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P.J. Crowley, communications director at the State Department, peeks out of a doorway of the Franklin Room at the Department of State in Washington. Diplomacy has stepped up online efforts as Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Twitter play a growing role in world events. Mr. Crowley has tweeted to knock down rumors, amplify U.S. positions, appeal for calm and urge reforms in Haiti, Tunisia and Lebanon. (Associated Press)
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An Egyptian married couple are surrounded by anti-Mubarak protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Feb. 8. Many Egyptians say that financial freedom that allows them to marry is a component of the new democratic country they hope will emerge with President Hosni Mubarak's ouster. (Associated Press)
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The Iranian navy frigate IS Alvand passes through the Suez Canal at Ismailia, Egypt, on Tuesday, accompanied by the supply ship IS Kharg (not pictured) en route to Syria on a training mission. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tells a joint session of the Nevada Legislature Tuesday that he wants "an adult conversation about an adult subject": that prostitution hurts job creation. (Associated Press)
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“We don't know the cost of the health care bill or how many people they're going to hire,” says Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, arrives Thursday for a news conference on Capitol Hill to respond to a statement made by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. (Associated Press)
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Riot police officers control pro-government demonstrators, some holding portraits of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in Algiers, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Sidali Djarboub)
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This image broadcast on Libyan state television Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, shows Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as he addresses the nation in Tripoli, Libya. Col. Gadhafi vowed to fight on against protesters demanding his ouster and die as martyr. (AP Photo/Libya State Television via APTN)
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Residents stand on a tank holding a pre-Gadhafi era national flag inside a security forces compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)
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Residents are seen walking past a burned-out vehicle in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)
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Fire trucks attend to the scene around a security forces compound, some buildings of which were burned including a guard post, center, in Benghazi, Libya on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)
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Residents are seen outside an unidentified burned building in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)
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Residents are seen walking inside an unidentified burned building in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri)
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Two Libyan jets are parked at the Malta International Airport in Gudja, Malta, Monday evening, Feb. 21, 2011. The air force jets landed in Malta on Monday and their pilots asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya, a military source said. (AP Photo/Lino Arrigo Azzopardi)
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Palestinians step on a poster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a march in solidarity with Libya in Gaza City, Tuesday, Feb. 22 , 2011. Col. Gadhafi's 42-year rule is under unprecedented pressure from an uprising that is struggling to oust the authoritarian ruler despite a vicious crackdown.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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John Henneman, left, and Dan Kuhl, right, teachers from Wisconsin Rapids, protest Monday night, Feb. 21, 2011 outside the King Street entrance to the Capitol in Madison, Wis. No resolution appeared imminent Monday to the stalemate over union rights in Wisconsin, leaving Senate Republicans resigned to forge ahead with less-controversial business such as tax breaks for dairy farmers and commending the Green Bay Packers on winning the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Steve Apps)
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A Yemeni anti-government demonstrator reacts after other demonstrators set on fire a vehicle belonging to supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Yemen's embattled leader rejects demands that he step down, calling demonstrations against his regime unacceptable acts of provocation and offers to begin a dialogue with protesters. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Supporters of the Yemeni government are seen through the smoke of a burning vehicle belonging to them destroyed and set on fire by anti-government demonstrators during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Yemen's embattled leader rejects demands that he step down, calling demonstrations against his regime unacceptable acts of provocation and offers to begin a dialogue with protesters. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Yemeni anti-government demonstrators display their local currency during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Yemen's embattled leader rejects demands that he step down, calling demonstrations against his regime unacceptable acts of provocation and offers to begin a dialogue with protesters. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Yemeni anti-government demonstrators destroy a vehicle belonging to supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Yemen's embattled leader rejects demands that he step down, calling demonstrations against his regime unacceptable acts of provocation and offers to begin a dialogue with protesters. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
