AP Photo - In this Oct. 6, 2004 file photo, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II prays during a service in the Assumption cathedral at the Kremlin in Moscow. The 79-year-old Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II died at his residence outside Moscow Friday, Dec. 5, 2008.

AP Photo - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II seen at a meeting with Arbishop of Paris, Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois in Moscow, in this Oct. 29, 2008 file photo. The Russian Orthodox Patriarch who presided over a vast post-Soviet revival of faith but was accused of making the church a force for nationalism, died Friday Dec. 5, 2008 at age 79, the church headquarters said.

AP Photo - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II conducts Easter service at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, in this Sunday, April 11, 2004 file photo. The Russian Orthodox Patriarch who presided over a vast post-Soviet revival of faith but was accused of making the church a force for nationalism, died Friday Dec. 5, 2008 at age 79, the church headquarters said.

AP Photo - Newly appointed Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram, looks on after assuming charge of the ministry, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Shivraj Patil, the former home minister, succumbed to the mounting criticism of the government's inability to prevent repeated terrorist attacks. To replace him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tapped Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram, a Harvard-educated lawyer who has been one of the most prominent faces in the administration.

AP Photo - Pakistani, right in black uniform, and Indian border guards shake hands during the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony at the India and Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah near Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008. U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that Pakistan has a "special responsibility" to cooperate with the investigation into the deadly Mumbai attacks.

AP Photo - Pakistani border guards gesture during the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony at the India and Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah near Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008. U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that Pakistan has a "special responsibility" to cooperate with the investigation into the deadly Mumbai attacks.

AP Photo - Pakistani, left, and Indian border guards face each other during the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony at the India and Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah near Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008. U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that Pakistan has a "special responsibility" to cooperate with the investigation into the deadly Mumbai attacks.

AP Photo - Pakistani, left in black uniforms, and Indian border guards face each other during the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony at the India and Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah near Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008. U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that Pakistan has a "special responsibility" to cooperate with the investigation into the deadly Mumbai attacks.