Politics

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A supporter of Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare shouts slogans while holding a candle in New Delhi on Tuesday. Mr. Hazare began fasting behind bars as his supporters held protests across the country, with thousands detained by police.

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Workers modify a civilian pickup truck into a military vehicle, adding weapons and reinforcements, in Zintan, western Libya. Zintan has become the center of what is emerging as the rebels' most promising front in their campaign to oust Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A Libyan rebel reacts while helping to evacuate a wounded man after a shelling attack that struck mostly civilians in Zawiyah on Monday.

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Libyan rebels protect a captured enemy sniper from the retaliation of other rebel fighters near Zawiya in western Libya on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta share a laugh during a question-and-answer session at the National Defense University in Washington on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Elysee Palace in Paris on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, for talks on the eurozone's economic problems. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

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** FILE ** A convoy of trucks carries U.S. equipment in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 17, 2010. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta arrive for an event at the National Defense University in Washington on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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** FILE ** Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, in Madison, Wis., on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, discusses results of recall elections in which four incumbent Republicans in the Legislature held on to challenges from Democrats. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

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A statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands guard outside the Treasury Building in Washington.

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** FILE ** French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak at a press conference during German-French consultations in Freiburg, Germany, in December 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

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President Obama speaks Aug. 15, 2011, during a town hall meeting at Lower Hannah's Bend Park in Cannon Falls, Minn., during his three-day bus tour devoted to the economy. (Associated Press)

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Ryan Rhodes (right) and another member of the Iowa Tea Party Revolution (left) speak Aug. 15, 2011, to President Obama at a town hall meeting in Decorah, Iowa, during the president's three-day economic bus tour. (Associated Press)

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Syrian troops withdraw from the Damascus suburb of Saqba, Syria, on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, following a campaign of raids and arrests that started overnight and continued Sunday morning. The image was taken by a citizen journalist. (AP Photo)

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President Barack Obama mimics calling on a phone during a town hall event at Lower Hannah's Bend Park in Cannon Falls, Minn., Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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A Libyan rebels carry the coffin of a comrade in Zawiya, western Libya, Libya, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Libya's rebels threatened to isolate Tripoli by blocking key supply routes and cutting oil pipelines on Monday after a dramatic weekend advance put them in the strongest position since the 6-month-old civil war began to attack Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)