March 8 - March 14 (40 images)

Vice President Joe Biden announces funding for Amtrak as part of the implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act at Union Station in Washington on March 13, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

A tourist walks through the pillars of the world's tallest brick minaret, Qutb Minar, where construction commenced in 1193 under the orders of India's first Muslim ruler Qutb-ud-din Aibak in New Delhi, India on March 9, 2009. The Qutb Minar is 72 meters high (237.8 ft) with 379 steps leading to the top. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

An Indian man with a face smeared with colored powder poses for a photographer after celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi or Festival of colors in New Delhi, India on March 11, 2009. The colorful festival of Holi celebrate all over India. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

Connecticut Huskies head coach Jim Calhoun puts his hands on his head in the second overtime against the Syracuse Orange in the Big East Basketball Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 12, 2009. Syracuse defeated Connecticut 127-117 in a Big East record six overtimes. (UPI Photo/John Angelillo)