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This is an undated handout photo issued Monday July 19, 2010 by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) of a Horton Plains slender loris, sitting on a forest branch in a mountain forest in central Sri Lanka. Researchers say they photographed the rare primate thought to have been extinct for more than 60 years in a forest in central Sri Lanka. The Zoological Society of London said in in a statement on Monday that a Horton Plains slender loris with wide eyes and short limbs has been caught on camera by ZSL and Sri Lankan researchers after they surveyed forest patches for more than 200 hours, looking for signs of the primate. (AP Photo/Zoological Society of London/Ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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Fire fighters try to contain the flames from a pipeline explosion at a Chinese port in Dalian in northern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, July 17, 2010. The oil pipeline at the busy Chinese port exploded, causing a massive fire that burned for 15 hours before being put out Saturday. Officials said no one was killed. (AP Photo)
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Fire fighters walk near flames towering from a pipeline explosion at a Chinese port in Dalian in northern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, July 17, 2010. The oil pipeline at the busy Chinese port exploded, causing a massive fire that burned for 15 hours before being put out Saturday. Officials said no one was killed. (AP Photo)
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This is an undated file photo, issued by the Crown Office, of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the Libyan man found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing. (Associated Press/Crown Office, File)
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British and Australian soldiers carry the coffin of an Australian unknown soldier during a ceremony at the British Australian cemetery of Fromelles, Northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Royalty, governments and relatives on Monday honored Australian and British soldiers whose remains were discovered in mass graves on the 94th anniversary of the World War I battle of Fromelles in northern France.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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British and Australian soldiers carry the coffin of an unknown soldier during the service of rededication at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Ceremonies were marking the 94th anniversary of the World War I Battle of the Somme. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
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British and Australian soldiers carry the coffin of an Australian unknown soldier during a ceremony at the British Australian cemetery of Fromelles, Northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Royalty, governments and relatives on Monday honored Australian and British soldiers whose remains were discovered in mass graves on the 94th anniversary of the World War I battle of Fromelles in northern France.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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British and Australian soldiers carry the coffin of an Australian unknown soldier during a ceremony at the British Australian cemetery of Fromelles, Northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Royalty, governments and relatives on Monday honored Australian and British soldiers whose remains were discovered in mass graves on the 94th anniversary of the World War I battle of Fromelles in northern France.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, talk during the service of rededication at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Ceremonies are marking the 94th anniversary of the World War I Battle of the Somme. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
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Australia Governor General Quentin Bryce prepares to put a rose on the coffin of an Australian unknown soldier during a ceremony at the British Australian cemetary of Fromelles, Northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Royalty, governments and relatives on Monday honored Australian and British soldiers whose remains were discovered in mass graves on the 94th anniversary of the World War I battle of Fromelles in northern France.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Britain's Prince Charles delivers a speech during the service of rededication at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Ceremonies were marking the 94th anniversary of the World War I Battle of the Somme. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
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This undated photo provided by the National Archives via the National World War II Museum shows a Marine Corps dog handler as he comforts his German shepherd while the dog is X-rayed after being shot by a Japanese sniper on Bougainville. The dog died of its injuries. (AP Photo/National Archives via the National World War II Museum)
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An Indonesian Muslim woman checks her laptop after an afternoon prayer at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, July 19, 2010. People in the world's most populous Muslim nation have been facing Africa, not Mecca, while praying. Indonesia's highest Islamic body acknowledged Monday it made a mistake when issuing an edict in March saying the holy city in Saudi Arabia was to the country's west. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)
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Indonesian Muslim men pray at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, July 19, 2010. People in the world's most populous Muslim nation have been facing Africa, not Mecca, while praying. Indonesia's highest Islamic body acknowledged Monday it made a mistake when issuing an edict in March saying the holy city in Saudi Arabia was to the country's west. It has since asked followers to shift direction slightly northward during their daily prayers. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A Palestinian woman smokes a water pipe as she checks the Internet at a cafe in Gaza City on Sunday. Gaza's Hamas rulers have banned women from smoking water pipes in cafes, calling it a practice that destroys marriages and sullies the image of the Palestinian people.
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Afghan firefighters hose down the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, July 18, 2010, two days before an international conference that bring together representatives from about 60 nations. (AP Photo/Hossein Fatemi)
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on Sunday, July 18, 2010. Talks come within the framework of efforts aimed at reviving direct negotiations between Israel and Palestinians. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Afghan police and other officials inspect the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed three civilians on Sunday, July 18, 2010, two days before an international conference of representatives from about 60 nations, an Afghan official said. The bomber was on foot, and his target was unclear, according to police official Abdul Ghafor Sayedzada. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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A U.S. Army soldier from the 49th Military Police Brigade counts gas masks on Sunday, July 18, 2010, at Camp Victory in Baghdad as the unit prepares to ship their equipment and belongings home. The soldiers, based in Fairfield, Calif., are soon to leave Iraq as part of the U.S. drawdown of forces, which begins in earnest next month. The number of soldiers in Iraq is expected to go from 77,500 currently in the country to 50,000 by Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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FILE - In this May 18, 2010 file photo, U.S. soldiers load dead bodies on a vehicle after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital Tuesday, killing six troops - five Americans and one Canadian, officials said. Twelve Afghan civilians also died, many of them on a public bus in rush-hour traffic. Escalating violence in Afghanistan is now the worst since the early months of the nearly 9-year-old war, killing 1,074 civilians so far this year as international forces struggle to establish security, an Afghan rights group said Monday, July 12, 2010. (AP Photo, File)
