**FILE**Sea lions sunbathe on a dock at Pier 39 in San Francisco, California, April 2, 2006. The sea lions took over Dock K at Pier 39 in January of 1990 where they have been residents ever since. The boisterous and playful mammals are a huge hit with tourists and at times during the winter season the population can grow to 900. Photo by Nati Shohat /Flash90

A Jewish boy who is a 'yeshiva' student uses a gas torch to burn away any traces of leavening in the hotel's kitchen in Jerusalem on Sunday, 02 April 2006. It was part of preparations in the hotel for the high Jewish holiday of Passover. Passover celebrates the exodus of Jews from Egypt and their 40-year flight through the desert to reach Israel. During that time there was no leavening for their bread, so Jewish custom calls for Jews not to eat leavened bread nor any products containing leavening during the week-long holiday. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

The rabbi in charge of keeping the Sheraton Crown Plaza kosher uses a gas torch to burn away any traces of leavening in the hotel's kitchen in Jerusalem on Sunday, 02 April 2006. It was part of preparations in the hotel for the high Jewish holiday of Passover. Passover celebrates the exodus of Jews from Egypt and their 40-year flight through the desert to reach Israel. During that time there was no leavening for their bread, so Jewish custom calls for Jews not to eat leavened bread nor any products containing leavening during the week-long holiday. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

Israeli paramedics look at water floods over a road near Kibbutz Kaliya at the Dead Sea on Sunday, 02 April 2006 after heavy rains over the past 24 hours in the higher regions of the West Bank and Israeli flood down to the lowest point on Earth, at minus 400 meters.