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Syrian refugees are seen in a tent compound in Boynuyogun, Turkey, near the Syrian border, on June 13, 2011. Turkey has given sanctuary to more than 5,000 fleeing Syrians since the uprising against the regime began in mid-March, nearly all of them in the past week from the area around Jisr al-Shughour. (Associated Press)

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Signs issued by Montgomery County police restrict street parking on Mercy Hollow Lane in Potomac on Sunday. The neighborhood is less than a mile away from Congressional Country Club. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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REGNERY PUBLISHING Much of his staff may have resigned, but Newt Gingrich soldiers on with the release of a new book and a televised presidential debate on Monday night.

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Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawid Luddin speaks during a press conference with Afghan presidential spokesman Waheed Omar and Masoom Stanekzai, secretary of a peace council set up by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 12, 2011. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** This undated photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the al Qaeda operative behind the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. A Somali official said June 11, 2011 that Mohammed was killed by security forces four days earlier. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this file photo dated Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, Somali's Interior Minister Abdishakur Sheik Hassan, centre, is escorted by Somali soldiers in Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)

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** FILE ** This undated photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the al Qaeda operative behind the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. A Somali official said Saturday, June 11, 2011, that Mohammed was killed by security forces on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. (AP Photo/FBI, File)

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Bahraini Shiite Muslims chant slogans to free prisoners during a sermon Friday, June 10, 2011, in Diraz, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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Somali protesters set fires outside the Medina hotel which accommodates Somali MPs in southern Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 10, 2011, where protesters took to the streets for the second day in support of current Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. (Associated Press)

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Anti-government protesters and relatives of a defected army soldier, who was killed recently in clashes with Yemeni security forces, carry his body during a funeral procession in Sanaa, Yemen, on June 10, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Munitions are fired into the night sky in Sanaa, Yemen, on June 9, 2011, as supporters of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh celebrate news that Saleh's health is stable after being wounded in a rocket attack on his compound. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, June 9, 2011. NATO defense ministers shift their focus from Libya to Afghanistan during talks on Thursday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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William Hanusek (above), of Alexandria, served in the U.S. Army at Guadalcanal in the Pacific during World War II. He was among the veterans and civilians who talked about their wartime experience with students Thursday at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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William Hanusek (above), of Alexandria, served in the U.S. Army at Guadalcanal in the Pacific during World War II. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Buck Shelton, left, of Fairfax, Va., who served in the Battle of the Bulge, walks down the hallway at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Va., on Thursday, June 9, 2011 with his friend Sandy MacNabb of Oakton, Va., who served in the U.S. Navy in Korea, China and the Formsa Straits. The WWII vets were at the school as part of its 10th annual World War II Day, called "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation." The day included small-group interviews with WWII vets as well as panel discussions and World War II-inspired entertainment provided by the students. More than 100 vets participated in the day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Students in the Rocky Run Middle School advanced year-long theatre salute during a musical performance of "This is the Army Mr. Jones" for World War II veterans during the school's annual World War II Day on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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World War II veterans recount wartime stories and experiences to Rocky Run Middle School students in the school's cafeteria during World War II Day on Thursday, June 9, 2011. This is the 10th year the school has held the event, which they call "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation." It gives students the opportunity for history to come alive as they hear real-life stories about the war. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A Rocky Run Middle School student looks on as World War II vet Russell O'Connell of Annandale, Va., points out different war buddies in an old photograph during the Chantilly, Va. school's annual World War II Day, called "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation," on Thursday, June 9, 2011. The day included small-group interviews with WWII vets as well as panel discussions and World War II-inspired entertainment provided by the students. More than 100 vets participated. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Clem Irons shows a photograph and a drawing as he recounts the story about being shot down and taken prisoner by the Germans while flying his B-17 as a member of the Army Air Corps 385th Bomb Group. Irons was one of more than 100 World War II veterans who came out to Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Va., on Thursday, June 9, 2011 for the school's annual World War II Day. Students were given the opportunity to listen to first-hand stories of life during the war. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Jerry Wolf of Springfield, Va., recounts stories of his 25 combat missions during World War II along with the story of his being captured as a POW during the Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Va.'s annual World War II Day, called "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation," on Thursday, June 9, 2011. Wolf spent a year as a German prisoner. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)