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This picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency shows the victims of a bomb blast in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday -- including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard -- in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)
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In this picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency, bodies of victims of bomb blasts lie on the street, in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday _ including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard _ in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)
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Associated Press Iraqi Minister of Justice Dara Noureddin speaks after the ceremony transferring the last U.S.-controlled prison to Iraqi authorities on Thursday in Baghdad. The shift marked a milestone in Iraq's push for complete sovereignty.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Buenos Aires' obelisk was the scene of a celebration early Thursday after Argentina became the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Cyclists pass outside a locked exit that keeps lower-income migrants from China's rural areas in their gated village at night.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS CLOSE: Sen. Christopher J. Dodd looks on as Sen. Harry Reid proclaims victory for the financial-reform bill on Capitol Hill on Thursday after winning over three Republicans.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hails the financial-reform measure on Capitol Hill on Thursday. She is joined by Rep. Barney Frank (left), Rep. James E. Clyburn (center) and Sen. Christopher J. Dodd. The measure passed in the Senate by a 60-39 vote, and President Obama plans to sign the bill into law next week.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Arizona Rep. Russell Pearce, who wrote the state's tough immigration legislation, has filed a "motion to intervene" against the White House's challenge of the new law.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama and Kurt Dykstra, mayor of Holland, Mich., sit in an electric Ford Focus on Thursday in Holland at the groundbreaking ceremony of Compact Power Inc., a battery plant and a subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS COUNTERPUNCHING:Michael S. Steele is giving as good as he gets from Democratic Party critics in personal attacks.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate candidate Sharron Angle, who is leading her Democratic opponent in Nevada, Majority Leader Harry Reid, wishes death on her opponents, according to a Democratic Party spokesman who has stirred up a heated defense.
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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., let, looks on as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010, after Congress passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-CT, hold a news conference following passage of the financial reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., left, talks with former Virginia Rep. Tom Davis, on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 15, 2010, after Congress passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010, after Congress passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)
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Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-ME, speaks with a reporter after voting yes on a cloture vote on the financial reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2010. The vote passed which allows a final vote on passage of the bill later today. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-ME, (L) speaks with a reporter after voting yes on a cloture vote on the financial reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2010. The vote passed which allows a final vote on passage of the bill later today. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner delivers remarks during a news conference at the Treasury Department, Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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President Barack Obama speaks to reporters outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
