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An angry Egyptian activist shouts at anti-riot policemen who block the way leading to journalists syndicate in downtown Cairo on Wednesday. A small gathering of Egyptian anti-government activists tried to stage a second day of protests in Cairo Wednesday in defiance of a ban on any gatherings, but police quickly moved in and used force to disperse the group. (Associated Press)
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Protesters stop traffic in the middle of a bridge over the Nile river during clashes in downtown Cairo, Egypt, in the early hours of Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square Wednesday after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev heads a meeting on transport security in the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Russian news agencies say Medvedev has fired a top official of the country's transport police in the wake of the bombing at Russia's busiest airport that killed 35 people. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)
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Protesters burn a van belonging to Al Jazeera news network in Tripoli, Lebanon, in one of the demonstrations Tuesday against the appointment of Najib Mikati as prime minister. Sunni protesters accused Al Jazeera of backing Shiite Hezbollah, which put forth Mr. Mikati for the post. (Associated Press)
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INFLAMED EMOTIONS: A man walks in front of burning tires Tuesday in Sidon, Lebanon. Sunnis protested the rising power of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. (Associated Press)
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A demonstrator confronts riot police in Cairo on Tuesday during a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. Demonstrators called for and end to poverty, corruption and police abuses. (Associated Press)
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Flowers mark the site Tuesday of carnage from a blast at Domodedovo Airport near Moscow as passengers wait be checked in. Security was tightened after a suicide bomber detonated explosives that ripped through Moscow's busiest airport Monday, killing at least 35 people. (Associated Press)
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A Lebanese soldier reacts after protesters burned tires on the highway in Jiyeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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A van belonging to Al Jazeera burns after protesters set it ablaze in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires and torched a van belonging to Al Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which now has enough support in parliament to control Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)
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A masked Sunni protester walks in front of burning garbage containers in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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A masked protester poses in front of burning garbage containers in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Grace Kassab)
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Angry protesters burn a van belonging to Al Jazeera in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires and torched a van belonging to Al Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which now has enough support in parliament to control Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo)
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Sunni protesters carry a picture of Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri as they shout slogans in Jiyeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Angry Sunni protesters remove a poster of Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires and torched a van belonging to Al Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which now has enough support in parliament to control Lebanon's next government. In the second and final day of consultations to choose a new prime minister Tuesday, a majority of Lebanese lawmakers voted to support Mr. Mikati, the candidate backed by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)
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Lebanese Prime Minister designate Najib Mikati speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Lebanon's president has formally appointed the Hezbollah-backed candidate as prime minister-designate and asked him to form a new government. Mr. Mikati, billionaire businessman and former premier, won a majority of parliament support in two days of voting that ended Tuesday. (AP Photo/Assaad Ahmad)
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A Sunni protester burns tires in the northern Akkar region, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires and torched a van belonging to Al Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which now has enough support in parliament to control Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)
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Angry protesters destroy a van belonging to Al Jazeera in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires and torched a van belonging to Al Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which now has enough support in parliament to control Lebanon's next government. The Arabic banner reads:" No for Hezbollah Prime Minister." (AP Photo)
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Sunni men carry a picture of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, during a protest in the southern village of Chebaa on Lebanon's border with Syria's Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Lutfallah Daher)
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Sunni protesters burn tires to block roads in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Sunnis protested the rising power of the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah on Tuesday, burning tires and torching a van belonging to Al Jazeera as Lebanese lawmakers gave the militant group's pick for prime minister enough support to form the next government. (AP Photo)
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Lebanese soldiers arrive to open the road after protesters burned tires on the highway in Jiyeh, south of Beirut, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
