A dairy cow sticks out its tongue in a cowshed in Hergolding near Munich October 13, 2009. EU agriculture ministers concluded an extraordinary meeting on the crisis in the dairy sector on October 5 but did not come out with any short-term decisions to help struggling milk farmers, leaving them disappointed. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Feng Zhe of China competes on the parallel bars during the qualification round of the Gymnastics World Championships in London October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Toby Melville

A woman collects small pieces of granite in a quarry in the remote village of Thumbalai, 300km (186 miles) east of Colombo, October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

A woman carries a child as she walks past police involved in a firefight with gang members on the streets of Karachi’s Dalmia area October 13, 2009. Police raided the area after reports that criminals and gangsters were busy looting shops in the shanty neighborhood in Karachi, a Reuters journalist at the scene said.  REUTERS/Athar Hussain

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