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Customers buy local weekly journals at a roadside shop in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

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**FILE** Gu Kailai (center), the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, stands during her trial Aug. 9, 2012, in the Hefei Intermediate People's Court in Hefei in eastern China's Anhui province. The fallen Chinese politician’s wife confessed to killing a British businessman. (Associated Press/CCTV via APTN)

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Jason Robertson (center) get some rest and shelter from the rain on the concourse with his sons Jason Robertson, Jr. (right) Zachary Robertson (center) and his girlfriend Sarah Lewis, during a rain delay for the start of the game. Mr. Robertson and Ms. Lewis are from Odenton, Md., and the two sons are from College Park, Md. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Nationals fan Hannah Sission, of Richmond, Va., joins her brother Josh Sission, of Washington, D.C., under an umbrella during a rain delay for the start of the game as the Washington Nationals host the New York Mets at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., Sunday, August 19, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The USS Constitution fires one of its guns in Boston Harbor as a crowd looks on from the shore in Boston on Sunday. Perhaps better known as “Old Ironsides,” the 215-year-old naval vessel sailed under its own power on Sunday for the first time since 1997. (Associated Press)

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A crude Roma encampment near a highway in Clamart, west of Paris, is typical of the living conditions for Gypsies in France. “Why did God even create us, if Gypsies are to live like this?” cried 35-year-old Babica, as bulldozers moved in last week to tear down his camp in Gennevilliers, on the outskirts of Paris. (Associated Press)

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American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad takes a break after reportedly being stung by a jellyfish on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, off Havana. Nyad, who turns 63 on Wednesday, is trying to be the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits without a shark cage. (AP Photo/Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Christi Barli)