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Women grieve next to a bloodstained blanket in a room where a baby died and another relative was wounded after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad's Sadr city November 21, 2006. A U.S. air strike in Baghdad's Sadr City district killed at least three people on Tuesday when U.S.-led forces mounted their latest raid in the hunt for death squads and a kidnapped U.S. soldier, Iraqi officials said. U.S. military spokesman Colonel Christopher Garver said he was checking the reports. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces raided Baghdad's Sadr City on Tuesday and detained seven militia members, including one believed to have information about an American soldier kidnapped last month, the military said. A popular comedian who had poked fun at Iraq's security was buried, a day after he was shot to death driving through Baghdad.


President Bush and first lady Laura Bush arrive at Hickam Air Force Base on Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)AP - President Bush will have breakfast with the troops at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii today and get a briefing from senior officers before heading back to Washington after an eight-day Asian trip.


Israeli infantry soldiers walk towards the northern Gaza Strip, from a staging point near Kfar Azza, Israel, early Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. Israeli troops and armored vehicles moved into areas east and north of Gaza City in ongoing military operations early Tuesday, Palestinian sources said. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)AP - The Israeli military launched a three-pronged offensive in the northern Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing a top Hamas commander in its latest operation against Palestinian rocket squads. An elderly Palestinian woman died in a gunbattle between troops and militants.


A woman mourns as men carry the coffin of one of her two sons, who were both killed by gunmen, from a hospital morgue in Baghdad, November 20, 2006. (Ali Jasim/Reuters)Reuters - As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, a congressional report recommends that lawmakers re-examine U.S. policy in Iraq and Afghanistan.


UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot presents the annual AIDS epidemic update report during a press conference at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. The global HIV epidemic is growing, leaving an estimated 39.5 million people worldwide infected with the deadly virus, the United Nations said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)AP - The global HIV epidemic is growing, leaving an estimated 39.5 million people worldwide infected with the deadly virus, the United Nations said Tuesday.


 

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, left, exchanges greetings with Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, third from right, as Chinese President Hu Jintao, fourth from left, looks on, at an event to celebrate 2006 India-China Friendship Year in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. Hu is in India for a four-day visit designed to boost ties between the Asian giants that have been marked by lingering tensions dating back to a 1962 border war and rivalry over their regional roles. Standing are youth from both India and China. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - The leaders of China and India declared Tuesday that cooperation will trump competition between the Asian giants, saying there is enough room for both to become global powers and pledging to double trade between the countries by 2010.


In this photo released by CBS, comedian Jerry Seinfeld talks with host David Letterman during tapping of the 'Late Show with David Letterman,' on Monday, Nov. 20, 2006 in New York. Also during the show, Seinfeld's former co-star Michael Richards appeared via satellite from California and attempted to explain a weekend stand-up comedy routine where he repeatedly used racial epithets in an apparent rageful response to hecklers, a video of the performance shows. (AP Photo/CBS, Jeffrey Neira)AP - He called two black hecklers the "n-word" and enthusiastically referenced a time when blacks were often victims of civil rights abuses, but Michael Richards said his verbal barrage during a stand-up routine was fueled by anger and not bigotry.


A Rutgers University food science graduate student demonstrates a taste test in New Brunswick. N.J., in this 2004 file photo. Doctors say how we taste food seems to affect our health and our Thanksgiving menu. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price, FILE)AP - Woe to those who have a cold on Thursday. If you can't smell the roasting turkey, it just won't taste as good. And if you think the brussels sprouts are bitter, well, blame how many taste buds you were born with, not the chef.


 

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew smiles after scoring a fourth-quarter touchdown in a National Football League game against the New York Giants, Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, in Jacksonville, Fla.(AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP - The Jaguars forced three turnovers, pressured Eli Manning into several poor throws and held Tiki Barber to a season-low 27 yards rushing in a 26-10 victory over the injury-riddled Giants. Jacksonville (6-4) rebounded from an embarrassing loss to Houston and spoiled former coach Tom Coughlin's homecoming.


 

Women grieve below the coffin of a relative who was among the two brothers killed by gunmen, at a hospital morgue in Baghdad on November 20, 2006. Gunmen killed the two brothers on Sunday night during a mourning procession for their brother and three other relatives previously killed by gunmen 40 days ago. (Ali Jasim/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq and Syria agreed to restore full diplomatic relations on Tuesday after a break of a quarter of a century, a move Iraq hopes may help stem what it says is Syrian support for militants.


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends Friday prayers at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 10, 2006. Rival Palestinian factions suspended negotiations over the formation of a unity government on Monday after disagreement emerged over the distribution of key ministries, Palestinian officials said. (Loay Abu Haykel/Reuters)Reuters - Palestinian militants in Gaza fired rockets into an Israeli town on Tuesday during a visit by the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, critically wounding one person, witnesses and ambulance workers said.


An interior view of the Arak heavy water production facility in Central Iran is shown in an October 27, 2004 file photo. The European Union urged a politically charged meeting of the U.N. nuclear agency on Monday to deny Iran's request for help with a facility that could yield plutonium for atom bombs. (Fars News/Reuters)Reuters - A divided U.N. nuclear watchdog has postponed until Thursday a ruling on Iran's bid for aid for a project the West fears could yield bomb-grade plutonium, but is still likely to block such assistance, diplomats said.


Alexander Litvinenko is seen lying in his hospital bed in London, November 20, 2006. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Russia's spy service said on Tuesday it had had no hand in the poisoning of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko -- and wished him a speedy recovery.


Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill speaks as he leaves from Beijing airport, November 21, 2006. (Jason Lee/Reuters)Reuters - Six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program could be held in mid-December, the top U.S. negotiator said on Tuesday, but he stressed the need for preparation as he ended talks in China.


Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Brussels, June 15, 2006. Berlusconi, who went on trial on Tuesday charged with fraud, was quoted as saying he would not lead Italy's government again if his centre-right coalition returned to power. (Thierry Roge/Reuters)Reuters - Silvio Berlusconi's future was in doubt on Tuesday after a newspaper said he did not want to bid for a third term as Italy's prime minister but the opposition leader said he had no plan to quit politics.


European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) is welcomed by French President Jacques Chirac before the signature ceremony of ITER, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. A seven-member international consortium has signed a formal treaty to build a multibillion-dollar experimental nuclear reactor emulating the power of the sun, sealing a decade of negotiations.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)AFP - The EU and six nations have signed a treaty launching a multibillion-dollar experimental nuclear fusion research project, aimed at emulating the power of the sun to provide limitless, clean energy.


 

UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot holds the AIDS annual epidemic update report during a press conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva. UNAIDS has said that HIV/AIDS tightened its deadly grip on the world in 2006 with 11,000 new infections every day and women increasingly at risk.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - HIV/AIDS tightened its deadly grip on the world in 2006 with 11,000 new infections every day and women increasingly at risk, the UN agency leading the global campaign against the disease has said.
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