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  • A Syrian rebel peers through a window in Idlib, Syria, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo)

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    Between blasts of rockets and mortar fire, Syrians used loudspeakers to call for blood donations and medical supplies Thursday in the stricken city of Homs, where a weeklong government offensive has created a deepening humanitarian crisis.

  • Employees of the electricity utility Public Power Corp. shout slogans in front of the Greek Parliament on Syntagma Square in Athens to protest the Greek government's plans to privatize part of the power distribution service. The banner reads, ''We resist.'' (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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  • **FILE** First lady Michelle Obama (left) serves food to U.S. airmen and their relatives at Ramstein Airbase in Ramstein, Germany, on Nov. 11, 2010. (Associated Press)

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