A woman cries next to the coffin of a relative killed after heavy rains brought on by Hurricane Ida, during the funeral for victims at the municipal cemetery in the village of Verapaz, near San Salvador, November 9, 2009. Hurricane Ida roared through the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, where important oil fields are located, after triggering floods and mudslides that killed 124 people in El Salvador. Ida was expected to weaken gradually on Monday as it heads toward some of the oil and gas production facilities in the central Gulf, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. REUTERS/Henry Romero (EL SALVADOR DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

Children carry crosses during a protest against violence at Mandela slum, where a young student died during a shootout between policemen and drug dealers last week, in Rio de Janeiro November 2, 2009. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL CONFLICT CRIME LAW) 

A view of Nueva Esperanza cemetery during "Day of the Dead" celebrations on the outskirts of Lima November 1, 2009. Every year thousands of people visit cemeteries in Peru to honour their dead. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Evangelical pastor Marcos Pereira da Silva embraces a prisoner as his missionaries stand around, at the 52nd Police Station jail in Nova Iguacu, near Rio de Janeiro, October 29, 2009. Pastor Marcos and missionaries from his Assembly of God of the Last Days church regularly visit Rio's prisons and slums to evangelize prisoners and dwellers of some of the most violent neighborhoods in Brazil. Picture taken October 29. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL RELIGION CRIME LAW) 

Journalists take cover during a police operation against drug dealers in the Vila Cruzeiro slum in Rio de Janeiro October 23, 2009. Up till Wednesday, thirty-three people have died since violence between rival gangs of drug traffickers erupted in Rio at the weekend. The city was awarded the 2016 Olympics two weeks earlier following a campaign that played down security problems and portrayed a joyful city of beaches and Carnival celebrations. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL POLITICS CONFLICT CRIME LAW) 

A coroner examines the body of a man killed by gunmen in Medellin September 26, 2009. After a sharp fall in crime over recent years that raised hope of peace in Medellin, Colombia, the poor neighborhoods of the city are once again at war. The murder rate has more than doubled since the 2008 extradition of Medellin´s crime boss, known as Don Berna, which left a power vacuum in the local drug and extortion rackets. Picture taken on September 26, 2009. REUTERS/Albeiro Lopera (COLOMBIA CRIME LAW SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Residents look at a body found inside a supermarket cart in the Morro dos Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro October 20, 2009. The man is suspected to have been killed by rival drug gangs, residents say. Brazil's president offered on Monday nearly $60 million in federal money to help Rio de Janeiro police combat drug gangs after 17 people were killed in weekend violence that raised questions over the city's ability to safely host the 2016 Olympics. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL CONFLICT POLITICS CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Argentina's head coach Diego Maradona dives onto the ground as he celebrates his team's second goal during their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match against Peru in Buenos Aires, October 10, 2009. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA SPORT SOCCER IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE: ALSO SEE GM1E6581DVJ01 

Roman Catholic pilgrims press together while following the image of the local saint Our Lady of Nazareth as it is paraded during the annual Cirio de Nazare procession, the country's biggest religious festival, in the city of Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon River October 11, 2009. More than one million Catholics, many of them from communities along the Amazon River's tributaries, converged on Our Lady of Nazareth basilica to participate in the event. REUTERS/Paulo Santos (BRAZIL RELIGION SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Argentina's Jonas Gutierrez (L) fights for the ball with Peru's Johan Fano during their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Buenos Aires October 10, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA SPORT SOCCER IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya receives his hat before a news conference inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A woman waits for the bus in La Paz October 3, 2009. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares(BOLIVIA SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Two men with physical disabilities hang off a bridge while sitting on wheelchairs, during a protest against the Bolivian government in Santa Cruz October 2, 2009. Protesters with physical disabilities, who are on a nationwide strike, are demanding monetary assistance from Bolivian President Evo Morales' government. REUTERS/Stringer (BOLIVIA CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A Rio resident relaxes at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, October 2, 2009. Hosting the 2016 Olympics only two years after the soccer World Cup is held in Brazil will boost competitiveness among potential sponsors, the head of marketing for Rio de Janeiro's Games bid said. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which will select the winning bid for the 2016 Olympics on Friday in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, has repeatedly expressed concerns the 2014 World Cup could cut into Rio's sponsorship efforts. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (BRAZIL SPORT OLYMPICS) 

Residents celebrate after Rio de Janeiro won the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro October 2, 2009. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes (BRAZIL SPORT OLYMPICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya stands next to riot police with her mouth taped during a protest in Tegucigalpa September 28, 2009. Honduras' de facto government on Monday resisted pressure from opponents and the international community over ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who for a week has been holed up inside the Brazilian embassy seeking a return to power. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (HONDURAS MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT) 

