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Pro-North Korean activists stage a rally to stop the sending of anti-North Korea leaflets across the border on the road in Paju, near the Demilitarized Zone, in South Korea on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. North Korea's military warned last week that it would strike if South Korean activists carried through with their plan to fly balloons carrying the propaganda leaflets across the border. South Korea pledged to retaliate if it was attacked. The placards translate as "Stop sending anti-North Korea leaflets." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Police officers block an activist in a car carrying anti-North Korea leaflets in Paju, near the Demilitarized Zone, in South Korea on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. South Korea banned the activists Monday from entering a border area where they planned to launch anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea, an unusual move that the activists likened to surrender. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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North Korean defector Park Sang-hak protests as police block his planned rally on a road in Paju, near the demilitarized zone, in South Korea on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. South Korea has banned activists from launching propaganda leaflets into North Korea after the North threatened to attack. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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North Korean defectors shout slogans as police officers block their planned rally on a road in Paju, near Demilitarized Zone, in South Korea, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. South Korea has banned activists from launching propaganda leaflets to North Korea after the North threatened to attack. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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North Korean defector Park Sang-hak hurls anti-North Korea leaflets as police block his planned rally on a road in Paju, near the Demilitarized Zone, in South Korea on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. South Korea banned activists from launching the propaganda leaflets to North Korea after the North threatened to attack. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon toward Syrian army positions in the Karmal Jabl district of Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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North Korean defectors shout slogans as police block their planned rally on a road in Paju, South Korea, near the Demilitarized Zone, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. The activists launched balloons with anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to the North despite a ban by the South Korean government. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Mitt Romney leaves the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after services on Sunday in Boca Raton, Fla. The Republican White House hopeful is in Boca Raton for Monday night’s third and final presidential debate. (Associated Press)

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Lebanese protesters chant slogans against the Lebanese government after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Oct. 21, 2012. Lebanese soldiers fired guns and tear gas to push back hundreds of protesters who broke through a police cordon and tried to storm the government headquarters in Beirut. The enraged crowd came from the funeral of a top Lebanese intelligence official assassinated in a massive car bombing. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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In this Oct. 9, 2012 photo, an electoral roll and two candidatesÃ resumes are taped to a barber shopÃs store window, in Old Havana, Cuba. Elections in Cuba lack the hoopla they have in other countries, but authorities here say they give people a voice in government and answer charges that the communist-run country is undemocratic. Critics call the votes, including one scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, a sham since voters canÃt throw out the Communist Party or the Castros. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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Supporters attend President Obama’s campaign event at George Mason University in Fairfax on Friday. Mr. Obama was seen as the winner the second presidential debate. The final debate will be held Monday. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)