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Kashmiri protesters lift burn an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Indian forces battled Kashmiri protesters in the streets of the disputed territory Monday in demonstrations fueled in part by a report of the Quran being desecrated in the United States. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Kashmiri protesters beat the remains of an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama after burning it during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Indian forces battled Kashmiri protesters in the streets of the disputed territory Monday in demonstrations fueled in part by a report of the Quran being desecrated in the United States. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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A young Kashmiri boy shouts slogans during a protest on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Indian forces battled Kashmiri protesters in the streets of the disputed territory Monday in demonstrations fueled in part by a report of the Quran being desecrated in the United States. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, ckecks his papers prior to the start of the IAEA's board of governors meeting at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
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In this March 2, 2010 file pool photo, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon during at the Lincoln Theater on the University of Hartford campus in West Hartford, Conn. A bomb threat, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, forced the evacuation of a political fundraiser in Connecticut attended by Ms. McMahon, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate. She faces Democrat Richard Blumenthal in the November election. (AP Photo/John Woike, Pool, File)
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Pro-Taiwan activist Huang Hsi-lin (left) waves a flag as he and another activists set off to a group of disputed East China Sea islands -- called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyutai in Chinese -- from the Yehliu fishing port in northeastern Taiwan on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. The activists set out to promote Taiwan's claim to the disputed islands at the center of a row between China and Japan, which also claim the islands. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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In this Nov. 18, 2009, file photo, New Orleans-based District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, opens its first impeachment trial since the 1999 case against former President Bill Clinton when it takes up a host of corruption allegations against the Louisiana judge. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
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FILE - In this April 6, 2010 file photo, President of Japan's electronics maker Hitachi Hiroaki Nakanishi smiles during a press conference in Tokyo. Nakanishi has urged Monday, Sept. 13, the Japanese government to curb the strength of the yen which he says is undermining business growth prospects. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
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Former Iranian diplomat Hossein Alizadeh, during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Mr. Alizadeh, who quit his job at the Islamic Republic's Embassy in Finland, said he will apply for political asylum in the Nordic country. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Markku Ulander)
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Florida Marlins' Hanley Ramirez (2) safely steals second as Washington Nationals second baseman Adam Kennedy (20) drops the ball before applying the tag during the first inning of the Marlins' 6-5 win Sunday in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada must try to stop the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project or risk not being re-elected. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada must try to stop the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project or risk not being re-elected. (Associated Press)
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HIS WAY: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a key political victory Sunday with approval of a constitutional-amendment package in Turkey. (Associated Press)
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OPEN TO COMPROMISE: "If the only option I have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, I'll vote for it," House Minority Leader John A. Boehner says. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski reportedly will make an announcement about a write-in campaign, after losing the Republican primary and an offer by the Libertarian Party nominee to be on the November ballot. (Associated Press)
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Tea partyers rally at the Capitol in September 2010 to oppose government spending, particularly bailouts and economic policies backed by President Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Tea partyers gather on the steps of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis in September 2010 for the "Gateway to November" rally hosted by the St. Louis Tea Party and Tea Party Patriots. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Jack Reed, Rhode Island Democrat, thinks the Senate will have a "serious debate" on the so-called Bush tax-cut extension, but he will not speculate on an agreement. House Democratic leaders say they want to see what the Senate does before acting. (Associated Press)
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An Afghan works on the making of an army boot at the Kabul Melli boot factory in Kabul, Afghanistan. The NATO command has issued new guidelines for awarding billions of dollars worth of international contracts in Afghanistan, saying that without proper oversight the money could end up in the hands of insurgents and criminals, deepen corruption, and undermine efforts to win the loyalty of the Afghan people at a critical juncture in the war. (Associated Press)
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Israel will not build "tens of thousands of housing units that are in the pipeline, but we will not freeze the lives of the residents," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. (Associated Press)
