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Iraqi army and special forces commanders gather to discuss battle plans in the eastern section of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. Iraqi troops backed by U.S.-led airstrikes pushed deeper into eastern Mosul on Thursday in a multi-pronged assault after a two-week lull in the operation to retake the Islamic State-held city. (AP Photo/Hamza Hendawi)
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FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016 file photo, a crowd gathers to celebrate at the Oceti Sakowin camp after the announcement that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't grant easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D. The Army declined to let the project move forward amid objections that it would contaminate drinking water and threaten ancient burial sites of Native Americans. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016 file photo, a protester raises his fist as he stands in front of a line of police officers in Charlotte, N.C. Authorities used tear gas to disperse protesters in an overnight demonstration that broke out Tuesday after Keith Lamont Scott was fatally shot by an officer at an apartment complex. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
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Iraqis displaced from Mosul receive aid distributions at near Qayara, Iraq on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Cengiz Yar)
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Iraqis displaced from Mosul receive aid distributions at near Qayara, Iraq on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Cengiz Yar)
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Iraqis displaced from Mosul receive aid distributions at near Qayara, Iraq on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Cengiz Yar)
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FILE- In this Friday, March 21, 2014 file photo, Bahraini pro-democracy protesters wave signs and pictures of prisoners and people killed in three years of unrest as well as national flags during a march in Abu Saiba, west of the capital of Manama, Bahrain. In Bahrain, people are outraged over the shooting death of a 28-year-old woman in front of her 6-year-old, which activists say was carried out by a royal family member in December 2016. The accusation goes to the heart of lingering unrest on the island off the coast of Saudi Arabia, now five years on from its Arab Spring protests and in the grips of a renewed government crackdown on dissent. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
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Donald Trump's involvement in the "Battle of the Billionaires" with Vince McMahon in 2007's WrestleMania made it a commercial success — the second-most watched WWE pay-per-view in history. (Associated Press)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats have shifted course since the Berlin terrorist attack, but the rival Alternative for Germany party is gaining steam. (Associated Press)
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People who have gone to court to seek the right to carry stun guns — like this Taser X26 — say they would prefer having a nonlethal weapon for self-defense rather than a firearm but have cited Second Amendment protections in defending their right to do so. (Associated Press)
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Three Republican members of Congress are urging the Pentagon to investigate the security risks to American facilities and military forces in South Korea posed by a Chinese telecommunications company Huawei. (Associated Press)
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Gen. Seth McKee, the highest-ranking survivor of the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, died Dec. 26, 2016. The veteran flew a P-38 Lightning. (Lockheed Martin)
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Former U.S. Army Ranger Fernando Duarte, 33, was killed outside Miami's Miccosukee Resort and Casino on Dec. 25, 2016. (NBC-6 Miami screenshot)
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Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about Israeli-Palestinian policy, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about Israeli-Palestinian policy, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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In this Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 file photo, a member of the Iraqi Special Forces shoots his machine gun against an Islamic State militant drone n the al-Barid district in Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi forces sitting for weeks on the edges of Mosul have been bolstered by reinforcements and are now ready, along with the elite special forces, to launch a stepped up, three-pronged assault against Islamic State group militants in the city’s eastern sector, ending a two-week lull in the fighting, a top Iraqi general told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)
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In this photo provided by Basel Hijawi, taken in 2015, American citizen Aya Hijazi waves as she leaves a court in Cairo after hearing. Family and friends of an American jailed in Egypt for nearly three years are hoping her time in custody may end soon. Hijazi, 29, grew up in Falls Church, Va. and is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Egypt. After receiving her degree in conflict resolution from George Mason University in 2009, she returned to her native country, and with her Egyptian husband, started a foundation to help homeless children. (Basel Hijawi via AP)
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In this Nov. 30, 2016 photo, a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldier sits with his dog named 'English' inside a hut along the bunker at the front line of on a mountain near Laiza, the headquarters of KIA in Kachin State, Myanmar. Ethnic Kachin rebels long at war with Myanmar troops say the government has only escalated fighting since Aung San Suu Kyi took over as leader, crushing the hopes that had led many ethnic minorities to support her party and leaving them with no confidence in the peace process that Suu Kyi has identified as a priority.(AP Photo/Esther Htusan)
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In this Nov. 30, 2016 photo, three Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers patrol along the bunker at the front line of on a mountain near Laiza, the headquarters of KIA in Kachin State, Myanmar. Ethnic Kachin rebels long at war with Myanmar troops say the government has only escalated fighting since Aung San Suu Kyi took over as leader, crushing the hopes that had led many ethnic minorities to support her party and leaving them with no confidence in the peace process that Suu Kyi has identified as a priority.(AP Photo Esther Htusan)
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In this Nov. 30, 2016 photo, a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldier patrols at the front line near Laiza, the headquarters of the KIA in Kachin State, Myanmar. Ethnic Kachin rebels long at war with Myanmar troops say the government has only escalated fighting since Aung San Suu Kyi took over as leader, crushing the hopes that had led many ethnic minorities to support her party and leaving them with no confidence in the peace process that Suu Kyi has identified as a priority. (AP Photo/Esther Htusan)
