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  • Illegal Indonesian workers wait at the immigration Port Klang ferry terminal as they prepare to leave for home by ferry Friday, Oct. 29, 2004. Thousands of illegal Indonesian workers headed home by ferry on Friday under an amnesty for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan that allows them to depart Malaysia without penalty. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Justin Gatlin of the US, right, crosses the line head of Portugal's Francis Obikwelu, centER, and Maurice Greene, also of the US, left, to win the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 2004 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Sunday Aug. 22, 2004.(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A Sri Lankan man carries body of his son out from hospital at the town of Galle, 117 kilometers (70 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. The death toll from massive tidal waves that struck Sri Lanka's coastline leapt to more than 12,000 on Monday as thousands of soldiers and families kept up the search for bodies. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A victim's family cries as they receive the body of their son at the Galle Hospital, in Galle, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. The death toll from massive tidal waves that struck Sri Lanka's coastline leapt to more than 12,000 on Monday as thousands of soldiers and families kept up the search for bodies. (AP Photo / Vincent Thian)

  • Tourists stands in front of Kuala Lumpur Tower while the sky is cloaked with the thick hazy,Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005. Air in many parts of Malaysia turned unhealthy as a weeklong haze blamed on forest fires in neighboring Indonesia worsened Wednesday, and the government said it may declare an emergency and close schools. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • England's soccer star David Beckham walks past a London 2012 bid poster at a press conference in Singapore Tuesday, July 5, 2005. London is one of five cities bidding for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games at the 117th IOC session in one of the most competitive and most watched host city bids in history. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Children watch Scuba Santa feeding fishes as part of upcoming Christmas celebrations at the aquarium in Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)..


  • A trishaw man waits for customers in a popular bar district in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A child stands in front of a giant poster for U.S. director James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar" at a theater in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. China's government is urging theater operators to make sure that at least two-thirds of the films they show are domestically made after the latest Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" wowed audiences and became the highest-grossing film in the country's history. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Worshippers light incense at the Yonghe Gong (Lama Temple) on the first day of the Chinese New Year in Beijing, China, Feb. 14, 2010. Millions of Chinese celebrates the Lunar New Year of Tiger that began on Sunday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Passengers stand in line with their belonging at a railway station in Beijing, China, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Railway and highway stations and airports across China have seen increasing passenger flow since Thursday as millions of Chinese are returning to work or study when the week-long Spring Festival holiday draws to an end, transport authorities said Friday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Chinese security personnel march in front of the Great Hall of the People after the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Black-clad SWAT teams patrolled downtown Beijing on Wednesday and an AIDS group was ordered to cancel a seminar as part of China's security clampdown ahead of this week's opening of the national legislature's annual session. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Tourists sightsee Forbidden City, a Beijing landmark, blanketed in snow in Beijing, Monday, March 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • An ethnic minority delegate leaves the Great Hall of the People in Beijing after the opening session of the annual National People's Congress Friday, March 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Tourists walk with umbrellas as they shield themselves from the falling snow outside Beijing's Great Hall of the People where the closing session of the National People's Congress is being held, Sunday, March 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Pakistani children receive a ration of donated rice at the Sufi shrine Beri Iman food distribution center in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, April 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Jumagull, a 7-year-old Pakistani girl, looks on during a daily class to learn how to read verses from the Quran at a mosque in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, April 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A Pakistani child looks on outside a daily class which teaches how to read verses of the Quran, at a mosque in a poor neighborhood, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, April 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Pakistani boy sits next to his cart waiting to be hired at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • An elderly Pakistani fruit vendor waits for customer in the old city of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, May 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A Pakistani boy drinking water from a roadside water host in a poor neighborhood outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, May 26, 2010. Temperatures reached 36 degrees Celsius (96 degrees Fahrenheit) in Islamabad.(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Supporters of the Islamic group Jamaat-e-Islamic chant slogans during a rally to condemn Israel's military assault on a convoy of humanitarian aid ships traveling to Gaza, Monday, May 31, 2010 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 10 passengers in a predawn raid that set off worldwide condemnation and a diplomatic crisis. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • Pakistani boys look on as they attend a daily class to learn verses of the Quran at a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

  • A Pakistani boy leads his class as they learn verses of the Quran at a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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