The Daily Edit: 2.3.2012

Virginia McMahon joined approximately 80 fellow Catholics Thursday, February 2, 2012 outside Spirit Square in a prayer vigil to protest the performance of the play "The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told," that they consider blasphemous. Parishioners from St. Patrick, St. Matthew, St. Gabriel, St. Mark, St. Ann and traditional Catholics were outside the theater to pray the Rosary and hold a "Holy Hour of Reparation" - or prayers offered up in the face of a wrong they feel is being committed. Jeff Siner - jsiner@charlotteobserver.com Jeff Siner / jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 2: Protesters gather to demonstrate outside Cairo's Al Ahly football stadium on February 2, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The protest follows the deaths of 74 football fans who were killed in clashes between rival fans following the match between al-Masry and al-Alhy in Port Said, Egypt. Three days of mourning have been announced and marches are scheduled to protest at the lack of protection provided by police who were at the stadium when the violence occurred. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images) Ed Giles / Getty Images
An Egyptian man reacts after hearing about the death of his relative killed during clashes at a soccer stadium, outside a morgue in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Scores of Egyptian soccer fans were crushed to death Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated after being trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones, in the country's worst ever soccer violence that killed at least 74 people, witnesses and health officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Khalil Hamra / AP
Egyptians crowd a train station waiting for their friends and relatives' arrival from Port Said in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Witnesses say scores of Egyptian soccer fans were stabbed to death while others suffocated, trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones in the country's worst ever soccer violence. At least 74 people died and hundreds were injured after Wednesday's game in the seaside city of Port Said, when disgruntled fans of the home team, Al Masry, rushed the pitch, setting off clashes and a stampede as riot police largely failed to intervene. A man, right, carries a poster with Arabic that reads, "rest in peace, who's behind this? we are with those who lost their relatives." (AP Photo) STR / AP
Egyptian men stand inside a soccer stadium the day after deadly clashes in Port Said, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Warning that soccer must not be "abused by those who mean evil," the president of the sport's governing body demanded detailed reasons from the Egyptian federation Thursday for the stadium riot that killed at least 74 people. The deadliest soccer stadium disaster since 1996 unfolded in the Mediterranean city of Port Said on Wednesday night following Al-Masry's league match against Al-Ahly, with fans crushed to death while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated in a stampede. (AP Photo) STR / AP
Men react outside a morgue holding the bodies of Egyptians killed in clashes at a soccer stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Scores of Egyptian soccer fans were crushed to death Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated after being trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones, in the country's worst ever soccer violence that killed at least 74 people, witnesses and health officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) Muhammed Muheisen / AP
An Egyptian soccer fan shouts anti-ruling military council slogans during a protest at Sphinx square in Cairo, Egypt, against killing of at least 74 people in the country's worst ever soccer violence, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Scores of Egyptian soccer fans were crushed to death Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated after being trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones, in the country's worst ever soccer violence that killed at least 74 people, witnesses and health officials said Thursday. The white flags are for the Zamalek soccer club. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) Amr Nabil / AP
An Egyptian man reacts after hearing about the death of his relative killed during clashes at a soccer stadium, outside a morgue in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Scores of Egyptian soccer fans were crushed to death Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated after being trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones, in the country's worst ever soccer violence that killed at least 74 people, witnesses and health officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Khalil Hamra / AP
A woman looks out of a window covered in frost on a bus in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities said Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's weeklong deep freeze rose to 122, many of them homeless people. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Vadim Ghirda / AP
An Egyptian protestor flashes the victory sign as he stands near a bonfire during clashes with the security forces near the interior ministry in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Egyptian police fired tear gas Thursday at thousands of demonstrators outside the Interior Ministry protesting the security forces' failure to prevent a soccer riot that killed more than 70 people. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Khalil Hamra / AP
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 02: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies during a House Budget Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 2, 2012 in Washington, DC. Bernanke stressed the importance of enacting policies that would boost the economy in addition to cutting deficits. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Mark Wilson / Getty Images
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 2: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) holds his weekly on-camera press news conference on Capitol Hill February 2, 2012 in Washington, DC. Speaker Boehner said the President should reconsider a decision to compel church-affiliated employers to cover birth control in their health care plans. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images) Pete Marovich / Getty Images
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, walks away from the stage after a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Gerald Herbert / AP
FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Cliff Owen / AP
