War_Conflict

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**FILE** Israeli police headquarters is seen in the E-1 construction site near the West bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem on Dec. 2, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Syrian rebel fighters stand on a tank they took after storming a military base in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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A Syrian rebel fighter fires his weapon during clashes with Syrian army forces on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

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Smoke rises from buildings during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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Residents walk past buildings damaged during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon during clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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**FILE** A rebel fighter walks Nov. 2, 2012, among the debris of damaged residential buildings after several days of intense fighting between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

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Palestinians wave flags as they celebrate their successful bid to win U.N. statehood recognition on Sunday. Israel said it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies. (Associated Press)

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Palestinians hold pictures of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as they celebrate their successful bid to win U.N. observer recognition, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Police officers and firefighters gather at the entrance to the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Otsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, in central Japan, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Parts of the tunnel collapsed, trapping an unknown number of vehicles, as smoke from a fire inside prevented rescuers from approaching. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Afghan security forces block the road where Taliban suicide bombers attacked a joint U.S.-Afghan air base in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. The suicide bombers detonated explosives at the gate, and sparking a gunbattle that lasted at least two hours, with American helicopters firing down at militants before the attackers were defeated. (AP Photo/Nasrullah Khan)