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Kashmiri nomads travel past Dal Lake in Srinagar on September 25, 2010. Nomads travel with their livestock and trek through the state's rugged mountain terrain to reach pastures where they spend the summer months in the mountains and the winter in the shelter of valleys. India offered September 25 to hold a 'sustained dialogue' with Indian Kashmiris and look at scaling back security forces in the restive region to quell a deadly wave of anti-India unrest.

Pakistani flood-affected families travel through water as they return home to Bassera village in Punjab province on August 20, 2010 as floodwaters recede. Around 4.6 million people are still without shelter following the wave of destruction wreaked by the worst flooding in Pakistan's history, the UN said. It estimates 20 million people have been affected and a fifth of the country is under water with the risk of cholera, typhoid and hepatitis growing.

Pictured is the sign for a closed travel agency in Agadez, a tourist city in northern Niger, on September 24, 2010. Charter flights to the city have been cancelled since the kidnapping of a group of expatriate workers employed by the French group Areva by the Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) in Arlit, Niger, one week ago.

A delegation of Indian travel agents join 7,500 Sydneysiders for the annual 'Breakfast On The Bridge' event on a turf covered Sydney Harbour Bridge on October 10, 2010. Over 11,000 square metres of instant Kikuyu turf, grown specifically for the event, were laid on Sydney�s beloved 'Coathanger' to create a huge picnic ground suspended 50 metres above the harbour.

Students use a boat to travel to school at Sikakap village in South Pagai, in the Metawai islands, west of Sumatra island on November 2, 2010, a week after a 7.7-magnitude quake-triggered tsunami hit the area. Indonesian tsunami survivors have complained they are being forced to scavenge for wild roots because aid had not arrived a week after the wave crushed their remote villages.

Students use a boat to travel to school at Sikakap village in South Pagai, in the Metawai islands, west of Sumatra island on November 2, 2010, a week after a 7.7-magnitude quake-triggered tsunami hit the area. Indonesian tsunami survivors have complained they are being forced to scavenge for wild roots because aid had not arrived a week after the wave crushed their remote villages.

Students use a boat to travel to school at Sikakap village in South Pagai, in the Metawai islands, west of Sumatra island on November 2, 2010, a week after a 7.7-magnitude quake-triggered tsunami hit the area. Indonesian tsunami survivors have complained they are being forced to scavenge for wild roots because aid had not arrived a week after the wave crushed their remote villages.

Pictured is the sign for a closed travel agency in Agadez, a tourist city in northern Niger, on September 24, 2010. Charter flights to the city have been cancelled since the kidnapping of a group of expatriate workers employed by the French group Areva by the Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) in Arlit, Niger, one week ago.

Students use a boat to travel to school at Sikakap village in South Pagai, in the Metawai islands, west of Sumatra island on November 2, 2010, a week after a 7.7-magnitude quake-triggered tsunami hit the area. Indonesian tsunami survivors have complained they are being forced to scavenge for wild roots because aid had not arrived a week after the wave crushed their remote villages.

Students use a boat to travel to school at Sikakap village in South Pagai, in the Metawai islands, west of Sumatra island on November 2, 2010, a week after a 7.7-magnitude quake-triggered tsunami hit the area. Indonesian tsunami survivors have complained they are being forced to scavenge for wild roots because aid had not arrived a week after the wave crushed their remote villages.

EU Commissioner of Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmstroem addresses journalists during a press conference in Sarajevo, on November 12, 2010. Malmstroem arrived on a one-day official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina for a series of meetings with the country's top officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning visa-free travel to European countries, and potential consequences in case of systematic abuse of the newly adopted visa-free travel regime for Bosnia and Albania.

EU Commissioner of Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmstroem addresses journalists during a press conference in Sarajevo, on November 12, 2010. Malmstroem arrived on a one-day official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina for a series of meetings with the country's top officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning visa-free travel to European countries, and potential consequences in case of systematic abuse of the newly adopted visa-free travel regime for Bosnia and Albania.

Travellers make their ways at the Regan National Airport in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2010 ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Some 42.2 million Americans are expected to pack their bags and travel at least 50 miles (90 kilometers) from home to celebrate Thanksgiving, which falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the AAA motor club and leisure travel group said. The number of Thanksgiving travelers is up by 11 percent compared to last year, even though gasoline is around 25 cents more expensive and air fares are up.