A police officer removes a rock to clear a road while indigenous women look at him during a road blockade in Guachala, 80 km (50 miles) north of Quito, September 28, 2009. Indian leaders called for protest against plans by Rafael Correas's government to privatize water resources. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja (ECUADOR POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A child walks inside a looted supermarket in El Pedregal in Tegucigalpa September 23, 2009. Police said crowds tried to loot stores on the empty streets on Tuesday night, as most people huddled in their houses afraid to be detained for violating a curfew put in place after the return of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY BUSINESS) 

Immigrants hide from a border patrol vehicle while waiting a chance to cross into the United States at the border fence on the outskirts of the Tijuana September 19, 2009. Mexico's violent drug gangs are increasingly kidnapping illegal migrants for ransom and forcing them to carry narcotics into the United States as they muscle into the lucrative trade of smuggling people across the border. Picture taken September 19, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes (MEXICO CONFLICT CRIME LAW) 

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya sleeps inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa September 22, 2009. Zelaya ended almost three months of exile by sneaking back into Honduras on Monday, seeking refuge at the Brazilian embassy to avoid being arrested.

REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Colombian singer Juanes (R) embraces a fan that jumped onto the stage with a Cuban flag, during the "Peace Without Borders" concert in Havana's Revolution Square September 20, 2009. Half a million people jammed into Havana's Revolution Square on Sunday for a concert by Colombian singer Juanes and other mostly Spanish-language pop stars who hope music can do what politics has not -- bring together Cubans here and in the United States. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA) 

John Casas, 15, prepares to go for an athletics training session in Medellin September 17, 2009. Casas, who lives in the violent Comuna 13 neighborhood in Medellin, lost his legs in a car accident. The Casas family were displaced by civil war from their home in Uraba, Antioquia province. John is being helped by a rehabilitation center and dreams of participating in the Paralympics in London 2012. Picture taken September 17, 2009. REUTERS/Albeiro Lopera (COLOMBIA SOCIETY SPORT) 

A demonstrator is hit by a police water cannon during a protest marking the 1973 military coup in Santiago September 13, 2009. September 11, 2009 marked the 36th anniversary of the coup d'etat in Chile that ushered in a 17-year dictatorship under General Augusto Pinochet. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Ricardo (top), a recovered heroin addict and a volunteer of the "Outcry in the Barrio" ministry, places his hands and prays over a recently admitted heroin addict who is going through withdrawal symptoms in the border city of Ciudad Juarez September 9, 2009. The ministry helps drug addicts, alcoholics and prostitutes to transform their lives through praying to achieve detoxification. Drug gangs have targeted rehab centers in the past, accusing them of protecting dealers from rival groups. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO CONFLICT CRIME LAW SOCIETY) 

Recovered drug addicts participate in a praying session at the "Outcry in the Barrio" ministry in the border city of Ciudad Juarez September 9, 2009. The ministry helps drug addicts, alcoholics and prostitutes to transform their lives through praying to achieve detoxification. Drug gangs have targeted rehab centers in the past, accusing them of protecting dealers from rival groups. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO CONFLICT CRIME LAW SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Colombia's Fredy Guarin (C) and Abel Aguilar (R) battle Uruguay's Diego Perez for the ball during their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Montevideo September 9, 2009. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY SPORT SOCCER IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Demonstrators protest against Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on a central street in Bogota September 4, 2009. Several thousand people marched in the streets of Colombia's major cities on Friday to protest against what they criticize as meddling by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as tensions rise between the Andean neighbors. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A relative reacts after arriving at a crime scene where 17 patients were killed at a rehabilitation center in the border city of Ciudad Juarez September 2, 2009. About a dozen hooded gunmen burst into a Mexican rehabilitation clinic near the U.S. border on Wednesday, lining up patients before killing 17 of them. The attack was one of the deadliest in President Felipe Calderon's three-year war against drug cartels, despite the presence of 10,000 troops and federal police in Ciudad Juarez who constantly patrol the city's streets. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO CONFLICT CRIME LAW POLITICS) 

Mexican soldiers hold the national flag on Zocalo Square before Mexican President Felipe Calderon's state of the nation address at the National Palace in Mexico City September 2, 2009. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (MEXICO POLITICS) 

