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Crimean Tatars clash with a police officer , left, in front of a local government building in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. About 20,000 Muslim Tatars who rallied in support of the interim government clashed with a smaller pro-Russian rally. Fistfights broke out between pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators in Ukraine's strategic Crimea region on Wednesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered massive military exercises just across the border. (AP PhotoAndrew Lubimov)
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From left, defense ministers, Albania's Mimi Kodheli, Netherland's Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Germany's Ursula von der Leyen, Norway's Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide and Italy's Roberta Pinotti pose for photographers prior to the start of a meeting of defense ministers of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Frustrated with his Afghan counterpart, U.S. President Barack Obama is ordering the Pentagon to accelerate planning for a full U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year. But Obama is also holding out hope that Afghanistan's next president may eventually sign a stalled security agreement that could prevent the U.S. from having to take that step. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Actor Ben Affleck is interviewed by the Associated Press regarding Congo, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at the State Department in Washington. Affleck sees a window of hope in the Congo after years of strife and he’s urging Congress not to let the opportunity for progress slip away. Affleck is the founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, a four-year-old advocacy organization dedicated to peace and prosperity in the region. The actor and director was meeting with senators and testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Actor Ben Affleck, left, US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa Russ Feingold, center, and Secretary of State John Kerry talk during a photo opportunity before their meeting about Congo, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Actor Ben Affleck, left, US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa Russ Feingold, center, and Secretary of State John Kerry make statements to reporters ahead of their meeting regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at the State Department in Washington. Affleck is scheduled to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on the Democratic Republic of Congo and Great Lakes Region. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Actor Ben Affleck, left, and US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa Russ Feingold, speak about Congo as they are interviewed by the Associated Press at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Affleck and Feingold are schedules to testify on Capitol Hill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on prospects for Peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Great Lakes Region. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
