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Election workers count votes cast for the Irish general election at the Royal Castlebar theatre center, Castlebar, Ireland, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. The opposition Fine Gael party was poised to lead Ireland's next government, according to an exit poll released Saturday, as Ireland suffered a historic political upheaval after a real estate collapse brought the country to the edge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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President Obama meets with Democratic governors Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 1995, file photo Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, dumps out coal, his so-called Christmas gift to President Clinton, during a news conference on the federal budget on Capitol Hill. The White House and Congressional Republicans tried to restart balanced budget talks after the sixth day of a partial government shutdown. Then, as now in 2011, a Democratic president clashed over spending priorities with a recently installed Republican House majority. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin, File)
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FILE - This Oct. 27, 2010, file photo shows former Major League Baseball manager Joe Torre speaking before President Barack Obama arrives at an event marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington. A person with knowledge of the appointment says Torre has been hired as Major League Baseball's executive vice president of baseball operations. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, because commissioner Bud Selig isn't expected to formally introduce Torre until Saturday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Anti-government protestors chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Libyan American protesters gather at the Libyan ambassador's residence in Washington, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, where they raised a pre-Gadhafi era Libyan flag. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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** FILE ** Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari is escorted to his initial court appearance at the Mahon Federal Building in Lubbock, Texas, on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Mr. Aldawsari, a college student from Saudi Arabia, is accused of buying chemicals online as part of a plan to blow up key U.S. targets, including the home of former President George W. Bush. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Zach Long)
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center, Vice-President Jejomar Binay, left, and former President Fidel Ramos, right, link arms as they sing a patriotic song to celebrate the 25th anniversary of People Power Friday Feb. 25, 2011, at the People Power Monument along EDSA highway at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Mr. Ramos was one of the leaders of the nearly bloodless four-day people power revolution 25 years ago that ousted the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos from 20-year rule and helped install Aquino's mother Corazon "Cory" Aquino to the presidency. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Mourners carry the coffins of two protesters who were killed last week during the demonstrations against Libyan leader Moammar Ghadafi in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. Militias loyal to Col. Gadhafi opened fire on protesters streaming out of mosques in the Libyan capital on Friday, demanding the regime's ouster, witnesses said, reporting at least four killed. Across rebellious cities in the east, tens of thousands held rallies in support of the first Tripoli protests in days. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Clerics look at the dead body of a protester who was killed last week during protests against Libyan leader Moammar Ghadafi, in Benghazi, Libya, Friday Feb. 25, 2011. Militias loyal to Col. Gadhafi opened fire on protesters streaming out of mosques in the Libyan capital on Friday, demanding the regime's ouster, witnesses said, reporting at least four killed. Across rebellious cities in the east, tens of thousands held rallies in support of the first Tripoli protests in days. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Anti-Libyan leader Moammar Ghadafi protesters carry the coffin of protesters who were killed last week during the demonstrations, in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. Militias loyal to Col. Gadhafi opened fire on protesters streaming out of mosques in the Libyan capital on Friday, demanding the regime change, witnesses said, reporting at least four killed. Across rebellious cities in the east, tens of thousands held rallies in support of the first Tripoli protests in days. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, suspected mercenaries sit in a room in a school as they are held by anti-government protesters in the east Libyan city of Albayda, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Nasser Nouri)
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, anti-government protesters celebrate in the east Libyan city of Albayda Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Nasser Nouri)
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Protesters shout slogans against Libyan leader Moammar Ghadafi during the demonstration before the Friday prayer in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. Militias loyal to Col. Gadhafi opened fire on protesters streaming out of mosques in the Libyan capital on Friday, demanding the regime's ouster, witnesses said, reporting at least four killed. Across rebellious cities in the east, tens of thousands held rallies in support of the first Tripoli protests in days. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, anti-government protesters celebrate on army tanks in the east Libyan city of Albayda Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Nasser Nouri)
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, an anti-government protester celebrates on an army tank in the east Libyan city of Albayda Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Nasser Nouri)
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese nationals wait for Greek vessels chartered by the Chinese government, which are pulling in to shore at Benghazi port, Libya, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. The situation in Libya has grown increasingly unstable, with forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi trying to roll back the uprising against his rule that has advanced closer to his stronghold in Tripoli, attacking two nearby cities in battles. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yu Yang)
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Protesters chant anti-Iraqi government slogans during a protest at Tahrir Square in Baghdad Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Iraqi security forces trying to disperse crowds of demonstrators in northern Iraq killed a few people Friday as thousands rallied in cities across the country during what has been billed as the "Day of Rage." (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Iraqi riot police officers prevent anti-government protesters from entering the heavily guarded Green Zone during a demonstration in Baghdad Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Thousands marched on government buildings and clashed with security forces in cities across Iraq on Friday, in the largest and most violent anti-government protests here since political unrest began spreading in the Arab world several weeks ago. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi riot police officers prevent anti-government protesters from entering the heavily guarded Green Zone during a demonstration in Baghdad Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Thousands marched on government buildings and clashed with security forces in cities across Iraq on Friday, in the largest and most violent anti-government protests here since political unrest began spreading in the Arab world several weeks ago. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