DUARTE, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Traffic stacks up on the west- and east-bound lanes of the 210 Foothill Freeway near Los Angeles as Thanksgiving holiday travelers hit the freeways on November 24, 2010 in Duarte, California. Thanksgiving holiday travel is expected to increase 11 percent from 2009 according to AAA.

DUARTE, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Traffic stacks up on the west- and east-bound lanes of the 210 Foothill Freeway near Los Angeles as Thanksgiving holiday travelers hit the freeways on November 24, 2010 in Duarte, California. Thanksgiving holiday travel is expected to increase 11 percent from 2009 according to AAA.

DUARTE, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Traffic stacks up on the west- and east-bound lanes of the 210 Foothill Freeway near Los Angeles as Thanksgiving holiday travelers hit the freeways on November 24, 2010 in Duarte, California. Thanksgiving holiday travel is expected to increase 11 percent from 2009 according to AAA.

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: Travelers wait to depart Penn Station as a timetable is reflected in a window November 24, 2010 in New York City. According to the American Automobile Association, 42.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home for the Thanksgiving holiday, an 11 percent increase over last year.

DUARTE, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Traffic stacks up on the west- and east-bound lanes of the 210 Foothill Freeway near Los Angeles as Thanksgiving holiday travelers hit the freeways on November 24, 2010 in Duarte, California. Thanksgiving holiday travel is expected to increase 11 percent from 2009 according to AAA.

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: Travelers wait to depart Penn Station November 24, 2010 in New York City. According to the American Automobile Association, 42.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home for the Thanksgiving holiday, an 11 percent increase over last year.

Chief priest C.S. Gopa Krishna (L) offers prayers as Hindu devotees cirumambulate the Chilkur Balaji temple as they pray to Lord Balaji, popularly known as the 'Visa God', in Moinabad mandal in Rangareddy district, some 30 kms from Hyderabad, on September 26, 2010. The temple is popularly called the 'visa temple' as devotees wishing to travel abroad pray at the temple with the hopes of getting their visa applications approved. The temple draws some one hundred thousand visitors a week, many of them praying for visa approvals to travel to the US and other western countries.

Hindu devotees visit the Chilkur Balaji temple to pray to Lord Balaji, popularly known as the 'Visa God', in Moinabad mandal in Rangareddy district, some 30 kms from Hyderabad, on September 26, 2010. The temple is popularly called the 'visa temple' as devotees wishing to travel abroad pray at the temple with the hopes of getting their visa applications approved. The temple draws some one hundred thousand visitors a week, many of them praying for visa approvals to travel to the US and other western countries.

Belgium's State Secretary, Melchior Wathelet addresses journalists during a press conference in Sarajevo, on November 12, 2010. Wathelet arrived on a one-day official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina for a series of meetings with the country's top officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning visa-free travel to European countries, and potential consequences in case of systematic abuse of the newly adopted visa-free travel regime for Bosnia and Albania.

Belgium's State Secretary, Melchior Wathelet addresses journalists during a press conference in Sarajevo, on November 12, 2010. Wathelet arrived on a one-day official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina for a series of meetings with the country's top officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning visa-free travel to European countries, and potential consequences in case of systematic abuse of the newly adopted visa-free travel regime for Bosnia and Albania.

Travellers go through a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to make their flights at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2010 ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Some 42.2 million Americans are expected to pack their bags and travel at least 50 miles (90 kilometers) from home to celebrate Thanksgiving, which falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the AAA motor club and leisure travel group said. The number of Thanksgiving travelers is up by 11 percent compared to last year, even though gasoline is around 25 cents more expensive and air fares are up.

Travelers go through a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to make their flights at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2010 ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Some 42.2 million Americans are expected to pack their bags and travel at least 50 miles (90 kilometers) from home to celebrate Thanksgiving, which falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the AAA motor club and leisure travel group said. The number of Thanksgiving travelers is up by 11 percent compared to last year, even though gasoline is around 25 cents more expensive and air fares are up.

Hannah Everhart bids goodbye to her boyfriend Nick Williams at the Regan National Airport in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2010 ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Some 42.2 million Americans are expected to pack their bags and travel at least 50 miles (90 kilometers) from home to celebrate Thanksgiving, which falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the AAA motor club and leisure travel group said. The number of Thanksgiving travelers is up by 11 percent compared to last year, even though gasoline is around 25 cents more expensive and air fares are up.

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: An Amtrak police officer and police dog keep watch as travelers wait to depart Penn Station November 24, 2010 in New York City. According to the American Automobile Association, 42.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home for the Thanksgiving holiday, an 11 percent increase over last year.

