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Salva Kiir, president of the semiautonomous government of Southern Sudan, casts his vote in front of a cheering crowd of hundreds of Sudanese voters in Juba on Sunday. About 4 million southern Sudanese voters began casting their ballots Sunday in a weeklong referendum on independence that is expected to split Africa's largest nation in two. (Associated Press)
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Pedestrians in the eastern Turkish city of Van walk past a billboard celebrating the spring festival of Nowruz, with writing in Turkish and Kurdish reading "Real democracy or nothing!" Since the latter part of 2010, Kurdish politicians and activists have aggressively promoted Kurdish in public settings, challenging its status as a restricted, once-shunned language, and alarming Turks who view the campaign as a threat to national unity and a harbinger of bolder demands for regional autonomy. (Associated Press)
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A Kosovo man casts his ballot at a polling station in the village of Zabelj in central Kosovo on Sunday. (Associated Press)
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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, from left, celebrates his goal with teammates Karl Alzner, Nicklas Backstrom from Sweden, and John Carlson during third period of an NHL hockey game agains the Florida Panthers in Washington Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. Washington won 3-2. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) is welcomed by Chief of the General's Staff Ma Xiaotian (center) upon arrival at Beijing International Airport in Beijing to start a four-day visit to China on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner (fourth from left), Ohio Republican, participates in the ceremonial swearing-in of Rep. Raul Labrador (third from right), Idaho Republican, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Mr. Labrador's wife, Rebecca, and their five children also are pictured. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat, takes part in a re-enactment of her swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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** FILE ** This undated file photo of Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona's 8th Congressional District was provided by her office. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)
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Actor and activist George Clooney conducts an interview in the southern Sudanese capital city of Juba on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. He is flanked by John Prendergast, left, an American analyst of African conflicts and the director of the ENOUGH campaign. Clooney is visiting southern Sudan in a bid to draw attention to the situation as southern Sudanese prepare to vote in an independence referendum that will determine whether the region secedes from the north to form the world's newest country. Seven days of voting in the referendum is set to commence Sunday morning. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)
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American Actor and activist, George Clooney, conducts and interview in the southern Sudanese capital city of Juba Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. He is flanked by John Prendergast, left, an American analyst of African conflicts and the director of the ENOUGH campaign. Clooney is visiting southern Sudan in a bid to draw attention to the situation as southern Sudanese prepare to vote in an independence referendum that will determine whether the region secedes from the north to form the world's newest country. Seven days of voting in the referendum is set to commence Sunday morning. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)
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US actor and activist, George Clooney, conducts an interview in the southern Sudanese capital city of Juba on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. Clooney is visiting southern Sudan in a bid to draw attention to the situation as southern Sudanese prepare to vote in an independence referendum that will determine whether the region secedes from the north to form the world's newest country. His visit is the second in recent months, part of an advocacy campaign that landed him meetings with US President Barak Obama and other ranking US foreign policy officials. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)
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A page of President Reagan's "Evil Empire" speech with his hand-written edits are seen at the National Archive in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, as part of a press preview of rarely displayed original documents and artifacts in recognition of the Ronald Reagan Centennial. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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** FILE ** Law enforcement officials are seen near a postal sorting facility in Washington on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, after a package ignited. The package ignited at the facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Southern Sudanese take part in a pro-separation rally in the southern capital of Juba on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Thousands of pro-independence supporters rallied throughout the town just two days before voting commences in a referendum that will determine if southern Sudan secedes from the north to form the world's newest country. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)
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Palestinian mourners shout slogans as they carry the body, covered left, of Palestinian Omar Kawasmeh during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Israeli troops mistakenly shot and killed the 65-year-old Palestinian man Friday during a predawn raid to arrest a Hamas militant in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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This envelope, mailed to Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, was one of two letters mailed to Maryland government offices that ignited when opened, producing a puff of smoke, a small flame and a sulfur-like smell. (AP Photo/Office of Gov. Martin O'Malley)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, Republican Reps. Pete Sessions of Texas, left, and Mike Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, raise their hands and recite the oath of office as they watch a television broadcast of Speaker of the House John Boehner administering the oath from the House floor, during a reception for Fitzpatrick supporters in the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington. (AP Photo/The Intelligencer, David Garrett)
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Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle speaks to reporters Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, on Wednesday's shootings at Millard South High School in the city. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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A billboard showing Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is seen in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. The second-largest member of Pakistan's ruling coalition reversed its decision to join the opposition Friday, Jan. 7, after the government backed down on unpopular economic measures. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Police officers patrol by an entrance to King's Cross underground train station in London, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. More police officers were being deployed at transport hubs in London amid continuing fears of a terrorist attack, British media reported Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
