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American soldiers examine the charred remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that was hit by a U.S. AC-130 gunship last month. (Associated Press)

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Big ideas: The realities of his country's economy and terrorism woes have dogged Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's hopes. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on wounded women soldiers by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Shangri-la Hotel on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, in Singapore. The two leaders shook hands at the start of a historic meeting, marking the first top level contact between the formerly bitter Cold War foes since they split amid civil war 66 years ago. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

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In this picture taken on Friday Oct. 23, 2015, Free Syrian Army Col. Ahmad Hamada, spokesman of the supreme command of the Syrian revolution, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, at the Turkish-Syrian border of Reyhanli town, southern Turkey. Despite a month of heavy battering by Russian airstrikes, Syria’s rebels have so far been able to fend off offensives by government forces trying to retake territory from the rebel’s heartland. The fierce fighting shows how even greater backing from Syrian President Bashar Assad’s international allies is not swiftly tipping the conflict in his favor. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Illustration on campus protests against Israel by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Countries in the Balkans region have increased their vigilance as fighters for the Islamic State return home with plots to carry out terrorist attacks. The concerns have been exacerbated by the refugee crisis sweeping Europe. (Associated Press)

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Top U.S. lawmakers of both parties are seeing increasing frustration in the American military due to the way President Obama has chosen to deal with Islamic State militants, with much of the top brass claiming the president's approach is far too cautious. (Associated Press Photographs)

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In this photo released on June 18, 2015, by a website of Islamic State militants, explosions eject smoke and fire from a Syrian government forces position attacked by Islamic State militants on the Damscus-Baghdad highway, near Damascus, Syria. Andreas Krieg, a professor at King's College London who embedded with Iraqi Kurdish fighters in the fall of 2014, says the group "is very much success oriented, results oriented." That's a strong contrast to the rigid, inefficient and corrupt hierarchies of the Iraqi and Syrian militaries, where officers often fear taking any action without direct approval from higher up. (Militant website via AP)

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In this photo released on June 26, 2015, by a website of Islamic State militants, an Islamic State militant fires an anti-aircraft gun from the back of a pickup truck in Hassakeh city, northeast Syria. Since US-led airstrikes in Syria and Iraq have made it more difficult for the group’s forces to advance, IS has lost ground. (Militant website via AP)

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In this photo released on June 23, 2015, by a website of Islamic State militants, an Islamic State militant looks through the scope of his rifle in Kirkuk, northern Iraq. Though best known for its horrific brutalities _ from its grotesque killings of captives to enslavement of women _ the Islamic State group has proved to be a highly organized and flexible fighting force, according to senior Iraqi military and intelligence officials and Syrian Kurdish commanders on the front lines. (Militant website via AP)

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In this photo released on Sunday, June 28, 2015, by a website of Islamic State militants, an Islamic State militant waves his group's flag as he and another celebrate in Fallujah, Iraq, west of Baghdad. Iraqi army Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi says IS stands out in its ability to conduct multiple battles simultaneously. (Militant website via AP)

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In this photo released on June 16, 2015, by a website of Islamic State militants, Islamic State militants clean their weapons in Deir el-Zour city, Syria. The Islamic State group has proved to be a highly organized fighting force, nimbly moving between guerrilla and conventional warfare, using suicide bombers and terror tactics to wear down opponents before moving in with heavier forces in its fight against the Iraqi military and Iraqi and Syrian Kurdish fighters, backed by a U.S.-led air campaign. (Militant website via AP)

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In this picture released on June 26, 2015, by a website of Islamic State militants, Islamic State militants fire an anti-tank missile in Hassakeh, northeast Syria. Andreas Krieg, a professor at King's College London who embedded with Iraqi Kurdish fighters in the fall of 2014, says IS local commanders are given leeway to operate as they see fit. They "have overall orders on strategy and are expected to come up with the most efficient ways of adapting it," he said. (Militant website via AP)

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In this photo released on June 23, 2015, by a website of Islamic State militants, Islamic State militants patrol Khazer, Iraq, near Mosul. The group's conventional and guerrilla tactics carried it to an overwhelming sweep of northern and western Iraq in 2014, capturing Mosul, Iraq's second-biggest city. Shortly thereafter, IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a "caliphate" spanning its territory in Iraq and Syria. (Militant website via AP)

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A US AH-64 Apache flies over the combat zone during a NATO military demonstration in Zaragoza, Spain, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Abraham Caro Marin)

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South Sudanese government soldiers wait to board trucks and pickups, to head to the frontlines to reinforce other government forces already fighting rebel forces near the town of Bor, as they prepare to leave from the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan, in this June 13, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Jake Simkin, File)

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"Islamic finance offers excellent prospects for the African continent, which we should seize," Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan said last month before an audience of around 500 people at the region's first Islamic Finance Forum. (Associated Press)

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Jamie, 7, smiles as she looks at her father James during a visit by her Girl Scout troop to see their dads at the Allen Correctional Institution in Lima, Ohio on Wednesday, June 14, 2006. The Appleseed Ridge troop is composed of 11 girls whose fathers are all serving time in the prison. Once a month, they hold their meetings at the prison with their dads. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)