BRAZIL/

Close relatives of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who traveled by bus for 36 hours from the city of Guaranhuns, where Lula was born in northeastern Brazil, joke while posing for pictures in front of Alvarado Palace presidential residence as they arrived to attend the swearing in of Lula for a second term, in Brasilia December 31, 2006. Lula will be sworn in on January 1, 2007. The red poster reads, "A present from the land of the President". REUTERS/Sergio Moraes (BRAZIL)