A boy, injured during a NATO air strike, lies on a hospital bed in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province Feb 20, 2011. Joint operations by Afghan forces and NATO-led foreign troops killed 64 civilians in Kunar, including many women and children, over the past four days, the governor of Kunar said on Sunday. [Photo/Agencies]

People fill out their ballot papers to vote in a state election in Hamburg, Feb 20, 2011. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats face a bruising defeat in a state election in Hamburg on Sunday to the opposition Social Democrats (SPD), which would make it harder for her coalition to pass laws. [Photo/Agencies]