Politics

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Wissem Zghaier, who was beaten and tortured during the Tunisian uprising, works on his laptop in a coffee shop March 16 in Tunis. He sees blogging activists as "the first line of defense of freedom." (Associated Press)

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Tunisians chant anti-US slogans in Tunis while demonstrating March 16 against the upcoming visit of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. She met with Internet activists during her trip. (Associated Press)

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With the national flag behind them, Tunisian activists work March 14 at the headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party, a key force in the revolt that ousted dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. (Associated Press)

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Spc. Jeremy Morlock pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and one count each of conspiracy, obstructing justice and illegal drug use in exchange for a maximum sentence of 24 years in prison. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

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U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, addresses the Royal United Services Institute in London on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Gen. Petraeus said foreign troops are on course to complete their security role in Afghanistan by the end of 2014, but he has warned that progress easily could be reversed. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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A Danish F-16 jet fighter takes off from the NATO air base in Sigonella, Italy, on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. NATO warships began patrolling off Libya's coast on Wednesday to enforce the U.N. arms embargo as the alliance appeared set to assume responsibility for maintaining the no-fly zone over the country, officials said. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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A Syrian man damps down with a fire extinguisher a burned court room that was set on fire by Syrian anti-government protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, on Monday, March 21, 2011. Mourners chanting "No more fear!" have marched through a Syrian city where anti-government protesters had deadly confrontations with security forces in recent days. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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In this theater publicity image released by The Publicity Office, Clayton Apgar, left, and MacKenzie Meehan are shown in a scene from "Double Falsehood," in a limited run off-Broadway at the Classic Stage Company in New York. (AP Photo/The Publicity Office, Joan Marcus)

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Vice President Biden whispers sweet nothings to President Obama during the health care ceremony at the White House a year ago. (Associated Press)

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A supporter of Col. Moammar Gadhafi displays the Libyan leader's portrait Tuesday amid the wreckage of a Tripoli naval base warehouse hit by missiles Monday. (Associated Press)

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Union workers have staged daily rallies this month at the Statehouse in Indianapolis to protest bills they say are unfair to Indiana's union workers. Public employees across the country are feeling the budget squeeze as legislators try to take the knife to their health care and pensions. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh seeks subpoena power for testimony ahead of a hearing into the mayor's high salaries for public-service employees. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Gov. Martin O'Malley chats with people attending a union rally near the State House in Annapolis on Monday. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Wizards and the Washington Capitals, fields questions Friday during an editorial board meeting at The Washington Times' office. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Sen. Claire McCaskill and her husband agreed Monday to pay more than $287,000 in overdue property taxes on a private airplane she used for official business. She had used the aircraft for a political trip. "Millionaire Claire McCaskill wants to simply write yet another big check and hope people won't ask any more questions," said Republican Party official Rob Jesmer. (Associated Press)

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Fidel Castro, seen in August, says he gave up leadership of Cuba's Communist Party and all other official positions five years ago. (Associated Press)

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A protestor waves his national flag while atop a lamp pole during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Mr. Saleh, who has ruled Yemen for 32 years. (Associated Press)

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Anti-government protestors pray during demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who said Tuesday that a military coup would lead to civil war and pledged to step down by year's end. (Associated Press)

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Anti-government protestors gather by the bodies of demonstrators during their funeral procession in Sanaa on Sunday. The men were killed during clashes Friday with Yemeni security forces. (Associated Press)

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Slovakian lawyers watches judges entering Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, eastern France. Europe's human rights court is hearing a Roma woman's case alleging that she was wrongly and forcibly sterilized by a state hospital in her native Slovakia because of her ethnicity. The European Court of Human Rights opened the hearing Tuesday in the eastern French city of Strasbourg regarding the complaint of the woman who was identified only as "V.C." against Slovakia's government. The court said the woman, who was born in 1980, was sterilized after giving birth in 2000 to her second child. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)