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A Libyan rebel rests near the frontline outside Zawiya in western Libya, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on Saturday in their most significant advance in months, battling snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Moammar Gadhafi's forces holding the city. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)
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An Afghan soldier inspects a damaged vehicle after an attack on the provincial governor's compound in Parwan province's capital of Charikar, some 30 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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** FILE ** A masked youth pulls a burning garbage bin set on fire by rioters in Hackney, east London, Monday Aug. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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This combo shows the 30 troops (in alphabetical order by last name from top left to bottom right) killed in a helicopter downing in Afghanistan on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. The Pentagon on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, identified the Americans as 17 members of the elite Navy SEALs, five Naval Special Warfare personnel who support the SEALs, three Air Force Special Operations personnel and an Army helicopter crew of five. (AP Photo)
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Police stand guard Aug. 11, 2011, as they block access to the high street in Tottenham, north London. (Associated Press)
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Rachel Weisz is an engaging, forceful presence as a police investigator in "The Whistleblower," which also stars Vanessa Redgrave.
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White House image of President Obama during the dignified transfer of remains of troops killed in Afghanistan, Dover AFB, August 9, 2011.
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Afghan children are seen on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, near the wreckage of the Chinook helicopter shot down last weekend in the Tangi Valley of Wardak province, some 60 miles southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/ Mohammad Nasir)
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The wreckage of a Chinook helicopter shot down on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, is seen at the site of crash in the Tangi Valley of Wardak province, some 60 miles southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 11, 2011. The crash killed 30 Americans and eight Afghans in the single worst loss of U.S. service members in the 10-year-old war. (Associated Press)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing St. in London on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, to attend an emergency session of Parliament to address recent rioting in the capital and other British cities. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Metropolitan Police officers prepare on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, to carry out a raid on a property on the Churchill Gardens estate in London's Pimlico neighborhood during an operation in which police hope to recover property stolen during the recent disturbances in the capital. (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)
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LIBYAN TV VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Libyan state television broadcasts images of a man (left) who it claims is Col. Moammar Gadhafi's youngest son. The footage aims to undercut rebel claims of Khamis Gadhafi's death at a time when the opposition is showing signs of strain and disarray.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Women display posters in support of Nigeria's former chief security officer, Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha (leaving court Monday, below center), at the federal high court in Lagos. After nearly 14 years in prison, Maj. Al-Mustapha is facing trial on charges of orchestrating the killing of a political rival's wife, reopening old wounds from an era of terror in Nigeria.
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In this Monday Aug. 8, 2011 photo, Nigeria's former Chief security officer, Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha, center, leaves after his trial at the federal high court in Lagos, Nigeria. Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha served as the right-hand man of Nigeria's feared and final military dictator, suppressing dissent through fear and once boasting of even having a "license to kill. Now, after nearly 14 years in prison, he's finally facing trial on charges of orchestrating the murder of a political rival's wife, reopening old wounds from an era of terror in Nigeria. ,
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**FILE** U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, secure the area after exiting a Chinook helicopter, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, on June 18, 2006. Insurgents shot down on Aug. 6, 2011, a U.S. military helicopter similar to this one shown during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said. (Associated Press)
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From left: Siblings Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26, Ryan Edward Dougherty, 21, and Grace Lee E. Dougherty, 29, are shown. Authorities have sought the three since Aug. 2, 2011, for crimes in Florida and Georgia. (Associated Press/FBI via the Atlanta Journal & Constitution)
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President Obama arrives at the White House on Aug. 9, 2011, after making an unannounced trip to Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Del., to pay tribute to the 30 U.S. troops killed over the weekend in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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This undated family photo shows Navy SEAL Chris Campbell in training attire. Campbell, 36, was one of 22 SEALs killed Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, along with eight other U.S. troops and eight Afghans when their helicopter was brought down in Afghanistan, his family told The Daily News of Jacksonville. (AP Photo/Family Photo via The Jacksonville Daily News)
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An image made from amateur video released by Deir el-Zour Press News (DPN) and accessed via Associated Press Television News on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, shows Syrian tanks on the streets of Deir el-Zour, Syria, on Tuesday, Aug. 9. 2011. Government troops seized control of the eastern flashpoint city Wednesday following intense shelling and gunfire, an activist said. (AP Photo/DPN via APTN)
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Merseyside police officers help clean up a burned-out camper in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, England, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, following rioting in the area Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Peter Byrne/PA)
