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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the army is prepared for a “significant widening” of its operation in the Gaza Strip. He told reporters that Israel won’t tolerate continued rocket fire on its civilians. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, arrives for a closed-door hearing on the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Additional testimony is scheduled for coming weeks. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Jordanian forces stand on alert near the Interior Ministry Circle in Amman on Wednesday during a protest after an announcement that Jordan would raise fuel prices. The protests are the largest and most sustained to hit since the start of the Arab Spring. (Associated Press)
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Chinese soldiers march outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing where the se¿ inner circle of Chinese political power, was paraded in front of assembled media Thursday, the day after 18th Communist Party Congress ended. (Associated Press)
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 photo, Syrian rebel fighters keep an eye through a hole in the wall that overlooks a position held by troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad during skirmishes in Aleppo, the Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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A rebel sniper aims at a Syrian army position on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Heavy clashes between rebel units and Bashar Assad's troops were ongoing in the northern city of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel fighter aims at Syrian government forces during skirmishes in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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Rebels clean their weapons and check ammunition at their base on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
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In Winslow Homer’s “Home, Sweet Home,” one of the most popular paintings of the Civil War, soldiers who live in tents listen to the regimental band play the nostalgic song of the title. (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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Thomas Moran’s “Slave Hunt, Dismal Swamp, Virginia, 1862,” is one of several paintings in the exhibition of Civil War art that looks at the realities of slave life as well as the day-to-day existence of soldiers.
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A rocket launched by Palestinians militants toward Israel makes its way from the northern Gaza Strip, seen from the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, on Nov. 15, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Israeli security personnel take cover in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, on Nov. 15, 2012. Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed three Israelis in a rocket attack liable to deepen a bruising Israeli air, naval and artillery offensive against Palestinian rocket squads. The casualties were the first in Israel since it launched its operation the previous day with the assassination of Hamas' top military commander. (Associated Press)
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Zaka volunteers and rescue personnel carry the plastic-wrapped body of a victim from an apartment in a building in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, that was hit on Nov. 15, 2012, by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed three Israelis in a rocket attack liable to deepen a bruising Israeli air, naval and artillery offensive against Palestinian rocket squads. The casualties were the first in Israel since it launched its operation the previous day with the assassination of Hamas' top military commander. (Associated Press)
