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Balloons with leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Il are released by defectors from North Korea and conservative activists at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of the Panmunjom, the demilitarized zone which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. North Korea celebrated its 62nd anniversary Thursday with odes to supreme leader Kim and pilgrimages to his late father's statue amid suggestions that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent. The writing on the balloons reads "Overthrow Kim Jong Il's dictatorship." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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North Korean defectors wearing military uniforms shout slogans during the launching ceremony of the North Korea People Liberation Front, a group intend to fight against North Korea leader Kim Jong Il, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. North Korea celebrated its 62nd anniversary Thursday with odes to supreme leader Kim Jong Il and pilgrimages to his late father's statue amid hints that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
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An Iraqi policeman stands guard outside Evangelical Protestant churchin Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. There are fears of a backlash against Christians in predominantly Muslim countries. Canon Andrew White, the chaplain of an Anglican church in Baghdad, said the Iraqi military had warned him that his church had been threatened. Security was beefed up around the Church of Virgin Mary in central Baghdad on Thursday, with military vehicles blocking the entrance to the church and more soldiers were deployed to guard it. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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In this photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2008, provided by Pakistan's Press Information Department, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, left, presents a copy of a Quran to UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, U.S. actress Angelina Jolie in Islamabad, Pakistan. Jolie on Wednesday condemned a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Press Information Department)
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Iraqi policemen stand guard outside Evangelical Protestant church in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. There are fears of a backlash against Christians in predominantly Muslim countries. Canon Andrew White, the chaplain of an Anglican church in Baghdad, said the Iraqi military had warned him that his church had been threatened. Security was beefed up around the Church of Virgin Mary in central Baghdad on Thursday, with military vehicles blocking the entrance to the church and more soldiers were deployed to guard it. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Iraqi policemen stand guard outside Evangelical Protestant churchin Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. There are fears of a backlash against Christians in predominantly Muslim countries. Canon Andrew White, the chaplain of an Anglican church in Baghdad, said the Iraqi military had warned him that his church had been threatened. Security was beefed up around the Church of Virgin Mary in central Baghdad on Thursday, with military vehicles blocking the entrance to the church and more soldiers were deployed to guard it. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Pakistani protesters rally in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran in Multan, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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A Somali government soldier at the gate of Mogadishu airport Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. A suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked the front gate to Mogadishu's seaside airport on Thursday, triggering an explosion and gunbattle, officials said. Several people were killed, including security forces. The coordinated attack was the latest in a surge of assaults by Islamist insurgents, who last month declared a new, stepped-up effort to oust the country's weak government. The barrage took place about 40 minutes after Somalia's president flew out of the country. After the car bomb exploded, a second vehicle full of militants opened fire at African Union and Somali security forces, said Osman Dahir, a police officer at the airport. He said there were several dead bodies of insurgents lying in front of the airport, but he didn't know how many.(AP Photo/Farah ASbdi Warsameh)
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In this Aug. 24, 2010, photograph, Dabura Karriem, 60, of Bloomfield, N.J., reacts upon hearing there is a job availability for exactly what she's looking for as a file clerk at a bank, while attending a career fair in Newark, N.J. The Labor Department said jobless claims fell by 27,000 to 451,000 last week. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Associated Press photographs House Republican leader Rep. John A. Boehner (left) outlined a GOP alternative to President Obama's proposal for more economic stimulus spending.
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Associated Press GLOVES OFF: President Obama speaks on the economy Wednesday at a community college in Ohio. With elections looming, Mr. Obama ratcheted up the partisan rhetoric against his GOP critics.
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Associated Press Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who doubles as chairman of the Republican Governors Association, hopes to see his group's ranks swell after November's elections.
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President Omar Bashir prepares to be sworn in at the parliament in Khartoum in May. Gen. Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide for his government's role in the war in Darfur. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Sudanese First Vice President Salva Kiir swears an oath in front of President Omar Bashir in Khartoum, Sudan, after an election marred by boycotts and fraud allegations in May. (Associated Press)
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"What happens to the oil revenues?" Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. "And if you're in the north and all of a sudden you think a line's going to be drawn and you're going to lose 80 percent of the oil revenues, you're not a very enthusiastic participant. What are the deals that can possibly be made that will limit the potential of violence?" (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel takes some ribbing regarding his comment about someday wanting to be mayor of Chicago in April at the sixth annual Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum in Chicago.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Joe Miller (center) talks with supporters in Anchorage, Alaska. His defeat of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the state's primary is partly attributed to "tea party" support.
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CREDIT two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, left, meets with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, after he made remarks at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Kaine was in Philadelphia to talk about the party's efforts for the upcoming midterm elections. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS District Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, with D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, greets President Obama Aug. 6 after a presidential address in the city. Mr. Fenty says he wants the president's endorsement.
