Syrian rebels celebrate on top of the remains of a Syrian government fighter jet which was shot down at Daret Ezza, on the border between the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, on Nov. 28. Syrian rebels captured a pilot manning the fighter jet downed over Daret Ezza in the northern province of Aleppo, witnesses told an AFP reporter in the town.

Syrian rebels celebrate next to the remains of a Syrian government fighter jet which was shot down at Daret Ezza, on the border between the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, on Nov. 28.

A man carries some of the remains of a war plane, belonging to forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in Daret Azzah on Nov. 28.

M23 rebel fighters rush from Goma to the town of Sake to reinforce positions as residents of Sake flee with their belongings on the road between Goma and Sake in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 22, 2012. Many of the fleeing residents stopped at an internally displaced person camp between Sake and Goma.

Women run after Congolese soldiers and rebel fighters battle over the eastern Congolese town of Sake, Nov. 22. The woman in orange, identified as Mamou, said she lost her husband by a fatal wound to the head from incoming mortar rounds. Thousands fled the M23 controlled town as the militants seeking to overthrow the government vowed to push forward despite mounting international pressure.

Thousands of Congolese flee the town of Sake, about 16 miles west of Goma, following fresh fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nov. 22.

Congolese children sit on a step in front of M23 rebels in Sake, Nov. 22, 2012. Rebels took the town yesterday, but were engaged in heavy gunfighting this afternoon as government-allied militia tried to retake it.

A woman who fled her home in Sake emerges from a shelter at an internally displaced person camp in Mugunga, between Goma and Sake, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 22.

A Palestinian baby wears a Hamas bandana during a rally to celebrate the Israel-Hamas cease-fire in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov. 22, 2012. Gaza residents cleared rubble and claimed victory on Thursday, just hours after an Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers ended the worst cross-border fighting in four years.

An Israeli soldier, left, hugs a comrade, center, to congratulate him for his birthday at a staging area in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip border on Nov. 22, 2012. A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers took effect Wednesday night, bringing an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in years.

Ronit Hakmon looks at her damaged home after it was hit by a rocket launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva on Nov. 20. Israel put on hold its threatened Gaza ground offensive to give Egyptian-led truce talks a chance as top diplomats flew in to boost efforts to end nearly a week of cross-border violence.

Palestinians carry the bodies of two boys, Suhaib and Mohammed, right, Hejazi during their funeral in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov. 20. The two children and their father Fuad Hejazi were killed when an Israeli air strike in the Gaza town of Beit Lahiya crushed their home on Monday, the Hamas Health Ministry said.

Sapir Hachmon and her boyfriend Ron Vachnish react as they enter her room after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Nov. 20 in Beersheba, Israel. Hamas militants and Israel are continuing talks aimed at a ceasefire as the death toll in Gaza reaches over 100 with three Israelis also having been killed by rockets fired by Palestinian militants.

Mourners attend the funeral of Salem Paul Sweliem in Gaza City on Nov. 20. He was reportedly killed in an air strike targeting a senior figure in Islamic Jihad's military branch, Ramez Harb, who also died in the strike. Israel pounded more than 100 targets in Gaza on the seventh day of its offensive, despite the arrival in the region of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. Israeli aircraft, ships and artillery hit targets overnight including underground rocket launchers, tunnels and houses that the military said were 'hide-outs' or 'command centres' of Hamas leaders. Palestinians also fired at least 20 rockets at Israel since midnight.

A religious Israeli man covers his head by the roadside, but continues to use his cellphone, on a road outside Beersheba, Israel, on Nov. 20, after hearing a siren sounding a 'Red Alert,' signalling a rocket attack. Palestinian militants fired at least 40 rockets at Israel early Tuesday, leaving one person injured and damaging property, Israeli police said in a statement. A volley of around 20 Grad rockets was fired at Beersheba, the largest city in the south. The armed wing of the Hamas movement, Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attacks. Four of the rockets landed in the city, while the rest either fell outside or were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome defense system.

Palestinians children take cover in a U.N. operated school in Gaza City, on Nov. 20. Some Palestinians have evacuated their homes seeking shelter from Israeli airstrikes. In some areas in Gaza city, Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets asking them to evacuate their homes.

