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President Obama may enjoy an all-American hot dog at an NCAA game, but he doesn't seem to be savoring his role as leader of the country. (Associated Press)
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Abdelilah Benkirane, the secretary general of Morocco's Islamist Justice and Development Party, holds his small son, Hamza, at the party's headquarters in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, after it became clear that his party was on track to become the largest in Morocco's new parliament. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)
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Protesters rally in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, to condemn a NATO airstrike on Pakistani troops that killed 24 along the nation's border with Afghanistan. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during a United Russia party congress in Moscow on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, at which he formally was nominated as the party's candidate for president in next March's election. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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A Palestinian customs worker checks a truck loaded with boxes of strawberries at the Kerem Shalom crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Farmers in Gaza began exporting tons of produce to Europe on Sunday after Israel cracked open the volatile border. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)
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** FILE ** Britain's Prince William heads toward a Sea King helicopter for a training exercise in Dalvay-by-the-Sea on Canada's Prince Edward Island on Monday, July 4, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)
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In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for the media, relatives of William Al-Saleh, one of six elite pilots who the military said were killed in an ambush on Thursday, hold his portrait as they mourn during his funeral procession in Syria's Homs province on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
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Protesters shout slogans against Egypt's military ruling council during a demonstration in Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising, in Cairo on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Afghanistan-bound trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces are forced to park after authorities closed the Torkham border crossing in Pakistan on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Qazi Rauf)
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a GOP presidential debate in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Pakistani protesters shout slogans against America and NATO in Lahore, Pakistan, on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. Pakistan on Saturday accused NATO helicopters and fighter jets of firing on two army checkpoints and killing 24 soldiers. Islamabad retaliated by closing the border crossings used by the international coalition to supply its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
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Pakistani security personnel stop trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan at Takhtabeg check post in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, Pakistan, on their way to Torkham border post on Saturday, Nov 26, 2011. Pakistan on Saturday accused NATO helicopters of firing on two army checkpoints in the northwest and killing 25 soldiers, then retaliated by closing a key border crossing used by the coalition to supply its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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** FILE ** NATO fuel tankers enter Afghanistan through Pakistan's border crossing in Torkham, east of Kabul, on Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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In this Sept. 13, 1963 photo, former New York Times reporter Tom Wicker stands in front of the White House in Washington. Wicker, who covered President John F. Kennedy’s assassination for the Times, went on to serve as the paper's Washington bureau chief and columnist has died at his home in Rochester, Vt. He was 85. (AP Photo/The New York Times, George Tames
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New York Rangers left wing Ruslan Fedotenko scored twice in the 6-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (center) chairs a Security Council meeting in the Gorki residence outside Moscow on Nov. 23, 2011. From left is Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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Defected army soldiers stand guard on a vehicle while protesters march during a demonstration demanding the prosecution of Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Nov. 24, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Pro-Syrian regime protesters shout slogans and carry a huge portrait of Syrian president Bashar Assad during a protest against the Arab League decisions in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 25, 2011. Syria missed an Arab League deadline to allow hundreds of observers into the country, prompting the bloc to consider economic sanctions against Damascus for its eight-month crackdown on dissent, a senior diplomat said. (Associated Press)
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Observers from Spain speak with political party's representatives in a polling station in Rabat, Morocco, on Nov. 25, 2011. Moroccans voted for a new parliament that day in Arab Spring-inspired elections. (Associated Press)
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Del. Rob Bell, Albemarle Republican, carries papers and boxes out of the House of Delegates chambers after the House adjourned for the 2009 session in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
