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FILE - In this April 8, 2011 file photo, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh reacts while looking at his supporters, not pictured, during a rally supporting him, in Sanaa,Yemen. A government official says Yemen's president was lightly injured and four top officials wounded when opposition tribesmen struck his palace with rockets, Friday, June 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File) (AP)

Anti-government protestors prepare to burn a tyre as they block the road during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Taiz, Yemen, Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Heavy fighting resumed Tuesday in Yemen's capital between government troops and followers of the country's most powerful tribal leader, ending a brief cease-fire and again raising the prospect that Yemen's political crisis could veer into civil war.(AP Photo/Yemen Lens) (AP)

Syrians walk past a T-shirt with a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad with an Arabic word read:"we love you," at a popular market in downtown Damascus , Syria, on Monday, May 30, 2011. Syrian troops shelled a town in the center of the country Monday, and for the first time in the two-month-old revolt against the president, residents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades put up fierce resistance, activists said. State media said four soldiers were killed. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi) (AP)

A Palestinian family waits before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 28, 2011. Egypt officially and fully reopens its passenger crossing with Gaza at the town of Rafah, after a long period of restrictions aimed at isolating the Hamas militant group that rules the Palestinian coastal strip which could ease the isolation of 1.4 million Palestinians there. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (AP)

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Anti-government protestors, shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, May 28, 2011. Fighting that rocked Sanaa for the past five days spread beyond the capital on Friday as Yemeni tribesmen opposed to the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh seized a Republican Guard military camp in battles that left dozens dead and prompted airstrikes by government warplanes, according to a tribal leader. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (AP)

An Afghan policemen stands guard as an aerial view of Kabul city is seen from atop a hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) (AP)

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Palestinians wait next to their belongings before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 26, 2011. Egypt's decision to end its blockade of Gaza by opening the only crossing to the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory this weekend could ease the isolation of 1.4 million Palestinians there. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba) (AP)

An Israeli tank advances near an army base on the Israel Gaza border in southern Israel, Sunday, May 8, 2011.

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A man walks in front of the Deauville Congress Center, in Deauville, western France on Monday, May 23, 2011 where world leaders of the G8 will meet for a summit May 26 and May 27. World leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations will put aside the squabbling over deficits and austerity that has marked their recent gatherings and seek to marshall their combined economic might behind the grass-roots democracy movements that have swept North Africa and the Middle East since their last meeting a year ago. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (AP)

In this photo released by the Hamas Media Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center-left, and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, center-right, shake hands at a ceremony in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on Wednesday proclaimed a landmark, Egyptian-mediated reconciliation pact aimed at ending their bitter four-year rift, at a declaration ceremony in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AP Photo/Hamas Media Office) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES ** (AP)

Egyptians carry a giant Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's closure of Gaza as they march at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt Friday, May 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

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A man walks in front of the Deauville Congress Center, in Deauville, western France on Monday, May 23, 2011 where world leaders of the G8 will meet for a summit May 26 and May 27. World leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations will put aside the squabbling over deficits and austerity that has marked their recent gatherings and seek to marshall their combined economic might behind the grass-roots democracy movements that have swept North Africa and the Middle East since their last meeting a year ago. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (AP)

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Syrian army soldiers are seen reinforcing the village of Arida near Talkalakh opposite the Lebanon-Syria border, in Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. The Syrian government says troops have begun withdrawing from a western border town following a six-day military operation that activists say killed at least 36 people. The Syrian government is accusing President Barack Obama of meddling in its internal affairs. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) (AP)

Syrian army soldiers are seen reinforcing the village of Arida near Talkalakh opposite the Lebanon-Syria border, in Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. The Syrian government says troops have begun withdrawing from a western border town following a six-day military operation that activists say killed at least 36 people. The Syrian government is accusing President Barack Obama of meddling in its internal affairs. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) (AP)

In this photo released by the Hamas Media Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center-left, and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, center-right, shake hands at a ceremony in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on Wednesday proclaimed a landmark, Egyptian-mediated reconciliation pact aimed at ending their bitter four-year rift, at a declaration ceremony in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AP Photo/Hamas Media Office) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES ** (AP)

Anti-government protestors, shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (AP)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at an International Strategy for Cyberspace event in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, May 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

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Yemeni army soldiers who joined the anti-government protestors , march during a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of Yemen's reunification, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, May 22, 2011. A deal for Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down after 32 years in power was thrown into doubt Sunday after the ruling regime brought hundreds of loyalists into the streets to protest the pact and said he would not sign unless a public ceremony were held that included opposition leaders. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington Sunday, May 22, 2011. Obama said the bonds between the U.S. and Israel are unbreakable. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (AP)

Bradley Klapper

Syrian citizens who fled from violence from the western Syrian villages along the Lebanese-Syrian border, protest as they shout slogans against Bashar Assad and his regime, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Monday May 16, 2011. Carrying mattresses and bags of clothing, Syrians fleeing their homeland described a "catastrophic" scene Monday in a besieged border town that has been largely sealed off as the army tries to crush a two-month uprising. (AP Photo) (AP)

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** CORRECTS SPELLING OF LEBANESE ** Syrian citizens who fled from violence from the western Syrian villages along the Lebanese-Syrian border, protest as they shout slogans against Bashar Assad and his regime, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Monday May 16, 2011. Carrying mattresses and bags of clothing, Syrians fleeing their homeland described a "catastrophic" scene Monday in a besieged border town that has been largely sealed off as the army tries to crush a two-month uprising. (AP Photo) (AP)

President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Friday, May 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

President Barack Obama shakes hands with audience members after he delivered his Middle East speech at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

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An Egyptian woman watches U.S. President Barack Obama's policy address, outside a shop selling televisions in Cairo, Egypt Thursday, May 19, 2011. President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on "permanent occupation." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

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