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Pope Benedict XVI asperges incense in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary, on the occasion of the Immaculate Conception feast, in Rome, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI inaugurated the Christmas season in Rome with his traditional visit to the posh Spanish Steps neighborhood to pray before a statue of Mary. Throngs of shoppers, tourists and Romans alike jammed the rain-slicked cobblestones around the piazza to catch a glimpse of Benedict as he marked the Catholic Church's feast of the Immaculate Conception. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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** FILE ** Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah performs Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in September 2010. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)
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** FILE ** Seif al-Islam Gadhafi talks to reporters at the ancient city of Cyrene near the city of al-Bayda, northeastern Libya, in this Sept. 10, 2007, file photo. Several leaked U.S. diplomatic memos speculate on the jockeying for succession to power among the sons of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi -- Seif al-Islam, Mutassim and Khamis. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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In an image provided by Sports Illustrated, New Orleans Saints quarterback is shown on the cover of Sports Illustrated, which honored Brees as its sportsman of the year Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Sports Illustrated, Walter Iooss Jr.)
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In this undated publicity image released by Geffen Records, musician El Debarge is shown. (AP Photo/Geffen Records, Christian Lantry)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Sabid Ali Sheikh hunts for rats in a Mumbai neighborhood situated between a 50-acre slaughterhouse and a city dump. He has to kill 30 rats a night, six nights a week, or he won't get his $271-per-month pay.
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Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, holds the World Cup trophy after the announcement of Qatar hosting the 2022 soccer World Cup in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, left, Office of Management and Budget director Jacob Lew, center, and Rabbi Levi Shemtov light the National Menorah in celebration of Hanukkah on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, center, installs with other Rabbis a giant Hanukkah Menorah at the launch of the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, named Hanukkah, at the Pariser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Members of the Hungarian Orthodox Jewish community dance at the beginning of the Hanukkah Festival in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Dec 1, 2010. The Hanukkah Festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, is lasting eight days and it's commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in 165 BC at the time of the Maccabee rebellion. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Members of the Hungarian Orthodox Jewish community dance at the beginning of the Hanukkah Festival in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Dec 1, 2010. The Hanukkah Festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, is lasting eight days and it's commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in 165 BC at the time of the Maccabee rebellion. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Aviva Schalit, center, and Noam Schalit, stand near a life-sized cutout of their son, captured Israeli army soldier Gilad Schalit, as they light a candle on the eve of the first night of Hanukkah, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. The Jewish festival of light, an eight-day commemoration of the Jewish uprising in the second century B.C. against the Greek-Syrian kingdom, which had tried to put statues of Greek gods in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, started Wednesday. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal (center) installs a giant Hanukkah menorah with other rabbis at the launch of the eight-day Jewish festival of lights at the Pariser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin on Wednesday.
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DUBAI MEDIA OFFICE VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum shows Tom Cruise how to balance a falcon on his arm during a publicity event for the next "Mission: Impossible" movie, being filmed in Dubai.
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In an image provided by Sports Illustrated, New Orleans Saints quarterback is shown on the cover of Sports Illustrated, which honored Brees as its sportsman of the year Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Sports Illustrated, Walter Iooss Jr.)
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Protesters block traffic during a march protesting against tuition fees increases in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to increase university tuition fees. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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A British police officer scuffles with a protester during a march by a group of students outside Buckingham Palace, protesting against tuition fees increases in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple university tuition fees. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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British police officers escort a group of protesters demonstrating against tuition fees increases during a march from Buckingham Palace, background, towards Trafalgar Square in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple university tuition fees. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Students gather in downtown Rome Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, during a protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange contends that the just-released diplomatic cables show spying, corruption, and human rights abuse by the U.S.
