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** FILE ** Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., is seen during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Feb. 3, 2011, file photo. The Senate passed a resolution this week urging an international probe into war crimes allegations. Casey, who introduced the Senate resolution, said that a "state of denial" exists in the Sri Lankan government that is "not helpful" in achieving accountability for the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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A Libyan man inspects the site of a massive explosion that occurred during the night in Benghazi, Libya, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Hospital officials say an explosion at an ammunition depot in Libya's rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Friday has killed at least 17 people. The blast destroyed one warehouse in the base and damaged a second. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, walk with their belongings alongside a road, as they head to a refugee camp after crossing the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Anti-Gadhafi protesters leave the Muradagha mosque to demonstrate after Friday prayers in the Tajoura district of eastern Tripoli, Libya, Friday, March 4, 2011. Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi fired tear gas at protesters who marched in Tripoli on Friday, calling for the Libyan leader's ouster in defiance of a fierce crackdown by regime supporters that has spread fear in the capital. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Members of Al Shabaab look at bodies of a Ugandan soldier from the African Union peacekeeping troops based in Mogadishu and of Somali government soldier, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011 in Mogadishu, Somalia. The two soldiers were killed in fighting that took place in past two days in the Somali capital Mogadishu, between Al Shabaab and Government forces. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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A soldier from the Tunisia army gestures, as men from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, walk with their belongings alongside a road, as they head to a refugee camp after crossing the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, March 4, 2011. Bangladeshis were angry at their country's government for not doing more to get the refugees home Most of the Bangladeshis appear to have arrived in Tunisia penniless because their Libyan employers did not pay them or because they were robbed on the way.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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A displaced man looks out from his tent in a refugee camp for people fleeing from unrest in Libya, at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday March 3, 2011. The camp was built to handle the large numbers of people crossing the border from Libya, and currently houses about 5,000 people, arriving in Tunisia carrying all their belongings. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Anti-government protesters shout slogans and hold banners that read in Arabic, "Leave," and wave the Tunisian and their national flags, during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 4, 2011. Soldiers opened fire at anti-government protesters Friday in northern Yemen, killing and wounding a number people as demonstrations against longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh again turned deadly. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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FLEEING FIGHTING: Egyptians who worked in Libya and are trying to get away from the emerging civil war there jam their belongings into a bus Thursday as they leave the country at the border near Ras Ajdir, Tunisia. (Associated Press)
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A man drinks coffee outside of the state Capitol on Thursday in Madison, Wis., as campers wake up after spending the night. Demonstrators are in their 16th day of protests. (Associated Press)
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Darul Uloom in Deoband, northern India, whose Koranic interpretations inspired the Taliban, is one of the world's most revered schools of Islamic learning and a beacon for others around the world. (Associated Press)
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A U.S. soldier from the 2nd Infantry Division wears a gas mask and anti-chemical gear during a joint U.S.-South Korea military drill for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection and response capabilities at Camp Casey in Dongducheon, South Korea, north of Seoul, on Thursday, March 3, 2011. Troops from the two allies kicked off their annual drills Monday, while North Korea slammed the maneuvers as a rehearsal for an invasion of the North that could trigger a nuclear war on the divided peninsula. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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International Criminal Court Prosecutor Louis Moreno-Ocampo presents an overview of alleged crimes committed in Libya since Feb. 15 during a press conference at the ICC in The Hague on Thursday, March 3, 2011. Mr. Moreno-Ocampo said he will investigate Col. Moammar Gadhafi and his inner circle, including some of his sons, for possible crimes against humanity in the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Kandahar, Afghanistan, Gov. Tooryalai Wesa (center) looks over weapons discovered by Afghan security forces, who seized a car in the city loaded with explosives and weapons. (Kandahar Media Information Center via Associated Press)
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A Libyan rebel shoots toward a burning vehicle that once contained troops loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi. The gunfire was in celebration of regime opponents' control of the town of Brega, which has a key oil installation. (Associated Press)
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A tow truck approaches a bus after a gunman fired shots at U.S. troops outside Frankfurt airport in Germany on Wednesday. Two American airmen were killed and two were wounded. A suspect in the killings was taken into custody. (Associated Press)
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An al-Shabab fighter poses during military exercises in Mogadishu, Somalia, in late October. Somalia has been mired in civil war since 1991, and there is no end in sight, as foreigners provide Somali Islamists with cash and skills to wage their insurgency. (Associated Press)
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Mohamed Ibrahim Suley, a one-time insurgent in Somalia, shows off scars on his back in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Jan. 15. Mr. Suley said a foreign fighter shot him in the back and left him for dead when he tried to help a wounded friend. It prompted him to defect. (Associated Press)
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Police surround a bus carrying U.S. soldiers at the site where two US soldiers have been killed in a shooting in front of Terminal 2 of Frankfurt Airport, Germany, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd, Alexander Becher)
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Police surround a bus that was carrying U.S. soldiers after a shooting in front of Terminal 2 at Germany's Frankfurt Airport on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd, Alexander Becher)