U.S. President Barack Obama applauds at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Obama said his Christian faith and Biblical teachings guide his political values and economic policies. Photographer: Chris Kleponis/Bloomberg Chris Kleponis / Bloomberg
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she delivers a speech at the Chinese Academy of Social Science in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Merkel called Thursday on China, the biggest buyer of Iranian oil, to use its influence to persuade Tehran to renounce possible nuclear weapons ambitions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Andy Wong / AP
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, center, is lit by a photographer's flash as he leaves the Supreme Court in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Sweden's public prosecutor was right to demand the return of Julian Assange, a lawyer told Britain's Supreme Court Thursday, saying that failing to hand over the WikiLeaks chief would break with precedent and wreck European extradition rules. The point is a technical one, but it's critical to Assange's 14-month struggle to avoid extradition to Sweden where he's wanted on sex crime allegations stemming from encounters with two Swedish women during a trip there in 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Matt Dunham / AP
A man pedals his bicycle through a tunnel in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. Many residents of Colombia's capital walked, biked, or took buses and taxis to their destinations honoring the car-free day. It was the twelfth straight year for the Day Without Cars campaign in which cars are banned for a day in this city of 7 million to promote alternative transportation as a way to reduce smog. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) Fernando Vergara / AP
Dalhousie student Tamim Arabi attends a rally protesting the high costs of education in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on Wednesday, Feb.1, 2012. Three years after moving to Halifax from Saudi Arabia, Arabi, finishing his master's degree in electrical engineering, says he will have paid $25,900 to study at Nova Scotia's largest university. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan) Andrew Vaughan / AP
Kate Oliver, in green, who is the daughter of two gay fathers, holds her daughter, Matilda, age 7, as she testifies in support of a same-sex marriage bill during a state Senate committee hearing in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. The state Senate passed a similar bill in last year's legislative session, only to see it stall in the House. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Patrick Semansky / AP
Schoolgirls fill a bottle of water from a tank supplied by a borehole at their school in the Karagita slum next to Lake Naivasha, during a visit by Rachel Kyte, Vice President of Sustainable Development for the World Bank, unseen, in Kenya Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ben Curtis / AP
A worker positions chairs for a event in the lobby of the State Capitol Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman) David Goldman / AP
Jaeger Swift, left, and Misty Stackhouse protest on the sidewalk after police evicted Occupy Buffalo protesters from their encampment in Niagara Square overnight, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 in Buffalo, N.Y. Police officers, including SWAT team members, moved in around 2 a.m. and arrested 10 demonstrators in Niagara Square. The city's deadline for the protesters to accept a new agreement to remain there until early March expired at midnight. City officials had sought to extend the agreement with the group until March 8, but Occupy Buffalo wanted to remain in Niagara Square until the end of the month. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, Derek Gee) TV OUT; MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; BATAVIA DAILY NEWS OUT; DUNKIRK OBSERVER OUT; JAMESTOWN POST-JOURNAL OUT; LOCKPORT UNION-SUN JOURNAL OUT; NIAGARA GAZETTE OUT; OLEAN TIMES-HERALD OUT; SALAMANCA PRESS OUT; TONAWANDA NEWS OUT (REV-SHARE) Derek Gee / AP
Boris Nemtsov, right, a Russian opposition leader, faces an activist of the pro-Kremlin Nashi (Ours) movement in central Moscow on Thursday, Feb.2 2012. Nemtsov rallied support for a massive opposition demonstration planned for this weekend. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP
Bishop James Harvey, left, and a Swiss guard knee as Pope Benedict XVI, not seen, holds the ostensory during a Vespers prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Gregorio Borgia / AP
Media personnel beat up a spectator who was allegedly stealing at an election rally addressed by Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi in Meerut, India, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, will be choosing its state assembly in elections testing the popularity of the national government's ruling Congress Party. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan) Gurinder Osan / AP
Spectators sit under a festoon of flags of the Congress Party at an election rally in Meerut, India, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, will be choosing its state assembly in elections testing the popularity of the national government's ruling Congress party. The elections starting next week are being viewed as a make or break moment for Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan) Gurinder Osan / AP
A cow looks out of its stable behind icicles in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures far below zero. (AP Photo/Keystone, Arno Balzarini) Arno Balzarini / AP
In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, children at the Ngong Primary School where orphans from the Faraja Children's Home go to school, play in the yard of their school in Ngong, near Nairobi, in Kenya. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ben Curtis / AP
An Indian daily wage laborer talks on a mobile phone, at a construction site in Bhubaneshwar, India, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. India's top court ordered the government on Thursday to cancel 122 licenses granted to companies during an irregular sale of cellphone spectrum that has been branded one of the largest scandals in the country's history. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout) Biswaranjan Rout / AP
A Pakistani man washes clothes at a local washing pool in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) Fareed Khan / AP
Models display creations by Archana Kocchar at the Bangalore Fashion Week in Bangalore, India, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Aijaz Rahi / AP
MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 02: A model walks the runway in the Juanjo Oliva fashion show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid Autumn/Winter 2012 at Ifema on February 2, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images) Jasper Juinen / Getty Images