Palestinian children watch the funeral of Foaad Hejaze and his two sons Mohammed Foaad Hejaze and Suhaib Foaad Hejaze from their house in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza strip on Nov. 20. Foaad Hejaze and his two sons were killed by an Israeli air strike which also left his wife injured.

Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish a fire in the National Islamic Bank, which was destroyed overnight in an Israeli strike, in Gaza City on Nov. 20. Early Tuesday, Israeli aircraft targeted another Hamas symbol of power, battering the headquarters of the bank senior Hamas officials set up to sidestep international sanctions on the militant group's rule.

An Israeli soldier evacuates a young girl from a site hit by a rocket launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva on Nov. 20. Israeli leaders discussed an Egyptian plan for a truce with Gaza's ruling Hamas, reports said, before a mission by the UN chief to Jerusalem and as the toll from Israeli raids on Gaza rose over 100.

Palestinian children stand in the rubble left after an Israeli strike on a house in Gaza City, on Nov. 20.

A Hasidic Jewish man, from the Breslov sect, holds an Israeli flag as he dances with Israeli troops during a visit to support the soldiers, near the border with the Gaza Strip on Nov. 19. Israel bombed dozens of targets in Gaza on Monday and said that while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in troops, it preferred a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire from the enclave.

Israeli troops cheer as a Hasidic Jewish man, from the Breslov sect, dances during a visit to support the soldiers, near the border with the Gaza Strip on Nov. 19.

Hasidic Jewish men, from the Breslov sect, ride on a van with Israeli flags during a visit to support the soldiers, near the border with the Gaza Strip, visible in the background, on Nov. 19.

Free Syrian Army rebels take up positions along an embankment on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Maaret al-Numan, Syria on Nov. 17.

Rebels of the Free Syrian Army clean their weapons as airstrikes by the Syrian air force drive the rebels underground, in the northwestern city of Maaret al-Numan, Syria on Nov. 17.

A father comforts his son who has just undergone surgery for a bullet wound in his left shoulder outside a field hospital in the northwestern city of Maaret al-Numan, Syria on Nov. 18.

A Syrian man salvages furniture from his home that was destroyed in bombing by government forces, in the northwestern city of Maraat al-Numan, Syria on Nov. 17.

Patients sit inside their ward at a mental hospital in Kabul on November 11, 2012. The war in Afghanistan is creating a generation of people mentally damaged by their exposure to incessant conflict, a buildup of problems which could undermine the country's reconstruction and development efforts.

Ghazia Sadid, 26, a patient suffering from depression, speaks during an interview with Reuters at a mental hospital in Kabul on November 14, 2012.

A patient scribbles on his hand as he sits inside his ward at a mental hospital in Kabul on November 11, 2012.

Patients sit inside their ward at a mental hospital in Kabul on November 11, 2012.

Israelis take cover in a large concrete pipe used as a bomb shelter after a rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip on Nov. 15, 201, in Nitzan, Israel.

An Israeli child next to a large concrete pipe used as a bomb shelter during a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on Nov. 15, 2012, in Nitzan.

Israeli children play outside a large concrete pipe used as a bomb shelter on Nov. 15 in Nitzan.

Israelis sit inside a sewage pipe used as shelter during a warning of incoming rockets in the southern community of Nitzan on Nov. 15, 2012.

Palestinians work to dig out a car after an Israeli air raid in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia on Nov. 15, 2012.

A Palestinian man calls for help as he and others try to save a man trapped under his car just after an Israeli air raid in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia on Nov. 15, 2012.

Civil defense members try to dig out a wounded Palestinian man buried under sand after an Israeli air strike took place near his car in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov. 15.

Palestinians evacuate a wounded man after an Israeli air strike took place near his car in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov. 15.

Columns of smoke rise following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, on Nov. 14. Palestinian witnesses say Israeli airstrikes have hit a series of targets across Gaza City, shortly after the assassination of the top Hamas commander. Hamas security officials say two Hamas training facilities were among the targets in the Wednesday afternoon bombings.

Palestinians help extinguish a fire after an Israeli air strike on the car of Hamas's top commander in Gaza City, on Nov. 14. Ahmed Al-Jaabari, Hamas's military chief, was killed when his car was hit by an Israeli airstrike.

