War_Conflict

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An Afghan was one victim of a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. The bomb exploded outside of a compound housing a U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital, blowing apart an exterior wall and wounding dozens inside, company representatives and police said. In another part of the country, a suspected landmine killed several young girls, police said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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People inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in al-Mouafaqiyah, Iraq, a village inhabited by families from the Shabak ethnic group, near the city of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. (AP Photo)

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Residents examine a crater caused by Saturday night's car bombing by Taliban militants close to the international airport in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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Afghan security men inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, outside a compound housing a U.S. military contractor. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Gears of War's Marcus Fenix (from Meccano's King Raven set) helps Spartan soldiers (from Mega Bloks Halo sets) on the attack. (Photograph by Joseph Szadkowski)

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Builders can create a full scale war mixing Meccano's King Raven copter from the Gears of War collection and Mega Bloks line of Halo vehicles and sets. (Photograph by Joseph Szadkowski)

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Free Syrian Army fighters aim their weapons as they chant slogans during clashes with government forces at a military academy besieged by the rebels near Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday. The rebels seek to topple President Bashar Assad’s regime. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian riot police walk past a tank in Cairo on Sunday while one protester in Tahrir Square wears a sticker reading, “No to the supreme guide’s rule.” Egyptian rights groups say the country’s constitutional referendum was marred by violations. (Associated Press)

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Investigator Desmond de Silva said members of the Northern Ireland police’s Special Branch and the army’s Force Research Unit recommended Pat Finucane as a target for assassins because he defended IRA suspects. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Palestinian supporters of Hamas wave flags during a rally in the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the militant group. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (left) talks with Col. Christopher E. Craige, Commander of the 39th Air Base Wing at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Dec. 14, 2012. Panetta stopped to visit troops in Turkey before heading home after spending three days in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, walks off of his plane and shakes hands with 10th Tanker Base Commander Brig. Gen Serdar Gulbas, center, Col. Christopher E. Craige, at left, Commander of the 39th Air Base Wing at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Panetta stopped to visit troops in Turkey before heading home after spending three days in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)