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Ethnic Uzbeks cross the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border as they leave Kyrgyzstan near the southern city of Osh, Friday, June 18, 2010, as Uzbek border guards look on. The United Nations said as many as 1 million people may need aid in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, including the potential number of refugees, internally displaced, host families and others that may suffer in one way or another from the unrest. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Charity society volunteers pack food in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 18, 2010. Some 400,000 people have been displaced by ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, the United Nations announced Thursday, dramatically increasing the official estimate of a crisis that has left throngs of desperate, fearful refugees without enough food and water in grim camps along the Uzbek border. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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Charity society volunteers distribute food on the streets of Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 18, 2010. Some 400,000 people have been displaced by ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, the United Nations announced Thursday, dramatically increasing the official estimate of a crisis that has left throngs of desperate, fearful refugees without enough food and water in grim camps along the Uzbek border. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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Ethnic Uzbek men seen during a Friday prayer in mosque in Suzak, in the Uzbek neighborhood near the southern Kyrgyz city of Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 18, 2010. Some 400,000 people have been displaced by ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, the United Nations announced Thursday, dramatically increasing the official estimate of a crisis that has left throngs of desperate, fearful refugees without enough food and water in grim camps along the Uzbek border. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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An ethnic Uzbek boy is seen during a Friday prayer in a mosque in Suzak, the Uzbek neighborhood near the southern Kyrgyz city of Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 18, 2010. Some 400,000 people have been displaced by ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, the United Nations announced Thursday, dramatically increasing the official estimate of a crisis that has left throngs of desperate, fearful refugees without enough food and water in grim camps along the Uzbek border. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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A military helicopter with Kyrgyzstan's interim President Rosa Otunbayeva on board flies over the statue of of the Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin prepares to land on the central square in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 18, 2010. Ms. Otunbayeva is vowing to work for the return of refugees who fled deadly ethnic violence there by the hundreds of thousands. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Kyrgyzstan's interim President Rosa Otunbayeva wearing a flak jacket, reacts as she listens to a question during her meeting with local officials after landing by military helicopter on the central square in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 18, 2010. She is vowing to work for the return of refugees who fled deadly ethnic violence there by the hundreds of thousands. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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In this file photo, a young boy leads the hard-line Islamist al-Shabaab fighters as they conduct a military exercise in northern Mogadishu's Suqaholaha neighborhood in Somalia. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Faisal Shahzad, 30, faces up to life in prison if convicted of numerous terrorism-related charges. (Associated Press)
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Kyrgyz soldiers are alert atop an armored personal carrier patrolling the outskirts of the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, June 17, 2010, with a humanitarian convoy behind the truck. Hundreds of thousands of Uzbeks fled their homes seeking refuge in neighboring Uzbekistan after deadly rampages by mobs of ethnic Kyrgyz. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Ethnic Uzbeks, who fled southern Kyrgyzstan, cross the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border as they return back to Kyrgyzstan near the southern city of Osh on Thursday, June 17, 2010. A handful of Uzbek refugees displaced by ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan returned to their wrecked homes Thursday in the southern city of Osh, desperate for food and water that aid agencies have had trouble delivering to the thousands camped out on the border. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Ethnic Uzbeks, who fled southern Kyrgyzstan, cross the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border as they return back to Kyrgyzstan near the southern city of Osh on Thursday, June 17, 2010. A handful of Uzbek refugees displaced by ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan returned to their wrecked homes Thursday in the southern city of Osh, desperate for food and water that aid agencies have had trouble delivering to the thousands camped out on the border. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Kyrgyz soldiers and volunteers check passing cars and search passengers for weapons at a check point on the Uzbek border side on the outskirts of the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over the Kyrgyz city of Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side or stranded in a no man's land. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men run during a protest against the removal of ancient tombs in the neighborhood of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Israeli police say they have arrested several dozen people in a violent protest by ultra-Orthodox activists opposed to an excavation they say is disturbing Jewish grave sites. Five police officers and ten demonstrators were lightly wounded. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pause during a protest against the removal of ancient tombs in the neighborhood of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Israeli police say they have arrested several dozen people in a violent protest by ultra-Orthodox activists opposed to an excavation they say is disturbing Jewish gravesites. Five police officers and 10 demonstrators were slightly wounded. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men scuffle with mounted police officers during a protest against the removal of ancient tombs in the neighborhood of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Israeli police say they have arrested several dozen people in a violent protest by ultra-Orthodox activists opposed to an excavation they say is disturbing Jewish gravesites. Five police officers and 10 demonstrators were slightly wounded. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man lies on the ground with blood on his face after a scuffle with border police officers during a protest against the removal of ancient tombs in the neighborhood of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Israeli police say they have arrested several dozen people in a violent protest by ultra-Orthodox activists opposed to an excavation they say is disturbing Jewish gravesites. Five police officers and 10 demonstrators were slightly wounded. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Kyrgyz army volunteers are on alert in the back of a truck patrolling the outskirts of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side of the border or stranded in a no man's land. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Kyrgyz army soldiers and volunteers climb up on their military truck to patrol the outskirts of the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side or stranded in a no man's land. (Associated Press)
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Kyrgyz soldiers and volunteers check passing cars and search passengers for weapons as they control a checkpoint on the Uzbek side of the border on the outskirts of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over the Kyrgyz city of Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side or stranded in a no man's land. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
