Politics

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has ruled since 1980. Violence against opposition supporters, their families and areas known to have voted against Mr. Mugabe has increased as the opposition picks up support. (Associated Press)

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Officials in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party say he and government ministers have called in vain for police to stop violence and arrest perpetrators, who are loyalists of the longtime president. (Associated Press)

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Marsha Zamperini, of Washington, bows her head in prayer during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, on Rhode Island Avenue in northwest Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl rubs ash on the forehead of Marie Martineau, of Washington, during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, on Rhode Island Avenue in northwest Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Marsha Zamperini, of Washington, folds her hands in prayer during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, on Rhode Island Avenue in northwest Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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An anti-Moammar Gadhafi rebel sit next to a mulitiple rockets launcher as flames rises from a fuel storage facility that attacked during a fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters, in Sidr town, eastern Libya, on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. A high-ranking member of the Libyan military flew to Cairo on Wednesday with a message for Egyptian army officials from Col. Gadhafi, whose troops pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. Col. Gadhafi appeared to be keeping up the momentum he has seized in recent days in his fight against rebels trying to move on the capital, Tripoli, from territory they hold in eastern Libya. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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An anti-Gadhafi rebel walks along a sand barrier as other rebels fire a rocket launcher seen in the right during fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters, in Sedra, eastern Libya, Wednesday March 9, 2011. A high-ranking member of the Libyan military flew to Cairo on Wednesday with a message for Egyptian army officials from Moammar Gadhafi, whose troops pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. Col. Gadhafi appeared to be keeping up the momentum he has seized in recent days in his fight against rebels trying to move on the capital, Tripoli, from territory they hold in eastern Libya. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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An anti-Gadhafi rebel stands behind his anti-aircraft gun, as other rebels fire rocket launchers, seen at left, during fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters, in Sedra, eastern Libya, Wednesday March 9, 2011. A high-ranking member of the Libyan military flew to Cairo on Wednesday with a message for Egyptian army officials from Moammar Gadhafi, whose troops pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. Col. Gadhafi appeared to be keeping up the momentum he has seized in recent days in his fight against rebels trying to move on the capital, Tripoli, from territory they hold in eastern Libya. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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An injured anti-Moammar Gadhafi rebel, who was wounded during the fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters, is wheeled into a hospital in the town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. A high-ranking member of the Libyan military flew to Cairo on Wednesday with a message for Egyptian army officials from Moammar Gadhafi, whose troops pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, center, is flanked by Speaker of the House John Boehner, left, and Senate President Pro Tempore Daniel Inouye, right, as she prepares to address a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner, second from left, as Senate President Pro Tempore Daniel Inouye, left, watches, after addressing a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, left, talks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, right, before Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress in the House of Representatives at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. She is joined by Speaker of the House John Boehner, left, and Sen. Daniel Inouye, president pro tempore of the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, at center in red, is surrounded after she addressed a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress in the House of Representatives at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Saudis wave and cheer to welcome Saudi King Abdullah as his convoy travels through the streets of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. The king was returning to Riyadh, the Saudi capital, after a three-month absence for back surgery in New York and convalescence in Morocco. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is flanked by Speaker of the House John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican (left) and Senate President Pro Tempore Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Democrat, during her address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. She is slated to visit the United Nations in New York on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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President Obama (left) announces his nomination of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (right) as the next U.S. ambassador to China in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Wednesday, March, 9, 2011. Mr. Locke would replace Jon Huntsman. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Cleveland Cavaliers' Baron Davis (85) defends Golden State Warriors' Acie Law in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

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FILE -- In this June 29, 2010 file photo, tobacco products are displayed in a shop in Glasgow, Scotland. Tobacco will no longer be displayed in shops under new legislation being implemented by Britain's Government in was announced in London, Wednesday May 9, 2011. Only temporary displays in "certain limited circumstances" will be allowed, with the rules phased in to minimise the impact on businesses, according to a statement from the Department of Health.(AP Photo/Danny Lawson, pa, file) UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE: