Lefty, one of five pure-bred Boston Terrier puppies surrendered to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, licks food from his foster mother's fingertips at the shelter in Methuen, Mass. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. The 10-week-old pup remains undersized as he struggles to keep food down due to a congenital vascular defect that makes it nearly impossible for him to swallow. The tiny terrier, who is also recovering from the surgical removal of his ruptured right eye, is available for adoption. (Elise Amendola / AP)
Andy Roddick of the United States makes a face during his Men's singles semifinal match against Switzerland's Roger Federer at the Australian Open Tennis Championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. (Andrew Brownbill / AP)
The sun rises in Mackerel Cove on Bailey Island where fishermen's skiffs wait out the winter on the shore, in Harpswell, Maine, Thursday Jan. 29, 2009. The region received several inches of snow followed by a coating of freezing rain on Wednesday. (Robert Bukaty / AP)
Palestinian girls walk home from school in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. The United Nations launched an emergency appeal Thursday for $ US 613 million to help Palestinians recover from Israel's three weeks of military operations in Gaza. The Arabic reading on the wall says ' there is no alternative to a national agreement to end the split and archive national reconciliation '. (Anja Niedringhaus / AP)
A Palestinian girl who was injured in an Israeli missile strike reacts in hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Palestinians fired a rocket into Israel early Thursday, and residents of the south Gaza town of Khan Younis said an Israeli airstrike there wounded a man riding a motorcyle and five passers-by, among them children walking home from school. The Israeli military said it targeted the motorcyclist because he was involved in a bomb attack Tuesday on the Gaza-Israel border which killed an Israeli soldier and wounded three others. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba) (Eyed Baba / AP)
Tatenda Munodavanhu cries at his grandmother Martha William's burial after she died from cholera in Harare, Zimbabwe Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Half the population of Zimbabwe, formerly a food exporter, faces starvation and a cholera epidemic caused by the collapse of water services has killed nearly 3,000 people. (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi / AP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on the podium right, and the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, left, listen to the national anthems during the welcome ceremony in front of the Chancellery in Berlin, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. (Gero Breloer / AP)
A woman sells variety balloons at the Longtan Temple fair during the Chinese New Year in Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. (Andy Wong / AP)
Workers use flares during a protest march in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Trains, planes, schools, hospitals and the mail are hobbled across France as unions join in a day-long strike meant to send a blunt warning to President Nicolas Sarkozy to better defend jobs and buying power despite the global economic crisis. (Thibault Camus / AP)
A baby black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) clings onto its mother's back on Thursday Jan. 29, 2009 in Singapore where it's national zoo is actively involved in the conservation and education of wildlife reserves. Despite its name, only males are black while females and juveniles are brown. Young males attain their black pelage upon maturity. This is the loudest animal in the New World and the largest monkey that lives in the South American rainforests. (Wong Maye-e / AP)
A baby black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) clings onto its mother's back on Thursday Jan. 29, 2009 in Singapore where its national zoo is actively involved in the conservation and education of wildlife reserves. Despite its name, only males are black while females and juveniles are brown. Young males attain their black pelage upon maturity. This is the loudest animal in the New World and the largest monkey that lives in the South American rainforests. (Wong Maye-e / AP)
Ah Meng Junior, a Bornean female orangutan born on Dec. 12, 2008, and the 35th orangutan born at the Singapore Zoo, left, is carried by her mother Anita, 24, on Thursday Jan. 29, 2009 in Singapore where its national zoo is actively involved in the conservation and education of wildlife reserves. (Wong Maye-e / AP)
Ah Meng Junior, a Bornean female orangutan born on Dec. 12, 2008, and the 35th orangutan born at the Singapore Zoo, left, is carried by her mother Anita, 24, center, on Thursday Jan. 29, 2009 in Singapore where its national zoo is actively involved in the conservation and education of wildlife reserves. (Wong Maye-e / AP)
The Duchess of Cornwall is subjected to the attentions of an enthusiastic Alsatian puppy, in the puppy kennels of the Metropolitan Police Dog Training Establishment, at Keston, near London, Thursday Jan. 29, 2009, where she met dogs and police officers undertaking training. (Arthur Edwards / AP)
Lefty, one of five pure-bred Boston Terrier puppies surrendered to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, licks food from his foster mother's fingertips at the shelter in Methuen, Mass. Workers use flares during a protest march in Paris. And a Palestinian girl who was injured in an Israeli missile strike reacts in hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. View a slideshow of these images and more.