Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller leaves her apartment after she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize in Berlin, October 8, 2009. Mueller, who charted the brutality and oppressiveness of Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, was lost for words when she learnt she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize. Mueller is known for works such as "The Land of Green Plums" which she dedicated to Romanian friends killed under Ceausescu's Communist rule and "The Appointment" in which a Romanian woman sews notes saying "Marry Me" into suits of men bound for Italy. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller leaves her apartment after she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize in Berlin, October 8, 2009. Mueller, who charted the brutality and oppressiveness of Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, was lost for words when she learnt she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize. Mueller is known for works such as "The Land of Green Plums" which she dedicated to Romanian friends killed under Ceausescu's Communist rule and "The Appointment" in which a Romanian woman sews notes saying "Marry Me" into suits of men bound for Italy. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE SEE: GM1E5A91LRJ01 

Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller covers her face as she leaves her apartment after she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize in Berlin, October 8, 2009. Mueller, who charted the brutality and oppressiveness of Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, was lost for words when she learnt she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize. Mueller is known for works such as "The Land of Green Plums" which she dedicated to Romanian friends killed under Ceausescu's Communist rule and "The Appointment" in which a Romanian woman sews notes saying "Marry Me" into suits of men bound for Italy. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller leaves her apartment after she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize in Berlin, October 8, 2009. Mueller, who charted the brutality and oppressiveness of Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, was lost for words when she learnt she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize. Mueller is known for works such as "The Land of Green Plums" which she dedicated to Romanian friends killed under Ceausescu's Communist rule and "The Appointment" in which a Romanian woman sews notes saying "Marry Me" into suits of men bound for Italy. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller leaves her flat after she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize in Berlin, October 8, 2009. Mueller, who charted the brutality and oppressiveness of Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, was lost for words when she learnt she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize. Mueller is known for works such as "The Land of Green Plums" which she dedicated to Romanian friends killed under Ceausescu's Communist rule and "The Appointment" in which a Romanian woman sews notes saying "Marry Me" into suits of men bound for Italy. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller leaves her flat after she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize in Berlin, October 8, 2009. Mueller, who charted the brutality and oppressiveness of Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, was lost for words when she learnt she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize. Mueller is known for works such as "The Land of Green Plums" which she dedicated to Romanian friends killed under Ceausescu's Communist rule and "The Appointment" in which a Romanian woman sews notes saying "Marry Me" into suits of men bound for Italy. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller leaves her flat after she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize in Berlin, October 8, 2009. Mueller, who charted the brutality and oppressiveness of Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, was lost for words when she learnt she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize. Mueller is known for works such as "The Land of Green Plums" which she dedicated to Romanian friends killed under Ceausescu's Communist rule and "The Appointment" in which a Romanian woman sews notes saying "Marry Me" into suits of men bound for Italy. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

A vendor arranges plums as he waits for customers during a relaxation of a curfew in Jammu August 14, 2008. A curfew remained in force in many parts of the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir. Police shot dead one Muslim protester as huge crowds shouting "we want freedom" took to the streets of Kashmir on Thursday over a land row that is testing New Delhi's hold on the troubled Himalayan region. REUTERS/Amit Gupta (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

Plums are spread in baskets to sun-dry in Nantou March 25, 2005. REUTERS/Joan Goh (TAIWAN) 

Plums are spread in baskets to sun-dry in Nantou March 25, 2005. REUTERS/Joan Goh (TAIWAN) 

Plum tree in full blossom are seen near Bordeaux, southwestern France, April 27, 2008.REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE) 

A Serb woman casts a vote in a small roadside cafe turned into a polling station decorated with a picture of Bosnian Serb war crime fugitive Ratko Mladic in the village of Banjska in Kosovo January 20, 2008. The plum brandy was free-flowing at polling station number 9 in Banjska, northern Kosovo, as Serbs voted for a new president under a 2007 calendar of Bosnian Serb war crime fugitive Ratko Mladic. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (SERBIA) 

A Serb man casts a vote in a small roadside cafe turned into a polling station decorated with a picture of Bosnian Serb war crime fugitive Ratko Mladic in the village of Banjska in Kosovo January 20, 2008. The plum brandy was free-flowing at polling station number 9 in Banjska, northern Kosovo, as Serbs voted for a new president under a 2007 calendar of Bosnian Serb war crime fugitive Ratko Mladic. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (SERBIA) 

