War_Conflict

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Marvin Kincaid, 85, of Thayer, Mo., a private in the Army infantry during World War II, made it to the World War II Memorial in June as honor flight veterans visited on the 68th anniversary of D-Day. As many as 100 veterans of the war missed their chance to travel to D.C. after money disappeared from a Kansas nonprofit that organized free trips for them. (Associated Press)

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In this image taken from video that has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian rebels capture a helicopter air base near the capital, Damascus, after fierce fighting on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

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** FILE ** Soldiers stand guard outside St. Rita's Catholic Church following a suicide bombing in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo)

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Supporters of center-right Catalan Nationalist Coalition (CiU) leader Artur Mas wave their pro-independence "estelada" flags on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, the last day of campaigning before Sunday's parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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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. Palestinian official says the remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be 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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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo, Christmas decorations from the charred remains of a home, are shown in the Breezy Point section New York's Queens borough. More than 50 homes were lost in a fire that swept through the oceanside community during Superstorm Sandy. Some residents of New York City's storm-battered Breezy Point neighborhood say thieves looted their damaged houses over Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Palestinian schoolchildren walk in debris by a damaged school in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. Schools in Gaza opened Saturday for the first time since the truce, which calls for an end to Gaza rocket fire on Israel and Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, came after eight days of cross-border fighting, the bloodiest between Israel and Hamas in four years. The school was damaged when Israeli forces struck on a nearby building. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Palestinian relatives cry during a funeral of Ibrahim Abu Nasr, 61, and his daughter Amira, 19, in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. The father and his daughter were killed in an Israeli air strike yesterday, Palestinian health officials said. (AP Photo/Hatem Omar)

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**FILE** Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks Nov. 16, 2012, during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Associated Press)

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Smoke rises Nov. 23, 2012, in Gaza City from the Hamas government building known as Abu Khadra, which was destroyed in an Israeli air strike two days prior. (Associated Press)

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Protesters hurl stones during clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi in Alexandria, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. Opponents and supporters of Mohammed Morsi clashed across Egypt on Friday, the day after the president granted himself sweeping new powers that critics fear can allow him to be a virtual dictator. Thousands from the two camps threw stones and chunks of marble at each other outside a mosque in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria after Friday Muslim prayers.(AP Photo/Tarek Fawzy)