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Bill Newell, special agent in charge of the ATF Phoenix, speaks Tuesday behind a cache of seized weapons in Phoenix. A grand jury indicted more than 30 persons on firearms charges for participating in a ring that bought hundreds of guns that were to be smuggled into Mexico for use by a drug cartel. (Associated Press)
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Egyptian anti-government activists chant slogans as they gather inside the Lawyers Syndicate in downtown Cairo on Wednesday. Beefed-up police forces on the streets quickly moved in and used tear gas and beatings to disperse demonstrations. (Associated Press)
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Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in Cairo on Wednesday. The activists clashed with police for a second day Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests. (Associated Press)
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Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri (right) meets with Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati at Mr. Hariri's residence in Beirut on Wednesday. Lebanon's new Hezbollah-backed prime minister began the process of forming a new Cabinet on Wednesday, as calm returned to the country after two days of protests against the Iranian-backed militant group's growing influence. (Associated Press)
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Protesters run away from tear gas during clashes in Tunis, Wednesday Jan. 26, 2011. The clashes broke out in front of the prime minister's office as the caretaker government prepared to announce adjustments to its lineup. Hundreds of protesters in the capital are pressuring the interim government to get rid of allies of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)
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An angry Egyptian activist shouts at anti-riot policemen who block the way leading to journalists syndicate in downtown Cairo on Wednesday. A small gathering of Egyptian anti-government activists tried to stage a second day of protests in Cairo Wednesday in defiance of a ban on any gatherings, but police quickly moved in and used force to disperse the group. (Associated Press)
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Protesters stop traffic in the middle of a bridge over the Nile river during clashes in downtown Cairo, Egypt, in the early hours of Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square Wednesday after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev heads a meeting on transport security in the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Russian news agencies say Medvedev has fired a top official of the country's transport police in the wake of the bombing at Russia's busiest airport that killed 35 people. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)
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Protesters burn a van belonging to Al Jazeera news network in Tripoli, Lebanon, in one of the demonstrations Tuesday against the appointment of Najib Mikati as prime minister. Sunni protesters accused Al Jazeera of backing Shiite Hezbollah, which put forth Mr. Mikati for the post. (Associated Press)
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INFLAMED EMOTIONS: A man walks in front of burning tires Tuesday in Sidon, Lebanon. Sunnis protested the rising power of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. (Associated Press)
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A demonstrator confronts riot police in Cairo on Tuesday during a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. Demonstrators called for and end to poverty, corruption and police abuses. (Associated Press)
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Flowers mark the site Tuesday of carnage from a blast at Domodedovo Airport near Moscow as passengers wait be checked in. Security was tightened after a suicide bomber detonated explosives that ripped through Moscow's busiest airport Monday, killing at least 35 people. (Associated Press)
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A Lebanese soldier reacts after protesters burned tires on the highway in Jiyeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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A van belonging to Al Jazeera burns after protesters set it ablaze in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires and torched a van belonging to Al Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which now has enough support in parliament to control Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)
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A masked Sunni protester walks in front of burning garbage containers in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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A masked protester poses in front of burning garbage containers in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Grace Kassab)
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Angry protesters burn a van belonging to Al Jazeera in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires and torched a van belonging to Al Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which now has enough support in parliament to control Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo)
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Sunni protesters carry a picture of Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri as they shout slogans in Jiyeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011.Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Angry Sunni protesters remove a poster of Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires and torched a van belonging to Al Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which now has enough support in parliament to control Lebanon's next government. In the second and final day of consultations to choose a new prime minister Tuesday, a majority of Lebanese lawmakers voted to support Mr. Mikati, the candidate backed by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)
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Lebanese Prime Minister designate Najib Mikati speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Lebanon's president has formally appointed the Hezbollah-backed candidate as prime minister-designate and asked him to form a new government. Mr. Mikati, billionaire businessman and former premier, won a majority of parliament support in two days of voting that ended Tuesday. (AP Photo/Assaad Ahmad)
