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Security officials examine the vehicle targeted by a suicide attacker in Kohat, 37 miles south of Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. The attack killed 15 people. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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**FILE** In this photo taken Aug. 20, 2009, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, gestures on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. Diplomatic cables revealed by WikiLeaks show that the British government feared Libya would take harsh action against it if the Lockerbie bomber died in prison. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian security forces man a checkpoint in Nablus on the West Bank in late November. The U.S.-trained forces coordinate with Israeli troops, but some of them wonder if cooperation is sustainable and really helps their statehood goal. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian security officers simulate an arrest during training in Nablus on Monday. The competence of Palestinian forces, many of them ex-militants, is considered a prerequisite for statehood. (Associated Press)
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A pro-democracy protester wearing a mask of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo protests outside the Chinese government liaison office in Hong Kong Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon displaced by war more than three years ago live in temporary apartments that residents say are cramped, musty and bug- and rodent-infested. The U.N. relief agency is far short of the funding needed to rebuild. (Heather Murdock/Special to The Washington Times)
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Pakistani volunteers rush an injured person into a local hospital in Peshawar on Monday. A pair of suicide bombers disguised as policemen killed as many as 50 people and wounded an estimated 100 in an attack targeting a tribal meeting called to discuss the formation of an anti-Taliban militia in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand. (Associated Press)
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Protesters clash with riot police during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)
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Youths throw stones at riot police during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. The protest mared two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A protester throws a plant pot at riot police during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)
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Protester attacks a riot police officer during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)
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A youth with a bag attacks a riot police officer as another protester tries to restrain him during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A youth with a bag attacks a riot policeman during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A youth attacks a riot policeman during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A youth prepares to throw a pole at riot police, not seen, as a man covers behind a Metro sign during a rally in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A riot policeman reacts during clashes with youths in Athens on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A riot policeman reacts during clashes with protesters in Athens, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Youths hurled rocks and oranges at a government building in central Athens during a student protest to mark two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. Police closed roads and deployed several thousand officers around the city but maintained a minimal presence at the site where some 1,500 students gathered outside Athens University's main buildings. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)
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Volunteers rush a person injured by suicide attack to an emergency ward of a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. A pair of suicide bombers disguised as policemen killed many people in an attack targeting a tribal meeting called to discuss the formation of an anti-Taliban militia, in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand. (AP Photo/Mohammad Iqbal)
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Volunteers rush a person injured by suicide attack to an emergency ward of a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. A pair of suicide bombers disguised as policemen killed many people in an attack targeting a tribal meeting called to discuss the formation of an anti-Taliban militia, in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand. (AP Photo/Mohammad Iqbal)
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Injured people are treated in a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, after a pair of suicide bombers disguised as policemen killed many people in an attack targeting a tribal meeting called to discuss the formation of an anti-Taliban militia, in the tribal area of Mohmand. (AP Photo/Mohammad Iqbal)
