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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left shakes hands with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, second right joined by U.S. secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton, second left and U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, right during their bilateral talks at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt Tuesday Sept. 14, 2010. The most immediate dispute between the two sides surrounds the current Sept. 26 deadline on restriction of new construction for Israeli settlers in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. Leaders are meeting for Mideast peace talks. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
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President Barack Obama's Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell talks during a press conference at the end of the peace talks session at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Tuesday Sept. 14, 2010. Mitchell says a new round of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is moving in the right direction, but he offered no evidence of progress on the hard issue of Jewish settlements. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Voters wait to cast their ballots during the D.C. Mayoral Primary Election at Washington Senior Wellness Center in Washington on September 14, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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A D.C. Mayoral Primary Election ballot is seen on election day at the Takoma School in Washington on September 14, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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A D.C. resident leaves a voting station during the D.C. Mayoral Primary Election's in Washington on September 14, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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D.C. Mayoral candidate Vincent Gray arrives to cast his vote during the D.C. Mayoral Primary Election at Washington Senior Wellness Center in Washington on September 14, 2010. Gray is in a heated Mayoral race with incumbent Adrian Fenty. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty, left, arrives with his wife, Michelle, and carries daughter, Aerin, as he prepares to vote in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, as Washington held its mayoral primary. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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D.C. Mayoral candidate Vincent Gray greets voters outside the St. Timothy's Church voting location on D.C. Mayoral Primary Election day in Washington on September 14, 2010. Gray is in a heated Mayoral race with incumbent Adrian Fenty. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty talks to supporters outside of a polling place during primary voting in Washington on September 14, 2010. Fenty is in a heated race with challenger Vincent Gray. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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D.C. residents cast their ballots during the D.C. Mayoral Primary Election's at Plummer Elementary School in Washington on September 14, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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Kwame Brown, candidate for Chairman of the Council, arrives with his family to cast his ballot during the D.C. Mayoral Primary Election at the Washington Senior Wellness Center in Washington on September 14, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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D.C. Mayoral candidate Vincent Gray (C) talks to Kwame Brown, candidate for Chairman of the Council, and his son Kwame Jr. prior to voting in the D.C. Mayoral Primary Election at the Washington Senior Wellness Center in Washington on September 14, 2010. Gray is in a heated Mayoral race with incumbent Adrian Fenty. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty is surrounded by cameras as he casts his vote in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, as Washington held its mayoral primary. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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D.C. Mayoral candidate Vincent Gray prepares to cast his vote during the D.C. Mayoral Primary Election at Washington Senior Wellness Center in Washington on September 14, 2010. Gray is in a heated Mayoral race with incumbent Adrian Fenty. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, left, is congratulated by senior lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa as Mr. Kan was re-elected as president of the Democratic Party of Japan during their party convention in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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Kashmiri protesters shout slogans as they burn effigies of India's prime minister and the Jammu and Kashmir state chief minister in Srinagar, India, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, second right, joined by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center during bilateral talks at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, Egypt Tuesday Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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This photo taken on May 20, 2010, shows Sarah Shourd at a hotel in Tehran. On Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, Iran's English-language state television reported that she has been released after more than a year in prison. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)
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Palestinian workers are silhouetted at a new housing development in the Jewish West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, near Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's vague remarks on restricting new Israeli housing in the West Bank are the latest hurdle for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she mediates the second round peace talks in Egypt. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
