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British police officers prepare to barricade off the Liberal Democrats Party headquarter in central London in readiness for a student protest against raised tuition fees on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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The Homeland Security Department is proposing to discontinue the color-coded terror alert system that became a symbol of the country's post-9/11 jitters and the butt of late-night talk show jokes. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette, File)
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An aerial view shows destroyed houses on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, one day after North Korea's artillery attack on the island. Rescuers found the burned bodies Wednesday of two islanders killed in the attack _ the first civilian deaths from a skirmish that marked a dramatic escalation of tensions between the rival Koreas. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Hyun-tae)
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BRINK OF WAR: South Koreans watch smoke rising from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island near the border with North Korea on Tuesday. The North fired artillery barrages onto the island. South Korea returned fire and launched fighter jets. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** South Korean President Lee Myung-bak attends a briefing at the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul in November 2010 as the military was put on top alert after North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks at a Nov. 18 news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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A Cambodian woman looks for her missing relative at Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. The prime minister called the disaster the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge. (Associated Press)
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Iranian workers continue operations at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, although the Natanz enrichment nuclear plant was not fed uranium on Nov. 16. Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday that a malicious computer worm known as Stuxnet has not harmed the country's atomic program and accused the West of trying to sabotage it. Iran earlier confirmed that Stuxnet infected several personal laptops belonging to employees at Bushehr but that plant systems were not affected. (International Iran Photo Agency via Associated Press)
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Iranian workers continue operations at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, although the Natanz enrichment nuclear plant was not fed uranium on Nov. 16. Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday that a malicious computer worm known as Stuxnet has not harmed the country's atomic program and accused the West of trying to sabotage it. Iran earlier confirmed that Stuxnet infected several personal laptops belonging to employees at Bushehr but that plant systems were not affected. (International Iran Photo Agency via Associated Press)
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President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. tour Chrysler's Indiana Transmission Plant II in Kokomo, Ind., on Tuesday. Mr. Obama is embarking on a mission to change the public's mood. (Associated Press)
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Home Secretary Theresa May, second left, visit the British Border Agency staff at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport, London, where they were shown differences between fake and real passports Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010. Britain's Home Office says it will be announcing the country's permanent immigration quota --- a new limit intended to dramatically reduce the number of non-EU nationals permitted to work in Britain. (AP Photo/ Steve Parsons, Pool)
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden tour Chrysler's Indiana Transmission Plant II in Kokomo, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama jogs across the tarmac to greet supporters after he arrived on Air Force One at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. White House photographer Pete Souza is at left. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, right, eat lunch during a visit with firefighters in downtown Kokomo, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden tour Chrysler's Indiana Transmission Plant II in Kokomo, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Vice President Joe Biden speaks while President Barack Obama reacts at the Chrysler Indiana Transmission Plant II in Kokomo, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Supporters of Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly wave and cheer as he speaks during a campaign rally in Cap Haitian, Haiti, Monday Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold presidential elections on Nov. 28. (AP photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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A man, carrying a picture of the former Haitian President Jean-Bertran Aristide, looks on during a campaign rally of the presidential candidate Leslie Voltaire, not seen, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A man, holding up a photo of presidential candidate Leslie Voltaire, demonstrates during a campaign rally in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A man, carrying her daughter on his shoulders, looks on during a campaign rally of the presidential candidate Leslie Voltaire, not seen, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
