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Thousands of Russian Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayers outside the main mosque in Moscow on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

A masked supporter of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot waves a feminist flag from a balcony of a building at the court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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** FILE ** Vendors that were caught unprepared try to recover their chairs after high waves dragged their beach stalls into the sea in Veracruz, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Tropical Storm Ernesto headed into Mexico's southern Gulf coast as authorities in the flood-prone region prepared shelters, army troops and rescue personnel for drenching rains. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, people walk through the Ancien Sobraga neighborhood as they head to the meeting point for an opposition protest march, in Libreville, Gabon. A leader of an opposition party in Gabon said Wednesday that three women were killed and about 30 people wounded, following a banned demonstration that turned violent. (AP Photo/Joel Bouopda Tatou)

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British police officers stand guard outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in central London on Aug. 16, 2012, after Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced that he had granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Afghan security forces raise Afghanistan's flag in place of NATO's flag on July 18, 2012, during the third phase of transfer of authority from NATO troops to Afghan security forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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Striking mineworkers are caught Aug. 16, 2012, in tear gas as police open fire on striking miners at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa. (Associated Press)

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The Rev. Sun Myung Moon's first church built with Won Pil Kim out of U.S. military ration cartons in Pusan, South Korea in 1951. Courtesy H.S.A.-U.W.C.

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Afghans walk past by a house for rent in Kabul, Afghanistan. A real estate broker, Mir Ahmad Shah, said the market is the worst in his seven years of selling properties in the capital. No one wants to buy due to instability and the 2014 departure of NATO forces. (Associated Press)

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This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network purports to show Syrian Pilot Col. Rafik Mohammed Suleiman being interrogated by a rebel officer Aug. 13, 2012, after his Soviet-made MiG warplane was apparently hit by ground fire over Deir el-Zour province, an area near the Iraqi border. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network)

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Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, on Aug. 16, 2012. Five separate bombings in central and northern Iraq killed and wounded scores of people, police said. (Associated Press)