Brazil/Haiti/Science

Brazil Presidential Inauguration - January 1, 2003

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Reuters Photo

Brazil new president, Lula da Silva, with wife, Marisa, after receiving the presidential sash.

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Reuters Photo

Jubilant supporters of Mr. da Silva, Brazil's forst working-class president, waded through a fountain to reachhis car outside Congress when he was inaugurated in Brazil yesterday.

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Agence-France Presse

The world leaders who attended the inauguration included President Fidel Castro of Cuba and South African President Thabo Mbeki

Haiti And Its Chief Bandit Jean-Bertrand Aristide - January 1-2, 2003

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Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, left, accompanied by Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, right, and one of his secret service men, behind, leave the cathedral in Gonaives, Haiti, after a Te Deum mass which celebrated the 199th anniversary of Haiti's independence on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2003. Aristide has recently faced a wave of mass protests and criticisms as a result of the deteriorating economic and human rights situation in Haiti which has caused foreign donors to block some $500 million in loans and aid and also has led local political parties to refuse to participate in elections announced for 2003. In his Independence Day speech, Aristide announced the release of 68 prisoners, land reform, and a series of public works programs. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

Haitians gather to purchase rationed kerosene being sold at the new official price which is 90 percent higher than the Dec. 31 price, in Carrefour, Haiti, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2003. Four days after a gas tanker arrived in Haiti, ostensibly to end the fuel shortage due to the unrest and strike in Venezuela, many gas stations remain closed and people have to wait in long lines for gas, diesel and kerosene, used for cooking and light. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, center, saluting during the national anthem, as he stands between Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, left, and his wife Mildred Aristide, to his right, during a rally in Gonaives, Haiti, which celebrated the 199th anniversary of Haiti's independence on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2003. Aristide has recently faced a wave of mass protests and criticisms as a result of the deteriorating economic and human rights situation in Haiti which has caused foreign donors to block some $500 million in loans and aid and also has led local political parties to refuse to participate in elections announced for 2003. In his Independence Day speech, Aristide announced the release of 68 prisoners, land reform, and a series of public works programs. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

A Haitian woman sits with empty containers waiting to purchase kerosene at a gas station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002. Lines formed at Haiti's gas stations around the country as the gas reserves of the beleaguered island nation dried up due to the Venuezuelan crisis. (AP Photo/ Daniel Morel)

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A Haitian woman passes a gas station pump where the nozzle dangles to show that its tanks are dry six days after a gas tanker delivered gas to end the shortage and four days after the government raised most fuel prices by 85 to 90 percent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003. An employee said he does not know why gas is not being delivered, but fuel distributors are threatening to strike since they are being forced to take a cut in profits and a confederation of public transport drivers has announced a strike for Jan. 7. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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Haitians wait for kerosene at a station where fuel tanks remain dry six days after a gas tanker delivered gas to end the shortage and four days after the government raised fuel prices by 85 to 90 percent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003. An employee said he does not know why gas is not being delivered, but fuel distributors are threatening to strike since they are being forced to take a cut in profits and a confederation of public transport drivers has announced a strike for Jan. 7.(AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

A Haitian watch vendor crosses La Saline Boulevard amidst a thick cloud of smoke from burning garbage during the last sunset of 2002 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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Prof. Jay Mallek and a student, Brian Betz, exchanging data on wireless laptops at American University. (Photo Doug Mills/The New York Times)