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A girl, carrying a photo of presidential candidate Leslie Voltaire, stands during a campaign rally in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Supporters of Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly blow cornets as they arrive for a a campaign rally in Cap Haitian, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold presidential elections on Nov. 28. (AP photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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** FILE ** Iranian technicians work at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. Iran's nuclear chief said on Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010, that a malicious computer worm known as Stuxnet had not harmed the country's atomic program and accused the West of trying to sabotage it. Iran earlier confirmed that Stuxnet had infected several personal laptops belonging to employees at the Bushehr plant but that plant systems were not affected. (AP Photo/International Iran Photo Agency, Ebrahim Norouzi)

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A woman clears debris from the office of Ireland's Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey TD of the Fianna Fail party that was vandalized and painted with the words 'traitors' in the village of Trim, 30 miles north west of Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Lawmakers in Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen's own party mounted a rebellion Tuesday to try to oust him, an effort that could trigger a snap election and delay a massive EU-IMF bailout of Ireland. At stake is the future course of the potentially Euro100 billion ($135 billion) European Union and International Monetary Fund rescue of Ireland, a nation heading toward bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

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People walk past a poster with the words "General Strike it's not one right. It's many." Tuesday, Nov. 23 2010, in Lisbon. Workers' unions have united in a call for a general strike for Nov. 24 protesting the government's package of austerity measures aimed at controlling the country's current financial crisis. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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A man hands out leaflets reading: "General strike" to commuters arriving in Lisbon from across the Tagus river Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Workers' unions have united in a call for a general strike for Nov. 24 protesting the government's package of austerity measures aimed at controlling the country's current financial crisis. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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Cambodian police officers stand near the barricade set up at a bridge where people stampeded during a water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Thousands of people stampeded late Monday, leaving over three hundred dead and scores injured in what Prime Minister Hun Sen called the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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South Korean villagers watch smoke from South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea fired artillery barrages onto the South Korean island near their disputed border Tuesday, setting buildings alight and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Yonhap)

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In this image take from TV footage, smoke rises from South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto the populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/YTN via APTN)

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Houses are burned on South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto the populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Yonhap)

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In this image take from TV footage, flames lit up just after artillery hit an area of South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto the populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/KBS via APTN)

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Smoke billow from Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, in South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto the populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Yonhap)

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A South Korean man watches a TV screen showing smoking from South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near the border of North Korea, at Seoul train station Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto the populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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A TV screen shows a map of South Korea's Yeonpyeong island, center, in a news program at an electronics store in downtown Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea fired artillery barrages onto a South Korean island near their disputed border Tuesday, setting buildings alight and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, left, talks with Defense Minister Kim Tae-young, second from right, during a security meeting at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea fired artillery barrages onto a South Korean island near their disputed border Tuesday, setting buildings alight and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Yonhap)

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A TV shows image of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in a news program at an electronics store in downtown Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea fired artillery barrages onto a South Korean island near their disputed border Tuesday, setting buildings alight and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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People read extra edition of a newpaper reporting that North Korea fired artillery onto a South Korean island, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea bombarded South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near their disputed western border Tuesday, setting buildings ablaze and killing at least one marine after warning the South to halt military drills in the area, South Korean officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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South Koreans take moment of silence for South Korean marines killed in a North Korean bombardment during a rally against North Korea's attack onto South Korean island, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto a populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Smoke billow from Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, in South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire Tuesday after the North shelled an island near their disputed sea border, killing at least two South Korean marines, setting dozens of buildings ablaze and sending civilians fleeing for shelter. (AP Photo/Yonhap)

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South Korean firefighters carry foods as they get on a boat for Yeonpyeong Island at a port in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto the populated South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, military officials said, setting buildings on fire and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)