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Emergency personnel are seen in front of a side entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device there Friday. The blast also killed a Turkish security guard. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Security men with the Afghan intelligence services inspect the scene following a militant attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Six militants wearing suicide vests, including one driving a car packed with explosives, attacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence, setting off a blast that reportedly caused several deaths and wounded at least 30 civilians, officials said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Iraqi civilians and security forces inspect a crater caused by a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, 180 miles north of Baghdad, on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes hands with Israeli President Simon Peres during a brief ceremony in the president' Jerusalem residence Saturday Feb. 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** An embassy security guard asks for help at the U.S. Embassy just minutes after a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 1. (Associated Press)

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Elevated view of the side entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, after a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device, Friday Feb. 1, 2013. The bomb appeared to have exploded inside the security checkpoint at the entrance of the visa section of the embassy. A police official said at least two people are dead. (AP Photo)

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A man takes a close look at a burned-out truck in Timbuktu, Mali, on Jan. 31, 2013. Islamic militants fled from the area when French special forces parachuted in to liberate the city of Timbuktu several days ago. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 17, 2013, photo provided by U.S. Army Pacific, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Roger Mathews, left, and Australian Defence Forces Maj. Gen. Richard Burr salute during a ceremony welcoming Burr to Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Burr's unprecedented appointment to be deputy commanding general at U.S. Army Pacific is the first time a non-American has served in such a high-ranking position at a command like this. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Pacific, Angela Kershner)