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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) greets US Middle East envoy George Mitchell in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Mitchell is visiting in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced. The visit comes as the peace process has been thrown into disarray after Israel insisted it will go ahead with the construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem, in a move that has enraged Washington. Middle East
General secretary and chief candidate for the Europe Ecology (EE) party for the Ile-de-France region Cecile Duflot (C) arrives with Jean-Vincent Place (L) to give a speech on March 21, 2010 in Paris after the second round of France's regional elections. President Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing party was roundly defeated in regional elections, trailing Socialist-led lists by 36 to 54 percent, according to estimates by polling agencies. Europe
Pakistani supporters of accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui, celebrate her birthday in Karachi, Pakistan Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Aafia Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees. Al-Qaeda
Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary-General of OPEC from Libya, gestures as he talks during a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Libya
Warsaw, POLAND: King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud holds Olga(L) and Daria Kolacz Polish conjoined twins who came with their mother Wieslawa Dabrowska for a meeting with King in Belweder palace in Warsaw 26 June 2007. The twins were joined at the abdomen, pelvis, buttocks and spine and successfully separated in January 2005 in an operation funded by Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia
Nancy Morocco defender Mickael Chrétien (C) eyes the ball during the French L1 football match Saint-Etienne vs Nancy, on March 20, 2010 at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne. Morocco
Under a picture of Iran's late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. Iran
Avi Luzon (R), chairman of the Israel Football Association, presents the jersey of the Israeli national football team to Luis Fernandez, former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, during a press conference at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010. Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli team. Israel
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (L) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) give a joint press conference after their working session on March 17, 2010 at the EU headquarters in Brussels. The Greek Prime Minister refused to rule out an appeal for aid to the IMF, if European backing is insufficient to resolve its debt crisis.'If we realise that we indeed will be borrowing at extremely high rates. .. there are other options,' Papandreou told reporters in Brussels after talks with the head of the European Commission, which is supervising deficit reduction measures. European diplomatic sources have said Greece was seeking 20-25 billion euros through eurozone aid. European Commission
European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele (L) and Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha attend a joint news conference in Tirana on March 19, 2010. European Union
South African President Jacob Zuma (2ndL) poses with Zimbabwean leaders, Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai (L), President Robert Mugabe (2ndR) and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara after holding talks at the Rainbow Towers in Harare on March 18, 2010. South African President Jacob Zuma said his talks on March 18 with Zimbabwe's feuding leaders were 'fruitful', but gave little sign of a breakthrough in resolving issues straining the unity government. Zimbabwe
To go with focus story India-China-Asia-technology-women-rights by Ben Sheppard A lone Indian woman (3rd L) waits for a bus at a bus-stop with other male travellers in New Delhi on March 17, 2010. While having a scan, a pregnant woman in India is not allowed to learn the gender of her unborn child. But her bill might be presented in a file coloured blue or pink -- and the meaning is clear. The method of skirting around the law is one of many reasons why 85 million women are described as 'missing' from India and China due to the abortion of female foetuses, female infanticide and death through neglect. Asia
FILE - The undated World War II photo shows Adolf Eichmann in his Nazi SS officer uniform. The basics of Adolf Eichmann's story are well documented: Commonly known as the "architect of the Holocaust" for his role in coordinating the Nazis' policy of genocide, he fled Germany only to be captured in Argentina by the Mossad, taken to Israel for trial, and hanged. World War II
Environmental Protection Agency investigators continue to take samples from the United Campus Ministry center building at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Thursday, Jan. 7,2010. Officials say a woman likely contracted anthrax during a drum circle at the ministry last month after swallowing airborn anthrax spores. The woman became critically ill, but she is said to be improving. Environmental Protection Agency
Indonesian Muslims collect money on a Palestinian flag to be donated to Palestinian people during a solidarity protest in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Indonesia
NEW YORK - MARCH 18: Vogue North America Senior Market Editor, Meredith Melling Burke attends the opening of the Jason Wu Design Studio on March 18, 2010 in New York City. North America
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates attends the 2008 South-Eastern Europe Defense Ministerial on October 8, 2008, in Ohrid, Macedonia. Washington will continue to support Kiev's accession to NATO, a cause of political turmoil in Ukraine that might lead to a dissolution of the country's parliament, Gates said here Wednesday. Eastern Europe
Elke Huemmeler, the head of the new Munich diocese sexual abuse prevention, is seen in Munich, southern Germany, on Friday, March 19, 2010. Huemmeler estimates there are about 120 cases on the record to date, around 100 of them at the nearby Ettal monastery boarding school, run by Benedictine monks. She stresses, however, her role is not to deal with the old cases, but help set up the prevention program. Munich

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This image provided by IntelCenter Sunday Feb. 28, 2010 shows Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi in a posthumous video message posted on extremist Web sites Sunday. The al-Qaida double agent that killed seven CIA operatives and a Jordanian spy called for jihad in Jordan and attacks on its intelligence agency said he had only expected to kill his Jordanian handler, Ali bin Zeid, but the addition of the CIA members was a windfall. Al-Qaida's terror network in North Africa is growing more active and attracting new recruits, threatening to further destabilize the continent's already vulnerable Sahara region, according to U.S. defense and counterterrorism officials.

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This image provided by IntelCenter Sunday Feb. 28, 2010 shows Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi in a posthumous video message posted on extremist Web sites Sunday. The al-Qaida double agent that killed seven CIA operatives and a Jordanian spy called for jihad in Jordan and attacks on its intelligence agency said he had only expected to kill his Jordanian handler, Ali bin Zeid, but the addition of the CIA members was a windfall. Al-Qaida's terror network in North Africa is growing more active and attracting new recruits, threatening to further destabilize the continent's already vulnerable Sahara region, according to U.S. defense and counterterrorism officials.

