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A riot police officer catches on fire after a petrol bomb thrown by protesters ignited during a nationwide general strike in Athens on Wednesday. Police clashed with protesters hurling petrol bombs and bottles in Athens on Wednesday after an anti-government rally called as part of a general strike turned violent. (Associated Press)

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Syrians who left their homes in early September to escape the fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels line up to collect water from a tanker as they take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing. They hoped to enter one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. The days are getting colder now, adding to the hardships of war refugees. (Associated Press)

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“Act of Valor,” a pro-military film starring real Navy SEALs and seen as a counterpoint to a rash of anti-war movies over the past few years, cost about $12 million to produce but grossed more than $80 million for its makers. (Universum Films)

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Pakistani men chant slogans during a demonstration against a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sept. 17, 2012. Hundreds of protesters torched a press club and a government building, sparking clashes with police that left at least one person dead. (Associated Press)

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Protesters from Greek Communist Party-affiliated unions march in front of the Greek parliament in Athens on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

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Chinese President Hu Jintao inspects the guard of honor on the aircraft carrier Liaoning at a naval base in Dalian in northeast China’s Liaoning province on Tuesday. China formally entered its first aircraft carrier into service on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Police in anti-riot suits cordon off a road near Foxconn's plant in Taiyuan, China, in this Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, mobile phone photo. A brawl by as many as 2,000 Foxconn employees at a nearby dormitory injured 40 people. (AP Photo)

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The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning takes a test cruise in May 2012. China formally entered the vessel, its first aircraft carrier, into service on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, underscoring the nation's ambitions to be a leading Asian naval power, although the ship is not expected to carry a full complement of planes or be ready for combat for some time. (AP Photo/Xinhua News Agency, Li Tang)

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Aimed at Barry Goldwater, who favored using tactical nuclear weapons in Vietnam, the commercial from the Lyndon Johnson campaign featured Monique Corzillus plucking petals from a daisy and counting down from 10 — only to have her image and voice replaced by a male countdown and a nuclear mushroom cloud. (Screen grab from President Johnson's campaign) ** FILE **