Taiwanese pianist Chen Kuan-yu performs during a concert in the middle of a rice paddy in Chishang Township, Taitung County November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer

French priest Pouchard is given oxygen after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning during his mass in Angres church near Lievin, northern France, November 8, 2009. About 150 people were listening to the mass in the church when the incident occurred. REUTERS/Stringer

Parishioners at Greater Vision Community Church cry during the altar call as a pastor offers prayers for those killed in the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Killeen, Texas, November 8, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

Women wait outside a church to have their skulls blessed during the Day of Skulls at the General Cemetery in La Paz November 8, 2009. Bolivians who keep close relatives’ skulls at home as a macabre talisman flock to the cemetery chapel once a year to have the craniums blessed and to bring themselves good luck in the future. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

A man is checked by a policeman patrolling the slum district of Petare in Caracas November 8, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

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