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Protesters chant slogans against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during a demonstration in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Thousands of angry demonstrators marched through Tunisia's capital Friday, demanding the resignation of the country's autocratic leader a day after he appeared on TV to try to stop deadly riots that have swept the North African nation. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Demonstrators hold placards reading "Ben Ali get out" in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Thousands of angry demonstrators marched through Tunisia's capital Friday, demanding the resignation of the country's autocratic leader a day after he appeared on TV to try to stop deadly riots that have swept the North African nation. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China's capital. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (left) meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. Mr. Biden arrived in Iraq earlier in the day for talks with the new government's leaders about the future of American troops in the country as they prepare to leave at year's end. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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A covered statue of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri stands in Beirut. Eleven of 30 Lebanese Cabinet members, all supporters of Hezbollah, resigned Wednesday, sinking the coalition government after months of disagreement over how to respond to a U.N. probe into the assassination. (Associated Press)

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In the town of Kasserine, site of the bloodiest confrontation, cars have been set on fire and police were reported to have killed a man carrying the coffin of a child. On Monday, Tunisia temporarily shut down all of its high schools and universities as it tried to stop deadly riots over joblessness and poor prospects for youths. (Associated Press)

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A soldier drives an armored vehicle through Ettadhamoun on Wednesday. Riots were reported late Tuesday in the Ettadhamoun neighborhood three miles from Tunis, the first time the violence has reached so near the capital. Tunisia's prime minister said Wednesday the country's interior minister has been fired after deadly protests over unemployment and he also announced that most prisoners arrested during nearly a month of riots are being freed. (Associated Press)

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A soldier drives an armored vehicle through Ettadhamoun, west of Tunis, Wednesday Jan.12, 2011. Riots were reported late Tuesday in the Ettadhamoun neighborhood, three miles from Tunis, the first time the violence has reached so near the capital. Tunisia's prime minister says Wednesday the country's interior minister has been fired after deadly protests over unemployment and also announced that most prisoners arrested during nearly a month of riots are being freed. (AP Photo/Hedi Ben Salem)

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A wrapped statue of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri stands in a small garden in front of the Government House in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. The Islamic militant group Hezbollah and its allies plan to resign from the Lebanese Cabinet and topple the government on Wednesday over tensions stemming from the international investigation of the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, officials said. (AP Photo/Grace Kassab)

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Afghan soldiers block the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up next to a minibus carrying intelligence service employees in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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A rebel holds a knife as he stands watch for security forces on a street in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan. At least four people died in violence Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** People surround a Chinese military J-20 stealth jet Jan. 5, 2011, before it undergoes a runway taxi test in Chengdu, China. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrives by helicopter at Forward Operating Base Airborne in Afghanistan's Wardak province on Tuesday. He noted coalition successes against the Taliban but said the gains are "fragile and reversible." (Associated Press)