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In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, delegates to the ruling Worker's Party meeting make their way upon arriving at Pyongyang station in North Korea on Monday. North Korea holds its biggest political meeting in decades Tuesday, amid intense speculation that members of leader Kim Jong Il's family will assume key positions in the ruling party to solidify their rule for another generation. (Associated Press/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military, the top American commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus speaks with Afghan military personnel during a tour of the U.S. run Parwan detention facility near Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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President Obama signs the Small Business Jobs Act, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (right) reacts during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Elysee Palace on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, in Paris. Mr. Abbas said Sunday that Israel must choose between peace or settlements as Israel's 10-month settlement construction slowdown expired. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2010 file photo, Haiti's presidential candidate and hip hop singer Wyclef Jean, speaks during an interview at his mother's house in Croix de Bouquets, Haiti. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, file)
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** FILE ** Special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell (center) arrives to update reporters on the peace talks among Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the United States as negotiations continued at the State Department in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, delegates to the ruling Worker's Party meeting make their way upon arriving at Pyongyang station, North Korea, on Monday Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo Ozzy Osbourne attends a listening party for his new album "Scream" at the Sirius XM studios in New York. Ozzy Osbourne says alcohol, not politics, has stopped him from playing in Israel until now. Osbourne's scheduled performance on Tuesday will be his first ever in the Holy Land. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
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Independent opposition legislative candidate Maria Corina Machado, center, is congratulated after she was elected as congress woman in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday , Sept 27, 2010. President Hugo Chavez held on to a congressional majority in elections Sunday, but his opponents made gains that could help them challenge his grip on power. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)
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Opposition members celebrate after National Electoral Council announced results of congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday , Sept 27, 2010. President Hugo Chavez held on to a congressional majority in elections Sunday, but his opponents made gains that could help them challenge his grip on power. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, unseen, delivers a speech during a meeting at the Elysee Palace Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 in Paris. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Israel must choose between peace or settlements as Israel's 10-month settlement construction slowdown expired. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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Jewish settlers hang Israeli flags during a cornerstone laying ceremony for a daycare center in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kiryat Netafim, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. With a midnight deadline looming, Israel's prime minister on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to "show restraint" after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly relaunched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Israeli activists of the 'Peace Now' movement wave Israeli flags as they stand next to placards, calling for the continuation of the construction slowdown in the West Bank settlements, during a protest outside Israel's Prime Ministerial residence, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2009. With a midnight deadline looming, Israel's prime minister on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to "show restraint" after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly relaunched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Jewish settlers participate in a cornerstone laying ceremony for a daycare center at the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kiryat Netafim, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. With a midnight deadline looming, Israel's prime minister on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to "show restraint" after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly re-launched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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A Jewish settler boy looks at earth-moving equipment working at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Senior Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said Monday that President Mahmoud Abbas remains ready to walk out on Mideast peace talks if Israel resumes construction in its West Bank settlements now that building restrictions have expired. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Israeli earth-moving equipment works in the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Netafim, near the West Bank village of Salfit, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Senior Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said Monday that President Mahmoud Abbas remains ready to walk out on Mideast peace talks if Israel resumes construction in its West Bank settlements now that building restrictions have expired. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
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** FILE ** A protesting policemen holds up handcuffs during a rally in front of government headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. More than 8,000 police officers and jail wardens, chanting anti-presidential slogans, joined the rally and, later, an unauthorized march to the Romanian president's offices to protest austerity measures such as cuts in salaries and pensions imposed by the government to meet International Monetary Fund requirements for getting a loan. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A bulldozer works at a construction site in the Jewish settlement of Adam outside Jerusalem on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. With a midnight deadline looming, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to "show restraint" after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly relaunched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, on the upcoming vote on the Defense Authorization bill.
