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Published March 17, 2014, 6:30 p.m. ET
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A girl looks at planes through the window of the departure hall at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport March 17, 2014. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MALAYSIA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A girl looks out the window of the departure hall at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Reuters
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The 100-metre (300-foot), sword-wielding statue of "The Motherland" is seen in the National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War in Kiev March 17, 2014. On a blustery day on the banks of the Dnieper, the statue of "The Motherland", a Soviet hammer and sickle on her shield, towered overhead, a reminder of the common cause Ukrainians and Russians died for side by side in their millions in World War Two and which Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks Ukraine has betrayed by turning to "fascism" and the West. To match story UKRAINE-CRISIS/WAR REUTERS/Konstantin Grishin (UKRAINE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
The 300-foot statue of “The Motherland” is seen in the National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War in Kiev on Monday. Reuters
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Lebanese army soldiers and residents gather at the site of Sunday's explosion in Nabi Osmane in the Bekaa Valley March 17, 2014. At least three people were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Sunday in an apparent response to the fall of a rebel-held town to government forces across the border in Syria. A security source said two of the dead from the blast in Nabi Osmane were members of the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim militant group Hezbollah whose fighters backed the Syrian army earlier in the day in their takeover of Yabroud. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Lebanese army soldiers and residents gather at the site of Sunday’s suicide bombing in Nabi Osmane on Monday. Reuters
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men wearing costumes celebrate the holiday of Purim in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood March 17, 2014. Purim is a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men wearing costumes celebrate Purim in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighbourhood on Monday. Reuters
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Hindu priest Babulal jumps out of a fire to signify the burning of the demon Holika during a ritual to mark the first day of the Holi spring festival, also known as the Festival of Colours, at village Phalen near the northern Indian city of Mathura March 17, 2014. Holi in Phalen starts on the first day of the full moon where a Hindu mythological story will be re-enacted to symbolize the victory of good over evil, according to local media. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Hindu priest Babulal jumps out of a fire to signify the burning of the demon Holika during a ritual to mark the first day of the Holi spring festival on Monday. Reuters
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A former soldier of the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic (FACA) lifts weights in the crumbling former palace of the late self-proclaimed Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa near the village of Barengo, south of the capital Bangui March 17, 2014. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A former soldier of the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic lifts weights in the crumbling former palace of the late self-proclaimed Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa near the village of Barengo, south of the capital Bangui on Monday. Reuters
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A labourer works at an upside-down house under construction at Fengjing Ancient Town, Jinshan District, south of Shanghai.
A laborer works at an upside-down house at Fengjing Ancient Town, Jinshan District, south of Shanghai, in China on Monday. Reuters
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A Palestinian youth throws a stone towards Israeli soldiers as he jumps over burning tyres during clashes that followed a rally to support President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Hebron March 17, 2014. Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets on Monday to show their support for Abbas, who is under heavy pressure as he prepares to meet U.S. President Barack Obama. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A Palestinian boy throws a stone towards Israeli soldiers in the West Bank City of Hebron on Monday. Reuters
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio stands to be blessed while attending a service at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York March 17, 2014. Last week New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would not march in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day parade because gay and lesbian activists had been again precluded from taking part. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Mayor de Blasio at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. Reuters
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ALDERSHOT, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge meets children during the St Patrick's Day parade at Mons Barracks on March 17, 2014 in Aldershot, England. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visited the 1st Battalion Irish Guards to present the traditional sprigs of Shamrocks to the Officers and Guardsmen of the Regiment. (Photo by Bradley Page - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Kate Middleton meets with children on St. Patrick’s Day at Mons Barracks in Aldershot, England on Monday. Getty Images
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A young girl slides down the hill at the US Capitol in Washington, DC March 17, 2014 the morning after yet another snow storm. With Spring less than a week away, Winter is not releasing its grip as another 5-10 inches of the white stuff fell in the Washington, DC area overnight. AFP PHOTO/ Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
A young girl slides down the hill at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Monday. Getty Images
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BAKHCHYSARAI, UKRAINE - MARCH 17: Cossack men install a Russian flag and a Crimean flag on the roof of the City Hall building on March 17, 2014 in Bakhchysarai, Ukraine. People in Crimea overwhelmingly voted to secede from Ukraine during a referendum vote on March 16 and the Crimean Parliament has declared Independence and formally asked Russia to annex them. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Cossack men install a Russian flag and a Crimean flag on the roof of the City Hall building on Monday in Bakhchysarai, Ukraine. Getty Images
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NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: A reveler watches the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. Political controversy surrounded this year's parade, as New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio decided not to march due to the parade organizer's policy to ban participants that identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Heineken and Guinness announced earlier that they would drop their sponsorship of the parade for along the same reasons. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
A reveler gets festive at the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Fifth Avenue in New York City on Monday. Getty Images
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The White House in Washington is seen through the fence, Monday, March 17, 2014, after an overnight snow front hit the metro area, prompting area schools the federal and local governments to close. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
The snow-covered White House in Washington is seen through the fence on Monday. AP Photo
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A three week old Francois Langur infant makes his public debut at Howletts Wild Animal Park near Canterbury, England, Monday March 17, 2014. The newborn is the first ever of its species to be born at the park and is one of the world's rarest primates. (AP Photo/PA, Gareth Fuller) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
A three week old Francois Langur, one of the rarest species of primate in the world, makes his public debut at Howletts Wild Animal Park near Canterbury, England on Monday. The newborn is the first ever of its species to be born at the park. AP Photo
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Protesters rally outside the Iowa Air National Guard base, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. Seven protesters, who were rallying against the use of drones to carry out military strikes, were arrested at the base. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Protesters call for an end to drone strikes at the Iowa Air National Guard Base in Des Moines on Monday. Seven protesters were arrested. AP Photo
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Dancers line up in front of the Moulin Rouge cabaret, in the Montmartre neighbourhood as the exterior is illuminated in green to mark St. Patrick's day, in Paris, Monday, March 17, 2014.
Physicist Alan Guth of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology asks a question during a news conference at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. after researchers gave a presentation about new findings on the early expansion of the universe. AP Photo
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Dancers line up in front of the Moulin Rouge cabaret, in the Montmartre neighbourhood as the exterior is illuminated in green to mark St. Patrick's day, in Paris, Monday, March 17, 2014.
Dancers line up in front of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris on Monday. The club was lit green for St. Patrick’s Day. AP Photo
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An Indian man with his face smeared with colours to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
An Indian man with his face covered in pink celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, India. AP Photo
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President Barack Obama boards Marine One helicopter after a visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
President Barack Obama boards Marine One helicopter after a visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. AP Photo
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