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Local residents tend to their livestock in the town of Awerial which has received a sudden influx of thousands of displaced people who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat across the White Nile, in South Sudan Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The international Red Cross said Wednesday that the road from Bor to the nearby Awerial area "is lined with thousands of people" waiting for boats so they could cross the Nile River and that the gathering of displaced is "is the largest single identified concentration of displaced people in the country so far". (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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A part of Tel Hashomer hospital, where former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized, is seen near Tel Aviv, Israel,Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Sharon, who has been in a coma for eight years, was in critical condition on Thursday, clinging to life after a decline in the functioning of various bodily organs, his doctors said. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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FILE -- In this Sunday Jan. 30, 2005 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pauses during the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for eight years, clings to life after a decline in the functioning of various bodily organs, his doctors say, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, Pool, File)

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Bangladeshi security personnel carry ballot boxes and other election materials to polling centers a day before general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. The run-up to Sunday's general election in Bangladesh has been marked by bloody street clashes and caustic political vendettas, and the vote threatens to plunge this South Asian country even deeper into crisis. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

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Bangladeshi policemen stand guard as a man walks by on a street during a nationwide 48-hour strike called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a day before general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. The run-up to Sunday's general election in Bangladesh has been marked by bloody street clashes and caustic political vendettas, and the vote threatens to plunge this South Asian country even deeper into crisis. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's motorcade is parked near al-Hussein mosque while Kerry meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II at Al-Hummar Palace in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. America's top diplomat is trying to nudge Israel and the Palestinians closer to signing an accord, setting up a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Kerry said Saturday that progress is being made, yet key hurdles are yet to be overcome. Kerry's talks on Sunday with Jordan's King Abdullah II and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah are likely to also touch on the war in Syria, rising violence in Iraq, and Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

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U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Stuart E. Jones, left, Jordan's King Abdullah II, right, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talk before attending a meeting at al-Hummar Palace in Amman on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. America's top diplomat is trying to nudge Israel and the Palestinians closer to signing an accord, setting up a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Kerry said Saturday that progress is being made, yet key hurdles are yet to be overcome. Kerry's talks on Sunday with Jordan's King Abdullah II and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah are likely to also touch on the war in Syria, rising violence in Iraq, and Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

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Egyptian plainclothes policemen arrest a female supporter of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The confrontations spilled from main streets to side streets in heavily populated residential areas in several provinces including Cairo, Giza and Alexandria. Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters hurled rocks at security forces, which responded with volleys of tear gas. Arabic reads, "Sissi is a killer." (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latif, El Shorouk newspaper) EGYPT OUT

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Heavy smoke billows the air due to clashes between supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and security forces in Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The confrontations spilled from main streets to side streets in heavily populated residential areas in several provinces including Cairo, Giza and Alexandria. Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters hurled rocks at security forces, which responded with volleys of tear gas. (AP Photo/Heba Khamis)

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Egyptian plainclothes policemen arrest a supporter of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The confrontations spilled from main streets to side streets in heavily populated residential areas in several provinces including Cairo, Giza and Alexandria. Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters hurled rocks at security forces, which responded with volleys of tear gas. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latif, El Shorouk newspaper) EGYPT OUT

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A military soldier walks through heavy smoke from clashes with supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The confrontations spilled from main streets to side streets in heavily populated residential areas in several provinces including Cairo, Giza and Alexandria. Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters hurled rocks at security forces, which responded with volleys of tear gas. (AP Photo/Heba Khamis)

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Hezbollah fighters stand next to the coffin of Ali Khadra, who was killed Thursday by a bomb explosion, during their funeral processions in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. An explosion tore through a crowded commercial street Thursday in a south Beirut neighborhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah, killing several people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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This image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians inspecting a burnt bus after a missile fired by Syrian government aircraft hit the vehicle in the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Bab in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. The bus was full of people when it was struck, setting it on fire and killing several people, activists said.. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

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Sisiters of Ali Khadra, who was killed Thursday by a car bomb explosion, weep as they attend their brother's funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. An explosion tore through a crowded commercial street Thursday in a south Beirut neighborhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah, killing several people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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The father, right, and brother of Ali Khadra, left, who was killed Thursday by a bomb explosion, carry his coffin during his funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. An explosion tore through a crowded commercial street Thursday in a south Beirut neighborhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah, killing several people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Mourners carry the coffin of Ali Khadra, who was killed Thursday by a bomb explosion, during his funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. An explosion tore through a crowded commercial street Thursday in a south Beirut neighborhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah, killing several people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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The father, right, and brother of Ali Khadra, left, who was killed Thursday by a bomb explosion, carry his coffin during his funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. An explosion tore through a crowded commercial street Thursday in a south Beirut neighborhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah, killing several people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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A Cambodia riot police holding a rifle confronts the protesters of garment workers on strike near a factory of Canadia Center, on the Stung Meanchey complex at the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. A police official says at least three people are dead and several wounded after police in Cambodia opened fire Friday to break up a labor protest by striking garment workers. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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Cambodian riot police prepare to blockade garment workers during a strike near a factory of Canadia Center, on the Stung Meanchey complex at the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. Police wounded several striking Cambodian garment workers Friday when they opened fire to break up a labor protest, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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Cambodian riot police officers with shields prepare to confront with garment workers throwing stones and bricks on them near a factory on the Stung Meanchey complex on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. A police official says at least three people are dead and several wounded after police opened fire Friday to break up a labor protest by striking garment workers. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)