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Libyans (foreground) pass by a demonstration by Ansar al-Shariah and other Islamic militias (background) as they march against the militias in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Hundreds of protesters stormed the compound of one of Libya's strongest armed Islamic extremist groups, evicting militiamen and setting fire to their building as the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans sparked a public backlash against armed groups that run rampant in the country and defy the country's new, post-Moammar Gadhafi leadership. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

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Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of the Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound by hundreds of Libyans, the military and police in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. The recent attack in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has sparked a backlash among frustrated Libyans against the heavily armed gunmen, including Islamic extremists, who run rampant in their cities. More than 10,000 people poured into a main boulevard of Benghazi, demanding that the militias disband as the public tries to do what Libya's weak central government has been unable to. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

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In this image taken from video that has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian rebel fires his weapon during clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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Egyptian security forces arrest a protester during clashes near Tahrir square, where an opposition rally has been called for to voice rejection of President Morsi's seizure of near absolute powers, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

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** FILE ** In this Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, file photo, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat pauses during an emergency cabinet session, at his compound, in the West Bank town of Ramallah. The remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, to enable foreign experts to take samples as part of a probe into his death. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

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Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, looks across a battlefield in the aftermath of a terrible siege in a scene from director Steven Spielberg’s biopic “Lincoln.” (Dreamworks/Twentieth Century Fox)

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Egyptians carry the body of Gaber Salah, who died Sunday, through the streets of Cairo on Monday, days after he was gravely wounded in clashes with security. The funeral drew thousands to Tahrir Square, the symbol of last year’s Arab Spring revolt. (Associated Press)

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On Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, Palestinian schoolchildren walk in the rubble left days after an Israeli airstrike destroyed the Hamas Interior Ministry in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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M23 rebels patrol around Congo's Central Bank in Goma, Congo, on Monday Nov. 26, 2012. Regional leaders meeting in Uganda called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward Congo's capital, and also urged the Congolese government to sit down with rebel leaders as residents fled some towns in fear of more fighting between the rebels and army. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 photo, a Syrian woman walks in front of a destroyed hospital where heavy clashes took place between rebel fighters and the Syrian army to seize control over the area, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. There is a struggle for power among rebel factions in Syria with Islamists rejecting the country's new Western-backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declaring an Islamic state in the key battleground of Aleppo, though all of the groups are fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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A Syrian rebel fighter watches over government troops with a piece of mirror as rebels fire rockets at a government air force compound on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. Islamists have rejected the country's new Western-backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declaring an Islamic state in the key battleground of Aleppo, though all of the groups are fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, photo, Syrian rebel fighters prepare to fire a homemade rocket as they carry out a coordinated attack by hundreds of rebel fighters on a Syrian air force compound during heavy clashes on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. There is a struggle for power among rebel factions in Syria, with Islamists rejecting the country's new Western-backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declaring an Islamic state in the key battleground of Aleppo, though all of the groups are fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, photo, Syrian residents mourn a rebel fighter during his funeral after he was killed by rocket fire on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Heavy clashes have taken place in the area after rebel groups launched a coordinated attack by hundreds of fighters to seize control over the Syrian army base in the north of the city. There is a struggle for power among rebel factions in Syria, with Islamists rejecting the country's new Western-backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declaring an Islamic state in the key battleground of Aleppo, though all of the groups are fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)