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** FILE ** Protesters chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government as they wave national flags and hold posters of Sunni Finance Minister Rafia al-Issawi during a demonstration in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Thousands protested in Iraq's western Sunni heartland following the arrest of bodyguards assigned to the finance minister, who draws support from the area. The Khulafa al-Rashideen Mosque is seen at right. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Lakhdar Brahimi, joint special representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, answers media questions after consultations at U.N. headquarters on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Former Rep. Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas Republican, speaks during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. Mr. Hutchinson will lead a National Rifle Association program that will develop a model security plan for schools that relies on armed volunteers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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** FILE ** Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Italian Premier Mario Monti said during a news conference in Rome on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, that he won't take up former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's offer to run on a center-right election ticket, citing Mr. Berlusconi's heavy criticism of his economic policies. (AP Photo/Mauro Scrobogna, Lapresse)
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Election workers unseal a ballot box for counting at the end of the second round of a referendum on a disputed Egyptian constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi at a polling station in Giza, Egypt, on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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President Barack Obama, walks past the casket of the late Sen. Daniel Inouye D-Hawaii, at his funeral service at Washington National Cathedral, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left), Virginia Republican, speaks to reporters about the "fiscal cliff" negotiations at the Capitol in Washington on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Amnah Sayyed Moussa, 85, casts her vote in the second round of a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in Giza, Egypt, on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
