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Bahraini anti-government protesters wait at barriers they set up for Saudi forces in Manama, Bahrain. A Saudi-led military force crossed into Bahrain to prop up the monarchy against widening Shiite demonstrations. (Associated Press)
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Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour sounded like a 2012 GOP presidential candidate in a speech before the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce on Monday. (Associated Press)
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Afghan officials investigate the scene of a suicide attack in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, March 14, 2011. The attacker posed as an army volunteer in order to strike an Afghan army recruitment center, which also was bombed in December. The blast killed at least 35 people, Afghan officials said. (AP Photo/Fulad Hamdard)
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FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2010, file photo former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks during a book signing in Columbia, S.C. By this point every four years, South Carolina expects to see a flood of White House hopefuls crossing the state. This time the tea party has upended the political landscape as Republicans weighing presidential bids have all but ignored the state that in modern history has played an outsized role in GOP nomination fights. (AP Photo/Virginia Postic, File)
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A man holds the Portuguese Republic Constitution and a red carnation as thousands crowd Lisbon's main Liberdade Avenue Saturday, March 12 2011, called onto the streets by a social media campaign to vent their frustration at grim career prospects amid an acute economic crisis that shows no sign of abating. Thousands more attended simultaneous protests at 10 other cities nationwide. The red carnation is the symbol of the 1974 revolution that restored democracy in Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at Le Bourget Airport north of Paris on Monday, March 14, 2011, for talks with European and other leaders on the crisis in Libya. (AP Photo/Paul J Richards, Pool)
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"We need to consider moving toward the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to put the oil we have … into the economy," said Sen. Richard J. Durbin. (Associated Press)
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Allegations of improprieties have tripped up D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray in only the third month of his term. "Now we got to spend all this money on investigations. We're always spending on the wrong things," said Raymond Washington, a Ward 8 resident. (Associated Press)
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Col. Milad Hussein, a spokesman for the Libyan military, tells reporters Sunday that the eastern town of Brega was under government control, the rebels having been pushed out of the key oil town and into the desert. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, is among those who want President Obama more engaged. "And, right now — that is not happening," he said. (Associated Press)
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State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley resigned Sunday from the post he'd held since May 2009, after causing a stir by describing the Army's treatment of the suspected WikiLeaks leaker as "ridiculous" and "stupid." (Associated Press)
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A woman holds a photo of Haiti's ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide during a rally in Port-au-Prince. (Associated Press)
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Britain's Prince Andrew, here arriving March 7 on a visit to the headquarters of the London CrossRail project, is under fire over "his boorish gaffes and dodgy friendships." He's being pressured to resign from his role as a British trade envoy, a volunteer position. (Associated Press)
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Prince Philip, here in 1982, has gotten into trouble for his off-the-cuff quips, including one about the drinking habits of the Scots. (Associated Press)
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The Duke of Windsor stands between German dictator Adolf Hitler and the Duchess of Windsor in October, 1937, during a controversial visit to Germany. (Associated Press)
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Actors Patrick Stewart (left) and David Suchet arrive at the 2011 Lawrence Olivier Awards at the Theatre Royal in London, Sunday, March 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Ian West/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
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An anti-government protester shouts during a demonstration to demand the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, March 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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A female anti-government protester chants slogans demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh following clashes with Yemeni police in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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U.N. peacekeepers patrol in Abyei, Southern Sudan, on Friday, March 11, 2011. Scores of villagers have died in recent fighting in Southern Sudan despite the presence of 10,000 U.N. troops mandated with protecting civilians. Now, internal documents say U.N. officials have ordered the peacekeepers not to operate in an area where civilians are at risk in upcoming battles, after being asked to avoid the region by the south's military. (AP Photo/Tim Freccia)
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Photographers and cameramen film the Libyan empty chair during the Arab League's emergency meeting in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, March 12, 2011, where foreign ministers discuss the possibility of imposing no-fly zone over Libya to protect the civilian population from the Gadhafi regime's fighter jets. But the Arab League's member states are divided over how to deal with the Libyan crisis, signaling it would be a tough debate. Egyptian foreign Minister Nabil el-Arabi at left. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
