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An Iraqi solider stands guard at the scene of an attack in Kut, southeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday. A car bomb ripped through a market in the deadliest of a series of attacks that killed and injured scores on Tuesday, officials said. (Associated Press)

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Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed arrives in Entebbe, Uganda, for the 15th African Union summit. African leaders and U.S. officials called for stepped-up efforts in Somalia at the summit in Kampala, Uganda. (Associated Press)

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The Ugandan People's Defense Force is part of the African Union mission in Somalia. African leaders are pledging thousands of troops for Somalia to fight militants responsible for the World Cup bombings, which killed 76 people. (Associated Press)

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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers watch the burning car of Sifwat Ghayur, their chief, after a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Mr. Ghayur, the head of the 25,000-strong Frontier Constabulary, is one of the most senior security officials to be killed by militants in the country. (AP Photo/Mohammad Iqbal)

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In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, Mary Seaman, left, from New York and Kristen Roche from Connecticut visit murals on the Falls Road in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. Teenagers who lost loved ones in acts of terror worldwide are camping together this week in Northern Ireland as they learn to move beyond their grief and become peacemakers themselves. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

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** FILE ** A man smokes near smashed vehicles at Yuanshi county, in north China's Hebei province, after a drunken shovel loader driver went on a rampage, smashing into shops and vehicles and killing 17 people on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo)

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Israeli soldiers sit on top of their tank near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Lebanese and Israeli troops exchanged fire Tuesday in a fierce border battle that killed a senior Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist underlining how easily tensions can re-ignite along the frontier where Israel and Hezbollah fought a war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli soldiers use a crane as they cut a tree next to the border fence with Lebanon, near the southern village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, on Tuesday. Lebanese and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the border in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago, authorities said. (Associated Press)

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Civil defense workers and Lebanese soldiers (below) carry an injured soldier in the village of Adaisseh on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Iraqi painter Muayad Muhsin gestures shows off a painting in his studio in Baghdad. Many of Iraq's artists are using their work to process the turmoil since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, revealing a profound anger over their country's traumas and uncertainty of its future. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew, left, and Adm. Mike Mullen, the top U.S. military officer, right, take a question from a reporter during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 27, 2010.

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Associated Press photographs Protester Greg Johnson (right) and counterprotesters Ina Marshall and Tim Foster face off over a planned mosque and Islamic center in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Opposition to the mosque circulated a petition asking the county commission to rescind approval of the facility.

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Pakistani paramilitary troops patrol in Karachi, Pakistan, following the killing of a local leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement in Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Gunmen killed dozens of people in Pakistan's largest city after the assassination of a lawmaker, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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Pakistani para military troops gather near a vehicle set on fire by angry mob following the killing of a local leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement in Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Gunmen killed dozens of people in Pakistan's largest city after the assassination of a lawmaker, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

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An Israeli tank maneuvers near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Israeli soldiers came under fire Tuesday during a routine patrol along the Lebanese border, the army said, sparking the most intense clashes with forces inside Lebanon since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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An Israeli soldier cleans a weapon as he stands near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Israeli soldiers came under fire Tuesday during a routine patrol along the Lebanese border, the army said, sparking the most intense clashes with forces inside Lebanon since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Smoke rises from the southern border village of Adaisseh after an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

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A Lebanese soldier holds his rifle as Israeli troops patrol the border in the southern village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the disputed border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ronith Daher)

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UNIFIL peacekeepers gesture as Israeli troops patrol the border in the southern village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the disputed border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ronith Daher)

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A U.N. peacekeeper waves a U.N. flag as Israeli troops patrol the border in the southern border village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. A senior Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist. were killed in the clashes. Tuesday's fighting was the most serious since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ronith Daher)