A Serb man prepares to cast a vote in a small roadside cafe turned into a polling station decorated with a picture of Bosnian Serb war crime fugitive Ratko Mladic in the village of Banjska in Kosovo January 20, 2008. The plum brandy was free-flowing at polling station number 9 in Banjska, northern Kosovo, as Serbs voted for a new president under a 2007 calendar of Bosnian Serb war crime fugitive Ratko Mladic. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (SERBIA) 

A Serb woman casts a vote in a small roadside cafe turned into a polling station decorated with a picture of Bosnian Serb war crime fugitive Ratko Mladic in the village of Banjska in Kosovo January 20, 2008. The plum brandy was free-flowing at polling station number 9 in Banjska, northern Kosovo, as Serbs voted for a new president under a 2007 calendar of Bosnian Serb war crime fugitive Ratko Mladic. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (SERBIA) 

Michela Meazza, who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy, is reflected on a mirror during a dress rehearsal for The Nutcracker ballet at the Sadlers Wells Theatre in London December 13, 2007. This production is directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne and will stage its opening night on December 18, 2007. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN) 

Michela Meazza (front) who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy performs during a dress rehearsal for The Nutcracker ballet at the Sadlers Wells Theatre in London December 13, 2007. This production is directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne and will stage its opening night on December 18, 2007. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN) 

People shop inside "Reliance Mart", a shopping mall in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 6, 2007. In India's largest supermarket, in front of rows of Japanese electronics, French perfume and Californian plums, it is hard to find anyone who does not support Narendra Modi. Picture taken December 6, 2007. To match feature INDIA-GUJARAT/DIVIDE. REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA) 

People walk in front of "Reliance Mart", a shopping mall in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 6, 2007. In India's largest supermarket, in front of rows of Japanese electronics, French perfume and Californian plums, it is hard to find anyone who does not support Narendra Modi. Picture taken December 6, 2007. To match feature INDIA-GUJARAT/DIVIDE. REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA) 

An unidentified man and a young boy inspect traditional Nuremberg figures made from plums during the opening day of Germany's oldest Christkindlesmarkt (Christ Child Market) in Nuremberg, November 30, 2007. The first official record of this pre-Christmas market dates back to 1628. A list of notices for stall holders from 1737 shows that almost all of Nuremberg's craftsmen were represented. Every year, Germany's traditional markets, such as the centuries-old Christkindlesmarkt in medieval Nuremberg, draw millions of visitors, both local and foreign. They open before the first Sunday of Advent and continue until December 24 at 12 noon. REUTERS/Alexandra Beier (GERMANY) 

A firefighting helicopter flies past the sun and a plum of smoke from the Harris Fire near Jamul, California October 26, 2007. Thousands of Californians forced from their neighborhoods by this week's wind-whipped wildfires returned home on Friday, some of them finding their property unscathed amid the destruction and others discovering nothing but blackened rubble. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES) 

Bavarian Economy Minister Erwin Huber (R) helps a confectioner to make a plum cake during his visit at a Munich confectionery, September 14, 2007. Huber will run for for the office of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party leader as successor of Bavarian state premier Edmund Stoiber at the CSU party convention on September 29, 2007. REUTERS/Alexandra Beier (GERMANY) 

Miss Plum Sayaka Matsumoto, who is representing the Kishu Plum Organization, poses at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo, June 4, 2007. Miss Plums' were paying a courtesy call on Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. REUTERS/Junko Kimura/Pool (JAPAN) 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Miss Plums' representing the Kishu Plum Organization at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo, June 4, 2007. Miss Plums' were paying a courtesy call on the Prime Minister. REUTERS/Junko Kimura/Pool (JAPAN) 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets (C) Miss Plum Sayaka Matsumoto (L) and Miss Plum Ayumi Hayakawa, who are representing the Kishu Plum Organization, at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo June 4, 2007. Miss Plums' were paying a courtesy call on the Prime Minister. REUTERS/Junko Kimura/Pool (JAPAN) 

