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Islamist fighters take positions during clashes with Somali government soldier and African union peacekeepers in southern Mogadishu's Hodon neighborhood, Somalia, Monday Oct. 4, 2010. Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service, says a spike in violence the last three days in Mogadishu has killed at least 20 civilians. More than 70 people have been wounded. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Islamist fighters take positions during clashes with Somali government soldier and African union peacekeepers in southern Mogadishu's Hodon neighborhood, Somalia, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service, says a spike in violence the last three days in Mogadishu has killed at least 20 civilians. More than 70 people have been wounded.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Islamist fighters take positions during clashes with Somali government soldier and African union peacekeepers in southern Mogadishu's Hodon neighborhood, Somalia, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service, says a spike in violence the last three days in Mogadishu has killed at least 20 civilians. More than 70 people have been wounded.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. (right) and Justice Elena Kagan, the Supreme Court's newest member, walk down the steps of the Supreme Court Building in Washington on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, to stand for photographs after Justice Kagan's formal investiture ceremony. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Iraqi security forces inspect a damaged car at a bombing site in Baghdad on Monday, Oct. 4. 2010. Police say the roadside bombing targeted the convoy of a deputy minister in Iraq's government, killing the minister's bodyguard and injuring at least seven people. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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A police officer with a dog patrols a central London train station on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. Britain's Foreign Office has upgraded its travel advice for France and Germany, warning Britons going to those countries that the threat of terrorism there is high. British Home Secretary Theresa May said that the threat of terrorism in the United Kingdom remains unchanged at "severe," meaning an attack is highly likely. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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A policeman talks to supporters of Carlos Celdran as they display their placards during a rally in front of the police precinct Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Celdran was arrested after he disrupted a mass in protest to the church opposition to the promotion of artificial birth control methods. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

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Fireworks illuminate the German Reichstag and the sky above in Berlin on Sunday during a reception marking the 20th anniversary of Germany's reunification. Germany's post-World War II division ended on Oct. 3, 1990, less than a year after the Berlin Wall fell. (Associated Press)

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Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive at the Reichstag in Berlin on Sunday for celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of Germany's reunification. (Associated Press)

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Tourists visit the Horse Guards Parade in London on Sunday. The U.S. government has warned citizens to be vigilant while traveling in Europe because of the threat of al Qaeda commando-style attacks. But the alert is not as strong as a warning, a State Department spokesman said. (Associated Press)

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TOWERING THREAT: French soldiers patrol the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday. The State Department is cautioning Americans traveling in Europe to be vigilant because of heightened concerns about a terrorist attack, but the U.S. has not told citizens to forgo travel to Europe. (Associated Press)

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Pakistani drivers of a truck carrying supplies for NATO forces sit near a boarder crossing with Afghanistan in Torkhum, Pakistan. (Associated Press)

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A U.S. Army helicopter prepares to leave a forward operating base in Afghanistan. Republican lawmakers say there are not enough troops to man a counter-rocket, -artillery and -mortar battery used effectively by soldiers in Iraq to intercept enemy rounds headed for forward operating bases. (Associated Press)