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Antonio Zuniga, protagonist of the documentary "Presumed Guilty," poses for a photo in Mexico City, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. The award-winning film opens in Mexican commercial theaters Wednesday and its directors and protagonist hope it galvanizes Mexicans to demand changes to their failed legal system. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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Residents of Christiania stand in front of the Supreme Court of Denmark Friday Feb. 18, 2011, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish Supreme Court gave the government the green light to take control of a largely self-governing Copenhagen neighborhood that was occupied by hippies four decades ago. (AP Photo/Polfoto/Torben Stroyer)
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Rep. Norm Dicks of Washington is the top Democrat of the subcommittee that oversees defense funding. (Associated Press)
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A crowd gathers as Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson speaks during a news conference at Samford Hall regarding the two poisoned oak trees at Toomer's Corner in Auburn, Ala., on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. Harvey Almorn Updyke, Jr., a 62-year-old Dadeville man has been arrested in connection with the poisoning of the historic Toomer's Corner oak trees at Auburn University. (AP Photo/The Birmingham News, Michelle Campbell)
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Keith Brown, right, and his attorney Steven Shapiro talk to the judge at his hearing in Provo 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. Brown, the father of the musical group "The 5 Browns," pleaded guilty to one first-degree felony count of sodomy on a child and two second-degree felony counts of sexual abuse of a child on his three daughters. Brown will be sentenced on March 31, 2011. (AP Photo/George Frey)
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Supporters of the Pakistani religious party Jammat-e-Islami rally in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, against U.S. Consulate employee Raymond Davis, who allegedly shot dead two Pakistanis whom Mr. Davis has said were trying to rob him. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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Mexican soldiers and federal police guard the U.S. Embassy vehicle in which one ICE agent was killed and another wounded in an attack Tuesday between Mexico City and Monterrey. (Associated Press)
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Contestants Ken Jennings (left) and Brad Rutter and a computer named Watson compete on the game show "Jeopardy!". (Associated Press)
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A black cocker spaniel named Beckham is inspected by the judge before winning the sporting group at the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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** FILE ** In this April 20, 2009, file photo, FBI agents escort Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse into FBI headquarters in New York. Muse has admitted he's a modern-day pirate. He was sentenced to 33 years in prison. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)
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"We're waiting for presidential leadership," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said Tuesday. "Entitlement reform will not be done except on a bipartisan basis with presidential leadership." (Associated Press)
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Streets in Jidhafs, Bahrain, are jammed Tuesday in a funeral procession for Ali Abdulhadi Mushaima, 21, killed in Monday's protests. Anger intensified when one of the mourners was shot fatally. (Associated Press)
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This photo released by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department shows Legedu Naanee who was arrested Feb. 12, 2011, in Indianapolis. Police said he faces charges of public intoxication and resisting arrest. Naanee is a NFL football player with the San Diego Chargers. (AP Photo/Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department)
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**FILE** Veterans Kori Cioca (left), 25, of Wilmington, Ohio, and Panayiota Bertzikis, 29, of Somerville, Mass., who were assaulted and raped while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, meet at their attorney's office in Washington on Feb. 13, 2011. They are plaintiffs among about a dozen women and at least one man, who are suing Pentagon officials, seeking change in the military's handling of rape and sexual assault cases. (Associated Press)
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Edda Mellas, left, and Curt Knox, the parents of Amanda Knox, an American student convicted of murder in Italy, arrive at a hearing in Perugia's court, Italy, on Nov. 28, 2009. A lawyer said Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 the parents of Knox have been ordered to stand trial for claiming that Italian police abused their daughter. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici, file)
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American student Amanda Knox, who has been convicted of murder, is escorted by penitentiary police officers during a break in the trial at the court in Perugia, central Italy, on Dec. 3, 2009. Knox's parents were indicted for libel Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, for claiming their daughter had been abused by the Italian police. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)
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In this July 28, 2010 photo, Sharon Osbourne, a colon cancer survivor, arrives at the CBS CW Showtime press tour party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Mrs. Osbourne and a former contestant on her VH1 show "Rock of Love Charm School" have settled a battery and negligence lawsuit on the eve of trial. The case was about to begin on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)
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A demonstrator holds a pan cover with a picture of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi behind bars during a protest in Rome on Saturday, Feb.12, 2011. Protesters are demanding Berlusconi's resignation following allegations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and used his office to cover it up. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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Kato became a gay-rights activist after he was beaten up four times, arrested twice, fired from his teaching job and outed in the press. Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their families, friends and even landlords also could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. (Associated Press)
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Mourners pay their last respects during the funeral of David Kato, a Ugandan gay-rights activist, in Mukono, Uganda, last month. Activists were outraged over the death of Kato, an advocacy officer for the gay-rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda. His slaying comes after a year of stepped-up threats against gays in Uganda, where a controversial bill has proposed the death penalty for some homosexual acts. (Associated Press)
