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French President Francois Hollande, left, watches U.S Secretary of State John Kerry, right, shaking hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, back to the camera, before a family photo at the international conference intended to come up with an international strategy against Islamic State extremists, in Paris, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. As diplomats from around the world sought a global strategy to fight Islamic State extremists, Iran ruled out working with any international coalition, saying it had rejected American requests for cooperation against the militants. Partially hidden at center is French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski; Pool)

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Fouad Massoum speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Kurdish politician Massoum was named Iraq&#8217;s new president on Thursday, Massoum, 76, one of the founders of President Jalal Talabani&#8217;s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, known as PUK, accepted the position after winning two-thirds of the votes, noting the &#8220;huge security, political and economic tasks" facing the government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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