PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator John Kerry kite surfs off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts July 20, 2004. REUTERS/Brian Snyder US ELECTION
PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - U.S. Democratic Senator presidential candidate John Kerry peeks from behind the curtain as he is introduced to address a town hall meeting at the University of South Carolina in Columbia January 30, 2004. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest of Israeli and Palestinians against the construction of Israel's controversial security barrier in the West Bank town of A-Ram June 26, 2004. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause
PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Iraq's deposed dictator Saddam Hussein appears before an Iraqi tribunal in Iraq July 1, 2004. He refused to recognize its authority and said the 'real criminal' was President Bush (news - web sites). REUTERS/Ho
PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Spiritual leader and founder of the Islamic movement Hamas Sheikh Ahmed Yassin listen to Imam at al Mojamah mosque during Friday prayer in Gaza January 9,2004. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - U.S. director Michael Moore (C) waves to the crowd as he holds the Palme d'Or for his documentary film 'Fahrenheit 9/11' as Jury President Quentin Tarantino (C Top) applauds with members of the jury during a special red carpet arrival at the 57th Cannes Film Festival, May 23, 2004. Seen on top row, from L-R: Kathleen Turner, Jerry Schatzberg, Emmanuelle Beart, Cannes Film Festival President Gilles Jacob, Tarantino, Edwidge Danticat, Benoit Poelvoorde, and Tilda Swinton. REUTERS/John Schults
PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush negotiates his umbrella in the wind during a rainstorm after stepping off Marine One at Andrews Air Force Base, in Maryland, June 1, 2004. REUTERS/Larry Downing REUTERS
PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Standing at his desk in the Oval Office, President George W. Bush receives a phone call from Democratic nominee John Kerry, in which the Senator conceded defeat in the 2004 presidential election, November 3, 2004. Kerry's concession squashed prospects of a lengthy legal challenge and endless ballot counting in Ohio, where the election had been too close to call and delayed the final outcome for hours. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Eric Draper/The White House/Handout