A heavily armed hard-line Somali Islamist insurgent, from the al Qaeda-inspired militant group al Shabaab, keeps watch along a street in Mogadishu, August 6, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed on Thursday, showing U.S. support for a fragile government that is battling militants including al Shabaab insurgents. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

A heavily armed hard-line Somali Islamist insurgent, from the al Qaeda-inspired militant group al Shabaab, keeps watch along a street in Mogadishu, August 6, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed on Thursday, showing U.S. support for a fragile government that is battling militants including al Shabaab insurgents.

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  5. Pakistani protesters rally to condemn the verdict against accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. 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.
  6. Pakistani protesters rally to condemn a verdict against accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. 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.
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  9. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) attends a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) at the Elysee Palace in Paris January 29, 2010.
  10. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) puts her shoe back on as she is welcomed by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) while Frenchy Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) looks on at the Elysee Palace in Paris, January 29, 2010.
  11. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) kisses France's President Nicolas Sarkozy as she leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris, January 29, 2010.
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