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In this photo taken May 7, 2012, Ravindra Udayashantha, a 38-year-old town council chairman, displays an army identity card that he seized from one of the men from a white van, in Kolonnawa, suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Udayashantha dramatically pre-empted an abduction attempt when he and his entourage surrounded the men from a suspicious white van that pulled alongside him at a Colombo park and captured them. Eventually, at gunpoint, the men admitted who they were: Sri Lankan government soldiers. In Sri Lanka, anyone who has crossed someone of importance is wary of white vans, said to be the vehicles of choice for shadowy squads who ''disappear'' opponents of powerful people. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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Syrians look for survivors under the rubble of a building hit by an airstrike in Aleppo on Wednesday. The regime has significantly increased its use of air power against rebels. (Associated Press)

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Syrian boys play on top of a destroyed military tank next to the rubble of a damaged mosque in the city of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday. Government forces were engaged in a major battle for control of the northern city of Aleppo. (Associated Press)

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In this Sunday Aug. 19, 2012 photo, anti-Japan protesters march in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. An unauthorized landing by Japanese activists on a tiny island in what the Japanese call the Senkaku chain - and the Chinese call the Diaoyu - sparked an outpouring of anger and anti-Japanese protests across China and fueled calls for aggressive government action that some fear could lead to a dangerous escalation of tensions. (AP Photo)

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U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks to American service members with the International Security Assistance Forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/D. Myles Cullen, Department of Defense)

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In this photograph made on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, rows of housing containers formerly occupied by the US military are seen at Baghdad, airport. Iraqi government plans to move here some 3,300 members of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, who spent past three decades at Camp Ashraf, northeast of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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SFC Josh Olson, a U.S. Army Paralympic marksman, looks down his sight as he prepares to fire rifle at Wagner Range, in Ft. Benning, Ga., Thursday, May 31, 2012. Olson sustained heavy damage to his leg during an ambush attack in Iraq in 2003, in which his right leg had to be amputated. He's currently a apart of the wounded warrior program and the first active duty soldier to qualify for a Paralympics in the field of mixed 50 meter rifle and mixed 10 meter air rifle. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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SFC Josh Olson, a U.S. Army Paralympic marksman, stands checks out the indoor rifle range at Wagner Range, in Ft. Benning, Ga., Thursday, May 31, 2012. Olson sustained heavy damage to his leg during an ambush attack in Iraq in 2003, in which his right leg had to be amputated. He's currently a apart of the wounded warrior program and the first active duty soldier to qualify for a Paralympics in the field of mixed 50 meter rifle and mixed 10 meter air rifle. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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In this Wednesday, May 30, 2012 photo, U.S. Army Sgt. Josh Olson is photographed on the shooting range after practice at Fort Benning, Ga. Olson was on a routine patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq, when a grenade that was lobbed at his Humvee exploded. He lost his right leg in the attack, and would end up spending 18 months at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. It was during that time that he took a trip to a shooting range, and impressed officials from the U.S. Army with his marksmanship, becoming the first athlete with a physical disability to be nominated to the Army's World Class Athlete Program. Now, Olson is setting his sights on a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in London. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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SFC Josh Olson, a U.S. Army Paralympic marksman, prosthetic leg supports him in preparation to shoot his rifle at Wagner Range, in Ft. Benning, Ga., Thursday, May 31, 2012. Olson sustained heavy damage to his leg during an ambush attack in Iraq in 2003, in which his right leg had to be amputated. He's currently a part of the Wounded Warrior program and the first active-duty soldier to qualify for a Paralympics in the field of mixed 50-meter rifle and mixed 10-meter air rifle. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times) **FILE**

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Firefighters battle the blaze as vehicles burn after a blast near a police station in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Monday. Nine people were killed and dozens were wounded amid an escalation in fighting between Kurdish rebels and Turkish security forces. (Associated Press)

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Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson lost his right leg after being hit by an RPG in Tal Afar, Iraq, in October 2003. He's currently stationed at Fort Benning in Georgia as part of the Army's Marksmanship Unit. (Andrew S. Geraci)