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British and Australian soldiers carry the coffin of an unknown soldier during the service of rededication at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Ceremonies were marking the 94th anniversary of the World War I Battle of the Somme. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
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Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, talk during the service of rededication at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Ceremonies are marking the 94th anniversary of the World War I Battle of the Somme. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
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Australia Governor General Quentin Bryce prepares to put a rose on the coffin of an Australian unknown soldier during a ceremony at the British Australian cemetary of Fromelles, Northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Royalty, governments and relatives on Monday honored Australian and British soldiers whose remains were discovered in mass graves on the 94th anniversary of the World War I battle of Fromelles in northern France.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Britain's Prince Charles delivers a speech during the service of rededication at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, northern France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Ceremonies were marking the 94th anniversary of the World War I Battle of the Somme. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
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President Obama (second from left) walks from the podium in the Rose Garden of the White House with (from left) Leslie Macko of Charlottesville; Jim Chukalas of Fredon Township, N.J.; and Denise Gibson of Brooklyn, N.Y., after delivering remarks on extending unemployment insurance. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Musical instruments sit next to a stain on the floor at a house where a party was interrupted by gunmen early Sunday in the town of Torreon, in the Mexican northern state of Coahuila, Sunday, July 18, 2010. The gunmen arrived at the party in several cars and opened fire without saying a word, the Coahuila state Attorney General's Office said in statement. According to the statement 17 people were killed and at least 18 wounded.(AP Photo)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walks with Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik (right) after their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday, July 19, 2010. Mrs. Clinton opened the high-level talks with Pakistan by announcing several new aid projects aimed at improving the country's water, energy and health sectors. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Associated Press photographs Gamal Mubarak, the son of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, has a major advantage to become his father's successor. The younger Mr. Mubarak, 47, is head of the powerful policy committee of the ruling National Democratic Party.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right) meets with George J. Mitchell, U.S. envoy for the Middle East, at the Presidential palace in Cairo. The talks come within the framework of efforts aimed at reviving direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looks on during a meeting at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 6, 2010.
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Tea Party Express leader Mark Williams addresses a crowd March 30 in Salt Lake City. A spokesman for the National Tea Party Federation on Sunday said the organization has expelled the Tea Party Express from its ranks for refusing to oust Mr. Williams after he posted a blog that satirized the NAACP and referred to its president, Benjamin Jealous, as "Tom's nephew and NAACP head colored person."
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**FILE** In this photo from May 11, 2009, a letter is mailed from a post office in Palo Alto, Calif. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press Mayoral candidate Leo Alexander says he's campaigning on behalf of voters struggling to restore the roots of the District. He says anti-poverty programs endorsed by liberals and progressives have hurt, not helped, blacks.
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Associated Press Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (right) applaud the signing of a trade treaty between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Sunday. Mrs. Clinton traveled to Pakistan on Sunday, appealing for cooperation between the two countries.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A Palestinian woman smokes a water pipe as she checks the Internet at a cafe in Gaza City on Sunday. Gaza's Hamas rulers have banned women from smoking water pipes in cafes, calling it a practice that destroys marriages and sullies the image of the Palestinian people.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the annual Tennessee Democratic Party Jackson Day on Friday, July 16, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hand with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani before their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, July 18, 2010. Mrs. Clinton started a South Asia tour aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old war in Afghanistan and pushing neighboring nations to work together in the fight against al Qaeda and Taliban extremists. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on Sunday, July 18, 2010. Talks come within the framework of efforts aimed at reviving direct negotiations between Israel and Palestinians. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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A U.S. Army soldier from the 49th Military Police Brigade counts gas masks on Sunday, July 18, 2010, at Camp Victory in Baghdad as the unit prepares to ship their equipment and belongings home. The soldiers, based in Fairfield, Calif., are soon to leave Iraq as part of the U.S. drawdown of forces, which begins in earnest next month. The number of soldiers in Iraq is expected to go from 77,500 currently in the country to 50,000 by Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
