War_Conflict

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** FILE ** In this Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, file photo, Palestinian Islamic Jihad supporters rally with banners depicting Morris Sadek during a protest in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. The banners in Arabic read, "Death to Israel," "Death to America" and "Anyone but God's Prophet." (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

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UN Ambassador Susan Rice arrives for a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, with Sen. Susan Collins, R- Maine and Sen. Corker, R-Tenn., to discuss the Benghazi terrorist attack. Rice continued her fight Wednesday to win over skeptics in the Senate who could block her chances at becoming the next U.S. secretary of state, while Republican lawmakers said they were even more troubled after face-to-face meetings with her over the handling of the Sept. 11 deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice arrives for a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine and Sen. Corker, R-Tenn., to discuss the Benghazi terrorist attack. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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Palestinians, foreign and Israeli activists stand in front of Israeli soldiers as they try to block a road near the West Bank town of Bethlehem, as part of a demonstration in support of the Palestinian statehood petition at the U.N. General Assembly, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Egyptian state television says the country's highest appeal court has decided to suspend its work nationwide to protest the president's decrees giving himself nearly absolute powers. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

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**FILE** Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 1, 2010. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian security forces arrest a protester on his way to the anti-Morsi rally in Cairo. (Associated Press)

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Two Iron Dome rockets explode as they intercept rockets launched from the Gaza Strip by Palestinians militants on Nov. 15. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this 2012 file photo, an Israeli soldier reacts as an intercepting missile is launched near the city of Ashdod, Israel. (Associated Press)

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The undated diagram that was given to the AP by officials of a country critical of Iran's atomic program allegedly calculates the explosive force of a nuclear weapon — a key step in developing such arms. The diagram shows a bell curve and has variables of time in microseconds and power and energy, both in kilotons, the traditional measurement of the energy output and hence the destructive power of nuclear weapons. The curve peaks at just above 50 kilotons at around 2 microseconds, reflecting the full force of the weapon being modeled. The Farsi writing at the bottom translates as "Changes in output and in energy released as a function of time through power pulse." (AP Photo)

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A protester appears from a tear gas cloud during clashes in front of the Greek parliament in Athens, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

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A riot police officer is engulfed by petrol bomb flames thrown by protesters in front of the parliament during clashes in Athens on Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. Greece's fragile coalition government faces its toughest test so far when lawmakers vote later Wednesday on new painful austerity measures demanded to keep the country afloat, on the second day of a nationwide general strike. (AP Photo Dimitri Messinis)