An Israeli soldier stands by a display of Iranian supplied arms seized by Israeli commandos at the Ashdod Port on November 4, 2009. The Israeli Navy intercepted the Antiqua-flagged Francop vessel in the Mediterranean Sea carrying hundreds of tons of Iranian supplied arms bound for Syria. UPI/Debbie Hill

Iranian students hold a poster of U.S. President Barack Obama during a demonstration outside the former United States embassy in Tehran, Iran, on the anniversary of its 444-day occupation by militant Iranian students on November 4, 2009. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian.

Russian ultra nationalists carry historic flags of the Russian empire during a rally to mark National Unity Day in Moscow on November 4, 2009. UPI/Anatoli Zhdanov

German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah waits for an interview in Kabul on November 1, 2009. Abdullah announced that he will no longer run in the upcoming run-off election after accusing the government of not meeting his demands for a fair vote, leaving a cloud over the legitimacy of the next government. UPI/Hossein Fatemi

From left, U.S. President Barack Obama, Assistant Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Daniel V. Wright and Brig. Gen. Michael S. Repass, commanding general of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, render honors as a team of Soldiers carry the remains of Sgt. Dale R. Griffin during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware on October 29, 2009. Griffin, who was assigned to 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, was killed in action on October 27, 2009, by a roadside bomb in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. UPI/Jason Minto/U.S. Air Force

Members of Congress applaud as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS treatment extension act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington on October 30, 2009. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. It was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS through a tainted hemophilia treatment in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at an event where House Democrats unveiled their health care reform bill, in Washington on October 29, 2009. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

NASA's Ares 1-X Flight Test Vehicle was postponed due to high winds and clouds at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 27,2009.The 327-foot-tall Test Vehicle represents the next-generation spacecraft and launch vehicle system.Launch date has been set for October 28, 2009. UPI/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell

President Barack Obama (2nd-R) presents the Congressional Gold Medal to former Sen. Edward Brooke (R-MA), as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Read (D-NV) watch on, during a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on October 28, 2009. UPI/Kevin Dietsch