South Korean Navy sailors are on board a patrol boat at a naval base in Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. An official says that South Korean troops are on high alert against possible North Korean retaliation after one of the communist country's navy ships retreated in flames following a skirmish with the South. (AP)
Armed South Korean Navy sailors patrol at a naval base in Incheon, west of Seoul November 11, 2009. North and South Korea's navies clashed briefly in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, just ahead of a visit to Asia this week by U.S. President Barack Obama, in an incident that left a northern vessel damaged. (Reuters)
A North Korean soldier observes at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South Korean military officials said. (AP / Lee Jin-man)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Mikhail Kalashnikov, who invented the AK-47 assault rifle, seen during festivities to celebrate the inventor's 90th birthday at the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. The AK-47 is one of the world's most popular and reliable rifles. (AP)
A Pakistani army soldier mans a post at a relief center in Dera Islamial Khan, Pakistan, where thousands of displaced people who fled the Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan along the Afghanistan border due to fighting between security forces and militants, wait for relief supplies on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Helicopter gunships shelled militant hideouts in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region Wednesday, killing several suspected fighters after gunmen murdered two paramilitary soldiers at a checkpoint in the area, officials said.
Soldiers from Latvia's army attend an event in Riga, November 11, 2009, to commemorate the liberation of Riga from German-Russian troops during the 1919 war for independence.
South Korean Army soldiers move to their operation area, along a road in Gimpo, near the Military Demarcation Line separating the two Koreas, about 30 km (18 miles) northwest of Seoul, November 11, 2009. Navies from the rival Koreas exchanged gunfire for the first time in seven years on Tuesday, damaging vessels on both sides and raising tension just days before U.S. President Barack Obama travels to Asia.
A South Korean Army soldier sits in a military truck as troops move out of their operation area, along a road in Gimpo, near the Military Demarcation Line separating the two Koreas, about 30 km (18 miles) northwest of Seoul, November 11, 2009. Navies from the rival Koreas exchanged gunfire for the first time in seven years on Tuesday, damaging vessels on both sides and raising tension just days before U.S. President Barack Obama travels to Asia.
Soldiers patrol at La Cruz hill, a rural area of Corinto municipality in Colombia, 10 November 2009. At least nine soldiers died and four were wounded in this place during an attack by Colombian Revolutionary Army Forces (FARC), official sources said
Soldiers patrol after combatting rebels in Corinto in southern Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. At least nine soldiers were killed and four wounded when they came under mortar attack by about 100 rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, according to Col. Luis Danilo Murcia. No information was given regarding wounded or dead rebels. (AP / Christian Escobar Mora)
Soldiers are seen after fighting rebels in Corinto in southern Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. (AP)
A soldier talks on his cell phone after heavy combat with rebels in Corinto in southern Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. (AP)
A soldier stands guard on a hill over looking Corinto, Colombia, after heavy combat between soldiers and rebels, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.