Politics

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A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon Dec. 10, 2012, during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A Free Syrian Army fighter poses Dec. 12, 2012, as he carries his weapon in the northern province of Aleppo, Syria. Syria's civil war has killed more than 40,000 people. (Associated Press)

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A Kurdish member of the FSA is seen at a check point in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, on Dec. 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

A Palestinian girl looks at Mohammed Suleima, 17, during his funeral procession in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Thousands of Palestinians marched through the streets of this West Bank city on Thursday, chanting anti-Israel slogans and waving green Hamas flags during a funeral procession for a teenager killed by Israeli troops. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Palestinians carry the body of Mohammed Suleima, 17, during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Thousands of Palestinians marched through the streets of this West Bank city on Thursday, chanting anti-Israel slogans and waving green Hamas flags during a funeral procession for a teenager killed by Israeli troops. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Israeli soldiers take aim during clashes with Palestinians, not seen, during the funeral of Mohammed Suleima, 17, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Thousands of Palestinians marched through the streets of this West Bank city on Thursday, chanting anti-Israel slogans and waving green Hamas flags during a funeral procession for a teenager killed by Israeli troops. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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** FILE ** Khalid al-Masri, a German who says CIA agents abducted him and transported him to Afghanistan, attends a meeting of the European Parliament committee investigating claims of U.S. secret prisons and flights in Europe at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, in 2006. (AP Photo/Christian Hartmann)

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Sen. Scott P. Brown leaves town quietly after losing his re-election bid last month in Massachusetts. He delivered a farewell address to the Senate on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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South Korean protesters burn a mock rocket as police officers spray fire extinguishers during a rally in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2012, denouncing North Korea's rocket launch. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** North Korean youths dance before the Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate a rocket launch on Dec. 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

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South Korean protesters hold the pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a rally in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2012, denouncing North Korea's rocket launch. The letters read "Out, Pro-North Korea politic." (Associated Press)

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South Korean protesters burn an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a rally in Seoul on Dec. 13, 2012, denouncing North Korea's rocket launch. (Associated Press)

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North Korean youths dance in front of the Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate a rocket launch on Dec. 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

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A South Korean man reads a newspaper Dec. 13, 2012, on a subway train in Seoul. The newspaper's headline reports North Korea's successful rocket launch the previous day, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a big step forward in its quest to develop a nuclear missile. The headline reads "Kim Jung Un's gambling, Obama to aim." (Associated Press)

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South Korean housewives shout slogans during a Dec. 13, 2012, rally in Seoul denouncing North Korea's rocket launch. North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket the previous day, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a big step forward in its quest to develop a nuclear missile. The letters read "Denounce North Korea's rocket launch and beat Kim Joung Un." (Associated Press)

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South Korean protesters and former North Korean defectors display mock coffins symbolizing victims killed during the era of North Korea's late Kim Jong Il during a rally in Seoul on Dec. 13, 2012, denouncing North Korea's rocket launch. (Associated Press)