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Coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo speaks at junta headquarters in Kati, on the outskirts of Bamako, Mali, on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Syrians examine a building damaged by tank shells in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, after a raid by Syrian troops killed several rebels and civilians on Thursday. Syrian troops launched a fierce assault Thursday, days ahead of a deadline for a U.N.-brokered cease-fire. (Associated Press)
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A Free Syrian Army fighter stands guard during the funeral for four people killed in a raid by government forces in a Damascus neighborhood on Thursday. Activists described Thursday's assault as one of the most violent attacks around the capital since the year-old uprising began. The religious flag at right is unreadable.
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Wounded U.S. soldiers lie on the ground at the scene of a suicide attack in Maimanah, the capital of Faryab province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Gul Buddin Elham)
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The home at 5015 41st St. NW in the District's Chevy Chase neighborhood is on the market for $1,049,000. The Cape Cod-style home was built in 1923 and renovated and expanded in 2005.
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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League special envoy for Syria, awaits the arrival of Maj. Gen. Robert Mood from Norway at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Gen. Mood will lead a team to negotiate the possible deployment of U.N. monitors for any cease-fire between Syrian troops and rebel forces. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)
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** FILE ** Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, meets in July 2006 with a delegation of 160 officials and lawmakers from northern Uganda and representatives of non-governmental organizations in Congo near the Sudan border. (Associated Press)
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Former Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (above) will appear at a campaign fundraiser for an Iraq War veteran, Ilario Pantano (right), on April 16 at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington. Mr. Pantano, a Republican, is seeking a rematch against Rep. Mike McIntyre, an eight-term Democratic incumbent, in North Carolina's 7th Congressional District. The fundraiser is sponsored by the Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans for Congress. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Marine Corps personnel stand at attention with the 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment on April 4, 2012, during an official welcome ceremony at Robertson Barracks in Darwin, Australia. The first detachment of 200 U.S. Marines has arrived in northern Australia, where a permanent joint training hub is taking shape as part of a U.S. shift of military strength in the Asia-Pacific region. (Associated Press/Australian Department of Defense)
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Israeli security forces surround a house illegally occupied by Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Israeli security forces began evicting dozens of settlers Wednesday from a building they illegally took over and lived in without the required military approval in Hebron, police said. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Somalis move a man wounded in a suicide blast at the Somali National Theater in Mogadishu, Somalia, on April 4, 2012. The blast killed at least 10 people, including two of the country's top sports officials, officials said. (Associated Press)
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Syrian activists prepare signs for upcoming protests at a house in Damascus, Syria, on April 3, 2012. Syrian activists say there have been explosions and clashes in several parts of the country even as the government claims it has started to withdraw troops from some cities in compliance with an international cease-fire plan. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Baucom, commander of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, says his personnel are committed to providing American troops in the Middle East with all they need to observe their religious beliefs at Easter and Passover. (Defense Dept. photo)
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In this picture taken on Feb. 19, 2012, wax figures depicting Shiite clerics are on display at the wax museum in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Even before they go on display, the wax figures have become embroiled in controversy. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)
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**FILE** Supporters of Pakistani religious parties rally March 27, 2012, near the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, against the Pakistani government allowing NATO to resume shipping supplies through the country to its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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Afghans transport a boy injured in a bomb blast to a hospital in New Baghlan, Afghanistan, north of Kabul, on Monday, April 2, 2012. The governor in the northern Baghlan province said twin bomb blasts in the city wounded several people, including eight police officers. (AP Photo/Javid Basharat)
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Israel's prime minister accuses Iran of being behind a pair of car bombings in February that hit Israeli diplomatic targets, including an explosion that tore through a car belonging to the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi. (Associated Press)
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Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy cheer the election results Sunday in Yangon, Myanmar. Mrs. Suu Kyi's election to a parliamentary seat sets the stage for her to take public office for the first time, 21 years after she received the the Nobel Peace Prize for her nonviolent campaign for democracy in her home country. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Malian soldiers from the 512th Motorized Infantry Company complete their training by U.S. Special Forces (top) in the desert near Timbuktu in Mali in March 2004 as part of the U.S. Pan-Sahel Initiative to secure the Sahel region from being used by terrorists. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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The stricken cruise ship Azamara Quest is seen in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines on Saturday, March 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Philippine air force)
