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Palestinian workers stand in front of the mausoleum of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. The remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed from his grave on Tuesday so international forensic experts could search for additional clues to his death, Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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A Palestinian man smokes a water-pipe next to a mural of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Palestinian authorities on Tuesday opened Yasser Arafat's grave and foreign experts took samples from his remains as part of a long-shot attempt, eight years after the iconic leader's mysterious death, to determine whether he was poisoned, as relatives and some political successors have claimed. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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Media members wait on the road leading to the mausoleum of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. The remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed from his grave on Tuesday so international forensic experts could search for additional clues to his death, Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Palestinian artist Abdul Hadi paints a portrait of the late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012. Palestinian authorities on Tuesday opened Yasser Arafat's grave and foreign experts took samples from his remains as part of a long-shot attempt, eight years after the iconic leader's mysterious death, to determine whether he was poisoned, as relatives and some political successors have claimed. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Palestinian boy scouts play music during a symbolic funeral ceremony for late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in Balata refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Palestinian authorities on Tuesday opened Yasser Arafat's grave and foreign experts took samples from his remains as part of a long-shot attempt, eight years after the iconic leader's mysterious death, to determine whether he was poisoned, as relatives and some political successors have claimed. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
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Palestinians walk past a mural on the controversial Israeli barrier depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, at Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Palestinian authorities on Tuesday opened Yasser Arafat's grave and foreign experts took samples from his remains as part of a long-shot attempt, eight years after the iconic leader's mysterious death, to determine whether he was poisoned, as relatives and some political successors have claimed. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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Sen. John McCain (center), ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, flanked by Sen. Kelly Ayotte (left) and Sen. Lindsey Graham, who are fellow committee members, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, following a meeting with U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice. Ms. Rice met with the lawmakers to discuss statements she made about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that left the ambassador and three other Americans dead. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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A South Korean protester aims a toy gun at an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that is set on a mock North Korean missile during an anti-North Korea rally denouncing the North's plan to launch a long-range rocket, in Seoul on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. North Korea vowed Sunday to go ahead with plans to launch the rocket, rejecting criticism in the West that it would scuttle recent diplomacy. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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North Korea's new commander in chief, Kim Jong-un, waves as he walks ahead of Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, after attending a concert to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean army, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. North Korea is armed with "powerful modern weapons" capable of defeating the United States, a top military chief in Pyongyang said Wednesday, a claim that matches the country's regular rhetoric but is questioned by experts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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This undated official portrait released on Thursday, April 12, 2012, by the Korean Central News Agency via the Korea News Service shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. KCNA said the image was published in the Worker's Party newspaper and was the first time an image of Kim Jong-un wearing a suit has been shown to the public. Mr. Kim was named first secretary of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party, a newly created post, at Wednesday's Workers' Party Conference. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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Protesters set fire to effigies of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean activist No Su-hui during a rally denouncing Mr. No near the border village of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea, on Thursday, July 5, 2012. South Korean police arrested Mr. No for making an extended trip to Pyongyang without government approval. (AP Photo/Hye Soo Nah)
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In this Sunday, April 15, 2012, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed by the Korea News Service on April 16, 2012, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un acknowledges cheers during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of his grandfather, national founder Kim Il-sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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A South Korean protester hangs an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un near the North's mock missiles in Seoul on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, during an anti-North Korea rally denouncing the North's plan to launch a long-range rocket. North Korea vowed Sunday to go ahead with plans to launch the rocket, rejecting criticism in the West that it would scuttle recent diplomacy. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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A cutout of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is displayed during a protest denouncing North Korea for trying to intervene in the upcoming South Korean presidential election scheduled for Dec. 20, in Seoul on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The cutout reads "Novice." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah speaks at the opening session of the United Nations Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills (8), from Australia, and center DeJuan Blair (45) guard Washington Wizards guard A.J. Price (12) as he passes the ball in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)