Vehicles are stuck in a traffic jam along a major thoroughfare in the central business district of Beijing in this January 29, 2008 file photo. A sudden slowdown in car sales in China and India is threatening to shrink the global auto market this year, promising tougher times for an industry leaning on the two most populous countries to pick up the slack in the West.
Cars, trucks and buses cause traffic congestion on a main road in Beijing in this January 2, 2008 file photo. A sudden slowdown in car sales in China and India is threatening to shrink the global auto market this year, promising tougher times for an industry leaning on the. two most populous countries to pick up the slack in the West.
Cars are driven on one of the ring roads in Beijing's city centre in this January, 15, 2008 file photo. A sudden slowdown in car sales in China and India is threatening to shrink the global auto market this year, promising tougher times for an industry leaning on the two most populous countries to pick up the slack in the West.
A Louisiana police car patrols a deserted downtown, next to the 25-foot tall concrete levee that keeps the Atchafalaya River out of the city, in Morgan City August 31, 2008. Nearly 2 million people fled the Louisiana coast on Sunday as Hurricane Gustav moved within hours of striking land, possibly with a weaker punch than 2005's devastating Hurricane Katrina.