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** FILE ** Kim Jong-un, the son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, attends a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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** FILE ** German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy discuss the European financial crisis on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, in Berlin. (Associated Press)
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Libyan revolutionary fighters attack pro-Gadhafi forces near the Ouagadougou conference center in Sirte on Sunday. (Associated Press)
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Clashes erupt Sunday at a protest of a recent attack on a church in Cairo. After midnight, mobs roamed downtown streets, attacking cars they suspected had Christian passengers. In many areas, there was no visible police or army presence to confront or stop them. (Associated Press)
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (front, right) waves to supporters during the final day of campaigning before Tuesday's presidential election. Africa's first democratically elected female president and winner of a Nobel Peace Prize faces stiff competition from a fiery opposition candidate and his soccer-star running mate. (Associated Press)
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Libyan revolutionary fighters attack pro-Gadhafi forces near the Ouagadougou conference center in Sirte on Sunday. (Associated Press)
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Libyan revolutionary fighters celebrate inside Sirte on Sunday. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since mid-September and are facing fierce resistance from loyalists while moving inside the hometown of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. (Associated Press)(Associated Press)
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Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Tim Gleason is checked into the boards by Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin during the first period Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Tesfaye Sendeku, 26, of Ethiopia finishes in first place at the 27th Army Ten-Miler race at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 9, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Arizona Gov. Jane Brewer's new book "Scorpions For Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media, and Cynical Politicos to Secure America's Borders" will be published just in time for her appearance at an upcoming Republican woman's conference titled "Women Working For Change." (Image from Broadside Books)
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Tunisians look at election posters in Tunis, Tunisia, on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Amine Landoulsi)
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (left) shakes hands with former President Jiang Zemin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, after Mr. Hu delivered a speech at a conference to commemorate the centennial of the 1911 revolution that overthrew imperial rule on the mainland. (AP Photo/Minoru Iwasaki, Pool)
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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a joint press conference with his Venezuelan and Cuban counterpats in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
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Libyan revolutionary fighters fire toward forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi in Sirte, Libya, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Rep. Ron Paul, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at the Values Voter Summit in Washington on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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A group of demonstrators sit outside the entrance to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington after police pepper-sprayed a group of protestors trying to get into the museum Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, as part of Occupy DC activities in Washington. One protester held a sign with the writing, "The American Autumn", a takeoff reference to the Arab Spring uprisings in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Dropped passes have plagued the Maryland Terrapins' passing attack this season. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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In this image made from video, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks on Yemen State Television broadcast Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. The TV broadcast showed Saleh talking to unidentified members of the Yemen parliament, railing against the opposition and calling the crisis a "conspiracy" against him. (AP Photo/Yemen State TV)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to Citadel cadets and supporters during a campaign speech inside Mark Clark Hall on The Citadel campus in Charleston, S.C., Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