A man lifts his ski near the frost covered Wendelstein church, Germany's highest church, on the 1838 meter (6030 feet) high Wendelstein mountain near Bayrischzell, southern Germany, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures far below zero. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Matthias Schrader / AP
In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, Kenyan Anthony Omari, 24, describes the attack by thieves during which he suffered a machete slash to the face, at the Faraja Children's Home where he works in Ngong, near Nairobi, in Kenya. Anthony Omari earned the still-fresh 11-stitch scar that runs from his forehead to his upper lip in one of the noblest ways imaginable: while defending one of Kenya's under-resourced orphanages from a half dozen machete-wielding thugs. Traumatized orphans witnessed the attack. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ben Curtis / AP
A woman waits for transport in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. Many residents of Colombia's capital walked, biked, or took buses and taxis to their destinations honoring the car-free day. It was the twelfth straight year for the Day Without Cars campaign in which cars are banned for a day in this city of 7 million to promote alternative transportation as a way to reduce smog. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez) William Fernando Martinez / AP
A warm covered pug dog strolls on a street in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on a cold winter Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Germany faces freezing temperatures coming from Russia down to minus 15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Martin Meissner / AP
A model wears a creation by Spanish designer Margarita Freire during the International Flamenco Fashion Show in Seville, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Miguel Angel Morenatti) Miguel Angel Morenatti / AP
A model waits backstage to have her make up applied before displaying an Autumn/Winter design by Juanjo Oliva during Madrid's Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, in Madrid, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP
In this Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 photo, Iranians walks past a mural depicting members of the Basij paramilitary force, who were killed during the war with Iraq between 1980-88, in Tehran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Vahid Salemi / AP
In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 photo, two Iranian women sit at a bus stop in front of a mural depicting members of Basij paramilitary force during the war with Iraq in 1980-88, in Tehran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Vahid Salemi / AP
In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo, a head-to-toe veiled Iranian woman walks past a mural depicting members of Basij paramilitary force, portraying Iranians' solidarity against their enemies, painted on the wall of a government building at the Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in Tehran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Vahid Salemi / AP
In this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 photo, a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini is seen behind Saint Sarkis church, in Tehran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Vahid Salemi / AP
In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo, a veiled Iranian woman walks past a mural depicting Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, painted on the wall of the former US Embassy, in Tehran, Iran, where Iranian militant students seized in November 1979. Militant Iranian students seized the embassy on Nov. 4, 1979, believing the embassy to be a center of plots against Iran, and then held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. The US severed diplomatic ties in response, and the two countries have not had formal relations since. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Vahid Salemi / AP
Faithful raise their arms in celebration of Yemanja, goddess of the sea, during a ceremony honoring her feast day in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. Yemanja is a deity that reflects a manifestation of God from the African Yoruban religion brought to America by West African slaves. She is the patron saint of fisherman and shipwreck survivors. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Felipe Dana / AP
A local fishermen, right, tows a boat out to sea carrying a statue of Yemanja, goddess of the sea, filled with an offering of flowers in a ceremony celebrating her feast day in Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. Yemanja is a deity that reflects a manifestation of God from the African Yoruban religion brought to America by West African slaves. She is the patron saint of fisherman and shipwreck survivors. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Felipe Dana / AP
A veiled Iranian woman, walks past the graves of unknown soldiers, who were killed during 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, in a ceremony commemorating 33rd anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution which toppled the pro-US Pahlavi dynasty, at the Behesht-e- Zahra cemetery, just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Vahid Salemi / AP
From right, Almanda Talton, 34, mother of Kade'jah Davis, is comforted by her sister Tina Stanley, 36 and her cousin Yvonne Golden, 31, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 in Detroit. Almanda Talton says the shooting that claimed the life of her daughter, Kade'jah Davis, stemmed from a misunderstanding about a mobile phone. Police said Wednesday they had arrested a 19-year-old man and his 35-year-old mother in the shooting. Charges were planned. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Kathleen Galligan ) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES Kathleen Galligan / AP
Kortez Miller, 15, of Detroit, puts a stuffed toy down as a memorial at the home of 12-year-old Kadejah Davis who was killed in a shooting on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 in Detroit. Almanda Talton says the shooting that claimed the life of her daughter, Kade'jah Davis, stemmed from a misunderstanding about a mobile phone. Police said Wednesday they had arrested a 19-year-old man and his 35-year-old mother in the shooting. Charges were planned. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Kathleen Galligan ) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES KATHLEEN GALLIGAN / AP
A masked Bahraini anti-government protester holds his face after being affected by tear gas fired by riot police Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Ma'ameer, Bahrain, during clashes after a funeral for a man whose family and opposition rights activists allege died of excessive tear gas. Writing on the wall behind reads: "God is greatest." (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) Hasan Jamali / AP
