War_Conflict

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS President Joseph Kabila (far left) arrives for the yearly national parade held in Kinshasa. He has held office for more than 10 years and recently secured constitutional changes that strengthen his powers and revise the country's voting system. He faces a possible challenge at the polls this November from Jean-Pierre Bemba, Vital Kamerhe and Etienne Tshisekedi (starting second photo, left). Mr. Bemba is awaiting a war crimes trial at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, and National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe, right, shake hands in Kinshasa, Congo, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007. Ki-moon held up Congo's first elections in 46 years as a sign of hope for the rest of war-torn Africa, praising the country's fragile democracy Saturday. (AP Photo/John Bompeng) Veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi is seen at his residence in Kinshasa, Congo in this Thursday, June 15, 2006 photo. A former prime minister under the Mobutu regime, he remains an influential figure and his support could boost any of Congo's presidential hopefuls. (AP Photo)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Retired Gen. Solomon Mujuru, one of Zimbabwe's main political power brokers, died overnight Tuesday in fire at one of his homes. His death raises questons about who will take control of the party of longtime President Robert Mugabe should he die or retire.

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Anna Hazare gestures to supporters from the back of a police van after he was detained prior to beginning a hunger strike on Tuesday.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A supporter of Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare shouts slogans while holding a candle in New Delhi on Tuesday. Mr. Hazare began fasting behind bars as his supporters held protests across the country, with thousands detained by police.

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Workers modify a civilian pickup truck into a military vehicle, adding weapons and reinforcements, in Zintan, western Libya. Zintan has become the center of what is emerging as the rebels' most promising front in their campaign to oust Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A Libyan rebel reacts while helping to evacuate a wounded man after a shelling attack that struck mostly civilians in Zawiyah on Monday.

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Libyan rebels protect a captured enemy sniper from the retaliation of other rebel fighters near Zawiya in western Libya on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)

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** FILE ** A convoy of trucks carries U.S. equipment in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 17, 2010. (Associated Press)

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Syrian troops withdraw from the Damascus suburb of Saqba, Syria, on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, following a campaign of raids and arrests that started overnight and continued Sunday morning. The image was taken by a citizen journalist. (AP Photo)

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A Libyan rebels carry the coffin of a comrade in Zawiya, western Libya, Libya, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Libya's rebels threatened to isolate Tripoli by blocking key supply routes and cutting oil pipelines on Monday after a dramatic weekend advance put them in the strongest position since the 6-month-old civil war began to attack Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Samir Yousif, 31, is treated at a hospital in Kut, Iraq, after a car bomb exploded on Monday.

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Iraqi police and a working dog inspect the site of a bombing that destroyed a church in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Monday. Bomb blasts ripped through more than a dozen Iraqi cities Monday, killing 60 security forces and civilians in the worst attack this year, one that highlighted al Qaeda's resolve and ability to wreak havoc.

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associated press In this video image taken from Egyptian State Television, attorneys for relatives of protesters killed in the Egypian uprising shout and bicker, apparently over seating, before resumption of the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak on charges of corruption and complicity in the deaths of more than 800 protesters.

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President Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Lower Hannah's Bend Park in Cannon Falls, Minn., on Aug. 15, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Iraqi security forces, seen here through the broken glass of a police car, inspect the site where a suicide car bomber plowed his vehicle into a checkpoint outside a police building just outside the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, on Aug. 15, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Somalis from southern Somalia wait with their malnourished children in Banadir Hospital in the capital of Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. (AP Photo)

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In this citizen journalism image, Syrian citizens wave to Syrian troops who withdrew from the Damascus suburb of Saqba, Syria, on Aug. 14, 2011, following a campaign of raids and arrests that started the previous night and continued into the morning. (Associated Press)