DUARTE, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Traffic stacks up on the west- and east-bound lanes of the 210 Foothill Freeway near Los Angeles as Thanksgiving holiday travelers hit the freeways on November 24, 2010 in Duarte, California. Thanksgiving holiday travel is expected to increase 11 percent from 2009 according to AAA.

A Hindu devotee marks off the number of cirumambulations on a slip of paper as he makes his way around the Chilkur Balaji temple in prayers to Lord Balaji, popularly known as the 'Visa God', in Moinabad mandal in Rangareddy district, some 30 kms from Hyderabad, on September 26, 2010. Devotees make 11 pradakshina (circumambulations) for a prayer, while those who have their prayers granted should complete 108 pradakshinas. The temple is popularly called the 'visa temple' as devotees wishing to travel abroad pray at the temple with the hopes of getting their visa applications approved. The temple draws some one hundred thousand visitors a week, many of them praying for visa approvals to travel to the US and other western countries.

Travellers go through a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to make their flights at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2010 ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Some 42.2 million Americans are expected to pack their bags and travel at least 50 miles (90 kilometers) from home to celebrate Thanksgiving, which falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the AAA motor club and leisure travel group said. The number of Thanksgiving travelers is up by 11 percent compared to last year, even though gasoline is around 25 cents more expensive and air fares are up.

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: Jill Shaner uses her laptop as she waits to depart Penn Station on her way home to Maryland as National Guard troops patrol November 24, 2010 in New York City. According to the American Automobile Association, 42.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home for the Thanksgiving holiday, an 11 percent increase over last year.

The manager of a travel agency sits in front of the shop's close door in Agadez, a tourist city in northern Niger, on September 24, 2010. Charter flights to the city have been cancelled since the kidnapping of a group of expatriate workers employed by the French group Areva by the Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) in Arlit, Niger, one week ago.

DUARTE, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Traffic stacks up on the west- and east-bound lanes of the 210 Foothill Freeway near Los Angeles as Thanksgiving holiday travelers hit the freeways on November 24, 2010 in Duarte, California. Thanksgiving holiday travel is expected to increase 11 percent from 2009 according to AAA.

DUARTE, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Traffic stacks up on the west- and east-bound lanes of the 210 Foothill Freeway near Los Angeles as Thanksgiving holiday travelers hit the freeways on November 24, 2010 in Duarte, California. Thanksgiving holiday travel is expected to increase 11 percent from 2009 according to AAA.

Hindu devotees cirumambulate the Chilkur Balaji temple as they pray to Lord Balaji, popularly known as the 'Visa God', in Moinabad mandal in Rangareddy district, some 30 kms from Hyderabad, on September 26, 2010. The temple is popularly called the 'visa temple' as devotees wishing to travel abroad pray at the temple with the hopes of getting their visa applications approved. The temple draws some one hundred thousand visitors a week, many of them praying for visa approvals to travel to the US and other western countries.

Albanians wave flags from their cars on November 8, 2010 in Tirana to hail the European Union decision to extend visa-free travel rights to them as a historic decision which marks a step towards a European future. EU interior ministers unanimously gave the green light to allow Albanian and Bosnian citizens with biometric passports to travel to 25 European nations without a visa, but with a tight monitoring system and the possibility of suspending the privilege in case of abuses.

An Albanian girl displays her biometric passport as she stands next road signs showing European capitals in Tirana on November 8, 2010 to hail the European Union decision to extend visa-free travel rights to them as a historic decision which marks a step towards a European future. EU interior ministers unanimously gave the green light to allow Albanian and Bosnian citizens with biometric passports to travel to 25 European nations without a visa, but with a tight monitoring system and the possibility of suspending the privilege in case of abuses.

EU Commissioner of Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmstroem listens to a question during a press conference in Sarajevo, on November 12, 2010. Malmstroem arrived on a one-day official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina for a series of meetings with the country's top officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning visa-free travel to European countries, and potential consequences in case of systematic abuse of the newly adopted visa-free travel regime for Bosnia and Albania.

Albanians wave flags from a car on November 8, 2010 in Tirana to hail the European Union decision to extend visa-free travel rights to them as a historic decision which marks a step towards a European future. EU interior ministers unanimously gave the green light to allow Albanian and Bosnian citizens with biometric passports to travel to 25 European nations without a visa, but with a tight monitoring system and the possibility of suspending the privilege in case of abuses.

