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President Obama walks Oct. 24, 2012, across the tarmac to greet supporters upon his arrival on Air Force One at the Quad Cities International Airport in Moline, Ill., as the president began a two-day campaign blitz, through eight states with stops in key battleground areas of Iowa, Colorado, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia. (Associated Press)
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Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo addresses the media in his office in Brussels on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, on the announced closure of the Belgian Ford factory. The planned closure at the end of 2014 will result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more among subcontractors. (Associated Press)
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Lebanese Army soldiers monitor clashes that erupted between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime on Oct. 22, 2012, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon. Lebanese troops launched a major security operation to open all roads and force gunmen off the streets, trying to contain an outburst of violence set off by the assassination of a top intelligence official who was a powerful opponent of Syria. (Associated Press)
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Lebanese Army soldiers patrol Oct. 22, 2012, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, during clashes that erupted between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime. Lebanese troops launched a major security operation to open all roads and force gunmen off the streets, trying to contain an outburst of violence set off by the assassination of a top intelligence official who was a powerful opponent of Syria. (Associated Press)
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Lebanese Army soldiers patrol Oct. 22, 2012, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, during clashes that erupted between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime. Lebanese troops launched a major security operation to open all roads and force gunmen off the streets, trying to contain an outburst of violence set off by the assassination of a top intelligence official who was a powerful opponent of Syria. (Associated Press)
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A Syrian refugee woman cooks in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)
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Three displaced Syrian children play in puddles in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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A displaced Syrian woman and her granddaughter are seen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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A displaced Syrian child runs past tents in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Mustafa, a displaced Syrian man affected by a hiatal hernia, is seen at his family tent in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Lakhdar Brahimi (from right), the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria; former Irish President Mary Robinson; former U.S. President Jimmy Carter; Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby; and former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland attend a press conference after their meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Mr. Brahimi says the Syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a cease-fire during the upcoming four-day Muslim holiday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, talks during a joint press conference with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby (unseen) following their meeting at the league headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Mr. Brahimi says the Syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a cease-fire during the upcoming four-day Muslim holiday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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A displaced Syrian child waits for food at an NGO charitable kitchen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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A displaced Syrian woman takes food in an NGO charitable kitchen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Displaced Syrian men wait for food near an NGO charitable kitchen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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A displaced Syrian girl is seen among tents in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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Rob Sobhani (right), an independent candidate for U.S. Senate from Maryland, greets Elinor and Hal Ozkaptan (center) along the downtown harbor in Annapolis on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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In the weeks leading up to Election Day, Larry Rosen (right) of Rockville, Md., asks a question of Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, at the Ring House retirement community in Rockville on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
