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    President Barack Obama ordered flags to fly at half-staff to honor the 13 people killed on a Texas army base, "From now until Veterans Day I ordered the flags at the White House and other federal buildings to be flown at half-staff" Obama said, but urged Americans not to jump to conclusions about why the attack occurred. Full Article at Al Sumaria TV Iraq
    From now until Veterans Day I ordered the flags at the White House and other federal buildings to be flown at half-staff
    Barack Obama – Barack Obama SOURCE: Al Sumaria TV Iraq 1 month ago

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  1. TP Mazembe's Amia Ekanga and Auckland City's Ian Hogg (L) jump for the ball during their FIFA Club World Cup fifth place playoff soccer match at Zayed Sports City stadium in Abu Dhabi December 16, 2009.
  2. An FC Barcelona supporter is seem before their semifinal soccer match against Atlante FC at the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.
  3. A man holds an umbrella to shelter from falling snow by the River Thames in London, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.
  4. A worker carries a sack of rubber scrap for recycling at a slum in Mumbai December 16, 2009. The Kyoto Protocol which binds nearly 40 rich nations to limit carbon emissions is in "intensive care" and global negotiations to extend the pact have stalled, India's environment minister said on Wednesday.
  5. VAL GARDENA, ITALY - DECEMBER 16: Adrien Theaux of France during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill Training on December 16, 2009 in Val Gardena, Italy.
  6. DELHI, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 16: Helicopter Crew Chief SPC John Slay of Moultrie, GA from C Company Dustoff 3rd Battalion of the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade 82nd Airborne Division watches out the window of a MEDEVAC helicopter after picking up an unjured Marine December 16, 2009 near Delhi, Afghanistan. The MEDIVAC unit is tasked with evacuating wounded coalition forces and local nationals throughout Helmand Province.
  7. German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg makes a point during his speech at the German lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, December 16, 2009.
  8. French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, Cameroon President Paul Biya, Central African President Francois Bozize, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, French Secretary of State for Cooperation Alain Joyandet and Chad President Idriss Deby Itno (L-R) pose at the end of a meeting between the representatives of the Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) and the French government at the Elysee Palace December 16, 2009.
  9. VAL GARDENA, ITALY - DECEMBER 16: Steven Nyman of the USA during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill Training on December 16, 2009 in Val Gardena, Italy.
  10. VAL GARDENA, ITALY - DECEMBER 16: Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill Training on December 16, 2009 in Val Gardena, Italy.
  11. Members of Auckland City soccer team celebrate the goal of teammate Jason Hayne (not seen) against TP Mazembe during their FIFA Club World Cup fifth place playoff soccer match at Zayed Sports City stadium in Abu Dhabi December 16, 2009.
  12. DELHI, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 16: U.S. Army Flight Medic SGT Antonio Gattis (R) from Salisbury MD with C Company Dustoff 3rd Battalion of the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade 82nd Airborne Division checks out Marine PFC Joseph Adams of Douglasville, GA with F Company 2nd Marine Battalion 2nd Marines as he is being transported on a MEDEVAC helicopter after being injured in an accident at his forward operating base December 16, 2009 near Delhi, Afghanistan. The MEDIVAC unit is tasked with evacuating wounded coalition forces and local nationals throughout Helmand Province.
  13. DELHI, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 16: Marine PFC Joseph Adams of Douglasville, GA with F Company 2nd Marine Battalion 2nd Marines looks out the window of a MEDEVAC helicopter as he is being transported to a hospital at Camp Dwyer by a MEDEVAC team from C Company Dustoff 3rd Battalion of the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade 82nd Airborne Division after being injured in an accident at his forward operating base December 16, 2009 near Delhi, Afghanistan. The MEDIVAC unit is tasked with evacuating wounded coalition forces and local nationals throughout Helmand Province.
  14. A worker makes New Year glass baubles at a factory in the village of Klavdiyevo, 50km (31 miles) west of Kiev December 16, 2009. Ukrainians are rushing to buy presents and decorations ahead of New Year and Christmas holidays.
  15. Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, left, speaks during a meeting in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Dahal met UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy to discuss the discharge of Maoist army personnel disqualified in the United Nations-led verification process in 2007. Nepal's Peace Minister Rakam Chemjong is seen right.
  16. UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy, left, speaks during a meeting in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Nepal's government and former communist rebels signed an agreement Wednesday to free nearly 3,000 child soldiers who have been confined in United Nations-monitored camps since a Maoist insurgency ended in 2006.
  17. TP Mazembe's goalkeeper Muteba Kidiaba saves a goal during their Club World Cup soccer match against Auckland City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.
  18. Actress Millie Perkings, who played Anne Frank in the 1959 movie "The Diary of Anne Frank" directed by George Stevens, views the display at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Perkins is visiting Israel to attend events marking the 50th anniversary of the film's release at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival.