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A Somali soldier stands guard Aug. 6, 2012, in Mogadishu as Somalis gather in a stadium. Somalis took to the streets to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the ouster of al Shabab militants, the culmination of years of warfare by African Union and Somali forces that has allowed Mogadishu bask in a year of relative peace. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Knight Capital specialists work Aug. 3, 2012, at their posts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Associated Press)
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A police K-9 unit (left) and a robot (center) are seen Aug 5, 2012, outside the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., where a gunman opened fire and killed at least six people. The suspected shooter later died in an exchange of gunfire with police, authorities said. (Associated Press)
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Egyptian border guards patrol Aug. 6, 2012, in Rafah, Egypt, near the border with Israel. Egypt deployed helicopter gunships to the Sinai Peninsula to hunt for the militants who killed at least 16 soldiers the previous day, when the troops at a checkpoint were having the traditional meal at the end of the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets Aug. 6, 2012, with former South Africa President Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel at his home in Qunu, South Africa. (Associated Press)
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People watch police personnel outside the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., where a shooting took place on Sunday, Aug 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
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A Free Syrian Army soldier fires his weapon during clashes with Syrian government forces in the Saladin neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday. An activist in Damascus said rebels are increasingly using a tactic of quick-hit attacks to frustrate security forces and keep the capital and other locations unstable. (Associated Press)
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In this Thursday Aug. 2, 2012 photograph, Syrian rebel fighters man an improvised checkpoint in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo)
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Three suspects were arrested and detained by Spanish police on Wednesday. The suspects are a Russian, a Russian of Chechen descent, and a Turk. Two were arrested in Ciudad Real. The third was detained of La Linea. (Associated Press)
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A protester displays a placard that reads: “No to restart of nuclear reactors and Prime Minister Noda” during a march near the parliament complex in Tokyo earlier this week. The government is hearing demands to abandon nuclear power in the wake of the meltdown last year. The question of nuclear weapons is also being brought up. (Associated Press)