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Pro-European Union activists guard barricades near the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, early Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Ukraine was thrown into crisis last month when President Viktor Yanukovych suddenly backed away from a long-awaited political and economic agreement with the European Union, deciding to focus instead on restoring trade ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Prof. Ake Sellström, left, head of the U.N. mission to investigate allegations of the use of chemical weapons in the Syria, listens U.N. Secretary Ban Ki-moon makes a statement after receiving a report from the mission on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)