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Quote: A US army officer sits in an armoured vehicle in Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, on April 12, 2009. Violence in Iraq "remains at 2003 lows" and a 2011 deadline for a US troop exit will be met, top US army commander in Iraq General Ray Odierno said on April 12, but he warned flexibility on some interim drawdowns may be needed. ***** Images
Quote: Iraqi police officers guard the Virgin Mary Chaldean Christian church during the Sunday Easter mass in Baghdad on April 12, 2009. Easter is an important celebration of the Christian faith commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, three days after his death by crucifixion. ***** Images
Quote: A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard at the entrance of the Kirkuk's Chaldean Cathedral during the Sunday Easter mass on April 12, 2009. Christians make up around three percent of Iraq's overwhelmingly Muslim 29 million population and are mostly concentrated in the relatively stable Kurdish autonomous north of the country. According to Christian leaders, 250,000 of the 800,000 Christians who lived in Iraq before the invasion six years ago that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, have now left the country. ***** Images
Quote: A US army medic wears a bunny mask as he celebrates Easter in Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, on April 12, 2009. Violence in Iraq "remains at 2003 lows" and a 2011 deadline for a US troop exit will be met, top US army commander in Iraq General Ray Odierno said on April 12, but he warned flexibility on some interim drawdowns may be needed. ***** Images
Quote: U.S. army soldiers sing hymns during Easter sunrise service in Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 12, 2009. About 100 U.S. troops attended an Easter sunrise service on Sunday at the U.S. military base Camp Liberty just outside the Iraqi capital. AP Photo
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Quote: U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Amoy Ulette, left, from Jamica, and U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Adriana McIlvaine, from Mexico, listen as Denyce Graves performs during an event to commemorate Marian Anderson's performance 70 years ago, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington Sunday, April 12, 2009. The two were later sworn in as American citizens. AP Photo
Quote: A federal police officer takes pictures at the site where two Tijuana's police officers were shot and injured in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, April 11, 2009. Drug violence has spiked since Mexico's President Felipe Calderon began a national crackdown on organized crime in 2006. Battles among cartels, their rivals and soldiers have led to nearly 9,000 deaths and a cross-border crime spillover. AP Photo
Quote: Israeli police officers, riding horses, disperse right wing activists during a protest in the southern town of Sderot, Sunday, April 12, 2009. The right-wing activists gathered in Sderot on Sunday and were stopped by the police from marching towards the former settlement bloc of Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip. AP Photo
Quote: Thai soldiers advance towards protestors near Victory Monument on April 13, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Minister Abhisit has called for calm as clashes between the Thai army and anti government protestors have escalated, esulting in reports of the army having fired live rounds over the heads and into crowds of demonstrators. ***** Images
Quote: Thai soldiers use water cannons to extinguish flames on a bus torched by supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra near Victory Monument on April 13, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Minister Abhisit has called for calm as clashes between the Thai army and anti government protestors have escalated, resulting in reports of the army having fired live rounds over the heads and into crowds of demonstrators. ***** Images
Quote: A Thai soldier wears a gas mask as they clear a road blocked by supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra near Victory Monument on April 13, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Minister Abhisit has called for calm as clashes between the Thai army and anti government protestors have escalated, esulting in reports of the army having fired live rounds over the heads and into crowds of demonstrators. ***** Images
Quote: An armed soldier wears a gas mask as they clear a road blocked by supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok April 13, 2009. Thai troops fired repeatedly into the air in Bangkok on Monday after anti-government protesters torched a bus at a main junction, forcing the demonstrators to pull back, a Reuters reporter said. Reuters
Quote: Thai soldiers stand guard in front of a burned bus during a clash with supporters of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok on April 13, 2009. Thai troops launched a crackdown to enforce a state of emergency in Bangkok, firing warning shots and tear gas as anti-government protesters hurled petrol bombs in clashes that left 70 injured. ***** Images
Quote: Thai soldiers capture an anti-government protestor near downtown Monday, April 13, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai authorities have declared a state of emergency shutting down rail service as soldiers continue to battle against anti-government demonstrators. AP Photo
Quote: A protester throws a fire bomb after soldiers cleared during a protest near Victory Monument on April 13, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Minister Abhisit has called for calm as clashes between the Thai army and anti government protestors have escalated, resulting in reports of the army having fired live rounds over the heads and into crowds of demonstrators. ***** Images
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Quote: Police officers guard the front gates of Admiralty House, the residence of Australia's Governor General, as protesters sit on the road outside, in Sydney April 13, 2009. Hundreds of protesters rallied in front of Admiralty House on Monday calling for the Australian government to pressure Sri Lanka to enter a permanent cease fire with Tamil Tiger rebels. Reuters
Quote: Esala Ruwan Weerakoon, Sri Lanka's ambassador in Norway, looks at damage in the Sri Lankan embassy in Oslo April 12, 2009. Pro-Tamil Tiger demonstrators broke into the embassy during a protest in the Norwegian capital Oslo on Sunday, smashing windows and furniture, said police, but no one was hurt. The protest, the first of several by Tamil Tiger supporters around the world in recent weeks to turn violent, followed a march by around 100,000 people in London on Saturday to demand a ceasefire between Sri Lankan forces and the rebels. Reuters
