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Elite gendarme officers release children from a school, after an hostage taking in Besancon, eastern France, Monday Dec.13, 2010. Gendarmes entered the pre-school where a 17-year-old armed with swords was holding several small children and their teacher hostage in eastern France. A city official says police have detained the 17-year-old, and that all the children have been released safely. (AP Photo)
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Elite police take position at a school during an hostage taking in Besancon, eastern France, Monday Dec.13, 2010. Gendarmes entered the pre-school where a 17-year-old armed with swords was holding several small children and their teacher hostage in eastern France. A city official says police have detained the 17-year-old, and that all the children have been released safely. (AP Photo)
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An elite police climbs into a school during an hostage taking in Besancon, eastern France, Monday Dec.13, 2010. Gendarmes entered the pre-school where a 17-year-old armed with swords was holding several small children and their teacher hostage in eastern France. A city official says police have detained the 17-year-old, and that all the children have been released safely.(AP Photo)
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Relatives of children and onlookers react outside a school, during an hostage taking in Besancon, eastern France, Monday Dec.13, 2010. Gendarmes entered the pre-school where a 17-year-old armed with swords was holding several small children and their teacher hostage in eastern France. A city official says police have detained the 17-year-old, and that all the children have been released safely. (AP Photo/Str)
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Students change classes at the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington on Wednesday. (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)
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Art teacher Nafeesah Shabazz instructs drawing student Mignon Hemsley, a 17-year-old senior, at the Thurgood Marshall Academy in Anacostia on Wednesday. (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)
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In this Thursday Dec. 9, 2010 photo, Charlie Gilmour, the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, is seen participating in a demonstration in central London against government plans to triple tuition fees. Charlie Gilmour has issued a public apology for climbing on top of one of Britain's most important war memorials and trying to rig a British flag during the violent student protests against rising university fees. He added in a statement Friday Dec. 10, 2010 that he was ashamed for his 'moment of idiocy' and he did not realize the Cenotaph in central London commemorates Britain's war dead. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton is pictured at the university in Auburn, Ala., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Newton is a finalist for the Heisman Trophy which is awarded to the nation's top college football player each year. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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Mounted police officers clash with protesters as thousands of students demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London in a protest against increase in tuition fees Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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British police officers clash with protesters as thousands of students demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London in a protest against an increase in tuition fees Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Protesters cry out as they stand on the statue of Winston Churchill at Parliament Square in London, as thousands of students demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in a protest against an increase in tuition fees, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. The House of Commons voted Thursday to increase tuition fees. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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A bonfire burns in Parliament Square, as students demonstrate in Westminster, London, against planned tuition fee increases Thursday Dec. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Jeffers)
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Riot police push students back after they blocked the road outside Belfast City Hall, Northern Ireland, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. Some hundreds of students staged a protest in Belfast city center against plans to raise tuition fees. All of Northern Ireland's members of Parliament are expected to vote against the rise in fees in the House of Commons later Thursday, but the ruling coalition government is expected to win the ballot. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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Demonstrators burn wooden benches in Parliament Square, as students demonstrate in Westminster, London, against planned tuition fee increases Thursday Dec. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Jeffers)
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A stand-off between riot police and students, as the students block the main road outside of Belfast City Hall, Northern Ireland, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. Some hundreds of students staged a protest in Belfast city center against plans to raise tuition fees. All of Northern Ireland's members of Parliament are expected to vote against the rise in fees in the House of Commons later Thursday, but the ruling coalition government is expected to win the ballot. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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A police officer kicks a demonstrator during a protest against an increase in tuition fees on the edge of Parliament Square in London, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. Police clashed with protesters marching to London's Parliament Square as lawmakers debated a controversial plan to triple university tuition fees in England. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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British police medics carry an injured protester away, as thousands of students demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London Thursday Dec. 9, 2010, during a protest against an increase in university tuition fees(AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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A fire burns in Parliament Square, Westminster, London, as students demonstrate against planned tuition fee increases Thursday Dec. 9, 2010. Police with riot shields and batons pushed angry student protesters away from London's Parliament Square on Thursday as lawmakers debated a controversial plan to triple university tuition fees in England. (AP Photo/Gareth Fuller/PA)
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A mounted police officer pushes protesters back during a protest against an increase in tuition fees on the edge of Parliament Square in London, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. Police clashed with protesters marching to London's Parliament Square as lawmakers debated a controversial plan to triple university tuition fees in England. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Police officers tend to an injured man outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday Dec. 9, 2010, as police clashed with protesters marching to London's Parliament Square, while lawmakers debated a controversial plan to triple university tuition fees in England.(AP Photo/Gareth Fuller-pa)
