Syrian police remove Ashley Fruno and Jason Baker, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), as they protest inside a coop in front of a KFC restaurant in Damascus July 22, 2010. Pedestrians at the busy Damascus thoroughfare were stunned on Thursday when the two Westerners appeared in front of the fast food restaurant to protest the U.S. chain's treatment of chickens, before they were swiftly rounded up and deported. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS) 

Ashley Fruno of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protests inside a coop in front of a KFC restaurant in Damascus July 22, 2010. Pedestrians at the busy Damascus thoroughfare were stunned on Thursday when the two Westerners appeared in front of the fast food restaurant to protest the U.S. chain's treatment of chickens, before they were swiftly rounded up and deported. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY FOOD) 

Ashley Fruno and Jason Baker, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), protest inside a coop in front of a KFC restaurant in Damascus July 22, 2010. Pedestrians at the busy Damascus thoroughfare were stunned on Thursday when the two Westerners appeared in front of the fast food restaurant to protest the U.S. chain's treatment of chickens, before they were swiftly rounded up and deported. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS) 

Ashley Fruno and Jason Baker, members of the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), protest inside a coop in front of a KFC restaurant in Damascus July 22, 2010. Pedestrians at the busy Damascus thoroughfare were stunned on Thursday when the two Westerners appeared in front of the fast food restaurant to protest the U.S. chain's treatment of chickens, before they were swiftly rounded up and deported. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY FOOD ANIMALS) 

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak speaks prior to a meeting [with visiting Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov ] January 18. [Barak was due to return to the United States tomorrow for a second round of peace talks with Syria, however the talks were suspended indefinitely because each side, "wants to have its needs decided first," the United States said on Tuesday. ]