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British Prime Minister David Cameron listens Thursday as Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Abdiweli Mohamed Ali speaks at a press conference in London. A one-day conference on Somalia was attended by representatives of 40 governments to discuss terrorism, famine and security issues involving Somalia. (Associated Press)
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People look over the wreck of a car after an explosion. Apparently coordinated bombings and shootings unfolded Thursday in Baghdad and 11 other cities in Iraq. The violence killed at least 55 people. (Associated Press)
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Iraqi firefighters try to extinguish a burning bus at the scene of a terror bombing in Baghdad. Insurgents have launched regular attacks since U.S. troops left Iraq in December.
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Two radios in which bombs were hidden were found in a rented house in Bangkok, explosive-ordnance disposal officials said. A similar device went off accidentally, severing the legs of one of the terrorism suspects.
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An airport security officer talks to a tourist during a patrol at Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport on Feb. 17, three days after one of the suspects in a botched Valentine's Day terrorism plot flew back to Tehran. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (left, with back to camera) greets Lt. Gen. Prince Feisal bin Hussein (center) and Lt. Gen. Mashal al-Zaben of Jordan on their arrival at the Pentagon on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Emergency personnel throw burned items out of a window at the scene of a fatal fire in South Plainfield, N.J., on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. The blaze killed five people and injured four others. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Afghans shout anti-American slogans during a demonstration in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. Protests continued for a third day Thursday over what the U.S. has said was the inadvertent burning of Muslim holy books at a NATO military base. The effigy depicts President Obama. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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** FILE ** People inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion Feb. 23, 2012, in Karradah in downtown Baghdad. Iraqi officials said a string of attacks across Baghdad killed and injured dozens of people. (Associated Press)
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Flames rise from a house in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs, Syria, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, after shelling by government troops. This photo was taken by a citizen journalist and supplied by the Local Coordination Committees activist group. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
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Tires burn during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, to protest the burning of Qurans, the Muslim holy book, at the Bagram Airfield military base. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS South Korean actor Cha In-pyo speaks at a rally Tuesday near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul protesting China's forced repatriation of North Korean refugees, who they fear will be executed upon their return.
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Israeli officials cite intelligence reports that Tel Aviv would be a main target of any Iranian attack. A rocket-defense system is being set up in the Mediterranean coastal city, where Israel's sprawling military headquarters sits amid office towers and tourist hotels. (Associated Press)
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North Korean defectors wearing masks to cover their faces participate Feb. 21, 2012, in a rally against the Chinese government's arrest of North Korean refugees, near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul. The protesters called for China not to send North Korean refugees back to their country, saying those refugees might be executed. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian supporters of Khader Adnan, a senior member of the Islamic Jihad who has been on a hunger strike for 66 days while being jailed in Israel, demonstrate in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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** FILE ** Afghans demonstrate outside Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, to protest the improper disposal and burning of Korans and other Islamic religious materials at the U.S. base. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Battalion Chief Richard Sterne may be demoted for reprimanding rather than suspending firefighters who had beer at a station. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A member of the colonial militia keeps his pay tucked into the back of his three point hat during the George Washington Birthday Parade in Old Town, Alexandria, Va., Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. The Parade which celebrates Washington's 280th Birthday is touted as being the "largest parade celebrating Washington's birthday in the USA." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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US soldiers — part of the NATO-led International Security Forces (ISAF) — are seen at the scene of an attack with Afghan security forces in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. A suicide car bomber attacked the police station in southern Afghanistan's largest city on Monday, killing one police officer in the blast, officials said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
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D.C. Battalion Chief Richard G. Sterne Jr. at his home in Ijamsville, Md., on Monday, February 20, 2012. Chief Sterne is being threatened with demotion by D.C. Fire Chief Ellerbe. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
