Tribal fighters deploy themselves on the streets of Ramadi
Tribal fighters deploy themselves on the streets of Ramadi January 6, 2014. Iraq's prime minister urged people in the besieged city of Falluja on Monday to drive out al Qaeda-linked insurgents to pre-empt a military offensive that officials said could be launched within days. In a statement on state television, Nuri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite Muslim whose government has little support in Sunni-dominated Falluja, called on tribal leaders to drive out militants who last week seized key towns in the desert leading to the Syrian border. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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Hamas says rival Fatah men exiled from Gaza can return
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A poster calling for the release of French journalists Didier Francois, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres is installed on the facade of the Ile de france regional council headquarters in Paris
A poster calling for the release of French journalists Didier Francois, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres is installed on the facade of the Ile de france regional council headquarters in Paris January 6, 2014. Didier Francois, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres were captured in Syria on June 6 and June 22, 2013. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA)
A poster calling for the release of French journalists Didier Francois, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres is installed on the facade of the Ile de france regional council headquarters in Paris
A poster calling for the release of French journalists Didier Francois, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres is installed on the facade of the Ile de france regional council headquarters in Paris January 6, 2014. Didier Francois, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres were captured in Syria on June 6 and June 22, 2013. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA)
A poster calling for the release of French journalists Didier Francois, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres is installed on the facade of the Ile de france regional council headquarters in Paris
A poster calling for the release of French journalists Didier Francois, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres is installed on the facade of the Ile de france regional council headquarters in Paris January 6, 2014. Didier Francois, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres were captured in Syria on June 6 and June 22, 2013. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA)
IRAN AND U.S. HAVE NOT TALKED DIRECTLY ABOUT POSSIBLE IRANIAN ROLE ON SIDELINES OF SYRIA TALKS, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS
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US OFFICIAL SAYS "LESS LIKELY THAN LIKELY" THAT IRAN WILL PLAY ROLE ON SIDELINES OF SYRIA CONFERENCE
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