Quote: A police officer stands inside the entrance of Sri Lanka's embassy in Oslo on April 12, 2009. Sri Lanka today lodged a strong protest with Norway over the attack on its embassy in Oslo, and said the authorities had failed in their obligation to protect the diplomatic compound. In Oslo, police said around 100 Tamil demonstrators tried to storm the Sri Lankan embassy and that an unknown number managed to break in.Norwegian mediation helped bring about a now-defunct ceasefire between the Sri Lankan government and the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in February 2002. ***** Images
Quote: Sri Lankan police commandos take their oath during a passing out ceremony of 177 officers at their training college in Kalutara, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of capital Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 10, 2009. An international rights group on Friday urged Sri Lanka's military to stop firing artillery into a designated "no fire" zone holding the remnants of the Tamil Tiger rebels saying civilian casualties were skyrocketing .President Rajapaksa's office said the president had told the UN that "the suffering of the civilians was due to the LTTE continuing to hold them hostage and as human shields, ignoring the many calls by the U.N. and humanitarian organizations to free them." AP Photo
Quote: Sri Lankan police commandos march in the rain during a passing out ceremony of 177 officers at their training college in Kalutara, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of capital Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 10, 2009. An international rights group on Friday urged Sri Lanka's military to stop firing artillery into a designated "no fire" zone holding the remnants of the Tamil Tiger rebels saying civilian casualties were skyrocketing. President Rajapaksa's office said the president had told the UN that "the suffering of the civilians was due to the LTTE continuing to hold them hostage and as human shields, ignoring the many calls by the U.N. and humanitarian organizations to free them." AP Photo
Quote: Sri Lankan police commandos march iduring a passing out ceremony of 177 officers at their training college in Kalutara, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of capital Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 10, 2009. An international rights group on Friday urged Sri Lanka's military to stop firing artillery into a designated "no fire" zone holding the remnants of the Tamil Tiger rebels saying civilian casualties were skyrocketing. President Rajapaksa's office said the president had told the UN that "the suffering of the civilians was due to the LTTE continuing to hold them hostage and as human shields, ignoring the many calls by the U.N. and humanitarian organizations to free them." AP Photo
Quote: Police constables of the Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) throw their berets into the air during their passing out parade at a training school in Kaluthar, about 43 km (27 miles) south of Colombo, April 10, 2009. One hundred and seventy seven recently trained police constables successfully finished their program to join the STF, an elite special forces unit of the Sri Lankan police formed in 1983, that specializes in counter-terrorism. Reuters
Quote: Police constables of the Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) wear their new berets as another constable collects the old berets during their passing out parade at a training school in Kaluthar, about 43 km (27 miles) south of Colombo, April 10, 2009. One hundred and seventy seven recently trained police constables successfully finished their program to join the STF, an elite special forces unit of the Sri Lankan police formed in 1983, that specializes in counter-terrorism. Reuters
Quote: An unidentified woman walks beside a police officer carrying her child as they are evacuated from the path of a fire raging through the Christian Conference Center Sunday April 12, 2009 in Alton Bay, N.H. , 30 miles northeast of Concord. The massive Easter fire damaged dozens of buildings. AP Photo
Quote: A girls smiles at Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police as they patrol a tent camp where earthquake victims are sheltering in L'Aquila April 12, 2009. Italy prepared to end the search for survivors of its worst earthquake for three decades, which killed at least 293 people and made nearly 40,000 homeless. Reuters
Quote: Armed Italian carabinieri paramilitary police are on patrol against possible looters in the village of Onna, near L'Aquila, central Italy, Sunday, April 12, 2009. Last Monday's 6.3-magnitude temblor in the Abruzzo region, central Italy killed 294 people, left some 40,000 homeless and leveled thousands of buildings. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi last week pledged to crack down on looting in the aftermath of the quake. AP Photo
Quote: Moldova's special police forces guard during an opposition rally in Chisinau on April 12, 2009. About 10,000 people rallied in Moldova today against President Vladimir Voronin's "dictatorial" leadership as the constitutional court ordered a recount of disputed legislative elections. ***** Images
Quote: Indonesian police using bomb detector inspect garbage bin near a police post in Abepura town on April 12, 2009 where they recovered three improvised bombs in Indonesia's restive Papua province. Indonesia took formal control of the region in a 1969 UN-sponsored vote by select tribal elders widely seen as a sham and the area has seen a long-running insurgency waged by poorly armed pro-independence guerrillas. ***** Images
Quote: Indonesian police handle three improvised bombs recovered from a garbage bin near a police post in Abepura town on April 12, 2009 in Indonesia's restive Papua province where police shot a man dead during a clash with suspected separatists during April 9 general elections. Indonesia took formal control of the region in a 1969 UN-sponsored vote by select tribal elders widely seen as a sham and the area has seen a long-running insurgency waged by poorly armed pro-independence guerrillas. ***** Images
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A Kenyan armed police officer patrols near the Maersk Alabama, at the port in Mombasa, Kenya, Sunday, April 12, 2009. Guarded by Navy Seals, the crew of an American ship reached a Kenyan port Saturday evening without their captain, still held hostage by Somali pirates in a lifeboat hundreds of miles from shore. Even as the Maersk Alabama pulled into port, the crew of an Italian-flagged tugboat was being held by pirates who seized it in a new attack. AP Photo
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