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Deputy head, Middle East and North Africa - DFID Mary Hunt, right speaks with her colleagues as she attends the meeting of the working group for Yemen Development Needs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010.

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Deputy head, Middle East and North Africa - DFID Mary Hunt, right speaks with her colleagues as she attends the meeting of the working group for Yemen Development Needs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure, right, and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy give a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure, right, and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy give a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure gives a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure gives a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure gives a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure gives a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, sits in a car with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010, in Bamako, Mali, French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, sits in a car with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010, in Bamako, Mali, French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, right, meets French aid worker Pierre Camatte, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, right, meets French aid worker Pierre Camatte, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French aid worker Pierre Camatte talks to the press, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after he was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French aid worker Pierre Camatte talks to the press, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after he was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, looks on as French aid worker Pierre Camatte talks to the press, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, looks on as French aid worker Pierre Camatte talks to the press, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, talks to the press as French aid worker Pierre Camatte looks on, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, talks to the press as French aid worker Pierre Camatte looks on, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, meets French aid worker Pierre Camatte, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, meets French aid worker Pierre Camatte, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, talks to the press as French aid worker Pierre Camatte looks on, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, talks to the press as French aid worker Pierre Camatte looks on, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French aid worker Pierre Camatte looks on, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after being released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French aid worker Pierre Camatte looks on, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after being released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, and French Junior Minister for Francophony Alain Joyandet, right, meet French aid worker Pierre Camatte, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, afterCamatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, and French Junior Minister for Francophony Alain Joyandet, right, meet French aid worker Pierre Camatte, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, afterCamatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, meets French aid worker Pierre Camatte, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, meets French aid worker Pierre Camatte, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali, after Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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Released French hostage Pierre Camatte attends a ceremony marking his release in Bamako, Mali in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Camatte, held captive in Mali for three months by Al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot was freed Tuesday, following a contested court decision ordering a jail release for four suspected members of the militant group that abducted him.

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Released French hostage Pierre Camatte attends a ceremony marking his release in Bamako, Mali in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Camatte, held captive in Mali for three months by Al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot was freed Tuesday, following a contested court decision ordering a jail release for four suspected members of the militant group that abducted him.

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Released French hostage Pierre Camatte attends a ceremony marking his release in Bamako, Mali in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Camatte, held captive in Mali for three months by Al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot was freed Tuesday, following a contested court decision ordering a jail release for four suspected members of the militant group that abducted him.

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Released French hostage Pierre Camatte attends a ceremony marking his release in Bamako, Mali in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Camatte, held captive in Mali for three months by Al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot was freed Tuesday, following a contested court decision ordering a jail release for four suspected members of the militant group that abducted him.

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Released French hostage Pierre Camatte, left, talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at a ceremony marking his release in Bamako, Mali in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Camatte, held captive in Mali for three months by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot, was freed Tuesday, following a contested court decision ordering a jail release for four suspected members of the militant group that abducted him.

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Released French hostage Pierre Camatte, left, talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at a ceremony marking his release in Bamako, Mali in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Camatte, held captive in Mali for three months by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot, was freed Tuesday, following a contested court decision ordering a jail release for four suspected members of the militant group that abducted him.

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Released French hostage Pierre Camatte, left, sits with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at a ceremony marking his release in Bamako, Mali in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Camatte, held captive in Mali for three months by Al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot, was freed Tuesday, following a contested court decision ordering a jail release for four suspected members of the militant group that abducted him.

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Released French hostage Pierre Camatte, left, sits with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at a ceremony marking his release in Bamako, Mali in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Camatte, held captive in Mali for three months by Al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot, was freed Tuesday, following a contested court decision ordering a jail release for four suspected members of the militant group that abducted him.

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This image provided by IntelCenter Sunday Feb. 28, 2010 shows Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi in a posthumous video message posted on extremist Web sites Sunday. The al-Qaida double agent that killed seven CIA operatives and a Jordanian spy called for jihad in Jordan and attacks on its intelligence agency said he had only expected to kill his Jordanian handler, Ali bin Zeid, but the addition of the CIA members was a windfall. Al-Qaida's terror network in North Africa is growing more active and attracting new recruits, threatening to further destabilize the continent's already vulnerable Sahara region, according to U.S. defense and counterterrorism officials.

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This image provided by IntelCenter Sunday Feb. 28, 2010 shows Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi in a posthumous video message posted on extremist Web sites Sunday. The al-Qaida double agent that killed seven CIA operatives and a Jordanian spy called for jihad in Jordan and attacks on its intelligence agency said he had only expected to kill his Jordanian handler, Ali bin Zeid, but the addition of the CIA members was a windfall. Al-Qaida's terror network in North Africa is growing more active and attracting new recruits, threatening to further destabilize the continent's already vulnerable Sahara region, according to U.S. defense and counterterrorism officials.

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Deputy head, Middle East and North Africa - DFID Mary Hunt, right speaks with her colleagues as she attends the meeting of the working group for Yemen Development Needs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010.

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Deputy head, Middle East and North Africa - DFID Mary Hunt, right speaks with her colleagues as she attends the meeting of the working group for Yemen Development Needs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure, right, and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy give a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure, right, and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy give a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure gives a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure gives a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure gives a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure gives a press conference, on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2010 at the presidential palace in Bamako after French aid worker Pierre Camatte was released by al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot this week after nearly three months in captivity. Camatte, who ran a small organization fighting malaria in Mali, was freed Tuesday after a local court ordered four suspected members of the militant group released from jail.

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