by Jewish settlers in a volatile Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem, complicating already troubled U.S. efforts to renew Mideast peacemaking.
  5. An Israeli flag hangs down Beit Yonatan, a house built by Jewish settlers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The Israeli government has stepped in to try to save a house built illegally by Jewish settlers in a volatile Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem, complicating already troubled U.S. efforts to renew Mideast peacemaking.
  6. An Israeli flag flies on the rooftop of Beit Yonatan, bottom left, a house built by Jewish settlers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The Israeli government has stepped in to try to save a house built illegally by Jewish settlers in a volatile Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem, complicating already troubled U.S. efforts to renew Mideast peacemaking.
  7. A worker washes a statue of a Chinese deity during the preparation of the celebration of Lunar New Year at a temple in the China Town in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Ethnic Chinese communities in the world's most populous Muslim country will celebrate the Lunar New Year on Feb. 14.
  8. A woman shops for Chinese New Year decorations at a market at the China Town in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Ethnic Chinese communities in the world's most populous Muslim country are preparing to celebrate the start of the Lunar Year of the Tiger.
  9. Survivors of Haiti's earthquake walk through a dump at the Cite Soleil neighborhood in Port-au-Prince February 8, 2010. More than 200,000 people were killed in the 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12. It has led to scenes of chaotic food handouts amid the ruins of the capital Port-au-Prince.
  10. A survivor of Haiti's earthquake carries a sack of coal at the Cite Soleil neighborhood in Port-au-Prince February 8, 2010. More than 200,000 people were killed in the 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12. It has led to scenes of chaotic food handouts amid the ruins of the capital Port-au-Prince.
  11. A survivor of Haiti's earthquake pushes a tube at the Cite Soleil neighborhood in Port-au-Prince February 8, 2010. More than 200,000 people were killed in the 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12. It has led to scenes of chaotic food handouts amid the ruins of the capital Port-au-Prince.
  12. MIAMI - FEBRUARY 08: Samuel Petie sorts through a box of donated items at the Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Center where they continue to collect items to be shipped to Haiti for earthquake relief on February 8, 2010 in Miami, Florida. With thousands of people in need due to the earthquake the Haitian community in South Florida has responded by gathering food, medicine, money and other relief supplies to be sent to their homeland. As the one month anniversary of the earthquake arrives the amount of giving continues but some are afraid that as it gets farther away from the disaster date people will start to forget about the huge humanitarian needs in Haiti.
  13. MIAMI - FEBRUARY 08: Raoul Faustin (L) and Marcelin Garry sort through boxes of donated items at the Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Center where they continue to collect items to be shipped to Haiti for earthquake relief on February 8, 2010 in Miami, Florida. With thousands of people in need due to the earthquake the Haitian community in South Florida has responded by gathering food, medicine, money and other relief supplies to be sent to their homeland. As the one month anniversary of the earthquake arrives the amount of giving continues but some are afraid that as it gets farther away from the disaster date people will start to forget about the huge humanitarian needs in Haiti.
  14. MIAMI - FEBRUARY 08: Wilfred Joseph prepares to add a can of soup to a box full of donated food at the Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Center where they continue to collect items to be shipped to Haiti for earthquake relief on February 8, 2010 in Miami, Florida. With thousands of people in need due to the earthquake the Haitian community in South Florida has responded by gathering food, medicine, money and other relief supplies to be sent to their homeland. As the one month anniversary of the earthquake arrives the amount of giving continues but some are afraid that as it gets farther away from the disaster date people will start to forget about the huge humanitarian needs in Haiti.
  15. MIAMI - FEBRUARY 08: Pierre Anne Chimene sorts through clothes that had been dropped off at the Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Center where they continue to collect items to be shipped to Haiti for earthquake relief on February 8, 2010 in Miami, Florida. With thousands of people in need due to the earthquake the Haitian community in South Florida has responded by gathering food, medicine, money and other relief supplies to be sent to their homeland. As the one month anniversary of the earthquake arrives the amount of giving continues but some are afraid that as it gets farther away from the disaster date people will start to forget about the huge humanitarian needs in Haiti.
  16. MIAMI - FEBRUARY 08: Sisters Marie France (L) and Marie Verlaime pack food items into boxes after they had been dropped off at the Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Center where they continue to collect items to be shipped to Haiti for earthquake relief on February 8, 2010 in Miami, Florida. With thousands of people in need due to the earthquake the Haitian community in South Florida has responded by gathering food, medicine, money and other relief supplies to be sent to their homeland. As the one month anniversary of the earthquake arrives the amount of giving continues but some are afraid that as it gets farther away from the disaster date people will start to forget about the huge humanitarian needs in Haiti.
  17. MIAMI - FEBRUARY 08: Wilfred Joseph gathers boxes of items dropped off at the Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Center where they continue to collect items to be shipped to Haiti for earthquake relief on February 8, 2010 in Miami, Florida. With thousands of people in need due to the earthquake the Haitian community in South Florida has responded by gathering food, medicine, money and other relief supplies to be sent to their homeland. As the one month anniversary of the earthquake arrives the amount of giving continues, but some are afraid that as it gets farther away from the disaster date people will start to forget about the huge humanitarian needs in Haiti.
  18. MIAMI - FEBRUARY 08: Fritz Armand (L) and Eric Francois gather boxes of items dropped off at the Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Center where they continue to collect items to be shipped to Haiti for earthquake relief on February 8, 2010 in Miami, Florida. With thousands of people in need due to the earthquake the Haitian community in South Florida has responded by gathering food, medicine, money and other relief supplies to be sent to their homeland. As the one month anniversary of the earthquake arrives the amount of giving continues but some are afraid that as it gets farther away from the disaster date people will start to forget about the huge humanitarian needs in Haiti.

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