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A Nigeria policeman stands guard in front of the car-bombed United Nations headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. The country's president says his government will bring terrorism "under control." The bombing killed 23 people Friday, despite two suspects being arrested beforehand. (Associated Press)
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Mr. Malema's supporters, some of whom pelted police and reporters with stones and bottles, confront police on Tuesday. Mr. Malema's calls for radical changes have mobilized unemployed and disillusioned youths. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Gen. David H. Petraeus (second from left) reviews the troops during a farewell tribute and retirement ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington.
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Adm. Mike Mullen (left), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stands with (from second from left) U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus; Holly Petraeus (partially hidden), the general's wife; and 2nd Lt. Stephen Petraeus, Gen. and Mrs. Petraeus' son, during an armed forces farewell tribute and retirement ceremony for the general on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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** FILE ** Nigerian soldiers and police stand guard outside U.N. headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria on Aug. 27, 2011, a day after a suicide bomber crashed through an exit gate and detonated a car full of explosives in the reception area. The country's president has vowed his government will bring terrorism "under control. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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** FILE ** Arid Uka (center, seen from behind) waits for the beginning of his trial in a courtroom in Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. The Kosovo-born Mr. Uka, 21, confessed to killing two U.S. soldiers at the Frankfurt airport in March 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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One World Trade Center rises above the lower Manhattan skyline in this aerial photo, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, in New York. Behind the tower are the Hudson River and New Jersey. Sept. 11, 2011, will mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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** FILE ** Members of U.S. Marine Scout-Sniper team look for a Taliban position in a nearby tree-line, during an exchange of fire with Taliban militants, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A nurse at the national hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, removes the breathing mask of a man injured in Friday's suicide attack on U.N. headquarters in Abuja so he can speak during a visit by U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro (not seen) on Sunday. Twenty-three died in the suicide car bombing.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A nurse at the national hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, removes the breathing mask of a man injured in Friday's suicide attack on U.N. headquarters in Abuja so he can speak during a visit by U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro (not seen) on Sunday. Twenty-three died in the suicide car bombing.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, here in August 1996, wipes the face of a daughter named Hana. Since the rebel takeover of Tripoli, evidence has been mounting that Col. Gadhafi lied about the death of his adopted baby daughter named Hana in a 1986 American airstrike. Rebels last week found a room in Col. Gadhafi's home with Hana's birth certificate and pictures of a young woman with the name “Hana” written on the back, possible indications that she lived beyond infancy.
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A group of men stand outside the building at 811 E. Main St. in El Cajon, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. The community club listed on the marquee is the location mentioned in criminal charges where various law enforcement agents purchased narcotics, firearms, and explosive devices in Operation Shadow Box. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
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Actress Daryl Hannah is arrested by U.S. Park Police in front of the White House on Aug. 30, 2011, during a protest against the Keystone oil pipeline. (Associated Press)
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A rocket is launched from a new Israeli anti-missile system known as Iron Dome in order to intercept a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, on Aug. 21, 2011. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Wounded Israeli soldiers are treated at the site of a shooting attack along the border between Israel and Egypt, southern Israel, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Yosi Ben)
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This photo of former NBA player Javaris Crittenton was released by the FBI on Aug. 29, 2011. Crittenton, who was wanted by the Atlanta Police Department on murder charges stemming from the Aug. 19 shooting of a 22-year-old woman, was arrested Aug. 30 at a Southern California airport. (Associated Press/FBI)
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Libyan rebel vehicles with mounted missile launchers park next to a road sign that reads, in Arabic, "Sirte," on the front line, 86 miles from Sirte, Libya, on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Rebels have been converging from the east and west on Sirte, 250 miles east of Tripoli, preparing to battle forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi, whose tribe is based in the city. (AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)
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Members of the 192nd Engineer Battalion of Army National Guard from Stratford, Conn., clear debris from beach front property in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene in East Haven, Conn., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry heard loud applause at the Veterans of Foreign Wars 112th National Conference on Monday when he said only U.S. officers should be leading American troops in missions abroad. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photo from July 24, 2010, Turkish soldiers march after a funeral ceremony for captain Ibrahim Baris Yurtseven, an army officer who was killed by Kurdish rebels in Hakkari at Turkey-Iraq border, at the Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara, Turkey. (Associated Press)
