War_Conflict

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Sudanese state Minister of Information Sana Hamad poses April 24, 2012, for a photo with Sudanese armed forces at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan. (Associated Press)

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A Syrian rebel aims his gun at Khalidiyeh neighborhood in the Homs of central Syria on April 22, 2012. (Associated Press)

Rodney King poses on April 13, 2012, for a portrait in Los Angeles. The 1992 acquittal of four police officers in the videotaped beating of Mr. King sparked rioting that spread across Los Angeles and into neighboring suburbs. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A top leader of the once-powerful Shining Path rebel group, Comrade Artemio, whose given name is Florindo "Juan" Flores, center, is escorted by police officers outside a police hospital in Lima, Peru, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. Flores was captured by Peruvian troops on Sunday, Feb. 12, in the remote coca-growing Upper Huallaga Valley of central Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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** FILE ** Military officers carry the coffin containing the remains of police captain Nancy Flores at a police base in Callao, Peru, Friday April 13, 2012. Flores was killed while on board a helicopter that was searching for dozens of rebel-held hostages in Peru's Amazon jungle when it was attacked by gunfire Thursday. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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Anders Behring Breivik stands in a courtroom in Oslo in Wednesday, April 25, 2012, during his trial for killing 77 people in a bombing-and-shooting rampage last summer. (AP Photo/Hakon Mosvold Larsen, Pool)

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Sudanese armed forces ride in a military vehicle at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan, on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)

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South Sudanese President Salva Kiir reviews an honor guard with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The Obama administration has been working closely with Beijing to try to prevent a full-fledged war between Sudan and South Sudan, where bombs dropped overnight heightened tensions. (Associated Press)

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On the day he was welcomed at a ceremony in Beijing, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir said Sudan "has declared war" on his country. (Associated Press)

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Members of the Sudanese armed forces raise their weapons during a visit by President Omar al-Bashir in Heglig, Sudan, on Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo)