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A woman kisses a soldier as she protests against former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in the center of Tunis, Monday, Jan. 17. 2011. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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A torn banner of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is seen in the center of Tunis, Sunday, Jan. 16.2011. Tunisia sped toward a new future after its iron-fisted leader fled, with an interim president sworn in and ordering the country's first multiparty government to be formed. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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In this image made from Channel 7 Tunisia TV Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is seen making a speech in Tunis, on Thursday Jan. 13 2011. Violent anti-government protests drove Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power Friday Jan. 14 2011 after 23 years of iron-fisted rule, as anger over soaring unemployment and corruption spilled into the streets. (AP Photo / Channel 7 Tunisia)
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Protestors shout slogan against former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in the center of Tunis, Monday, Jan. 17. 2011. Tunisia's interim leaders plan to announce a new government Monday that includes opposition leaders for the first time, a move they hope will stabilize their violence-wracked nation. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Protestors cheers a soldier during a demonstration against former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in the center of Tunis, Monday, Jan. 17. 2011. Tunisia's interim leaders plan to announce a new government Monday that includes opposition leaders for the first time _ a move they hope will stabilize their violence-wracked nation. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Soldiers stand guard next to their tank in the center of Tunis, Sunday, Jan. 16. 2011. Tunisia sped toward a new future after its iron-fisted leader fled, with an interim president sworn in and ordering the country's first multiparty government to be formed. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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In this Nov. 7, 2008 file photo, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali joins his hands during a meeting marking the 21st anniversary of his ascent to power in Tunis. Ben Ali declared a state of emergency Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 and announced that he would fire his government as thousands of protesters mobbed the capital to demand his ouster. Tunisian air space was closed, gunfire rang out in Tunis, and police beat any protesters they could grab. Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi has gone on state television to say he is assuming power in Tunisia. (AP Photo/dapd, Hassene Dridi, File)
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks on the subject of public service reform at the Royal Society of Arts in London Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, pool)
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** FILE ** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at the Forum for the Future conference in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. Mrs. Clinton said at the meeting that the foundations of development and progress in the Middle East were "sinking into the sand" and would continue to do so unless reforms were enacted. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier waves to the media at the Toussaint Louverture international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. Duvalier returned Sunday to Haiti after nearly 25 years in exile, a surprising and perplexing move that comes as his country struggles with a political crisis and the stalled effort to recover from last year's devastating earthquake.(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak attends a press conference in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 17 2011, where he abruptly announced that he was leaving his Labor Party and forming a new parliamentary faction inside the governing coalition. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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FILE - In this June 25, 2010 file photo released by the Department of Defense, former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld addresses the audience while Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates looks on during Rumsfeld's portrait unveiling ceremony at the Pentagon. Producers of "The Good Wife" said Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, they were writing an episode with a role for Rumsfeld, who was the defense secretary in George W. Bush and Gerald Ford's administrations. The drama has had public figures occasionally appear as themselves, including Vernon Jordan, Lou Dobbs and Joe Trippi. (AP Photo/DOD, Cherie Cullen, file)
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Sen. Scott Brown looks at thank-you notes affixed to a wall in his Boston office from constituents that his office had assisted. Austin Lord (left) is Mr. Brown's constituent-service official. "You need to make sure that you move the country forward," Mr. Brown said. (Associated Press)
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New Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus holds up a gavel after winning the post during the Republican National Committee winter meeting on Friday in Oxon Hill, Md. Mr. Priebus was elected after seven rounds of voting, beating four other candidates, including outgoing chairman Michael S. Steele. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Scott Brown looks at thank-you notes affixed to a wall in his Boston office from constituents that his office had assisted. Austin Lord (left) is Mr. Brown's constituent-service official. "You need to make sure that you move the country forward," Mr. Brown said. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Shelley Berkley, Nevada Democrat, meets with constituents Friday at her office in Las Vegas. It was one of the first such meetings to resume since the wounding of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona. (Associated Press)
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A prostitute advertises her wares behind red-lit windows in Amsterdam. Workers in the world's oldest profession are about to get a lesson in the harsh reality of Europe's new age of austerity. Amid budget cuts and falling revenues, the Dutch government has warned prostitutes to expect a visit from the tax man. (Associated Press)
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A Pakistani cameraman films burning oil tankers after gunmen attacked a terminal in Dera Murad Jamali in southwest Pakistan on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. A government official said the gunmen set ablaze 14 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan. A driver also was wounded during the Saturday attack. (AP Photo/Fida Hussain)
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** FILE ** Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen speaks during a media conference at a European Union summit in Brussels on Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
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In this Jan. 19, 2010 file photo, Ayla Brown, right, smiles as her father, U.S. Sen. Scott Brown speaks during his election victory party in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
