Politics

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**FILE** Syrians inspect the destruction of buildings on Jan. 5, 2013, after heavy shelling by the Syrian Air Force in apparent retaliation for rebel attacks on the nearby Taftanaz military airbase in the village of Binnish, Syria. (Associated Press)

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Illinois state Rep. Edward J. Acevedo, Chicago Democrat, listens to lawmakers while testifying during a House committee hearing at the Illinois Capitol on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in Springfield Ill. The House on Tuesday passed legislation to allow illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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** FILE ** In this Friday, April 20, 2007, file photo, the commander of a tribal militia, Maulvi Nazir, center, flanked by his bodyguards, speaks to journalists at Wana, the main town of Pakistan's tribal region of South Waziristan, along the Afghan border. Intelligence officials said suspected American drones fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near Afghan border on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, the third suspected strike in five days, killing at least nine Pakistani Taliban fighters. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)

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A U.S. soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) investigates the scene after two suicide attacks in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Two suicide bombers penetrated a government compound in the country's south Sunday, killing several, Afghan officials said. There were no reports of foreign troops or civilians at the site. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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Syrian refugee boys look Jan. 7, 2013, outside their tent at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of Marj near the border with Syria. (Associated Press/File)