Military and forensic experts inspect the body of a man who was killed outside a nightclub in the border city of Ciudad Juarez August 31, 2009. A man was handcuffed to a fence and shot several times by drug hitmen outside a nightclub, according to local media. The assailants also left a warning message, known as "narco mensaje", at the site of the shooting. Picture taken August 31, 2009. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO CONFLICT CRIME LAW POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE: ALSO SEE GM1E5B60C4202 

Natacha Poberaj (L) and Julio Duplaa are seen behind the curtains as they dance the tango during a show on the fourth floor of the Borda Hospital, Buenos Aires' largest psychiatric hospital August 26, 2009. A few months ago some were too shy to talk and others could barely keep their balance when they walked. Today, they embrace their partners cheek-to-cheek, gliding and pausing across the floor to the mournful chords of a traditional accordion. Doctors as far afield as Italy and Australia are using Argentina's world famous tango to treat problems ranging from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease to phobias and marital breakdowns. Picture taken August 26, 2009. To match Reuters Life! ARGENTINA-TANGO/ REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA ENTERTAINMENT HEALTH SOCIETY) 

Relatives of victims killed in a massacre executed by the Army in Peru's southern village of Putis in 1984, carry their coffins during a burial ceremony at the village of Putis in the outskirts of Ayacucho August 29, 2009. The remains of 92 people found on the biggest known mass grave in Peru after being slaughtered by Peru's Army during the 1980-2000 civil war were delivered to their families for proper burial on Saturday. Villagers in Putis who survived the 1984 massacre say they were lured to a rocky pit by the Army to help build a community fishpond. The men, women and children from the Andean village had no idea they were digging their own mass grave. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU CONFLICT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOE BEST QUALITY IMAGE: ALSO SEE GM1E5931QPN01 

A farmer works at a corn field in Santa Ana, 46 km (28.6 miles) east of San Salvador, August 28, 2009. REUTERS/Luis Galdamez (EL SALVADOR AGRICULTURE BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A girl practices the catwalk at a modelling school in Caracas August 27, 2009. Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe last Sunday giving her country its sixth title in the international beauty pageant. It was the second consecutive year that a contestant from the oil-producing South American country, which is famous for its beauty queens, won the Miss Universe title. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

A view of a flooded soccer field in Antilhue town near Valdivia city, some 841 km (522 miles) south of Santiago August 26, 2009. Hundreds of people were forced to leave their homes during the storms that hit parts of Chile, local media reported. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE SOCIETY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SPORT SOCCER) 

A child looks for recyclable waste at a garbage dumpsite in the Patagonian Argentine mountain resort of San Carlos de Bariloche August 26, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A woman carries her child past a house on fire at Capao Redondo slum in the outskirts of Sao Paulo August 24, 2009. Residents set fire to houses in protest after police and officials removed 800 families from the slum which had been illegally occupied since 2007. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL DISASTER SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A relative of a victim of the 2004 Republica de Cromagnon nightclub fire, in which 194 people died, cries outside court after hearing the verdict in the trial of those indicted for causing the fire in Buenos Aires August 19, 2009. Former manager of the nightclub Omar Chaban was sentenced to 20 years in jail on Wednesday after being found guilty for his role at the fire while the members of the rock band Callejeros, who were playing at the time of the disaster, were acquitted. The fire had broken out when a concert-goer had set off a flare in the crowded club. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA CRIME LAW CONFLICT) 

Dead dolphins are seen beached by the coast of Piriapolis, 100 km (62 miles) east of Montevideo, August 15, 2009. At least 15 dolphins were found beached by the coast and the cause of their deaths is still unknown. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY ANIMALS) 

Two women hug as forensic workers inspect a crime scene in the border city of Ciudad Juarez July 30, 2009. Local government deputy Claudia Lorena Pérez Marrufo and her companion were fatally injured after a drive-by shooting incident. More than 12,300 people have died in Mexico in a three-way war between rival cartels and the army since President Felipe Calderon deployed thousands of troops against the cartels in December 2006. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO POLITICS CRIME LAW CONFLICT) 

Soldiers stand at attention before starting a military operation at the military base in Morelia, state of Michoacan, July 20, 2009. Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers set up roadblocks on major highways on Saturday in President Felipe Calderon's home state, where drug gangs have stepped up attacks on Mexican security forces. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (MEXICO SOCIETY CONFLICT CRIME LAW MILITARY) 

A youth jumps into the ocean from a pole at Isabela de Sagua, province of Santa Clara in central Cuba, July 18, 2009. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Bolivian President Evo Morales leaves the Uruguayan Congress building in Montevideo July 13, 2009. Morales is on an official visit to Uruguay. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY POLITICS) 

