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French soldiers march during the annual military parade at the Place de la Concorde during the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Leaders and soldiers from 13 former French colonies in Africa, celebrating five decades of independence, were invited to take part in this year's parade. (UPI/David Silpa)

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Soldiers from Chad march in the annual military parade at the Place de la Concorde during the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Leaders and soldiers from 13 former French colonies in Africa, celebrating five decades of independence, were invited to take part in this year's parade. (UPI/David Silpa)

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French soldiers arrive at the start of the annual military parade at the Place de la Concorde during the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Leaders and soldiers from 13 former French colonies in Africa, celebrating five decades of independence, were invited to take part in this year's parade. (UPI/David Silpa)

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African troops hold flags during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. France invited former African colonies celebrating five decades of independence to take part in the parade. President Nicolas Sarkozy has defended himself from critics who asked whether the invitation stemmed from nostalgia for the colonial era. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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African military troops hold flags during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Irish nationalist rioters attack Police Service of Northern Ireland officers with water cannon in North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July, 13, 2010. Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority. (AP Photo/Liam Mc Burney)

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A nationalist attacks police in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority. (AP Photo/Liam Mc Burney)

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A masked youth prepares to throw a petrol bomb at police in the Ardoyne Area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority. (AP Photo/Liam Mc Burney)

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Irish nationalist rioters burn a hi-jacked car in the Ardoyne Area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority. (AP Photo/Liam Mc Burney)

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Flame rises from a car as it was set ablaze by Irish nationalist rioters in the Ardoyne Area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July, 13, 2010. Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority. (AP Photo/Liam Mc Burney)

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A box of peace protest necklaces wait for protesters gathering near the Y-12 boundary marker, the so-called "Blue Line," of barriers erected by security officers along the Bear Creek Road entrance to Y-12 nuclear weapons plant during a peace vigil Monday, July 5, 2010, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Michael Patrick)

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Afghan policemen secure a police base that came under attack Tuesday night in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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Israeli soldiers battle Palestinians during a demonstration against the separation barrier in Walajeh. Israel has begun constructing a new section of the barrier, which would encircle the West Bank village of 2,000 people. (Associated Press)

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A demonstration in April erupts in a scuffle between an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian who was protesting the construction of a barrier that makes it difficult for Palestinians to reach farmland, schools and medical care. (Associated Press)

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Israel started building a separation barrier in the West Bank in 2002, saying it would be a temporary bulwark against suicide bombers and gunmen. Palestinian villagers in Walajeh say they are worried that the isolation will encourage their children to leave. "We will cling to the village by our teeth," said Adel Atrash, a village council member. (Associated Press)

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Nationalist protesters brandish the Irish flag during clashes with police in Belfast on Monday. Police struggled to quell rioting by Irish Catholic nationalists after a day of mass Protestant parades. (Associated Press)

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In this May 13, 2009, file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper walks near an entrance to the Guantanamo detention facility at dawn, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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An unidentified man doffs his hat as he rides in a Carabinieri (paramilitary police) car after being arrested in Reggio Calabria in southern Italy on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, following one of the biggest operations ever against the powerful 'ndrangheta crime organization, in which 300 people were arrested, including top bosses, and million of dollars in property seized. The pre-dawn raids Tuesday involved some 3,000 police across the country. Charges include murder, extortion, arms and drug trafficking, and criminal association. Investigators described the operation as one of biggest blows ever to an organization that today is considered more powerful than the Sicilian Mafia. (AP Photo/Adriana Sapone)

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An unidentified man covers his face with an arrest warrant outside Carabinieri (paramilitary police) headquarters in Reggio Calabria in southern Italy on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, following one of the biggest operations ever against the powerful 'ndrangheta crime organization, in which 300 people were arrested, including top bosses, and million of dollars in property seized. The pre-dawn raids Tuesday involved some 3,000 police across the country. Charges include murder, extortion, arms and drug trafficking, and criminal association. Investigators described the operation as one of biggest blows ever to an organization that today is considered more powerful than the Sicilian Mafia. (AP Photo/Adriana Sapone)

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An unidentified man peers out a Carabinieri (paramilitary police) car after being arrested in Reggio Calabria in southern Italy on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, following one of the biggest operations ever against the powerful 'ndrangheta crime organization, in which 300 people were arrested, including top bosses, and million of dollars in property seized. The pre-dawn raids Tuesday involved some 3,000 police across the country. Charges include murder, extortion, arms and drug trafficking, and criminal association. Investigators described the operation as one of biggest blows ever to an organization that today is considered more powerful than the Sicilian Mafia. (AP Photo/Adriana Sapone)