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'CRISIS' ENDING: Syrian President Bashar Assad acknowledged that his security forces made mistakes in the crackdown against protesters but suggested that the current crisis was nearing a conclusion. (Associated Press)
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People flee though the Congolese jungle after the army ordered them to leave. Violence is spiraling out of control, fed by the competition for control of mineral resources that has drawn in armed and vicious groups, including the army. (Associated Press)
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Chinese Gen. Chen Bingde, chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army is scheduled to visit sensitive U.S. military sites. The Pentagon has approved four bases. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate candidate Tim Kaine, a Democrat, has been pressured by Republicans to release documents that could further explain his decision as governor of Virginia to transfer convicted murderer Jens Soering to German custody.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich received some criticism from conservatives for a few of his comments early in the campaign.
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Perianne Boring, constituent relations director for Rep. Dennis Ross, Florida Republican, will compete in the Miss District of Columbia pageant in July, and ultimately hopes to advance to the Miss America pageant. (photo from Perianne Boring)
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Voters line up to cast their ballots Wednesday for local leaders in a township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. Some 23 million voters were registered at 20,000 polling stations across this country, and the results are likely to have an impact on national politics. (Associated Press_)
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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks with reporters following a weekly Republican policy luncheon, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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**FILE** A Syrian man beats a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad with a shoe on April 26, 2011, during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Cairo, Egypt, against the ongoing violence in Syria. (Associated Press)
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President Obama congratulates Ensign Patrick George Bennett III, grandson of Rear Adm. Stephen Rochon (second from right), chief White House usher, as Janet Napolitano, secretary of homeland security, looks on at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduation in New London, Conn., on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speak to the press at the Pentagon outside Washington on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Protesters burn a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with 'Corruption' written across his face during a protest in central Athens on May 13, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Syrians who fled violence in their country's western villages along the Lebanese-Syrian border protest Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime during a demonstration in the Wadi Khaled area of Lebanon on Monday, May 16, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Afghans hold the body of one of four people killed during a NATO raid in Taloqan, Takhar province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. More than 1,000 protesters shouted, "Death to America!" and called for justice as they clashed with security forces following the raid. (AP Photo/Fulad Hamdard)
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Former House Speaker and current Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, at one point owed as much as a half-million dollars to jeweler Tiffany & Co., as revealed in financial disclosures filed by Mrs. Gingrich. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "They're doing just fine at almost every level of their business, and we're giving them a taxpayer subsidy at a time when we have record deficits. Give me a break," said Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, of oil producers.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS His current position "allows me to have a greater impact in averting this debt-fueled economic crisis than if I were to run for the United States Senate," said Rep. Paul Ryan (top). His decision clears the way for former Gov. Tommy Thompson (above).
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Oval Office on Tuesday. The king thanked him for U.S. economic aid and his "continued interest and support" for negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Adm. Timothy Keating, U.S. commander in the Asia-Pacific region, shakes hands with Chinese Gen. Chen Bingde upon arrival at the Ba Yi Building in Beijing in 2008. Gen. Chen, the military chief of staff, arrived in Washington on Monday for the first high-level military exchange since Beijing cut off military ties early last year to protest U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. (Associated Press)
