News Today, Oct. 06, 2009 (1)

TOKYO - OCTOBER 6: Lee Hsien Loong (L), Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore shakes hands with the Prime Minister of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama (R) at the premier's official residence October 6, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Lee Hsien Loong is on an Official Working Visit to Japan.TOKYO - OCTOBER 06: Kei Nishikori (L) of Japan receives the trophy from the ATP Supervisor Tom Barnes (R) after receiving the 2008 ATP Newcomer of the Year Award during day two of the Rakuten Open Tennis tournament at Ariake Colosseum on October 6, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.Actor Robert Redford (R) accepts the Lifetime Achievement award from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the 2009 Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards in New York October 5, 2009South Korea's Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan (R to L) talks with U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens, U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman Jr. and U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul October 6, 2009.Members of Veterans For Peace carry fake caskets during a rally and protest 'calling for withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan' on October 5, 2009 in front of the White House in Washington, DC.People toss flowers to the hearse carrying the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa moving from the Congress building to the cemetery in Buenos Aires, October 5, 2009. Sosa, who fought South America's dictators with her voice and became a giant of contemporary Latin American music, died on Sunday at age 74.Activists hold giant masks of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) leaders as they parade during a demonstration against global warming outside the headquarters of the United Nations office (R) in Bangkok on October 5, 2009. Delegates from 192 countries have been meeting in Bangkok until October 9 in a desperate bid to thrash out a draft text of a global warming treaty that world leaders aim to sign in Copenhagen in December.Fabian Sosa, wipes his eyes next to the hearse carrying the remains of his mother, folk singer Mercedes Sosa in its way from the Congress building to the cemetery in Buenos Aires, October 5, 2009. Sosa, who fought South America's dictators with her voice and became a giant of contemporary Latin American music, died on Sunday at age 74. She also was a member of the Communist Party and her political sympathies attracted attention from the authorities during Argentina's bloody 1976-83 dictatorship, when up to 30,000 people were killed in a crackdown on leftist dissent.U.N. special envoy to Haiti and former U.S. President Bill Clinton (C) speaks with a local businessman as he visits the ruins of Sans Souci palace near the northern city of Cap Haitian during his two day trip to promote tourism and industry in Haiti in this October 2, 2009 file photo. Clinton, who ordered the 1994 military action that restored Aristide, has been visiting Haiti since the 1970s and said political risk here is at its lowest point in his lifetime. He encouraged foreign investors to look toward Haiti. On his tour of Labadee and Sans Souci last week, he even had suggestions to showcase artists from Haiti, who are world renowned for their colorful, naif painting style.Standing beneath a U.S. flag, a girl in traditional Tibetan dress awaits the arrival of the Dalai Lama at his Washington hotel October 5, 2009. President Barack Obama will not meet the Dalai Lama during his five-day trip to the U.S. capital beginning on Monday, the first time in 18 years the exiled Tibetan leader has visited Washington without seeing the president.Palestinians take part in a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah against President Mahmoud Abbas' stance on a U.N. report October 5, 2009. Critics accused Abbas on Sunday of letting down his people by bowing to U.S. pressure and postponing action on a U.N. report that criticised Israel's offensive in Gaza.Anti-war activists from Veterans For Peace demonstrate on October 5, 2009 in front of the White House in Washington, DC. The demonstrators delivered a letter to US President Barack Obama requesting a meeting 'calling for withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NganThe Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (C) speaks as Alicia Barcena, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (L) and Luis Alfonso Hoyos Aristabal, chairman of the Permanent Council and permanent representative of Colombia to the OAS (R) look on during a lecture on 'In Search of Solutions to the Financial Crisis: Measures Taken and Future Challenges' in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2009.WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 05: Anti-war protesters dressed to represent Guantanamo Bay prisoners march to the White House October 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. Dozens of protesters were arrested after they participated in an act of civil disobedience to call on the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Palestinian police take part in a training session to strengthen their combat skills to protect diplomatic delegations in the Farah refugee camp, northern West Bank, on October 05, 2009. Hundreds of people protested against the Palestinian Authority's support for delaying the endorsement of a UN report on possible war crimes committed during Israel's Gaza offensive.United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech during the 3rd edition of the Geneva Lectre Series on the theme "Resetting the nuclear disarmament agenda" at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.A visitor touches a vandalized wall at a destroyed section of Avdat National Park, an ancient Nabatean city dating back to the third century B.C, in southern Israel, Monday Oct. 5, 2009. The Israel Nature and Parks Authority says unknown vandals damaged an ancient ruin in the Israeli desert recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage site.The Dalai Lama (C) arrives at the Park Hyatt Hotel surrounded by agents with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security on October 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Dalai Lama on Monday started his first Washington visit in nearly two decades to lack a presidential meeting, as Barack Obama's administration insisted it still respected the Tibetan leader. Fellow Tibetan exiles welcomed the globetrotting 74-year-old monk as he arrived at his Washington hotel, starting a week in the US capital to feature spiritual teachings and talks with congressional leaders.A protester carries a rag doll during a rally and march 'calling for withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan' on October 5, 2009 in front of the White House in Washington, DC.WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 05: U.S. President Barack Obama greets doctors in the Rose Garden following an event at the White House on October 5, 2009 in Washington, DC promoting his health care plan. Obama met wtih doctors from all over the country who are joining him in pushing for health insurance reform.The Dalai Lama waves as he arrives at his hotel in Washington October 5, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama will not meet with the Dalai Lama during his week-long visit to Washington.Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, the prime minister of the Hamas-run government in Gaza, speaks at the parliament in Gaza city on October 5, 2009 against the Palestinian Authority's support for delaying the endorsement of a UN report on possible war crimes committed during Israel's Gaza offensive. Haniya accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of the 'absurd and criminal' decision to delay endorsement of the report, a move he said endangered Egyptian-brokered national unity talks.Former UN Secretary general Kofi Annan (C) waves on October 5, 2009 to the press outside the offices of Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki (unseen) in Nairobi. Annan who met with Kibaki and Prime Minister, Hon. Raila Odinga urged the coalition government under the two principal rivals in Kenya's disputed elections of 2007, to do more to implement reforms and avoid a resurgence of last year's post-election violence. Annan's visit comes amid international pressure in recent weeks to implement constitutional, electoral, judicial, police and land reforms in a bid to stem a recurrence of the slaughter following the controversial poll that saw some 1,500 kenyans killed in tribal clashes and more that 300,000 displaced.Joy (L), from Mexican duo Jesse and Joy, and Mexican musician Alex Syntek talk to a journalist on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin Music Awards in Mexico City October 5, 2009.In this photo released on Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 by the (north) Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, third left front row, poses with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center front row, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.Soldiers patrol on a vehicle near the international airport in Conakry October 5, 2009. REUTER/Luc Gnago.Pittsburgh Steelers' James Harrison hits San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (17) from behind, forcing a fumble in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in Pittsburgh on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. The ball was recovered by Steelers' James Farrior. The Steelers won 38-28.Pittsburgh Steelers' Jeff Reed, right, celebrates with coach Mike Tomlin after Reed kicked a 46-yard field goal in the fourth of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. The Steelers won 38-28.credit photo: Reuters, AP photo, Gettyimages