The New York Times Agency May 2010

The Dalai Lama strolls on the grounds of his residence in Dharamsala, India, on May 25, 2009. He says the Tibetan way of life faces "something like a...

The Dalai Lama during an interview at his residence in Dharamsala, India, on May 25, 2009. He says the Tibetan way of life faces "something like a dea...

The Dalai Lama smiles during morning prayers at a temple in Dharamsala, India, on May 25, 2009. He says the Tibetan way of life faces "something like...

Worshippers smile at the Dalai Lama during morning prayers at a temple in Dharamsala, India, on May 25, 2009. He says the Tibetan way of life faces "s...

Women await the arrival of Britain's Prince Harry at a reception at India House, a private club in lower Manhattan, on Friday, May 29, 2009. Harry, th...

A spectator waits to catch a glimpse of Britain's Prince Harry at a ceremony where he formally named the British Garden in lower Manhattan's Hanover S...

Britain's Prince Harry shovels a spadeful of dirt at a ceremony where he formally named the British Garden in lower Manhattan's Hanover Square on Frid...

Britain's Prince Harry at a ceremony where he formally named the British Garden in lower Manhattan's Hanover Square on Friday, May 29, 2009. Harry, th...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court nominee, leaves her apartment building in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, on Friday, May 29, 2009. (Robert Sto...

Gloria Vanderbilt in her studio in New York in May, 2009. At 85, Vanderbilt , heiress, jeans model and mother to CNN's Anderson Cooper, is unveiling h...

FILE -- Gerald Levin of Time Warner, left, with Stephen Case of America Online, announcing A.O.L.'s $165 billion deal to acquire Time Warner in Januar...

FILE -- Gerald Levin of Time Warner, right, with Stephen Case of America Online, announcing A.O.L.'s $165 billion deal to acquire Time Warner in Janua...

Sign in slips at United Auto Workers Local 160 in Warren, Mich., Thursday, May 28, 2009. Workers were voting on whether to accept concessions in their...

Ballots at United Auto Workers Local 160 in Warren, Mich., Thursday, May 28, 2009. Workers were voting on whether to accept concessions in their labor...

Tony Ptak, a metal model maker and member of the United Auto Workers union (UAW), cast shis vote at Local 160 in Warren, Mich., Thursday, May 28, 2009...

A member of the United Auto Workers union (UAW) cast his vote at Local 160 in Warren, Mich., Thursday, May 28, 2009. Workers were voting on whether to...

FILE -- A model presents one of the designs making up Christian Lacroix's Paris spring/summer collection, in Paris, in January, 2009. Lacroix, the Fre...

A parliament building damaged by Israeli bombing during the war against Hamas, is seen on a street in Gaza City, in May, 2009. Four months after Israe...

A smuggler diging a new tunnel in Rafah, southern Gaza, linking it with Egypt, in May, 2009. Four months after Israel waged a war here to stop Hamas r...

A smuggler diging a new tunnel in Rafah, southern Gaza, linking it with Egypt, in May, 2009. Four months after Israel waged a war here to stop Hamas r...

Buthaina Khadir outside a tent city near Gaza City, in May, 2009, where she lives with her family. Four months after Israel waged a war here to stop H...

Suad Khadir outside a tent city in Gaza City in May, 2009, where she lives with her family. Four months after Israel waged a war here to stop Hamas ro...

Mud bricks are crafted at a construction site near Rafah, southern Gaza, in May, 2009. Everything but foodstuffs and medicine has to be smuggled into...

Jihad al-Shaer with mud bricks at a construction site in Rafah, southern Gaza, in May, 2009. Shaer learned to craft and use mud bricks when building h...

The Dalai Lama receiving a khata, a ceremonial white scarf, in Dharamsala, India on May 25, 2009. He says the Tibetan way of life faces "something lik...

President Barack Obama with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval office on Thursday, May 28, 2009. Obama called on Israelis and Palestinian...

President Barack Obama with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval office on Thursday, May 28, 2009. Obama called on Israelis and Palestinian...

Cesar A. Perales, the executive director of the former Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund in his office in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, May...

Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York in December hearing the case of a Canadian, Maher Arar. To supporters,...

Dennis G. Jacobs, the chief judge of the Second Circuit in his chambers in New York in December 2008. To supporters, Judge Sotomayor's vigorous questi...

Tourists look at a map of the Korean peninsula in an exhibition hall at Unification Observatory Post in Paju, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 27, 2009....

A tourist look towards North Korea from Unification Observatory Post in Paju, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. North Korea threatened Wednesda...

A view of North Korea from just over the border at Unification Observatory Post in Paju, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. North Korea threaten...

South Korean soldiers atop Unification Observatory Post in Paju, South Korea, look over the border into North Korea on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. North...

Robert Franco, left, and Shawn Higgins, who are engaged, embrace during a protest rally outside City Hall in San Francisco after the California Suprem...

Protestors block traffic outside City Hall in San Francisco after the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage on Tues...

Brenda Buenviaje, left, and Elizaeth Truesdell, who were married last year, react during a rally in San Francisco as they learn of the California Supr...

Brenda Buenviaje, left, and Elizaeth Truesdell, who were married last year, react during a rally in San Francisco as they learn of the California Supr...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor thanks President Barack Obama after his speech announcing her as his nominee to be associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court,...

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, right, escort Judge Sonia Sotomayor away from the East Room of the White House after Obama announ...

Selena Sotomayor, center, mother of Judge Sonia Somotmayor, in the audience in the East Room of the White House as President Barack Obama presented h...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor addresses the audience as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden look on, in the East Room of the White House in Wa...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor as President Barack Obama looks on after Obama announced that she was his nominee to be associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Co...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor looks on as President Barack Obama announced that she was his nominee to be associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, Tuesday...

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden after Obama introduced Judge Sonia Sotomayor, right, as his nominee to be associate justice on the...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor shakes hands with President Barack Obama as Vice President Joe Biden looks on after Obama announced that she was his nominee to...

President Barack Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden, with Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Obama's nominee to be associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, T...

A U.S. and modified Puerto Rican flag hang from a window at Bronxdale Houses where Sonia Sotomayor lived as a child, in the Bronx, New York, May 26, 2...

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT BYLINE TO STEPHEN CROWLEY/NYT -- Judge Sonia Sotomayor as President Barack Obama looks on after Obama announced that she wa...

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT BYLINE TO STEPHEN CROWLEY/NYT -- Judge Sonia Sotomayor speaks to the audience as President Barack Obama and Vice Presiden...