Travelers walk through the concourse at Regan National Airport in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2010 ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Some 42.2 million Americans are expected to pack their bags and travel at least 50 miles (90 kilometers) from home to celebrate Thanksgiving, which falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the AAA motor club and leisure travel group said. The number of Thanksgiving travelers is up by 11 percent compared to last year, even though gasoline is around 25 cents more expensive and air fares are up.

Hindu devotees cirumambulate the Chilkur Balaji temple as they pray to Lord Balaji, popularly known as the 'Visa God', in Moinabad mandal in Rangareddy district, some 30 kms from Hyderabad, on September 26, 2010. The temple is popularly called the 'visa temple' as devotees wishing to travel abroad pray at the temple with the hopes of getting their visa applications approved. The temple draws some one hundred thousand visitors a week, many of them praying for visa approvals to travel to the US and other western countries.

A Hindu devotee marks off the number of cirumambulations on a slip of paper as he makes his way around the Chilkur Balaji temple in prayers to Lord Balaji, popularly known as the 'Visa God', in Moinabad mandal in Rangareddy district, some 30 kms from Hyderabad, on September 26, 2010. Devotees make 11 pradakshina (circumambulations) for a prayer, while those who have their prayers granted should complete 108 pradakshinas. The temple is popularly called the 'visa temple' as devotees wishing to travel abroad pray at the temple with the hopes of getting their visa applications approved. The temple draws some one hundred thousand visitors a week, many of them praying for visa approvals to travel to the US and other western countries.

Albanians wave flags from their cars on November 8, 2010 in Tirana to hail the European Union decision to extend visa-free travel rights to them as a historic decision which marks a step towards a European future. EU interior ministers unanimously gave the green light to allow Albanian and Bosnian citizens with biometric passports to travel to 25 European nations without a visa, but with a tight monitoring system and the possibility of suspending the privilege in case of abuses.

Travelers walk through the concourse at Regan National Airport in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2010 ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Some 42.2 million Americans are expected to pack their bags and travel at least 50 miles (90 kilometers) from home to celebrate Thanksgiving, which falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the AAA motor club and leisure travel group said. The number of Thanksgiving travelers is up by 11 percent compared to last year, even though gasoline is around 25 cents more expensive and air fares are up.

Travellers in a long check-in line caused by a computer malfunction at Spirit Airlines November 24, 2010 at La Guardia Airport in New York on what is considered the heaviest travel day of the year. US airline passengers seemed resigned to invasive security screening early Wednesday, the busiest travel day of the year, as a much-hyped, if loosely organized, call for protests against intensive security went largely unheeded.

Albanians wave flags from their cars on November 8, 2010 in Tirana to hail the European Union decision to extend visa-free travel rights to them as a historic decision which marks a step towards a European future. EU interior ministers unanimously gave the green light to allow Albanian and Bosnian citizens with biometric passports to travel to 25 European nations without a visa, but with a tight monitoring system and the possibility of suspending the privilege in case of abuses.

Albanians wave flags from a car on November 8, 2010 in Tirana to hail the European Union decision to extend visa-free travel rights to them as a historic decision which marks a step towards a European future. EU interior ministers unanimously gave the green light to allow Albanian and Bosnian citizens with biometric passports to travel to 25 European nations without a visa, but with a tight monitoring system and the possibility of suspending the privilege in case of abuses.

An Albanian girl displays her biometric passport as she stands next road signs showing European capitals in Tirana on November 8, 2010 to hail the European Union decision to extend visa-free travel rights to them as a historic decision which marks a step towards a European future. EU interior ministers unanimously gave the green light to allow Albanian and Bosnian citizens with biometric passports to travel to 25 European nations without a visa, but with a tight monitoring system and the possibility of suspending the privilege in case of abuses.

Hannah Everhart bids goodbye to her boyfriend Nick Williams at the Regan National Airport in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2010 ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Some 42.2 million Americans are expected to pack their bags and travel at least 50 miles (90 kilometers) from home to celebrate Thanksgiving, which falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the AAA motor club and leisure travel group said. The number of Thanksgiving travelers is up by 11 percent compared to last year, even though gasoline is around 25 cents more expensive and air fares are up.

Workers prepare flights for departure at the Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2010 ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Some 42.2 million Americans are expected to pack their bags and travel at least 50 miles (90 kilometers) from home to celebrate Thanksgiving, which falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the AAA motor club and leisure travel group said. The number of Thanksgiving travelers is up by 11 percent compared to last year, even though gasoline is around 25 cents more expensive and air fares are up.