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Carole White the former agent of model Naomi Campbell is seen in this image taken from TV as she gives evidence at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, Netherlands, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. White and actress Mia Farrow testifed about a gift of uncut diamonds the former Liberian president allegedly gave model Naomi Campbell after a 1997 party. (AP Photo/Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone, Via APTN)

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Pakistani villagers chase to relief supplies dropped from an army helicopter in a heavy flood-hit area of Mithan Kot, in central Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The government has struggled to cope with the scale of the disaster, which has killed at least 1,500 people, prompting the international community to help by donating tens of millions of dollars and providing relief supplies. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

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Pakistani villagers swim across floodwaters after collecting relief supplies dropped from an army helicopter in a heavy flood-hit area of Mithan Kot, in central Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The government has struggled to cope with the scale of the disaster, which has killed at least 1,500 people, prompting the international community to help by donating tens of millions of dollars and providing relief supplies. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

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A Pakistani mother living in a relief camp for flood victims fans an ailing child in Nowshera in northwest Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Pakistan will need billions of dollars to recover from its worst floods in history, further straining a country already dependent on foreign aid to prop up its economy and back its war against Islamist militants, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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President Obama (right) receives a New Orleans Saints football jersey from Saints quarterback Drew Brees as Mr. Obama honored the Super Bowl-winning Saints on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Obama arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, for a ceremony honoring the Super Bowl-winning New Orleans Saints. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Members of the New Orleans Saints football team sport their Super Bowl rings during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Aug., 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama points to his hair as he greets the Super Bowl-winning New Orleans Saints during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Saints defensive tackle Remi Ayodele, with a Mohawk, is at center. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson and his wife, Gayle, arrive in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, where President Obama honored the Super Bowl-winning Saints. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Obama greets members of New Orleans Saints football team during a ceremony honoring the 2009 NFL Super Bowl champions on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama (center) shakes hands with New Orleans Saints football coach Sean Payton (left) as Saints quarterback Drew Brees (right) looks on during a ceremony honoring the 2009 Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Obama (center) welcomes the Super Bowl-winning New Orleans Saints to the White House in Washington on Monday, August 9, 2010. Mr. Obama was joined by head coach Sean Payton (left) and team owner Tom Benson. (UPI/Kevin Dietsch)

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Members of the U.S. Marine Band, "The President's Own," play jazz in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, as President Obama honored the New Orleans Saints, the 2009 NFL Super Bowl champions, in the East Room. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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New Orleans Saints tackle Zach Strief serves Gulf shrimp and andouille sausage skewers in the briefing room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, after a ceremony in which President Obama honored of the 2009 NFL Super Bowl-winning New Orleans Saints. At left is White House Assistant Chef Sam Kass. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama greets guests in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, after a ceremony in which he honored the 2009 NFL Super Bowl-winning New Orleans Saints. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) prepares to testify before a state-appointed inquiry commission into the Israeli naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla in Jerusalem on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)

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Actress Mia Farrow is seen in an image taken from TV as she testifies at the Charles Taylor war crimes trial in Leidschendam, Netherlands, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone via APTN)

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A South Korean marine surveys the situation behind a vulcan automatic cannon during an exercise on Baengnyeong Island, northwest of Seoul near the border with North Korea, on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. South Korean troops fired artillery and dropped sonar buoys into the Yellow Sea as naval drills kicked off near the spot where a warship sank four months ago. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Seo Myung-gon)

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Carole White the former agent of model Naomi Campbell is seen in this image taken from TV smiles as she gives evidence at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, Netherlands, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. White and actress Mia Farrow testifed about a gift of uncut diamonds the former Liberian president allegedly gave model Naomi Campbell after a 1997 party. (AP Photo/Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone, Via APTN)

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REMNANTS OF WAR: A South Ossetian honor guard pays his respects at a war memorial in the village of Khetagurovo on Sunday amid the wreckage of cars burned during the brief Russia-Georgia war in August 2008. Russian troops have stayed in South Ossetia to this day. (Associated Press)