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A protester fights with a riot police officer during clashes outside the Greek Parliament on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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A revolutionary fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade at Gadhafi loyalists in downtown Sirte, Libya, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. About 1,000 Libyan revolutionary troops have launched a major assault on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, surging from the east to try to capture the last area under loyalist control. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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Released Hamas militant Fakhri Barghouti waves to the crowd after arriving in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Hamas militant group released an Israeli soldier Tuesday more than five years after his capture, turning him over to Egyptian mediators in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Sentenced to life for killing an Israeli, Barghouti had spent 34 years in prison, making him one of the longest-serving inmates. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Palestinians dance and wave various flags, at the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011. The group gathered to celebrate the release of hundreds of Palestinian detainees from Israeli jails in a prisoners exchange with Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel. ( AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

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Palestinian youths celebrate the release of prisoners at the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

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Freed Palestinian prisoner Palestinian Khalil Abu Alba who deliberately drove a bus into a crowd of Israelis killing 8 people, is greeted by Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh during a rally celebrating the release of Palestinian prisoners in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Freed Palestinian prisoner Palestinian Yehiye Sinwar, a founder of Hamas' military wing, center, is greeted by Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh during a rally celebrating the release of Palestinian prisoners in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Sinwar, a founder of Hamas' military wing, told the crowd that Palestinian militant groups must win freedom for the remaining prisoners by "all necessary means. Sinwar, among those freed Tuesday, had been sentenced to life for his role in the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers in the 1980's. He stopped short of calling for new abductions in his speech, but did so in interviews earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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Freed Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails flash "V" signs as they bear from their bus while they leave the Egyptian terminal of the Gaza Egypt border crossing of Rafah, Egypt Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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People react as Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, freed in a swap for Palestinian prisoners, arrives home in Mitzpe Hila. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit (second from right) walks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from left), Defense Minister Ehud Barak (left) and Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz at the Tel Nof Air Base in southern Israel on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Ministry)

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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit , center, walks to a car after landing in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel,Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking thin, weary and dazed, an Israeli soldier returned home Tuesday from more than five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners whose joyful families greeted them with massive celebrations. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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An Israeli military Helicopter carrying released soldier Gilad Schalit lands in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel,Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 . (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Olutosin Oduwole waits outside the Edwardsville, Ill., courthouse during a break in his trial Tuesday. He is charged with attempting to make a terrorist threat. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Libyan freedom fighters signal victory before her departure from Tripoli on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Afghan national army soldiers sit atop an armored vehicle at the Defense Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 18, 2011. (Associated Press)

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A revolutionary fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade at Gadhafi loyalists in downtown Sirte, Libya, on Oct. 18, 2011. About 1,000 Libyan revolutionary troops have launched a major assault on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, surging from the east to try to capture the last area under loyalist control. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets Libyan revolutionary soldiers at the steps of her C-17 military transport upon her arrival in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Obama administration announced increased U.S. aid for Libya, including medical care for wounded fighters and additional assistance to secure weaponry that many fear could fall into the hands of terrorists. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool)

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A child hugs a released Palestinian prisoner at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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A Filipino soldier carries a wounded trooper from Basilan province as they land at the southern port city of Zamboanga, Philippines, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Philippine troops battled Muslim guerrillas in fierce fighting in volatile Basilan province. (AP Photo/Al Jacinto)

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In this image from Egypt TV on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit is seen at an undisclosed location in the Gaza-Egypt border area accompanied by Hamas guards as he is moved into Egypt from captivity in Gaza, beginning an elaborate prisoner swap deal in which hundreds of Palestinian inmates are to be freed in return for the captured tank crewman. (AP Photo/ Egypt TV)