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Authorities surround a Bank of America where a robbery may have turned into a hostage situation in Coral Gables, Fla. on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Coral Gables police were called to the bank near the University of Miami. The university sent an alert to students warning them to stay away from the area near the bank. Administrators reported the incident as a hostage situation. (AP Photo/Edouard H.R. Gluck)
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Women holding a placard reading "Women! Double day, Half pension" during a protest, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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Jeffrey Sachs, special adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (The Earth Institute Columbia University)
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Children study in scant shade in Dertu, where school attendance has doubled for boys and tripled for girls. Their teacher lives in a backpacker's tent and will move with the nomads when they do. (Associated Press)
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Maria Ruskiewicz, a law student at Oklahoma City University, said on Tuesday that Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz, a Wisconsin prosecutor accused of abusing his power to seek relationships with two other women, also sent her sexually harassing text messages in 2008 while helping her seek a pardon for a teenage drug conviction. (AP Photo/Oklahoma City University School of Law, Nathan Gunter)
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives to preside over a celebration of Catholic Education at St Mary's University College, in Twickenham, London, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Thousands of cheering Catholic schoolchildren feted Pope Benedict XVI with songs and gifts Friday on his second day in Britain, offering a boisterous welcome as the pontiff urged them to ignore the shallow temptations of today's "celebrity culture." (AP Photo/Ben Stansall, Pool)
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Pope Benedict XVI presides over a Celebration of Catholic Education at St Mary's University College, in London, on Friday Sept.17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on the second day of a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Ben Stansall, Pool)
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** FILE ** Children hold crucifixes during then-Pope Benedict XVI's visit at St. Mary's University College in London, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Pope Benedict XVI greets a child during his visit at ST. Mary University college in London, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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A protester holds a banner surrounded by police as people demonstrate outside St Mary's University College in Twickemham, London where Pope Benedict XVI is due arrive to celebrate catholic education, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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A protester holds a banner whilst demonstrating outside St Mary's University College in Twickemham, west London where Pope Benedict XVI arrived to celebrate catholic education, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Protesters hold their banners whilst demonstrating outside St Mary's University College in Twickemham, west London where Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Catholic education, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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A school-girl takes a photograph of Pope Benedict XVI with her phone at at St Mary's University College during day two of the Pope's four day state visit to Britain in Twickenham, London Friday Sept.17, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Macdiarmid, Pool)
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Pope Benedict XVI greets faithful during his visit at St. Mary University college in London, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Children from the Holy Cross Primary School in Plymouth western England meet Pope Benedict XVI during a celebration of Catholic education at St Mary's University College, Twickenham, London. Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on the second day of a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/ Steve Parsons/Pool)
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Line of police officers watch over the crowd outside St Mary's University College in Twickemham, London where Pope Benedict XVI is attending a celebration of catholic education, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Pope Benedict XVI presides during a celebration of Catholic Education at St Mary's University College, in Twickenham, London, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Thousands of cheering Catholic schoolchildren feted Pope Benedict XVI with songs and gifts Friday on his second day in Britain, offering a boisterous welcome as the pontiff urged them to ignore the shallow temptations of today's "celebrity culture." (AP Photo/Ben Stansall, Pool)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Sister Julia Marie walks with students to her classroom before teaching a chemistry class at St. Cecilia Academy, a high school, on Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn. The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia has 27 postulants entering the convent this fall, likely the largest group of new nuns in training in the U.S., according to religious scholars.
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Sygifrid Saweru is headmaster of Msaranga Secondary School, one of dozens of secondary schools built in the region to accommodate a surge in primary school graduates. The desks are on dirt floors because the building is only half-finished. (Associated Press)
