People walk past the Festival Palace on which is seen the official poster of the 65th Cannes Film Festival featuring U.S. actress Marilyn Monroe in Cannes May 15, 2012. The Cannes film festival runs from May 16 to 27. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
People walk past the Festival Palace on which is seen the official poster of the 65th Cannes Film Festival featuring U.S. actress Marilyn Monroe in Cannes May 15, 2012. The Cannes film festival runs from May 16 to 27. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
A Chopard representative displays the Palme d'Or, the highest prize awarded to competing films, on the eve of the opening of the 65th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 15, 2012. The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 16 to 27. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
A Chopard representative displays the Palme d'Or, the highest prize awarded to competing films, on the eve of the opening of the 65th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 15, 2012. The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 16 to 27. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
A Chopard representative displays the Palme d'Or, the highest prize awarded to competing films, on the eve of the opening of the 65th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 15, 2012. The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 16 to 27. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
A Chopard representative displays the Palme d'Or, the highest prize awarded to competing films, on the eve of the opening of the 65th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 15, 2012. The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 16 to 27. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Britain's Queen Elizabeth continues her tour after taking shelter from a hailstorm during her visit to the "Wild London" exhibition in Richmond, west London May 15, 2012. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Britain's Queen Elizabeth continues her tour after taking shelter from a hailstorm during her visit to the "Wild London" exhibition in Richmond, west London May 15, 2012. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
African Barbie dolls are displayed during a Barbie exhibition in Zagreb May 15, 2012. REUTERS/Antonio
African Barbie dolls are displayed during a Barbie exhibition in Zagreb May 15, 2012. REUTERS/Antonio
Spectators wearing Dalek costumes pose for photographs during the Sevens World Series at Twickenham Stadium in London May 12, 2012. Rugby sevens is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, and play shorter matches. A total of 103,027 fans attended the two-day tournament with many of them wearing fancy dress. Picture taken May 12, 2012. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
Spectators wearing Dalek costumes pose for photographs during the Sevens World Series at Twickenham Stadium in London May 12, 2012. Rugby sevens is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, and play shorter matches. A total of 103,027 fans attended the two-day tournament with many of them wearing fancy dress. Picture taken May 12, 2012. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of U.S. astronaut Joseph Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin blasts off from its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome, May 15, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of U.S. astronaut Joseph Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin blasts off from its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome, May 15, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
A woman holds her malnourished child inside the pediatric ward at Banadir Hospital of Somalia's capital Mogadishu May 15, 2012. REUTERS/Omar Faruk
A woman holds her malnourished child inside the pediatric ward at Banadir Hospital of Somalia's capital Mogadishu May 15, 2012. REUTERS/Omar Faruk
Kashmiri demonstrators hold candles during a candlelight vigil on the banks of the Dal Lake in Srinagar May 15, 2012. Dozens of the demonstrators on Tuesday participated in the candlelight vigil organised by Kashmir Corruption Watch, a civil society forum, to raise awareness about the corruption in Jammu and Kashmir state, a media release said. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Kashmiri demonstrators hold candles during a candlelight vigil on the banks of the Dal Lake in Srinagar May 15, 2012. Dozens of the demonstrators on Tuesday participated in the candlelight vigil organised by Kashmir Corruption Watch, a civil society forum, to raise awareness about the corruption in Jammu and Kashmir state, a media release said. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Shakila Naderi (L), teaches a girl how to drive a car, in Kabul May 15, 2012. The morning after the Taliban fell Naderi shed her head-to-toe burqa, sat behind the wheel of a car for the first time and asked her husband to teach her how to drive. Now Kabul's only female driving instructor, she teaches women a rare skill that confronts harsh opposition in ultra-conservative, Muslim Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Shakila Naderi (L), teaches a girl how to drive a car, in Kabul May 15, 2012. The morning after the Taliban fell Naderi shed her head-to-toe burqa, sat behind the wheel of a car for the first time and asked her husband to teach her how to drive. Now Kabul's only female driving instructor, she teaches women a rare skill that confronts harsh opposition in ultra-conservative, Muslim Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday in an attack in northern Syria, activists said, and members of a team of UN monitors caught in the incident said they were in rebel hands "for their own protection."
Fewer girls under 14 are getting married in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, with sizable declines seen in each nation, according to a study released on Tuesday that suggests positive health gains for young women in South Asia.
New French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged differences on Tuesday over how to boost growth in recession-plagued Europe, but pledged to forge a joint approach in time for an EU summit next month.
President Barack Obama has $500,001 to $1 million in a JPMorgan Chase private client asset management checking account, according to financial disclosures released by the White House on Tuesday.
Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog ended two days of talks on Tuesday by agreeing to meet again next week, just two days before Tehran resumes negotiations with world powers concerned it may be seeking to develop atomic bomb capability.
