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In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, and taken Sunday, April 17, 2011, Arabic writing on a burnt car reads:" pay attention, you are in Banias not in Israel. Down with the regime, the "Shabiha" which is a term used in Syria to describe pro-government thugs" in the port city of Banias, Syria. Thousands of people gathered in the central Syrian city of Homs main square Monday following the funeral of six people who were shot dead a day earlier saying they will hold an open-ended sit-in until President Bashar Assad's regime is brought down, witnesses said. (AP Photo) (AP)

A pro-reform in Syria activist, hold an Arabic placard read:"No to violence, no to oppression and no to fanaticism", as she stands in front of the Syrian embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday April 12, 2011. Three pro-reform activists stood in front of the Syrian embassy in Beirut where they delivered a statement supporting the people's demands and urging the government to extend its hand to Syrians who want change. Shortly afterward dozens of pro-regime Syrians arrived at the embassy and tried to attack the three men, who were later escorted away under the protection of Lebanese policemen. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Natasha Lennard

In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, Syrian women attend an anti-government protest in Banias, Syria, Saturday, April 16, 2011. President Bashar Assad was expected to appear in a televised speech, witnesses said. The speech will be Assad's second public appearance since the country's protest movement began a month ago. (AP Photo) (AP)

Thomas L. Friedman, NY Times columnist (AP Photo/Keystone/Peter Schneider) (Associated Press)

Thomas Friedman's contrived Egyptian encounter

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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)

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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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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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)

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

File - Libya's Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa reads a statement to foreign journalists at a hotel in in Tripoli, in this Friday March 18, 2011 file photo. Libya's foreign minister has left Tunisia for London after a two-day visit shrouded in secrecy, Tunisia's official news agency said Wednesday, March 30 2011. Moussa Koussa traveled on an early afternoon flight on an unidentified Swiss carrier from the Tunisian resort of Djerba toward the British capital, the TAP news agency reported. (AP Photo / Jerome Delay, file)

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In this video image taken from Turkish television Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is seen during an interview with the TV channel TRT, in Tripoli, March 8, 2011.

A Libyan child walks with a Libyan pre-Gadhafi flag during an evening demonstration in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Rebels retreated Wednesday from the key Libyan oil port of Ras Lanouf along the coastal road leading to the capital Tripoli after they came under heavy shelling from ground forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) (AP)

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Young pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters, shout pro-Assad slogans as they demonstrate to show their support for him.

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Female anti-government protestors react while chanting prayers during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Sunday, March 27, 2011. Islamic militants seized control of a weapons factory and a nearby town in Yemen's south Sunday, said a witness and security officials, as political turmoil around the country causes security to unravel. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (AP)

Anti-Syrian government protesters, left, and pro-government, right, clash after Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 25, 2011. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, week long crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country's autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman) (AP)

Zeina Karam, Bassem Mroue

Syrians anti and pro-Assad protesters clash after Friday prayers outside the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 25, 2011. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, week long crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country's autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman) (AP)

Zeina Karam, Bassem Mroue

A Jordanian protester shouts slogans during a demonstration in Amman, Jordan Thursday, March 24, 2011. Hundreds of Jordanians, mostly university students or unemployed graduates unaffiliated with any political party, set up a protest camp in a main square in the capital on Thursday to press demands for the ouster of the prime minister and wider public freedoms. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud) (AP)

6 hurt as government backers attack Jordan protest

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A female anti-government protestor takes part in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Thursday, March 24, 2011. The leader of Yemen's largest tribe has announced his support for opposition demands that the country's longtime president step down. Sheik Sinan Abu Lohoum of the Baqeel tribe is also warning President Ali Abdullah Saleh against further use of violence against protesters.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (AP)

Saleh will leave if Yemen will be in safe hands

A Yemeni girl holding her national flag sits with her father along with anti-government protestors during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Yemen's parliament enacted sweeping emergency laws Wednesday after the country's embattled president asked for new powers of arrest, detention and censorship to quash a popular uprising demanding his ouster. Arabic reads on the flag, " Leave". (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (AP)

A Yemeni army officer carried by anti-government protestors during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Yemen's parliament enacted sweeping emergency laws Wednesday after the country's embattled president asked for new powers of arrest, detention and censorship to quash a popular uprising demanding his ouster. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (AP)

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