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              | Representatives
                of movers and shakers of US foreign policy: Traders work
                in the crude oil pit on the floor of the New York Mercantile
                Exchange in New York Jan. 2, 2008. Crude oil futures Wednesday
                set a record close after briefly hit 100 U.S. dollars a barrel
                on concerns of tight supply and weak dollar. (Xinhua Photo,
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              | Democratic
                presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., makes remarks to
                his supporters after his victory in the Democratic Iowa caucus
                Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Rick
                Bowmer, 1/4/08). |  
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              | 11 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Raids on Gaza Strip, in
                24 hours (PIC, 1/4/08). |  
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              | 11 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Raids on Gaza Strip, in
                24 hours (Ma'an, 1/4/08). |  
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              | Gaza pilgrims' return through Rafah a triumph for
                Palestinians, says Sami Abu Zuhri (PIC,
                1/4/08). |  
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              | Israeli occupation forces continue invasion of Nablus for
                the second consecutive day, kidnap 12 Palestinians
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              | 6 Palestinians Killed, Including a Woman and a 14-Year-Old
                Boy, in Israeli Assault on Gaza Strip.
                Above: Muhammed Abu Oudah's
                funeral in Gaza (Ma'an, 1/6/08). |  
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              | Iraqi
                Army soldiers respond moments after a suicide attack on a
                celebration marking Iraqi Army day in the Karradah neighborhood
                of central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008. Two Iraqi army
                soldiers threw themselves atop a suicide bomber, but the
                attacker was able to detonate an explosives vest, killing the
                two soldiers and nine other people attending a gathering
                commemorating Iraq's Army Day. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, 1/6/08). |  
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              | French
                President Nicolas Sarkozy (L), his girlfriend Carla Bruni (R)
                and her young son Aurelien (top) visit the ancient Jordanian
                ruins of Petra Jan. 5, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo, 1/6/08). |  |  |  |  |