Pole dancer Sharon Pacheco of Colombia stretches as she prepares to perform in the annual Miss Pole Dance South America 2011 competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday Nov. 11, 2011. Dancers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela vied for a chance to participate in the 2012 Miss Pole Dance World Championship to be held in the United States.
In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 photo, Amin Gholami, right, dances in Azeri-style as Aydin Kanani plays a Gaval, a large-sized tambourine, in the Gharadagh mountainous area, northwestern, Iran. In the 1980s, Iran's music almost vanished. Music schools went into full recession, police or militias stopped cars to check what passengers were listening to and broke tapes playing pre-revolutionary singers, and clerical institutions even banned music as un-Islamic. But Iran's social life has dramatically changed a decade later, with a landslide victory of former President Mohammad Khatami with relaxing some of rigid restrictions on cultural and social activities, including bans on music bands, but Iran has tightened censorship of books, films, and music since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power.
Female participants and family members look at information cards of bachelors on the wall during a mass match-making event in Shanghai, China Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. The organizer said that 10,000 singles are expected to participate in the event over the weekend.
Tiger Woods of the USA walks through the crowd toward the tee of the second hole during day three of the 2011 Emirates Australian Open at The Lakes Golf Club on November 12, 2011 in Sydney, Australia.
Demonstrators with cooking pots and colanders on their heads stand in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Nov.12, 2011. Thousands of people formed a human chain around the Frankfurt bank towers protesting against the power of banks. German police say more than ten thousand people are protesting against the banks' dominance in two of the country's major cities. Police in Frankfurt, continental Europe's financial hub, say some 9,000 people are peacefully protesting near the European Central Bank's office tower in the city centre. Police in Berlin say demonstrators are forming a human chain surrounding parts of the capital's government district to call for an end to excesses of financial speculation and urge the government to dismantle big banks.
U.S. golfer Tiger Woods reacts to a bad putt on the 12th green during the third round of the Australian Open golf tournament in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.
Joaquin Perutz holds flowers in remembrance of his grandfather, Baudilio Bautista Garcia as he sits with his father, Audy Bautista of the Bronx, N.Y. during the Flight 587 Tenth Anniversary Memorial on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, in Belle Harbor in the borough of Queens, N.Y. Garcia was one of the 265 people killed when the American Airlines airplane that was bound for the Dominican Republic crashed in Belle Harbor.
Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, second from bottom, leaves at the end of a session of the Lower Chamber, in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Premier Silvio Berlusconi is expected to resign later Saturday after the parliament's lower chamber passes the reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis.
The Unit 4 reactor building of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station is seen through a bus window in Okuma, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Media allowed into Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant for the first time Saturday saw a striking scene of devastation: twisted and overturned vehicles, crumbling reactor buildings and piles of rubble virtually untouched since the wave struck more than eight months ago.
Michigan State wide receiver B.J. Cunningham (3) catches a 22-yard touchdown pass over Iowa cornerback Micah Hyde during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, in Iowa City, Iowa.
Oklahoma State running back Joseph Randle, top, is takled by Texas Tech safety Cody Davis (16) in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Lubbock, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.
Clemson kicker Chandler Catanzaro (39) along with Dawson Zimmerman (96) and Malliciah Goodman celebrate after Cantanzaro kicked the game-winning field goal as time-expired in the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against Wake Forest Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. Clemson won 31-28.
Syrian anti-Assad protesters are reflected on a masked protester's sun glasses during a protest in front of the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, where the League emergency session on Syria is to discuss the country's failure to end bloodshed caused by government crackdowns on civil protests. Protesters called the Arab League to suspend the country's membership. Syrian flags are seen on the mask and on the glasses.
A Syrian protester kicks a burning picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a protest in front of the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov.12, 2011 where an Arab League emergency session on Syria is taking place to discuss the country's failure to end bloodshed caused by government crackdowns on civil protests. Protesters called on the Arab League to suspend the country's membership.
The Penn State team is greated by fans as they arrive before an NCAA college football game agenst Nebraska and Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, in State College, Pa.
Penn State tight end Kevin Haplea (10) is upended by Nebraska's Alfonzo Dennard (15) as Sean Fisher (42) closes in during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.
Penn State's Cody Castor (96) and Adrian Amos (4) kneel in prayer with teammates before an NCAA college football game against Nebraska in State College, Pa., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.
Russian young people launch sky paper lanterns in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Some hundreds of lanterns were launched into the sky from the coast of the Finnish gulf as part of a flashmob action.
People gather in front of the Old Main building for a candlelight vigil on the Penn State campus, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in State College, Pa. The vigil is being held in support of the alleged victims of a child sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant football coach.
A young child walks in the rain by the first hole of the Serapong Course, where the Singapore Open golf tournament is played, Saturday Nov. 12, 2011, in Singapore. Play was suspended just as the third round began at about noon because of the threat of lightning. The rain continued throughout the afternoon meaning no more play was possible, and officials shortened the tournament to three rounds.
Residents pack back of a truck while making their way on a flooded highway on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Thailand's prime minister said Saturday central Bangkok will see only mild flooding if it ends up falling victim to the rising waters that have plagued much of the country.
Washington Nationals' catcher Wilson Ramos shakes the hand of an unidentified boy as he leaves the Criminal Police ( CICPC ) headquarters in Valencia, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Venezuelan police commandos rescued Ramos and arrested three of his abductors Friday, two days after he was kidnapped.
Washington Nationals' catcher Wilson Ramos is hugged by a relative at the Criminal Police ( CICPC ) headquarters in Valencia, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Venezuelan police commandos rescued Ramos and arrested three of his abductors Friday, two days after he was kidnapped. At right is Venezuela's Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami.
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