DAMASCUS, Oct. 26, 2011 (Xinhua) — Tens of thousands of Syrian people rally in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Umayyad Square in Damascus on Oct. 26, 2011. The demonstrators swarmed into Umayyad Square in the center of Damascus to stage a protest hours ahead of the visit to Syria of an Arab League ministerial committee to oversee the Syrian crisis and discuss ways of conducting dialogue between the regime and the opposition.(Photo via Xinhua/Bassim)

VIENNA, Oct. 26, 2011 (Xinhua) –Newly recruited soldiers take the oath of service in the National Day celebrating activities held at Heldenplatz in Vienna, Austria. (Photo by Xinhua/Xu Liang)

BANGKOK, Oct. 26, 2011 (Xinhua) — Locals chat with each other while sitting in the flood water in Bang-phalt district of Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on Oct. 26, 2011. Death toll of widespread floods in Thailand has climbed to 373 with two missing, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Wednesday. (Photo by Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)

SEOUL, Oct. 26, 2011 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L) attends a welcome banquet held by South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, in Seoul, capital of South Korea, Oct. 26, 2011. (Photo by Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

ATHENS, Oct. 20, 2011 (Xinhua) — Greek demonstrators and anti riot police clash on Syntagma square in central Athens, Greece. Labor unions and Left parties held a new rally on a second day of a 48-hour general strike ahead of a key parliament vote on new austerity measures. (Photo by Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

KABUL , Oct. 20, 2011 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a press conference with Afghan president Hamid Karzai (not see in picture) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 20, 2011. (Photo by Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud)

CAIRO, Oct. 20, 2011 (Xinhua) — People celebrate the death of Libya’s fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 20, 2011. Mahmoud Jibril, head of the Libyan National Transitional Council’s executive committee, confirmed Thursday that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in his hometown Sirte. (Photo by Xinhua/Nasser Nouri)

BEIJING, Oct. 20, 2011 (Xinhua) — Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Jia Qinglin, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang meet with delegates to a national meeting on overseas Chinese affairs in Beijing. (Photo by Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

TOULOUSE, Oct. 20, 2011 (Xinhua) — An Airbus A300-600ST Super Transporter takes off at the airport in Toulouse of Fance, Oct. 14, 2011. Airbus A300-600ST Super Transporter, or Beluga, is a version of the standard A300-600 wide-body airliner modified to carry aircraft parts and over-sized or awkward cargo. (Photo by Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)

WASHINGTON D.C., Oct. 20, 2011 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the reported death of Libya’s ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Oct. 20, 2011. Obama said the reported death of Libya’s ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of Libya, but there’s still a long road to democracy for the country.(Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Jun)

SEOUL, Oct. 12, 2011 (Xinhua) — South Korean opposition lawmakers and civil activists shout slogans during a demonstration against the free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States. South Korea’s opposition parties have vowed to block the passage of the deal, signed in 2007 and supplemented last December, saying it is lopsided in favor of Washington. (Photo by Xinhua/Park Jin Hee)

GAZA CITY, Oct. 12, 2011 (Xinhua) — Palestinians celebrate a prisoner swap deal with Israel, in Gaza city Oct. 12, 2011. Hamas Politburo chief Khaled Mashaal headed to Cairo Wednesday to complete a prisoner swap deal with Israel, according to a statement posted on Hamas website. In a televised speech broadcasted late Tuesday by the Syrian TV, Mashaal said 450 Palestinian prisoners will be released within a week and the rest of 1,027 prisoners two months later according to the swap deal that secures the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit held in captivity since 2006. (Photo by Xinhua)