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Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal speaks during a televised speech at his official residence in Katmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Mr. Nepal announced his resignation, bowing to pressure from opposition Maoists who have been demanding his ouster in parliament and on the streets. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)
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Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal leaves after announcing his resignation at his official residence in Katmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Mr. Nepal announced his resignation Wednesday, bowing to pressure from opposition Maoists who have been demanding his ouster in parliament and on the streets. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal waits to meet Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav after announcing his resignation in Katmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Mr. Nepal announced his resignation Wednesday, bowing to pressure from opposition Maoists who have been demanding his oust in parliament and on the streets. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Indian paramilitary soldiers arrive at the site of a protest in Srinagar, India, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Authorities brought new areas under curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Wednesday to control the worst street violence in a year, triggered by the killing of 11 people allegedly by government forces over the past two weeks. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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Indian paramilitary soldiers beat a Kashmiri civilian during a protest in Srinagar, India, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Authorities brought new areas under curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Wednesday to control the worst street violence in a year, triggered by the killing of 11 people allegedly by government forces over the past two weeks. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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Indian policemen throw stones at Kashmiri protestors in Srinagar, India, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Authorities extended a curfew to new areas of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Wednesday, trying to control the worst street violence in a year triggered by accusations that government forces killed 11 people in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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An Indian police vehicle patrols a road dotted with rocks and a burning tire set up as road blockade by protesters in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Authorities brought new areas under curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Wednesday to control the worst street violence in a year, triggered by the killing of 11 people allegedly by government forces over the past two weeks. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal speaks during a televised speech at his official residence in Katmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Nepal announced his resignation, bowing to pressure from opposition Maoists who have been demanding his ouster in parliament and on the streets. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)
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U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. holds a press conference Wednesday, June 30, 2010, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mr. Holder was in the Afghan capital to talk with officials about improving the justice system and fighting corruption. (AP Photo/Ahmad Massoud)
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Smoke rises outside an airfield used by Afghan and international forces in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Militants set off a car bomb and stormed the entrance to the airport and eight insurgents died in the ensuing gunbattle, authorities said. (AP Photo)
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GLASS HALF FULL: Optimism is high that Army Gen. David H. Petraeus will be confirmed in the next few days as commander of allied forces in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to be confirmed as President Obama's choice to take control of forces in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to be confirmed as President Obama's choice to take control of forces in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Kyrgyz soldiers receive their ballot papers at a polling station as early voting is held for Sunday's referendum in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 25, 2010. Kyrgyz authorities say they have arrested a nephew of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev whom they accuse of playing a key role in organizing the ethnic rioting that killed hundreds of people. This month's unrest tore apart the Central Asian nation's south, with Kyrgyz rampaging through Uzbek neighborhoods. As many as 400,000 people fled their homes.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Ethnic Uzbek and Kyrgyz citizens pray together during Friday prayers at a mosque in the Uzbek ethnic neighborhood in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 25, 2010. Kyrgyz authorities said Friday they have arrested a nephew of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and charged him with helping organize the ethnic rioting that tore apart this Central Asian nation's south. Hundreds of people were killed and as many as 400,000 driven from their homes this month when Kyrgyz mobs rampaged through Uzbek neighborhoods in and around the cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Kyrgyz soldiers receive their ballot papers at a polling station as early voting is held for Sunday's referendum in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 25, 2010. Kyrgyz authorities say they have arrested a nephew of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev whom they accuse of playing a key role in organizing the ethnic rioting that killed hundreds of people. This month's unrest tore apart the Central Asian nation's south, with Kyrgyz rampaging through Uzbek neighborhoods. As many as 400,000 people fled their homes.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Kyrgyz soldiers receive their ballot papers at a polling station as early voting is held for Sunday's referendum in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 25, 2010. Kyrgyz authorities say they have arrested a nephew of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev whom they accuse of playing a key role in organizing the ethnic rioting that killed hundreds of people. This month's unrest tore apart the Central Asian nation's south, with Kyrgyz rampaging through Uzbek neighborhoods. As many as 400,000 people fled their homes.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John O. Brennan says of U.S.-born recruits to terrorist groups: "There are, in my mind, dozens of U.S. persons who are in different parts of the world, and they are very concerning to us." J.M. EDDINS JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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China is said to be concerned that the Islamic State is moving into western China, specifically Xinjiang province, where Muslim Uighurs in the past have joined Islamist terrorist groups. (Associated Press/File)
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A burned out police jeep lies on a road as a reminder of the local people's protests against "land grab" for building factories in Nandigram, India. (Sujoy Dhar/Special to The Washington Times)
