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Bullet casings litter a street in the besieged city of Misrata, Libya, Saturday, April 23, 2011. Government troops retreated to the outskirts of Misrata under rebel fire Saturday and the opposition claimed victory after officials in Tripoli decided to pull back forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi following nearly two months of laying siege to the western city. (AP Photo) (AP)

Karin Laub, Maggie Michael

Holding posters of their leader, supporters of Moammar Gadhafi chant slogans following a NATO airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, early Saturday, April 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) (AP)

A stranded foreign refugee reacts after being informed that his name is not on the passengers list as a ship evacuating wounded Libyans and refugees fleeing conflict zone is scheduled to leave the port of Misrata, Libya Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Inside the besieged city of Misrata, spent rockets protrude from the pavement of a parking lot, unarmed teenagers prepare plastic crates of Molotov cocktails, and fighters at roadblocks sit inside empty shipping containers outfitted with furniture, carpets and generator-powered TVs and watch Al-Jazeera reports of their war with Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (AP)

Ben Hubbard, Karin Laub

A Libyan rebel fighter guards while a convoy of retreating armed Libyan rebels vehicles pass through the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya Friday, April 15, 2011. From her father's compound, struck by U.S. bombs exactly 25 years ago, Moammar Gadhafi's daughter sent a defiant message early Friday: Libya was not defeated by airstrikes then and won't be defeated now, she told a cheering crowd. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (AP)

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Burkina Faso's president, Blaise Compaore.

Brahima Ouedraogo

United States' Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts during the informal meeting of the NATO foreign ministers in the Foreign Ministry in Berlin Thursday, April 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (AP)

Matthew Lee, Geir Moulson

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FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2011 file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits during his meeting with Emirates foreign minister, unseen, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian security and health official said on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 that Mubarak has been hospitalized in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File) (AP)

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Hosni Mubarak (AP/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama returns to the Blue Room at the White House in Washington after he spoke regarding the budget and averted government shutdown, Friday, April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

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A soldier allied with Alassane Ouattara knocks down a monument believed to mystically provide strength and support to Laurent Gbagbo, in the Youpougon neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Sunday, April 10, 2011. Human Rights Watch, in a report obtained by The Associated Press late Saturday, called on Alassane Ouattara to investigate and prosecute abuses by his forces and those supporting his rival, strongman Laurent Gbagbo. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) (AP)

Marco Chown Oved, Sophie Tetrel

Libyan rebels look towards black smoke rising above the city amidst the sound of shelling, in Ajdabiya, Libya Sunday, April 10, 2011. Libyan rebels said NATO airstrikes on Sunday helped them drive Moammar Gadhafi's forces out of the hard-fought eastern city of Ajdabiya that is the gateway to the opposition's stronghold. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

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Rebel fighters retreat out of Ajdabiya during an advance by pro-Gadhafi forces, on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, Libya Saturday, April 9, 2011. Government soldiers and rebel gunmen battled in the streets of the key front-line city of Ajdabiya Saturday after the Libyan military used shelling and guerrilla-style tactics to open its most serious push into opposition territory since international airstrikes began. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Sebastian Abbot

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2011 file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits during his meeting with Emirates foreign minister, unseen, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. oom of the White House in Washington. Ex-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied abuse of authority in his first speech since ouster Sunday. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File) (AP)

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A Libyan rebel fighter, holding a rocket launcher, shouts religious slogans after gun shots were heard as fellow comrades offer prayers in the background in Ajdabia, Libya, Friday, April 8, 2011. Rebel fighters sent scouts Friday toward the contested oil port of Brega to seek clues on whether pro-government forces took advantage of a mistaken NATO airstrike that pounded opposition tanks and sent survivors into retreat. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) (AP)

Sebastian Abbot

Protesters chant slogans as they march following an attack by security forces in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 9, 2011. Demonstrators burned cars and barricaded themselves with barbed wire inside a central Cairo square demanding the resignation of the military's head after troops violently dispersed an overnight protest killing one and injuring scores. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) (AP)

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Soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara line up to be addressed by a commanding officer, at a republican forces operating base in the Youpougon neighborhood, on the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday, April 8, 2011. Ivory Coast's democratically elected leader said his forces won't capture the entrenched strongman who remained holed up Friday in an underground bunker at the presidential residence, and instead will focus on normalizing life in the besieged city.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) (AP)

Rukmini Callimachi, Marco Chown Oved

Egyptians chat slogans as they demonstrate calling for taking the ex-President Hosni Mubarak, to the court, in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, April 4, 2011. During the recent mass uprising by the civilian population, as much as fifty percent of police disappeared from Egyptian cities and their withdrawal has created a security vacuum, letting crime flourish. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) (AP)

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FILE - In this April 3, 2011 file photo, an injured Libyan man who lost one of his legs is seen on board the Turkish ship Ankara, carrying 250 wounded from Misrata that docked at the port of Benghazi, Libya. More than 40 days of siege, shelling and sniper fire by Moammar Gadhafi's forces have exacted a bloody price in rebel-held Misrata, Libya's third-largest city and a coveted prize in the increasingly deadlocked civil war. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File) (AP)

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Maggie Michael

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Libyan rebels shell pro Gadhafi positions just outside Brega, Libya, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Libyan government forces on Tuesday unleashed a withering bombardment of the rebels outside a key oil town pushing them back, even as the regime said Moammar Gadhafi might consider some reforms but would not stepping down. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) (AP)

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Tarek El-tablawy

Libyan rebels inspect two destroyed military vehicles of pro-Gadhafi forces that rebels claim were targeted by a NATO strike along the front line near Brega, Libya Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Libya's rebel forces are looking more effective on the front and even scrapping back some of the territory lost to Moammar Gadhafi's army, but the rag tag fighters are still a long way from being able to march to Tripoli. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (AP)

Libyan rebels fire a rocket launcher toward pro-Gadhafi forces along the front line near Brega, Libya Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Libyan government forces on Tuesday unleashed a withering bombardment of the rebels outside a key oil town pushing them back, even as the regime said Moammar Gadhafi might consider some reforms but would not stepping down. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (AP)

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Soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara occupy an area of the Youpougon neighborhood, near a checkpoint at the main northern entrance to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Ivory Coast's strongman leader Gbagbo holed up in a bunker inside the presidential residence Tuesday, defiantly maintaining he won the election four months ago even as troops backing the internationally recognized winner encircled the home. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) (AP)

Rukmini Callimachi, Marco Chown Oved

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