Miss Plum Sayaka Matsumoto (L) and Miss Plum Ayumi Hayakawa, representing the Kishu Plum Organization, arrive at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo, June 4, 2007. Miss Plums' were paying a courtesy call on Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. REUTERS/Junko Kimura/Pool (JAPAN) 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) speaks to Miss Plum Ayumi Hayakawa (R) and Miss Plum Sayaka Matsumoto, who are representing the Kishu Plum Organization, at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo June 4, 2007. Miss Plums' were paying a courtesy call on the Prime Minister. REUTERS/Junko Kimura/Pool (JAPAN) 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) speaks to Miss Plum Ayumi Hayakawa, who is representing the Kishu Plum Organization, at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo June 4, 2007. Miss Plums' were paying a courtesy call on the Prime Minister. REUTERS/Junko Kimura/Pool (JAPAN) 

A couple fishes at sunset in the waters off Plum Island, Massachusetts May 30, 2007. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) points to the blossoms of a bonsai plum tree presented by Dazaifu Tenmangu Shinto shrine priestess Azumi Kajiwara at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo February 16, 2007. REUTERS/Pool (JAPAN) 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) smells the blossoms of a bonsai plum tree presented by Dazaifu Tenmangu Shinto shrine priestess Isumi Kajiwara at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo February 16, 2007. REUTERS/Pool (JAPAN) 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) holds a gift of salted plums as he looks at the blossoms of bonsai plum trees presented by Dazaifu Tenmangu Shinto shrine priestesses Azumi Kajiwara (L) and Isumi Kajiwara at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo February 16, 2007. REUTERS/Pool (JAPAN) 

Women push their strollers as plum blossoms are seen at an urban park in Tokyo February 1, 2007. Health Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa's weekend reference to women as "birth-giving machines" has infuriated the public and prompted protests from both ruling and opposition party lawmakers. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota (JAPAN) 

Selfridges group executive chief chef Scott MacDonald holds up his creation of London's most expensive sandwich nick-named "The MacDonald Sandwich" at Selfridges in London April 10, 2006. The sandwich, which is on sale for 85 pounds ($148 dollars), contains ingredients of Wagyu beef, fresh lobe foie gras, black truffle mayonnaise, brie de meaux, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit and English plum tomatoes. REUTERS/Paul Hackett ODLY 

Selfridges group executive chief chef Scott MacDonald poses with his creation of London's most expensive sandwich nick-named "The MacDonald Sandwich" at Selfridges in London April 10, 2006. The sandwich, which is on sale for 85 pounds ($148 dollars), contains ingredients of Wagyu beef, fresh lobe foie gras, black truffle mayonnaise, brie de meaux, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit and English plum tomatoes. 

London's most expensive sandwich, nick-named "The MacDonald Sandwich", is seen at Selfridges in London April 10, 2006. The sandwich, which is on sale for 85 pounds ($148 dollars), contains ingredients of Wagyu beef, fresh lobe foie gras, black truffle mayonnaise, brie de meaux, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit and English plum tomatoes. REUTERS/Paul Hackett 

Selfridges group executive chief chef Scott MacDonald poses with his creation of London's most expensive sandwich nick-named "The MacDonald Sandwich" at Selfridges in London April 10, 2006. The sandwich, which is on sale for 85 pounds ($148 dollars), contains ingredients of Wagyu beef, fresh lobe foie gras, black truffle mayonnaise, brie de meaux, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit and English plum tomatoes. REUTERS/Paul Hackett 

Selfridges group executive chief chef Scott MacDonald holds up his creation of London's most expensive sandwich nick-named "The MacDonald Sandwich" at Selfridges in London April 10, 2006. The sandwich, which is on sale for 85 pounds ($148 dollars), contains ingredients of Wagyu beef, fresh lobe foie gras, black truffle mayonnaise, brie de meaux, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit and English plum tomatoes. REUTERS/Paul Hackett 

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and his wife Crown Princess Masako look at plum and other miniature potted plants, also known as bonsai trees, at a bonsai exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool 

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and his wife Crown Princess Masako look at plum and other miniature potted plants, also known as bonsai trees, at a bonsai exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool 

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and his wife Crown Princess Masako look at plum and other miniature potted plants, also known as bonsai trees, at a bonsai exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool 

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and his wife Crown Princess Masako look at plum and other miniature potted plants, also known as bonsai trees, at a bonsai exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool 

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and his wife Crown Princess Masako look at plum and other miniature potted plants, also known as bonsai trees, at a bonsai exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool 

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and his wife Crown Princess Masako look at plum and other miniature potted plants, also known as bonsai trees, at a bonsai exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool 

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and his wife Crown Princess Masako look at plum and other miniature potted plants, also known as bonsai trees, at a bonsai exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool 

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and his wife Crown Princess Masako look at plum and other miniature potted plants, also known as bonsai trees, at a bonsai exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool 

A honeybee hovers to collect nectar from blossoms of a Japanese plum tree at Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo February 14, 2006. The blossoms signify the approach of Spring. Its fragrant five-petaled white and pink flowers typically bloom while February's chill persists. 

