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Kosovars light candles in remembrance in the southeast European nation's capital of Pristina, Kosovo, on Sunday. Elsewhere, Kosovar youths sported T-shirts commemorating 9/11 as U.S. peacekeepers secured the area during a military band concert in Urosevac. (Associated Press)

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UPSET IN OFFING? Polls show GOP nominee Bob Turner could pull an upset Tuesday in a special election in the heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District of New York. (Bobturnerforcongress.com)

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President Obama addresses a joint session of Congress regarding jobs at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell (left to right) stand on the field before the Washington Redskins play the New York Giants at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Sunday, September 11, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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The Republican lineup in 2011 prior to the presidential debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif. From left: former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney; Texas Gov. Rick Perry; Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican; businessman Herman Cain; and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. (Associated Press/File)

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Egyptian soldiers guard the shattered entrance of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo on Sunday, two days after protesters stormed the building, prompting the evacuation of nearly the entire staff from Egypt in the worst crisis between the countries since their 1979 peace treaty. (Associated Press)

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"It is an axis to which there are objectors, who are appealing not against policy, but against Israel," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS "It is better that we all lose something than lose everything, forever," Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said about new economic measures.

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An honor guard bugler plays taps at the the Pentagon Memorial as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is observed at the Pentagon outside Washington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Chin Sok Wells of McKinney, Texas, kisses his 10-week-old baby, Cristian, on his wife, Cathy's lap as they gather around the memorial bench of his sister, Army Spc. Chin Sun Pak Wells, who was killed in the Pentagon attacks, as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks are observed at the Pentagon outside Washington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta participate in a commemorative ceremony on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon in Washington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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The 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is observed at the Pentagon in Washington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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A Secret Service countersniper team looks out from atop the Pentagon during a 10th-anniversary remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial in Washington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Soldiers lay wreaths at the Pentagon Memorial on the benches bearing the names of the victims during the 10th-anniversary ceremony of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon outside Washington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Adm. Mike Mullen (left), Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center) and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stand during the playing of the national anthem at the Pentagon in Arlington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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A woman lays a sunflower on a bench honoring a victim of the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon as the 10th anniversary of the event is observed at the Pentagon outside Washington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Wreaths laid by a service member during the commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon sit on each of the 184 memorial benches of the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Wreaths laid by a service member during the commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon sit on each of the 184 memorial benches of the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Tricia Martin and her fiance, Dan Holdridge, both of Stonington, Conn., walk on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, in the Pentagon Memorial following the 10th-anniversary commemoration of the Sept. 11 attack on the Defense Department headquarters in Arlington. Mr. Holdridge survived the attack on the Pentagon after being caught under the collapsing building while working in the Naval Command Center. He said that "10 years doesn't mean much of anything — the trauma was overwhelming." (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Wreaths laid by a service member during the commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon sit on each of the 184 memorial benches of the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)