Soldiers and police huddle under their shields during a protest by supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa June 29, 2009. Some 1,500 protesters, some of them masked and carrying sticks, taunted soldiers and burned tires just outside the gates of the presidential palace in a face-off with security forces. Honduras came under pressure on Monday to reinstate Zelaya as many Latin American leaders agreed to withdraw envoys. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Honduras' President of National Congress Roberto Micheletti (C) takes the oath of office before assuming the position of acting president in Tegucigalpa June 28, 2009. Honduran deputies named Congress head Micheletti as acting president to replace President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted by the military on Sunday. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT) 

Revelers take part in the Gay Pride Parade in Monterrey, northern Mexico June 27, 2009. Thousand of gays, lesbians, transsexuals and supporters took part in the parade. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

People raise their hands to receive the first beams of the rising sun during a winter solstice ceremony in Tiahunaco, 70 km (44 miles) from La Paz, June 21, 2009. The solstice coincides with the Aymara Indian New Year. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA RELIGION SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A demonstrator with a painted face attends a protest against violent crime in Caracas June 20, 2009. REUTERS/Edwin Montilva (VENEZUELA POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A woman throws a bucket of water to try and extinguish a large fire from five burning houses in the center of Vina del Mar city, about 75 miles(121 Km) of Santiago. June 4,2009. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez. (CHILE DISASTER) 

Relatives and friends of Air France's flight 447 react at Candelaria cathedral in Rio de Janeiro during an ecumenical church service on June 4, 2009 for relatives and families of the passengers of Air France's flight 447 that vanished on Monday over the Atlantic Ocean. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes (BRAZIL POLITICS DISASTER TRANSPORT RELIGION) 

Men are seen through the bullet-riddled windshield of their truck at a military checkpoint in the municipality of Ciudad Vicente Guerrero, about 70 km (43 miles) away from the city of Durango, northern Mexico, May 19, 2009. Rural Mexican towns are on the front line in the drug war with little army protection, under siege from rival cartels who want control of countryside outposts along smuggling corridors. A fight for control of the mountainous state of Durango has killed at least 235 people this year, a jump in violence that poses a new challenge to President Felipe Calderon, who is struggling to contain bloodshed across Mexico. Picture taken May 19, 2009. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO SOCIETY CONFLICT CRIME LAW POLITICS MILITARY) 

Anry Ramirez, a staff of tour company Tierra Tours, "sand-boards" at the Cerro Negro volcano in Leon City, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of Managua May 26, 2009. The volcano, with a height of 2,264 feet (690 meters), is one of the most active in Nicaragua. Hundreds of tourists visit the area to "sand-board" down the slopes of the volcano. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (NICARAGUA TRAVEL

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Penarol's Carlos Bueno (L) and Carlos Caballero from Nacional compete for the ball during the first half of their Uruguayan tournament match May 24, 2009. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY SPORT SOCCER IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A fan of Argentina's Boca Juniors cheers before their Copa Libertadores soccer match against Uruguay's Defensor Sporting in Buenos Aires, May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA SPORT SOCCER) 

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo plays a game of volleyball with the former national team in Asuncion May 19, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY POLITICS SPORT VOLLEYBALL IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Transvestite Julio Yoaris Alvarez changes outfits at his home as the world celebrates International Day Against Homophobia in Havana May 16, 2009. From an early age, Alvarez dreamt of having a sex-change operation and is currently awaiting his turn for one under the Cuban health care system. The surgery, like all other health care in Cuba, will be free of charge for applicants. REUTERS/Claudia Daut (CUBA SOCIETY HEALTH) 

A man hangs his clothes to dry in his house flooded by the Mearim river in Trizidela do Vale, in the northeastern state of Maranhao May 14, 2009. At least 44 people have died and 1.1 million people affected by the rains affecting 362 municipalities in 13 Brazilian states, according to Brazilian Civil Defense . REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A riot policeman walks as he escorts a march of students at Santiago May 13, 2009. Students on Wednesday protested for changes to the public state education system and demanded a bigger budget for universities. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A resident wipes her face during a rainstorm at the flooded Longa river in Piaui May 10, 2009. According to Brazilian Civil Defense, floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) 

Brazilian Indian Chief Raoni drinks a soft drink before a protest at the Esplanada dos Ministerios in Brasilia May 7, 2009. More than 1,000 native Indians from all over Brazil set up camp on Monday before Congress, demanding more land, mining and water rights that could threaten a massive government infrastructure program. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL CONFLICT POLITICS BUSINESS)