Israeli soldiers and civilians run to a rocket shelter as a siren sounds signaling an attack coming from the nearby Gaza Strip in Neva settlement, near the Israel-Egypt border, on Nov. 14.

Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in the northern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 14. Israel launched a major offensive against Palestinian militants in Gaza on Wednesday, killing the military commander of Hamas in an air strike and threatening an invasion of the enclave that the Islamist group vowed would "open the gates of hell".

Jihad Masharawi weeps while he holds the body of his 11-month old son Ahmad, at Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike on their family house, in Gaza City, on Nov. 14. The Israeli military said its assassination of the Hamas military commander Ahmed Jabari, marks the beginning of an operation against Gaza militants.
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Palestinians help to evacuate a woman following Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, on Nov. 14. Israel launched a major offensive against Palestinian militants in Gaza on Wednesday, killing the military commander of Hamas in an air strike and threatening an invasion of the enclave that the Islamist group vowed would "open the gates of hell".

A wounded Palestinian girl cries as she sits on a hospital bed after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, on Nov. 14. Israel killed the military commander of the Islamist group Hamas in a missile strike on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and launched air raids across the enclave, pushing the two sides to the brink of a new war. Hamas said Ahmed Al-Jaabari, who ran the organisation's armed wing, Izz el-Deen Al-Qassam, died along with an unnamed associate when their car was blown apart by an Israeli missile. Palestinians said nine people were killed, including a seven-year-old girl.

A Palestinian passes by a destroyed Hamas site after an Israeli air strike hit an area south of Gaza City on, Nov. 14. Hamas says the head of its military wing has been killed in an Israeli air strike. Israel said it had targeted Ahmed al-Jabari because of what it called his decade-long terrorist activity.

A rocket is launched from Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip towards Israel, on Nov. 14. Israel killed a top Hamas military commander in a targeted air strike in Gaza, prompting outrage from Palestinian militants who said the Jewish state had opened "the gates of hell."

Israelis watch Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on television in a bomb shelter on Nov. 14, in Netivot, Israel. Israel Defense Forces launched aerial attacks on targets in Gaza that killed the top military commander of Hamas.

Israeli children play games at a bomb shelter on Nov. 14 in Netivot, Israel. Israel Defense Forces launched aerial attacks on targets in Gaza that killed the top military commander of Hamas.

A police officer fires tear gas as police face demonstrators during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Turin, Italy, on Nov. 14. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spending cuts Wednesday with a string of strikes and demonstrations across the region. Protesters clashed with police in various demonstrations in Rome, Milan, Turin, Padua and Brescia.

Police officers try to push protesters back onto the pavement after they blocked traffic on Oxford Street, London, while taking part in a picket and demonstration they said was over dismissals of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossrail transport project, for being trade union members, on Nov. 14. Crossrail, due to start running services in 2018, is a new train line that will include twin-bore 13 mile tunnels under central London and link 37 stations including transport hubs such as Heathrow airport with business districts including the City and Canary Wharf.

A protester holds a stone during clashes with riot police at a students' demonstration against austerity measures in downtown Rome on Nov. 14.

Protesters try to burn the flag of the European Union after storming the regional Palace of the Province in Turin, on Nov. 14.

Demonstrators set up a barricade of burning tires at the main entrance of Mercabarna, the biggest wholesale market in the city, at the beginning of a 24-hour strike on Nov. 14 in Barcelona, Spain. Spain's trade unions have called for today a general strike, the second of Mariano Rajoy's presidency. Protestors from social movements are expected to join striking public sector workers to demonstrate against austerity cuts, labour reforms and an unemployment rate of 25 percent.

Thousands of people from France and Belgium demonstrate during an anti-austerity protest in Lille on Nov. 14. Trade unions lead nationwide strikes and anti-austerity protests across Europe today.

Empty tracks at the Brussels South train station on Nov. 14. A 24-hour rail stoppage and scattered strikes through the south of the nation disrupted daily life. Both the Thalys and Eurostar high-speed rail services that connect Brussels with London and Paris were severely disrupted.

A Syrian man runs away followed by a Turkish soldier in the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, near the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain, on November 14, 2012.