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South African foreign minister Nkoana-Mashabane

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa - South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (C) speaks at a press conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on Oct. 21, 2011, after a two-day ministerial-level preparatory talks for a key U.N. climate conference. The U.N. climate change conference is scheduled to be held from late November to early December, 2011, in South Africa.

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NASA Delays The James Webb Space Telescope Launch Again

Handout photo dated April 15, 2011 of NASA engineer Ernie Wright looks on as the first six flight ready James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror segments are prepped to begin final cryogenic testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Last summer, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) set an October 31, 2021, launch date for the $ 10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, but it's having to delay the science observatory's trip into space once again. Thankfully, the launch might take place just a few weeks later, in November or early December. A rescheduled date is unlikely to be confirmed until later this summer or perhaps in the fall. The instrument, successor to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, which is the largest science observatory ever placed into space, will launch on a European Ariane 5 rocket from a spaceport in French Guiana. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shinto rope over Nachi Waterfall

SHINGU, Japan - Shinto priests set up a ''shimenawa'' sacred rope at the top of the Nachi Waterfall in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2011. The 133-meter-tall fall is maintained as a sacred site by the Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine and its rope is usually renewed twice a year in July and December, but the previous rope was swept away in early September when the area was hit by flooding triggered by Typhoon Talas, leading to the day's operation. (Kyodo)

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Children taking dance lesson

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in early December 2011 shows children taking a lesson at Kids Dance Club Betty's in Tokyo's Kamata district. (Photo can be used only once)(Kyodo)

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South African foreign minister Nkoana-Mashabane

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa - South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (C) speaks at a press conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on Oct. 21, 2011, after a two-day ministerial-level preparatory talks for a key U.N. climate conference. The U.N. climate change conference is scheduled to be held from late November to early December, 2011, in South Africa. (Kyodo)