War_Conflict

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center) talks with Army Maj. Gen. Robert Abrams (right) and Command Sgt. Maj. Edd Watson during a visit to Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

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South Korean protesters burn a mock rocket as police officers spray fire extinguishers during a rally in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2012, denouncing North Korea's rocket launch. (Associated Press)

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U.S. tanks move during a military exercise near the Demilitarized Zone between South and North Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 13, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Israeli soldiers take aim during clashes with Palestinians (not seen) in the West Bank city of Hebron on Dec. 13, 2012, during the funeral of Mohammed Suleima, 17, who was killed by Israeli troops. Thousands of Palestinians marched through the streets of the city, chanting anti-Israel slogans and waving green Hamas flags. (Associated Press)

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This Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows damages after an explosion hit the main gate of the Syrian Interior Ministry in Damascus, Syria. Three bombs collapsed walls in the Syrian Interior Ministry building Wednesday in Damascus, killing several, as rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad edged closer to the capital, the symbol of his power. (AP Photo/SANA)

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Zdravko Tolimir, right, a former high-ranking Bosnian Serb army officer charged with crimes including genocide in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, crosses himself as he waits for the the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to deliver its judgment in The Hague, Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

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Shaker Masri, 29, of Chicago was sentenced in federal court in Chicago on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, for plotting to attend a training camp in Somalia to become a suicide bomber for the terrorist groups al Qaeda and al-Shabab. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service)

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Egyptian army tanks (left) deploy as protesters gather outside the presidential palace during a demonstration against President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Thousands of opponents and supporters of Egypt's Islamist president staged rival rallies in the nation's capital Tuesday, four days ahead a nationwide referendum on a contentious draft constitution. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, smiles as he is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan James B. Cunningham, center, and Marine Gen. John R. Allen, left, commander of International Security Assistance Force, upon arriving at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

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Protesters dismantle a wall guarding the presidential palace during a demonstration against President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo on Tuesday. Offices of Mr. Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood political party were also targeted. Backers of the president also turned out for demonstrations to show their support. (Associated Press)

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Malian Prime Minister Cheikh Modibo Diarra was arrested at his home on Monday by the soldiers who helped lead a recent coup. He was ordered to resign. (Associated Press)