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An Israeli police officer fires tear gas at Palestinian protesters, not seen, during clashes in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiyeh, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Israeli troops clashed with Arab protesters along three hostile borders on Sunday, leaving as many as 12 people dead and dozens wounded (...)

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Demonstrators burn an Israeli flag near the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, May 15, 2011. Israeli troops clashed with Arab protesters Sunday along three hostile borders, including the frontier with Syria, leaving several people dead and dozens wounded in an unprecedented wave of demonstratio(...)

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Palestinian protesters take cover after Israeli soldiers opened fire at them during a rally marking "nakba," or "catastrophe," the term used by Palestinians to describe the uprooting they suffered at the time of Israel's founding on May 15, 1948, in the southern border village of Maroun el-Rass, Leb(...)

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Palestinian mourners carry the body of a Palestinian man who killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire on Sunday at protesters who approached the northen Israeli border with Lebanon, during a funeral procession at Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, southern Le(...)

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A Palestinian demonstrator stands on a burnt-out car during clashes with Israeli troops, not seen, following a demonstration to mark the 63rd anniversary of "Nakba", Arabic for "Catastrophe", the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948, in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of(...)

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators clash Sunday with Egyptian riot police near the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt. (Associated Press)

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A Palestinian protester adds a tire to a burning barricade blocking the road during clashes with Israeli troops in the Shuafat refugee camp, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. At least 15 protesters were killed and many were wounded. Thirteen Israeli troops were injured.

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A plainclothes Israeli police officer detains a Palestinian protester at the Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. "We hope calm and quiet will quickly return, but nobody should be mistaken. We are determined to defend our borders and sovereignty," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Palestinians take cover on Sunday after Israeli soldiers open fire at them during a yearly protest of the uprooting they suffered at the time of Israel's founding on May 15, 1948.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS HEATING UP: A Palestinian takes a stand during clashes with Israeli troops. Demonstrators were marking the 63rd anniversary of Israel's founding in 1948, what they call "al-Naqbah," or "the Catastrophe."

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Israeli troops take positions along the border fence between Israel and Syria after Syrian demonstrators approached the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. Israel captured the Golan from Syria in the 1967 war, and Syria demands the area back as part of any peace deal.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Egyptian Coptic Christians chant angry slogans in front of the state television building in Cairo on Sunday as they protest recent attacks on Christians and churches. An angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters demanding drastic measures to heal religious tension amid a spike in violence officials said Sunday.

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Palestinian children, one holding a cutout of the Dome of the Rock, rally to mark the 63rd anniversary of the "nakba," or catastrophe, the Arabic term used to describe the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Sunday, May 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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Imam Hafiz Khan, the leader of the Miami Mosque (above), also known as the Flagler Mosque, was arrested Saturday, May 14, 2011, in Miami and charged with providing about $50,000 in financial support to the Pakistani Taliban. (AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan)

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Pakistan army soldiers are on alert at the site of a bombing Friday in Shabqadar near Peshawar, Pakistan. A pair of suicide bombers attacked recruits leaving a paramilitary training center in Pakistan on Friday, killing 80 people in the first retaliation for the killing of Osama bin Laden by American commandos. (Associated Press)

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A rebel security officer stands guard Friday as people pray during Friday Prayer in Benghazi, Libya. (Associated Press)

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Soldiers of the Pakistan army stand guard after a bombing in Shabqadar near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Friday, May 13, 2011. A police officer says the death toll in a pair of explosions outside a security force training center in northwest Pakistan has risen to 80. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)