War_Conflict

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Relatives weep as they wait for news on the missing Russian airplane at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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First responders transport a wounded soldier an ambulance at Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009. Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would allow domestic attacks on service members to be reviewed the same way as international terrorist attacks when it comes to awarding the Purple Heart. (Associated Press)

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MPD Chief Cathy L. Lanier, center, with Assistant Chief Peter Newsham, left, and Commander Melvin Scott, right, speaks about an undercover operation that resulted in the arrest of 70 suspects and confiscation of firearms and narcotics with a value of more than $7.1 million at Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 19, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Police officers are ready outside the Olympic Stadium in London. They are part of the United Kingdom's largest ever peacetime security operation. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis is pictured during a meeting with her Israeli counterpart, Avigdor Lieberman, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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A man passes by an election billboard in central Belgrade, Serbia, that depicts Ivica Dacic, the leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia, formed by late strongman Slobodan Milosevic, on May 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Sudanese armed forces ride a military vehicle April 24, 2012, at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan. (Associated Press)

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This historic house in the al-Hamidiya neighborhood of the old city Homs was shelled by Syrian security forces. The chaos from Syria's yearlong revolt is destroying some of the country's most important archaeological sites and old buildings. Horrified experts warn that some of the Middle East's most precious sites are at risk of destruction and looting. (Associated Press)

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A traveler passes April 30, 2012, through a security check point at Portland International Airport, in Portland, Ore. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Yemeni residents, who fled nearly eight months of fighting between the army and Islamists, return home in Zinjibar, Yemen, on Jan. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)