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Demonstrators run away from tear gas during a demonstration in Athens. A general strike disrupted services across Greece. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

A protester raises his hands against riot police during a demonstration in Athens on Tuesday June 28, 2011. Youths hurled rocks and fire bombs at riot police during a general strike against new austerity measures. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Greek protesters protect themselves with masks and hoods Tuesday as riot police fire volleys of tear gas and stun grenades. (Associated Press)

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"The situation that the workers are going through is tragic and we are near poverty levels," one Greek protester said. "The government has declared war and to this war we will answer back with war." (Associated Press)

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Greek police tried to avoid firebombs hurled at them amid the chaos as protesters swarmed the streets. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Hungarian sculptor Istvan Mate created a statue of former President Ronald Reagan to honor "the unchallengeable role played by the United States and President Reagan in bringing the Cold War to a conclusion," according to a government statement.

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Bahraini anti-government protesters chant slogans in Manama, Bahrain in June, 2008. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Hungarian sculptor Istvan Mate created a statue of former President Ronald Reagan to honor "the unchallengeable role played by the United States and President Reagan in bringing the Cold War to a conclusion," according to a government statement.

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A protester faces a riot police officer during a demonstration in Athens on June 28, 2011. Youths hurled rocks and fire bombs at riot police as a general strike against new austerity measures brought the country to a standstill. (Associated Press)

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This video image shows Afghan police vehicles near the Inter-Continental hotel in Kabul on June 28, 2011, following a blast at the hotel. At least one suicide bomber blew himself up late Tuesday night inside the Western-style hotel, police said. (Associated Press/APTN)

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Marine Lt. Gen. John R. Allen (right), President Obama's choice to lead U.S. forces in Afghanistan, prepares to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Navy Vice Adm. William H. McRaven, nominated as commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, sits at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Brig. Gen. Dean Milner (center), commander of Canadian forces in Afghanistan, and Afghan army Brig. Gen. Ahmad Habibi (right) give the lay of the land to U.S. Army Col. Todd Wood (left) at an observation post on Forward Operating Base Sperwan Ghar in the Panjwaii district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. The Canadians will end combat operations in July as troops withdraw from the southern region and transition to a noncombat training role. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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A demonstrator kicks a tear gas canister against police during a protest in Athens on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

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**FILE** In this photo taken Dec. 7, 2010, former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates pins Combat Infantry badges on soldiers at Forward Operating Base Connolly in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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Marc Grossman, U.S. special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, speaks during a press conference at a meeting of the International Contact Group in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, June 27, 2011. Mr. Grossman said Pakistan must prove it wants an end to the war by preventing militants from hiding out on its soil and enabling those who launch attacks on the Afghan side of the border. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates made his final official visit with troops in Afghanistan this month. "Getting on that plane was very hard. Leaving them behind and still in the fight," he said Sunday. "They're so dedicated and so confident, and they're so capable. They're just extraordinary people." (Associated Press)

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Syrian children peer through fences around their refugee camp in the Turkish town of Yayladagi. As of Sunday morning, more than 11,450 Syrians were sheltered in Turkey, having fled across the border to avoid the confrontations between Syrian regime forces and militant rebels. (Associated Press)

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A Libyan woman closes her eyes as she fires in the air during a graduation ceremony after a weapons training course in Tripoli, Libya, on Sunday, June 26, 2011. Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said Libyan officials have given out 1.2 million weapons and were training people all around territories under Col. Moammar Gadhafi's control as "a challenge for rebels." (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Police in Kolachi, Pakistan, near Dera Ismail Khan, examine damaged vehicles on Sunday, June 26, 2011, a day after Taliban husband-and-wife suicide bombers attacked the police station. (AP Photo/Kashif Naveed)

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An Israeli border police officer carries a canister with tear-gas grenades as he crosses between fences in Israel's separation barrier between the outskirts of the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, and the Israeli settlement of Modiin Illit on Sunday, June 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)