A Bahraini anti-government protester, holding a lighter in one hand and a Molotov cocktail in the other, faces off with riot police Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Ma'ameer, Bahrain, during clashes after a funeral for a man whose family and opposition rights activists allege died of tear gas. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) Hasan Jamali / AP
A woman from the Murle tribe awaits food distribution in the town of Pibor, South Sudan on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The Murle of South Sudan's Jonglei State, have been involved in fierce tribal violence with the neighboring Lou Nuer tribe. The two groups have long clashed over cattle, grazing grounds and access to water. In December and January, however, the violence exploded to unprecedented levels when Lou Nuer youth fighters attacked the Murle town of Pibor in December. While no concrete number of Murle deaths in the massacre exists, eyewitnesses and local officials claim that hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of Murle were killed. Reprisal attacks continue between the tribes, a dynamic that poses serious challenges for South Sudan, a country that only became independent in July 2011 and faces considerable development obstacles.(AP Photo/Pete Muller) Pete Muller / AP
A young woman from the Lou Nuer tribe breast feeds her child in a medical clinic in the village of Walgak, South Sudan on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The Lou Nuer of South Sudan's Jonglei State, have been involved in fierce tribal violence with the neighboring Murle tribe. The two groups have long clashed over cattle, grazing grounds and access to water. In December and January, however, the violence exploded to unprecedented levels when Lou Nuer youth fighters attacked the Murle town of Pibor in December. While no concrete number of Murle deaths in the massacre exists, eyewitnesses and local officials claim that hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of Murle were killed. Reprisal attacks continue between the tribes, a dynamic that poses serious challenges for South Sudan, a country that only became independent in July 2011 and faces considerable development obstacles.(AP Photo/Pete Muller) Pete Muller / AP
Displaced women from the Murle tribe take shelter in a primary school in the town of Pibor, South Sudan on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Upwards of 90,000 Murle were displaced around Pibor following a December attack on the town by tribesmen from the neighboring Lou Nuer tribe. The two groups have long clashed over cattle, grazing grounds and access to water. In December and January, however, the violence exploded to unprecedented levels when Lou Nuer youth fighters attacked the Murle town of Pibor in December. While no concrete number of Murle deaths in the massacre exists, eyewitnesses and local officials claim that hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of Murle were killed. Reprisal attacks continue between the tribes, a dynamic that poses serious challenges for South Sudan, a country that only became independent in July 2011 and faces considerable development obstacles.(AP Photo/Pete Muller) Pete Muller / AP
An elderly man from the Lou Nuer tribe receives treatment for malnutrition in a medical clinic in the village of Walgak, South Sudan on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The Lou Nuer of South Sudan's Jonglei State, have been involved in fierce tribal violence with the neighboring Murle tribe. The two groups have long clashed over cattle, grazing grounds and access to water. In December and January, however, the violence exploded to unprecedented levels when Lou Nuer youth fighters attacked the Murle town of Pibor in December. While no concrete number of Murle deaths in the massacre exists, eyewitnesses and local officials claim that hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of Murle were killed. Reprisal attacks continue between the tribes, a dynamic that poses serious challenges for South Sudan, a country that only became independent in July 2011 and faces considerable development obstacles.(AP Photo/Pete Muller) Pete Muller / AP
alhoun Community College softball players Emily Payne, left, and Meaghan Bond stretch before practice Thursday, February 2, 2012 as they enjoy the bright sun and blue sky in Decatur, Ala. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.) Gary Cosby Jr / AP
Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Curtis Sanford stops a shot during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Mark J. Terrill / AP
Three life rafts from the MV Rabaul Queen float above the sunken hull of the ferry in the open waters off Papua New Guinea Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Rescuers plucked more than 200 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after the ferry sank Thursday with as many as 350 people on board, officials said. (AP Photo/Post Courier) PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT AP
Homeless people prepare wood for fuel to use in their dwellings, at an encampment in Lille, France, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, as freezing temperatures dropped to around -10 Celsius in Northern France. Parts of eastern and central Europe were hit hard by heavy snow and freezing temperatures leaving hundreds trapped in cars, dozens of communities without power and increasing the death toll because of hypothermia.(AP Photo/Michel Spingler) Michel Spingler / AP
Jerald Reid sells fruits out of the back of his pick-up truck as he's done for 30 years next to the State Capitol Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman) David Goldman / AP
Christopher Harden, 14, a student at Vicksburg Junior High School, holds his head during a math test at the 2012 Society of American Military Engineers and MATH COUNTS Junior High School Competition at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District on Jan. 27, 2012 in Vicksburg, Miss. . (AP Photo/The Vicksburg Post, Eli Baylis ) Eli Baylis / AP
New York Giants' Lawrence Tynes poses in a reporters outfit during a media availability, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Indianapolis. The Giants will face the New England Patriots in the NFL football Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5. Teammate Zak DeOssie is in the background. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay / AP
A faithful holding images of the Virgin Mary, Jesus, and late Pope John Paul II, waits for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI on the occasion of a Vespers prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Gregorio Borgia / AP