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ASSOCIATED PRESS Civilians and security forces gather at the scene of a car-bomb attack in Baghdad on Sunday. A rapid-fire series of explosions in Baghdad as Iraqis were going to work on Sunday morning killed and wounded scores of people, police said.
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Afghan policemen and U.S. and Afghan soldiers are on alert near the police traffic department building, which was under attack by insurgents in Khost, Afghanistan, on Sunday, May 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)
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Iraqis clean up at the scene of a car bombing in Baghdad on Sunday, May 22, 2011. A rapid-fire series of explosions in and around the city as residents were going to work on Sunday morning killed 16 and wounded scores more, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Pakistani tribesmen carry a casket of a victim of NATO oil tanker explosion for a funeral prayer in Landi Kotal near Afghan border in Pakistan on Saturday, May 21, 2011. A tanker carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan exploded Saturday in northwestern Pakistan as people tried to siphon off some of its fuel, an official said. (AP Photo/Qazi Rauf)
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Syrian army soldiers are seen reinforcing the village of Arida near Talkalakh opposite the Lebanon-Syria border, in Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, on May 20, 2011. (Associated Press)
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John Piper, of Geneseo, N.Y., peeks his head out of a 1941 DC3-C47 airplane while cleaning the insides, at Andrews Air Force Base, Thursday, May 19, 2011. The plane was used to drop troops into the Normandy area during World War II, said Wadsworth. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Naomi Wadsworth, of Geneseo, N.Y., polishes up a 1941 DC3-C47 airplane, at Andrews Air Force Base, Thursday, May 19, 2011. The plane was used to drop troops into the Normandy area during World War II, said Wadsworth. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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At Pathum Wanaram Temple in Bangkok last week, Payao Akkhahad and her son, Nattanakrit Akkhahad, look at a portrait of her daughter, Kamolkate, who was killed one year ago at the Buddhist temple. Kamolkate was a volunteer nurse when gunmen fired into the complex on the final day of militant anti-government demonstrations. (Associated Press)
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A Libyan rebel fighter pours a cup of tea at the last checkpoint that allows the presence of reporters before the front line in Ajdabiya, Libya, on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Pakistani students chant anti-U.S. slogans during a rally on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, to condemn the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and American's drone attacks on Pakistani tribal areas where militants are hiding. (AP Photo/Aqeel Ahmed)
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** FILE ** U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (left), U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James Smith (center) and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert G. Catalanotti walk across an airport tarmac in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, Pool)
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Security forces inspect the scene of twin bombings in Kirkuk, Iraq, 180 miles north of Baghdad, on Thursday, May 19, 2011. The blasts, which appeared timed to lure police out of their fortified headquarters, killed and wounded dozens of police officers. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
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Protesters clash with police outside the Greek parliament during a demonstration by the Panhellenic Federation of Workers Association on Wednesday. The union is protesting the decision to increase working hours from 37.5 to 40 per week. (Associated Press)
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People flee though the Congolese jungle after the army ordered them to leave. Violence is spiraling out of control, fed by the competition for control of mineral resources that has drawn in armed and vicious groups, including the army. (Associated Press)
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Chinese Gen. Chen Bingde, chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army is scheduled to visit sensitive U.S. military sites. The Pentagon has approved four bases. (Associated Press)
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A woman studies the ballot before making her mark to cast her vote in local elections in a township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. (Associated Press)
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Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers check sandbags along the shore of the rising Mississippi River in Natchez, Miss., on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Libyan rebel fighter Yamen Saad, 28, pulls security duty at the last checkpoint that allows the presence of reporters before the front line in Ajdabiya, Libya, on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Afghans hold the body of one of four people killed during a NATO raid in Taloqan, Takhar province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. More than 1,000 protesters shouted, "Death to America!" and called for justice as they clashed with security forces following the raid. (AP Photo/Fulad Hamdard)
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer speaks while leading the annual ceremonies in the Capitol to remember the Holocaust. Justice Breyer noted the rule of law is important in protecting mankind from the evils of arbitrary power. (Associated Press)