A honeybee hovers to collect nectar from blossoms of a Japanese plum tree at Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo February 14, 2006. The blossoms signify the approach of Spring. Its fragrant five-petaled white and pink flowers typically bloom while February's chill persists. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama 

A Japanese couple, assisted by a female attendant, walks past blossoms of a Japanese plum tree during a shinto-style wedding ceremony at Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo February 14, 2006. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama 

A honeybee hovers to collect nectar from the blossoms of a Japanese plum tree at Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo February 14, 2006. A shinto priest at the shrine said the full blossom, which is a sign that spring is coming, is about two weeks later than usual. 

A honeybee hovers to collect nectar from blossoms of a Japanese plum tree at Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo February 14, 2006. The blossoms signify the approach of Spring. Its fragrant five-petaled white and pink flowers typically bloom while February's chill persists. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama 

A Japanese couple, assisted by a female attendant, walks past blossoms of a Japanese plum tree during a shinto-style wedding ceremony at Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo February 14, 2006. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama 

A honeybee hovers to collect nectar from the blossoms of a Japanese plum tree at Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo February 14, 2006. A shinto priest at the shrine said the full blossom, which is a sign that spring is coming, is about two weeks later than usual. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama 

A honeybee hovers to collect nectar from the blossoms of a Japanese plum tree at Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo February 14, 2006. A shinto priest at the shrine said the full blossom, which is a sign that spring is coming, is about two weeks later than usual. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama 

A honeybee hovers to collect nectar from the blossoms of a Japanese plum tree at Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo February 14, 2006. A shinto priest at the shrine said the full blossom, which is a sign that spring is coming, is about two weeks later than usual. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama 

A honeybee hovers to collect nectar from the blossoms of a Japanese plum tree at Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo February 14, 2006. A shinto priest at the shrine said the full blossom, which is a sign that spring is coming, is about two weeks later than usual. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama 

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) poses with representatives of the Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine during their visit at the Prime Minister's residence in Tokyo February 10, 2006. Shown on the picture are Nobuyoshi Nishitakatsuji (L), head priest at the Tenmangu, two shrine maidens and member of the House of Representatives Yoshiaki Harada (R). [Located in Kyushu's Dazaifu city, southern Japan, the Tenmangu is famous for its 6,000 plum trees of 197 varieties which blossom from January, covering the vicinity of the shrine with small pink and white flowers.] 

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd R) shakes hands with a shrine maiden from the Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine as Tenmangu's head priest Nobuyoshi Nishitakatsuji (L) looks on during their visit at the Prime Minister's residence in Tokyo February 10, 2006. Located in Kyushu's Dazaifu city, southern Japan, the Tenmangu is famous for its 6,000 plum trees of 197 varieties which blossom from January, covering the vicinity of the shrine with small pink and white flowers. REUTERS/Franck Robichon/Pool 

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) poses with representatives of the Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine during their visit at the Prime Minister's residence in Tokyo February 10, 2006. Shown on the picture are Nobuyoshi Nishitakatsuji (L), head priest at the Tenmangu, two shrine maidens and member of the House of Representatives Yoshiaki Harada (R). Located in Kyushu's Dazaifu city, southern Japan, the Tenmangu is famous for its 6,000 plum trees of 197 varieties which blossom from January, covering the vicinity of the shrine with small pink and white flowers. REUTERS/Franck Robichon/Pool 

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) speaks with representatives of the Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine during their visit at the Prime Minister's residence in Tokyo February 10, 2006. Shown on the picture are Nobuyoshi Nishitakatsuji (L), head priest at the Tenmangu, two shrine maidens and member of the House of Representatives Yoshiaki Harada (R). Located in Kyushu's Dazaifu city, southern Japan, the Tenmangu is famous for its 6,000 plum trees of 197 varieties which blossom from January, covering the vicinity of the shrine with small pink and white flowers. REUTERS/Franck Robichon/Pool