Politics

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Children rioted in the streets of Goma demanding the promised free education from the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Whether or not they escaped the pull of militias that followed the official end of Second Congo War, they have grown up seeing violence as the solution to unmet demands. (Lindsay Branham/Special to The Washington Times)

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A protester attacks ATMs amid a clash in Istanbul on Tuesday between Kurdish demonstrators and Turkish police. The main Kurdish party threatened to boycott Turkey's upcoming election because some Kurdish candidates will be barred. (Associated Press)

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The Easter Bunny will be the star of the opening ceremony Monday for the White House Easter Egg Roll. (Photograph provided by the White House)

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Actress Tina Fey portrays then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" on Sept. 13, 2008, shortly after Mrs. Palin's selection as the Republican vice presidential nominee. (Associated Press)

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Donald Trump says Karl Rove, who called Mr. Trump's possible presidential bid a "joke," indirectly "gave us Barack Obama" with policies he promoted in the George W. Bush administration. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** William Rusher attends the American Conservative Union's Conservative Century dinner at the Washington Hilton in 1999. (The Washington Times)

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Egyptians chant slogans as they protest the government in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday, April 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Donald Trump speaks at the South Florida tea party's third annual tax day rally on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton, Fla. Sounding increasingly like a candidate, Mr. Trump repeatedly told a raucous crowd he has the qualities needed in the White House and the conservative ideals necessary to seal the Republican nomination should he decide to run. (AP Photo/Palm Beach Post, Gary Coronado)

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A Yemeni police officer holding posters of a demonstrator killed by security forces last March, shouts slogans during a demonstration by anti-government protestors demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, April 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Syrians pray in Clock Square in the center of Homs, Syria, the nation's third-largest city, in this photo taken on Monday, April 18, 2011, by a citizen journalist with a cellphone camera and acquired by the AP. Security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition Tuesday at hundreds of anti-government protesters who had taken over the square. (AP Photo)

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Associated Press Morgan Barfield carries her grandfather's World War II-era American flag across what is left of her grandmother's home in Colerain, N.C., Monday after a tornado.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS On Sept. 9, 1981, then-Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer, dressed to amuse, enters one of the tanks of the National Aquarium in Baltimore to settle a bet. He is credited with rejuvenating the Inner Harbor.

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William Donald Schaefer steps out of the voting booth after casting his ballot Nov. 3, 1998, in Baltimore. Four years after vacating the governor's mansion, Mr. Schaefer returned to public office as state comptroller.

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STOCK SHOCK: Jarrett Johnson (top) of Cohen Capital Group talks to fellow traders Monday at the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks plunged after S&P's credit warning. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Frank R. Wolf, Virginia Republican, on Monday urges the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to reverse its decision to build a more costly underground Metrorail station at Washington Dulles International Airport. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Protesters walk away from the Herndon office of Rep. Frank R. Wolf on Monday after a press conference about the Dulles Metrorail project. The protesters, many union members, are upset that Mr. Wolf wants the Phase II contracts to be reopened to more bids rather than using a project labor agreement (PLA). (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)