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National Edition News cover for May 15, 2015 - Baltic nations seek NATO troops to ward off Russians: Russain soldiers sit atop a tank, with a portrait of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at left in the background, in Tskhinvali, the main city of the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Russian forces on Wednesday dug foxholes and built a sentry post in a swath of central Georgia far outside the security zone they are authorized to remain in once they complete a pullout mandated by a cease-fire but being fulfilled slowly, if at all. (AP Photogia/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Soldiers from the People's Liberation Army navy stand guard as the Dixmude, the third French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship, arrives at Wusong military dockyard, in Shanghai on May 9, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg said that while it is "too early" to comment on proposals to provide permanent NATO troops to the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, they may be considered. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Army Pfc. Amy Alexanders dresses in her Marine Standard battle gear before taking part in a physical demands study in Ft. Stewart, Ga. Congress is prodding the armed forces to come up with a special line of women's combat boots, in different styles, as studies show that military women are more susceptible to stress fractures from marching and training. (Associated Press)
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Security forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Islamic State extremists tend to take advantage of bad weather when they attack Iraqi security forces positions, an Iraqi officer said. (AP Photo)
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Security forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Islamic State extremists tend to take advantage of bad weather when they attack Iraqi security forces positions, an Iraqi officer said. (AP Photo)
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Security forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo)
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Security forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Islamic State extremists tend to take advantage of bad weather when they attack Iraqi security forces positions, an Iraqi officer said. (AP Photo)
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In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013 photo, Nigerian soldiers ride on an armored personnel carrier during Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Hundreds of Boko Haram extremists tried to attack the biggest army base in northeast Nigeria overnight but met fierce resistance from soldiers who fired artillery throughout the night. Booming cannon and whooshing rockets woke people living around Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the northeast's biggest city. Hundreds fled though some were returning home Thursday, May 14, 2015. Many villagers were killed by shells that hit the outlying village of Kayamla, where the soldiers engaged hundreds of militants, according to Muhammad Gava, a hunter who is secretary of the self-defense Vigilante Group of Nigeria. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
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Demonstrators climb aboard a military truck as they celebrate what they perceive to be an attempted military coup d'etat, with army soldiers riding in an armored vehicle in the capital Bujumbura, Burundi Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Police vanished from the streets of Burundi's capital Wednesday as thousands of people celebrated a rumored coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza)
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Demonstrators, some holding palm leaves as a peace sign, celebrate what they perceive to be an attempted military coup d'etat, as they surround a police truck in the capital Bujumbura, Burundi Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Police vanished from the streets of Burundi's capital Wednesday as thousands of people celebrated a rumored coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza)
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The new agreement paves the way for passage of the deal through the Senate, but President Obama's own troops in the House said their opposition is intensifying, and they blamed the president for mishandling the politics of his top second-term priority. (Associated Press)
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Nineveh provincial governor Atheel al-Nujaifi said the U.S. will need to share military weaponry with Iraq's Sunni and Kurdish forces to help rout the Islamic State terror group. (Associated Press)
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Ester Dean (from left) as Cynthia Rose, Shelley Regner as Ashley, Kelley Alice Jakle as Jessica, Hailee Steinfeld as Emily, Anna Kendrick as Beca, Brittany Snow as Chloe, Alexis Knapp as Stacie, Rebel Wilson as Fat Amy, and Hana Mae Lee as Lilly, as the Barden Bellas in a scene from the film, "Pitch Perfect 2." (Associated Press)
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Grant Hall, the symbol of Fort Leavenworth and headquarters of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. (Wikipedia)
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In this May 13, 2015 file photo, a U.S. Army serviceman helps a Romanian child look through the scope of a machine-gun in Ploiesti, Romania. Members of the US military took part in an exercise dubbed the Cavalry March, a drive from southern Romania to a training range in the central region of Transylvania, involving 400 servicemen and 80 armored combat vehicles. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, file)
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In this Tuesday, May 12, 2015, picture, Iraqi security forces search Shiite pilgrims marching toward the Imam Mousa al-Kazim shrine to commemorate the anniversary of the imam's death in Baghdad, Iraq, The anniversary of the 8th-century imam's death draws tens of thousands of Shiites from all walks to converge on his golden-domed shrine in northern Baghdad. The pilgrims typically march to the shrine while hundreds of tents are erected to offer them free food, drinks and services. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is said to have killed People's Armed Forces Minister Hyon Yong Chol, shown in this July 18, 2012, photo when he was the nation's Vice Marshal. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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A veteran drove to the Phoenix VA headquarters and shot himself in the parking lot Sunday night in what police are calling a suicide. (KSAZ)
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Smoke rises from Al-Qahira castle, an ancient fortress that was recently taken over by Shiite rebels, following a Saudi-led airstrike in Taiz city, Yemen, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition kept up their airstrikes in Yemen on Tuesday, targeting the positions of Shiite rebels and their allies just hours ahead of the scheduled start of a five-day humanitarian cease-fire. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)
