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An Iranian security directs media at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, with the reactor building seen in the background, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel Saturday into Iran's first nuclear power plant, which Moscow has promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Flood survivors jump to catch relief goods in flood hit Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan on Thursday Aug. 19, 2010. Weeks after massive downpours first battered northern Pakistan, submerging tens of thousands of square miles, killing near 1,500 people and leaving millions homeless, those floodwaters are still sweeping down river and through the south, adding one more layer of misery to people long accustomed to hardship. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Flood survivors negotiate a flooded road at Muzaffargarh, in central Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. The floods have affected 20 million people and about one-fifth of Pakistan's territory, straining its civilian government as it struggles against al-Qaida and Taliban violence. Aid groups and the United Nations have complained foreign donors have not been quick or generous enough given the scale of the disaster. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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Pakistani flood survivors wait their turn to get relief food distributed by naval officials in Sangi Village near Sukkur, in southern Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. The world ramped up assistance to flood-ravaged Pakistan on Thursday three weeks after the crisis began, and U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Washington did not want Islamist extremists to come out of the disaster stronger. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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The shadow of a Pakistan Navy helicopter is seen as a residents ride in a boat carrying rescued farm animals during an emergency aid distribution, near Bachel in Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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A Pakistani family stand on their farm compound surrounded by flood waters as seen from a Pakistan Navy helicopter during an emergency aid distribution, near Bachel in Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Augu. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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The shadow of a Pakistan Navy Sea King helicopter is seen flying over buildings surrounded by flood waters near Bachel in Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Lal Pir power generating station which is submerged in flood water further increased the power crisis in Muzaffargarh near Multan, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Islamist terrorists may exploit the chaos and misery caused by the floods in Pakistan to gain new recruits, the country's president said Thursday. Asif Ali Zardari's remarks were echoed by U.S. Sen. John Kerry, who toured some of the worst hit areas and visited a relief camp alongside the president. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
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President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, wears cap, listens the ordeal of flood survivors in Jampur near Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Islamist terrorists may exploit the chaos and misery caused by the floods in Pakistan to gain new recruits, the country's president said Thursday. Asif Ali Zardari's remarks were echoed by U.S. Sen. John Kerry, who toured some of the worst hit areas and visited a relief camp alongside the president. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar takes a closer look Thursday in an area that was open water two years ago before a wetlands restoration project in the Delta National Wildlife Refuge off Louisiana. He and other federal officials led an inspection tour of the refuge in the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Bill Lehr, (above) a federal government scientist, calculates some figures related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill while testifying on Capitol Hill during a House energy and environment subcommittee hearing.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Brian Matusz delivers to a Texas Rangers batter during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, in Baltimore.
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar takes a closer look Thursday in an area that was open water two years ago before a wetlands restoration project in the Delta National Wildlife Refuge off Louisiana. He and other federal officials led an inspection tour of the refuge in the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Bill Lehr, (above) a federal government scientist, calculates some figures related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill while testifying on Capitol Hill during a House energy and environment subcommittee hearing.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A tree fallen by Sunday's storm, blocks a street in Silver Spring, Md., near Washington, Monday, July 26, 2010. It could take days to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people in and around Washington after a storm downed power lines and trees and left four people dead, officials said Monday.
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Dyer Long Road was one of several Putnam County roads destroyed by flood waters near Cookeville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/The Herald-Citizen,Ty Kernea)
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Retired U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen (right), the national incident commander for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, helps load a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration boat with rehabilitated Kemp's Ridley sea turtles to be released off the coast of Cedar Key, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)
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Rescuers move a victim's body after a landslide in Gongshan county, in southwest China's Yunnan province, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Rescuers dug through the debris of China's latest landslide Thursday in a search for at least 90 people thought buried when a wall of mud crashed into their mountain town in southwestern China. (AP Photo)
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People look at a derailed passenger train on a collapsed bridge at the Shiting River in Guanghan in southwest China's Sichuan province, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. China struggled to cope with widespread storms that left dozens missing and presumed dead Thursday as rescuers cleaned up a mudslide-stricken town, while two passenger train cars plunged into a river after crossing a flood-damaged bridge. (AP Photo)
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In this Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 photo, residents move a damaged car on a street covered by mud after mudslides in Zhouqu county, in northwest China's Gansu province. More rains are expected to hit all across China over in the coming days, with heavy rains forecast for Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Shandong, Liaoning, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces, the Central Meteorological Station said. (AP Photo)
