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Marange miners work in conditions that Human Rights Watch calls "quite appalling," despite the Zimbabwean government's pledge to meet international standards. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama gestures while talking about the economy, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama meets with the Weithman family, from left, Rachel, 9, Joe, Rhonda and Josh, 11, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama walks with the Weithman family, from left, Rachel 9, Joe, Rhonda and Josh, 11, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama talks about the economy, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama gestures while talking about the economy, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama poses with guests in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, where he talked about the economy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks with reporters as he leaves his home to take daughter Annie to camp in Chicago, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. A day after hearing the verdict in his political corruption trial, Blagojevich was on dad duty, taking his younger daughter to camp. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks with reporters as he leaves his home to take daughter Annie to camp in Chicago, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. A day after hearing the verdict in his political corruption trial, Blagojevich was on dad duty, taking his younger daughter to camp. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (L), with his wife Patti, talks to reporters after being found guilty on one count in his 24 count federal corruption indictment in Chicago on August 17, 2010. Blagojevich was found guilty of lying to federal agents, but the judge said he intended to declare a mistrial on the other 23 more serious counts. UPI/Brian Kersey
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (R) and his wife Patti leave federal court after being found guilty on one count in his 24 count federal corruption indictment in Chicago on August 17, 2010. Blagojevich was found guilty of lying to federal agents, but the judge said he intended to declare a mistrial on the other 23 more serious counts. UPI/Brian Kersey
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ASSOCIATED PRESS New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, listens to Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty, after Bloomberg announced his endorsement of Fenty's second term, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in Washington.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari shake hands as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, looks on during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence near Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Medvedev on Wednesday offered Pakistan support in dealing with catastrophic floods as he hosted leaders of Afghan, Pakistan and Tajikistan for talks on efforts to stabilize the region. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
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People wait for an army boat near a railway track damaged by floodwaters in Sultan Kot, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said reconstruction and rehabilitation will be a "big test" for Pakistan once floodwaters recede. Photographer: Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg
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President Obama poses with residents of Columbus, Ohio, who participated in a backyard town-hall-style meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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** FILE ** Two unidentified German aid workers who were kidnapped five weeks earlier in Sudan's Darfur region arrive at the airport in Khartoum, Sudan, on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The two men, who worked for the Technisches Hilfswerk, or THW, a German state agency that does development work, were released without force with the help of Sudanese security forces and are in good health, officials said. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
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Protesters display placards and shout slogans during a rally outside the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Philippines, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, to call on the Philippine Government to "publicly support" a United Nations commission of inquiry into purported crimes against humanity in Burma. On Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, the United States said it will support the commission. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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An Israel border police officer stands guard as a paramedic rushes from the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. A Palestinian took hostages at the embassy after shots were fired outside, Israeli police and a Foreign Ministry official said, in an incident that appeared to have only an indirect link to recent tensions between the two countries. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, listens to his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence near Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
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Republican senatorial candidate Dino Rossi talks to supporters and reporters as his wife, Terry (right), and their children, (from second from left) Juliauna, Jake, Joseph and Jillian, look on, on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in Bellevue, Wash., on Washington state's primary election day. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
